Kelly Dayton

Kelly Dayton

Background

Kelly Dayton is a reporter for KWWT in California.

During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 19 Dambreakers played by Heather McNair

At Santini Air, Kelly walks up with her gear and stows it inside the helicopter and asks Stringfellow Hawke when they are going to take off. As they are flying to their destination, Kelly complains that her colleagues were sent on better assignments and she blames it on blow back after she reported on the mayor and his girlfriend. She tells Hawke the history of the commune and how they sold their original church in Los Angeles to an oil company and used the money to buy land. They fly over the Tidewater Project dam, which was finished a year ago. They arrive at the commune and walk towards the sound of people singing hymns. Johann Rector gives a sermon about simpler times to his flock, including Sara Longwood and Estelle Longwood and Rector's Man. Johann takes Kelly and Hawke on a tour of the commune and tells them they must sleep in different quarters. Johann suggests to Kelly that she might choose to stay and as Johann and Estelle walk away, Kelly tells Hawke she just had a little shiver, which is a sign the Devil walked by. Kelly interviews Sara and Estelle and Sara tells her she wanted to show the outside world how they live in peace. During the interview, Johann walks into the room and Kelly asks him how it feels living so close to a new technological invention, referring to the Tidewater Project. As Johann talks about what is happening in the outside world, Hawke interrupts him and asks him how he would know what is happening outside the commune. Hana walks in and says the noon meal is about to be served, ending the interview. During the meal, Kelly asks Sara if she misses the modern activities she used to do. Sarah looks at Johann and then when he gives her the okay, says she enjoys hearing the modern music when she goes into town to exchange goods, but that life isn't for her. Hawke asks her if she gets lonely, being the only child in the commune and Estelle starts to cry. Hana and Salazar walk over and take Estelle away. Johann tells Hawke and Kelly there are other children, but they are at another retreat at Lake Joshua. Kelly asks if she can see the retreat, but Johann tells her no. While Hawke is sneaking around camp, Kelly sneaks up to him and they both search around the camp together after Hawke tells her, he checked the maps and there isn't a Joshua Lake in the area. They see a bomber hidden under netting and Hawke figures out they must be planning on bombing the dam as Kelly recalls the dam bombing that happened the year before, which killed hundreds of people. They try and escape in Hawke's helicopter, but the battery has been removed. Johann and Hana walk up to them and Hana pulls a gun on them. Kelly and Hawke are shoved into a room guarded by Salazar, and Kelly has another shiver. Kelly calls to Salazar and when he opens the door, she is only wearing a slip. As Salazar is distracted, Hawke charges at him and knocks him unconscious and they tie him up. They jump into the back of a jeep that goes to a lone building. Hawke beats up two guards and forces them into the building, which is holding the Longwood family as hostages, including Sara, Estelle and Brother Ahab. Brother Ahab tells them the terrorists came in the night with weapons and took over the camp and Estelle says the terrorists threatened to kill the children if anyone tried to fight them. Sara is chosen to take a horse to try and make it into town to get help. He and Kelly are caught when Johann shoots at their jeep with the bomber's machine gun. Johann tells Kelly he is taking her with him so she can record their success. As Hawke is being taken away by Rector's Man to drown with the others when the dam explodes, Kelly convinces Johann she will need Hawke's help to record the events. Hawke and Kelly escape as they are being brought to the bomber and Johann takes off with Hana and Salazar. Hawke and Kelly drive to the hostage building and free them and Airwolf lands nearby. Hawke gets into Airwolf and he, Dominic and Caitlin O'Shannessy fly after Johann and the bomber. Hawke returns to the commune and Kelly tells Hawke she promises not to report about Airwolf.