(New York. 3:45 AM….Phone rings)

"Hello?" Taylor said groggily…..

"Hello 004…Sorry to have awakened you but you are needed at the MI-6 headquarters in 24 hours." M's assistant said blatantly. Taylor picked up the clock and when she saw the time she growled.

"I just got back from another mission that nearly cost my life……And she wants me to get out of bed and meet you in England for another near death experience? And so soon?" Taylor said sarcastically……It is not that she really cared about the mission…..It was just that this was the first time she got some actual sleep…..Her husband only died about a month ago…..She was fairly young for a widow…..At age 25 she had seen it all.

"Yes….I am afraid so." He said not really bothering to put any sympathy into his words. Taylor rolled her eyes.

"I'll be there." And with saying that, Taylor hung up the phone and crawled out of her bed to start packing her belongings.

(MI-6 Headquarters 5:52 pm)

"Come in 007….." M said as she looked at the file that laid upon her desk. James Bond entered… He looked at the file and sighed…. He just got back from finding Dominic Greene and leaving him to death out in the desert…..To be honest…he was emotionally dry at that point even though he had gotten over Vesper.

"Hello M…What do you have for me?" He asked sitting down on the chair in front of her desk….M looked at him…..He looked like he finally got some sleep….Knowing James for so long she took his well rested face as a sign that he got over his former love Vesper….However it did leave his soul a little scarred. M chose to not say anything about it….That would make him uncomfortable. M sighed, she knew that he was not going to like what she was about to tell him.

"Seeing that your tracker was pulled out of your arm and the little tirade you went on last mission, I am putting you with another double 0 agent……004 will be your new partner from now on…." M said now turning her attention from the file to James… James opened his mouth to object, but closed it suddenly when he saw M's impatient expression. He drew in a gulp of air before speaking.

"It is better for me to work alone…..I haven't even met 004…You expect me to be partners with a man I haven't met before?" James said calmly….But his eyes told M that he was restraining himself, with much effort on his part. M smirked.

"Who said that 004 was a man?" M said slyly….All of a sudden M's doors flung open to reveal 004… She walked in there quickly and seriously….. James turned around and saw the figure in front of him…… She was beautiful….only standing at a height of 5'4, she still made a magnificent presence in the room….Her strait brown and gold hair fell just below the shoulder and her green-hazel eyes had sort of a fierce gaze as she looked strait ahead…. She had sort of a cruel mouth but made up with it by having high cheek bones…Her body was athletic and strong….She was wearing black jeans, with black knee-high boots and a loose shirt that dropped to one side so you saw her bronzed shoulder…You could defiantly tell that she was Italian, but seeing her high cheek bones and heart-shaped face, she also looked British.

"Sorry I am late M." She said in her American accent…

"It is ok….Taylor meet James Bond……James meet Taylor Jade." M said returning her gaze back to the file. Taylor nodded in James' direction. James looked at her…

"A girl?" James asked confused…..Taylor shot a glare at him…

"I am 25, not a girl but a woman……And yes your observation is very good I am a female…..." Taylor said with a sarcastic smile as she took the other seat next to James. He sneered and M laughed a little….

"You two better get along… I don't want to see a murder suicide…." She gave Taylor a warning look. Taylor let out a defeated sigh.

"I don't do well with partners. Are you giving me some sort of babysitter to make sure I don't get into any trouble? What have I done to deserve that?" Taylor said in a whining voice.

"It has nothing to do with you 004. To be quite frank you are going to be keeping an eye on 007. He is much too dangerous by himself." She said as she reviewed the case one last time. James looked at her and saw the smirk playing at her lips. She thought that it was funny that she would have to be watching a man who looked at least five to ten years older.

"Just tell us what we have to do." James grumbled. M's head shot up and glared at him.

"You are following a Mr. White from the Quantum. There have been rumors going around that he plans to meet with several of his close business associates. I want you to first make sure that you are in a good position before you bring the bastards down. I want this done clean and without any bloodshed. Your plane for Costa Rica leaves in 4 hours. You two try not to kill each other. I want you two back…..Alive." M said watching Taylor and James walk out the door….