What if, instead of Wesley Wick getting K.I.T.T. (Knight Industries Three Thousand), John becomes the driver, as originally planned, and he joins Knight Research & Development as an operative with Nyla Harper as his partner alongside the talking car itself, KITT?

Kaleb Knight, formerly known as John Waters, is a maverick cop and a mythic anti-hero. He is determined to track down those responsible for the brutal murders of his family and partner. Hell-bent on revenge, his obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmare journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Kaleb is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.

When detective Nyla Harper, who is accustomed to working undercover, learns about the death of her friend, Sarah Knight, she becomes the target of men sent to apprehend her because she possesses knowledge of Sarah's codes for Prometheus. Enter John Waters, a detective with a military background, who is assigned to protect Harper and the advanced vehicle known as the Knight Industries Three Thousand (KITT).

When Wesley Wick, a former assassin, was caught in a bank robbery with his half-brother, John Nolan, Wesley and John decided to become police officers afterward, even though Wesley was a known assassin. They both joined the LAPD as police officers.