"Err guys? Any chance of some help here? I'm getting shot at."
"You and me both, nerdboy," came Erica West's reply. "Do you get the feeling they don't like us?"
Trek rolled his eyes as the team leader Kyle Stewart's voice crackled from the communicator.
"Just sit tight, both of you. We'll be with you in a couple of minutes."
Trek sighed again, silently hoping that he had a couple of minutes.
This was supposed to be a fairly easy assignment. A group of terrorists had been threatening to blow up an office block in a prominent location. Team Knight Rider had apparently captured the whole group, but not before the timer on the bomb had been set. Trek had been sent in to diffuse it, with Erica as back up, while the rest of the team questioned the captives. When they had got to their destination they had discovered that not all the terrorists had been rounded up. They had been separated and were now under heavy fire while the timer counted down. Trek ran his hand through his hair in frustration. He hated working to a timetable that he hadn't seen.
With a roar of engines, Kyle's silver SUV, Dante, and Attack Beast, the black truck paried with Duke DePalma, pulled into the underground garage where Trek and Erica were pinned down. Quickly they stunned the terrorists, allowing Trek to get up and run towards the door that the villains had been protecting. Yanking it open he raced inside followed by Kyle, Erica, Duke and Jenny Andrews, the former marine who made up the final human member of the team.
The bomb sat against one of the supporting pillars for the basement. Trek crouched beside it to read the display. 45 seconds. Dammit, couldn't he have any luck today? He bit his lip and looked up at Kyle.
"We should move this to the middle of the room, just in case."
Kyle nodded his assent and then he and Duke carefully moved the bomb. Trek knelt down again, gently unscrewing the timer control panel. 30 seconds. Quickly he began to diffuse the bomb. It was designed to be trigered by a smaller explosion. He removed the main body of explosives and gave them to Jenny who took them outside. 20 seconds. The detonator was more complicated than he had thought it would be. Suddenly his eyes widened in shock.
"Shit! Booby trap! Everybody out now!"
The team ran through the door. Then the world exploded. Briefly Trek wondered if they were far enough away from the blast. Then he was flung into a pillar and everything went black.
