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1. I always thought that Knight
was a little strange. The fact that
he freaks out at the sight of blood
and has a skin condition that prevents
him from working daylight hours,
made me wonder how he ever became
a homicide detective in the first
place. I'll admit he's a good cop,
but sometimes he's just a little
too good. And I have to ask
myself, how is it he's able to do
some of the things he does. Like
tonight when we were chasing that
slimy gunman through the alley. Taking
cover behind a trash dumpster, I
almost fire on Nick because I thought
he was the perp. I wasn't expecting
him to be up on the fire escape about
thirty feet up and I still have no
idea how he got up there so fast
and so quietly. Anyway, the perp
starts shooting at me and I return
fire. He catches a bullet and goes
down.
2. Then I make a mistake. I let
my guard down, still wondering how
Nick got up on the fire escape. Next
thing I know, the perp is back on
his feet and he's one second away
from putting a bullet right between
my eyes. And before I can even lift
my gun to fire at him, Nick is on
the ground right in front of the
guy and punches his lights out. There's
no way he should have been able to
move that fast, but he does. I wanted
to question him on just how he managed
that little trick but the thought
completely slips my mind when he
comes up to me and starts talking.
3. He gets right in my face saying
something to me, but I guess I sort
of zone out for a moment because
I swear I can't remember a single
word he says. Anyway, backup arrives
and after all the hoopla is over,
I offer to drive Nick home. Since
my car is in the shop, I tell him
that I'll keep the Caddy for the
day and pick him up for work tonight.
I even offer to wash it for him.
Now where that idea came from,
I haven't a clue, but he's quick
to accept. The sun is about to come
up, so he tells me that he needs
to ride in the trunk because of his
sun allergy. I'm thinking, he's just
overreacting. It can't be all that
bad. I ask him, "What's a little
sunburn?" To which, he replies, "I
don't tan. I don't burn. I implode."
4. That gets me to thinking about
when we first started working together
and I asked why he drives the Caddy
instead of something more conventional.
And he said, "Trunk space. The 1962
Cadillac has more trunk space than
any car made in the last thirty years."
Hey, who can argue with logic like
that? After dropping Nick off at
his place, I stop off to see Nat
to sign some forms. The perp ended
up dying from the bullet I put in
him, so that adds up to a ton of
paperwork. And I know that I should
probably be thinking about how I
just killed someone in self defense,
but instead, my mind is still on
my weird partner. I ask Natalie if
she thinks there's something different
about Nick, that maybe he's some
kind of psycho, which of course,
she doesn't.
5. For some reason, I can't help
but think that Nick is a little too
gallant under fire, like the time
that news crew was following us around
and we had to go into a dangerous
situation with a guy firing a machine
gun at us. While everybody else is
diving for cover, SuperNick just
dashes on in, chases the guy outside
and miraculously nails him without
firing a shot. I never got the chance
to see the video footage from that
night. It somehow got destroyed or
lost, but I sure wish I could have
seen exactly what went on. All I
know was that the guy was terrified
of Nick, but he never would say why.
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