That late afternoon everyone was sat around a fire Bond had made, trying to warm up their frozen bodies. They had all washed of some sorts, in the freezing stream. M was very pissed of to say the least, and she wasn't talking to anyone. Eve said she could wear some of her, lets say, larger clothes, but M couldn't fit into them. She did fit into her shoes though, so the old woman was sporting some pink wellies, much to Bonds delight. He couldn't stop grinning at her.
"Bond are you going to laugh at me all night?" Snapped M, glaring at her agent. He laughed.
"I'm sorry M but I'm really not used to seeing you in wellies, never mind pink ones!"
"Well get used to it. Thanks to these bumbling idiots, though I do pardon Eve in that statement, these are all I have. Thankyou, by the way Miss Moneypenney."
"No problem M." She said sheepishly. "It's the least I can do."
"Q, what time is it?" Asked Tanner, turning to the quiet figure sat on the ground. He glanced at his watch.
"8:30" he said, "And I don't know about you all, but I'm starving."
"I could do without but I wouldn't mind some." Admitted Bond, and Tanner murmured in agreement. They turned to look at M and Eve.
"What?" She said irritated, "just because we're women doesn't mean we can magic food from thin air you know."
"M's right. If you want food, you're going to have to find it yourselves." Eve said, looking round. "But it's getting dark, so I'd hurry up if I were you."
"I don't know where were going to look." Said Bond, looking round. "There's the woods beyond the stream and the stream itself, and that's about it."
"Did we get any sharp knives with the cutlery?" Asked Tanner.
"Yes, along with a small handgun, but it's a bit crap really." Answered Q.
"God, a handgun? We're bloody MI6, they could have given us something better!" Put in Bond, a little annoyed.
"All those guns in that room and they gave us a bloody handgun?" Said Tanner.
"I know, I was working on something before I came, a-"
"Look, are you going to chat all night or go get something to eat?" M snapped. "We're not getting any younger you know."
"Well if you want food so much, I vote you go get it." Bond snapped back.
M was startled for a few seconds, before her face turned darker. She stood up suddenly, grabbed a knife and the gun, and stalked off towards the rocks that lead over the stream.
"Fine" she shouted, "I'll do it my bloody self."
Nobody moved.
"Don't you think someone should go after her?" Said Eve slowly, "she is head of MI6 after all, as much as she annoys us..."
"No." Said Bond shortly. "She wanted food, she can go get it."
"But what if something happens to her?"
"Eve, she'll be fine, she's going into the woods, a matter of steps away." Said Tanner.
"I don't know..." She trailed off.
The 4 of them sat in silence until Eve couldn't take it any longer.
"Right, I'm going after her." She got up, grabbed another knife and started for the woods, before he felt Bond grab her arm and she turned around.
"Sit back down" he said, sighing, "I'll go."
He took the knife from her hand and grabbed another for good measure, before sprinting off towards the woods.
Meanwhile M was sat at the bottom of a large tree, nursing her ankle which had started to throb again. She had injured a rabbit and tried to run after it, but tripped on a tree root and went over on it again.
"I'm really getting old now..." She muttered to herself, "can't even catch my own tea, for gods sake."
She sighed and tried to get up, failing miserably. M collapsed on the floor, and sighed again.
"Hello?" She called, "anyone?"
No answer. She hadn't travelled that far in, so the others should be able to hear her from where she was, if she shouted loud enough.
"BOND?" She shouted, "GET YOUR ARSE IN HERE NOW."
Still no answer.
M kept calling and shouting for about half an hour, until she was exhausted and even more pissed off than she was before she got into these dratted woods. She was thinking about attempting an SOS signal with her gun when she heard the bushed in front of her rustle.
"Hello?" She said cautiously, peering over towards the noise. They rustled again, and the reflection of the fast approaching moon caught a deep brown eye.
"Bond?" M asked, before realising Bond had blue eyes like her own.
"Eve! Tanner? Q! Anyone?" She shouted, before a low growl echoed off of the trees all around her.
Panicking, the old woman tried to stand again, but her ankle promptly gave way as soon as she stood.
"Grrrrrrr" came the growl again, and the creature revealed itself. One paw at a time, a silvery grey wolf slipped out of the bushes, making its way slowly towards M.
"BOOOOOOOOND!" M screamed, putting her hands over her face as it leapt towards her.
Crack. Whine. Thud.
M removed her hands to see a soaking wet Bond holding a knife, dripping with blood, and stood over the dead body of a wolf.
"007. What took you so long?" M asked with a faint smile.
"Oh I got into some deep water." He grinned, "a.k.a the stream that I fell in."
M couldn't help but laugh.
"Don't laugh, I'm freezing! So, do you think you could stand?"
"Oh yes Bond, I just almost got killed by a wolf for the fun of it." She said sarcastically.
"Oh shut up. Come on, I'll help you back."
Together they made it back to the campsite, Bond dragging the wolf in one hand and holding M in the other. Once they were in shouting distance, 007 called Tanner over to get the wolf and start preparing it for eating.
Before long, the smell of cooking meat was in the air, and everyone's stomachs could be heard rumbling.
"Mmm, tastes like lamb." Mumbled Q who ate his plate within 5 minutes. Bond nodded in agreement. The others, on the other hand, weren't so keen. M and Eve were picking all the bits of fat from their portion, and Tanner decided he was vegetarian.
Once they were done, the remains were buried to avoid wild animals finding their camping spot, and everyone settled down for the night.
M dropped off straight away, and started snoring loudly, much to Eve's annoyance. The men stayed up for a bit talking, but they too dropped off fairly quickly, all ready for their first full day alone on the hills, and what a day it'll be!
