I don't own James Bond, just having a little fun.
Sorry for not posting yesterday, was a little busy with things, shall try and do a double update today!
Chapter Four
James shook his head as he listened. A threat had been found on English shores, normally the local force would be dealing with this. But the people that might be involved were anything but what they would be dealing with. James nodded his head as he carried on listening.
"So what am I going to be doing?" he asked, as he finally cut through the chatter to get the point.
"You going to have to protect someone," came the voice of Q over the line, ignoring the talk of the others on the line.
"And who am I going to be protecting?" he asked, wondering where this was heading. Q wasn't usually this evasive.
"That would be me," he told him.
"Q that isn't a good idea," came the voice of M as he came over the line, "you're too valuable to be going out in the field," he added.
"there is no one else that would be able to defuse the bomb. I've done this before M," Q said as he gave a sigh, "Bond, be prepared to meet me," he then said.
"Q?" James said, trying to get the man attention. he was with M on this, the man was to valuable to go out in the field. It was only under certain circumstances that he should.
"He's gone, sorry sir," came the voice of Q's second in command, R.
"Damn, get in touch with him," James said, annoyed.
"I'll try sir," he said, though he didn't sound too sure of himself.
James shook his head as he began to make his way to one of the entrances to the building. he would have to get in touch with Q himself. He listened in for a while longer, hearing M in the background as he talked with Tanner and Moneypenny. R was mumbling a little as he was trying to get in touch with Q. He rolled his eyes as he took the earpiece out for a moment and pulled out his phone.
James couldn't help the little smirk as he dialed in a few number and pressed the call button. He had been able to find Q's personal number a couple of days ago. Just in case. He waited a while before the man finally answered.
"Yes, who is this?" he tone was cautious as he spoke.
"Hello there Q," he said softly, a smirk on his face.
"How in the world did you get this number?" he exclaimed.
James smirked a little more, "I'm an agent for a reason, there is more to me than the brute you see, and of course the brilliant ability to hit my targets," he grinned.
Q huffed, "If you bring back the things i give you, then maybe i will think of you more as an agent and not an errant child," he told him.
James grinned, "Maybe," he almost shrug and then asked, "So when are you getting here and where will you be?" he asked him, looking around, wondering if he had already arrived.
"I'm almost there, will be parking in the main lot and coming through the entrance there," he told him, as he then cursed.
James grinned and laughed, "Didn't take you for the road rage type Q," he smirked.
"I am full of surprises," he snapped back a little, "But this world can be full of idiots, and I do have to wonder if they even have their licences," he growled a little.
James smiled and then headed towards the entrance that Q would be coming in from. "Right, I'm at the other entrance now, I'll be waiting, so try not to get in a crash before you get here," he said.
"Bye Bond," Q huffed a little as he abruptly ended the call.
James looked to his phone for a moment as he then put his earpiece in again. He rolled his eyes as he heard the panicked talk from R, not being about to get in touch with Q. And M and Tanner in the background arguing a little over what they should do with Q. He quickly informed them that Q would be arriving at the BFI Imax building soon, and that they shouldn't worry.
"I would rather you send him back," M said, annoyed.
"I would rather you didn't," Q's voice came over the signal as he walked up to James.
"I would rather you did," James said as he looked to him, "Come on, let's go and see it at least. And M, try and find a way to evacuate the place without alerting people to what is going on."
"Can't do it, if they see anyone leaving like that, then they plan to blow it straight away," M said through gritted teeth, "I don't like the thought. But you are going to have to try and disarm it," he sighed, "Bomb Disposal won't be there in time," he added.
James led the way up through the crowd of people and then into one of the unused areas, "They found it over an hour ago," he told Q as he walked into the small room, "I haven't looked at it yet," he sighed, wondering if he should have done so.
"Right," Q said, pushing James out of the way a little and uncovering the bomb slowly. he knelt down and began to look it over. He had become a bit of an expert when it came to explosives and bombs. he had done a lot of work with them over the last couple of years, before he had taken the position of Q. He looked it over, "It's a simple device, on a time and a remote detonator," he told him.
James walked over to him and looked over his shoulder, he shook his head, "It's too close to the detonation time, we should get you out of here," he told Q, looking at the man, with worry in his eyes.
Q shook his head, "No, i can't leave here James," he said as he looked to the man and then back down to the device, "I need to do this," he said softly.
"Q," he said, he tone a warning, "You need to get out of here, you are too valuable to leave here," he finished.
Q turned and looked to him, scowling as he said, "I can't leave here. I have to do this. There are men women and children here and i can't just leave them all to die if we can't get them all out in time," he looked back to the device, "I can do this james, trust me," he said empathically.
James paused, he knew where this was coming from. he closed his eyes and sighed as he heard the others all call for Q to be taken by force back to MI6, "All right, do it," he told him.
Q smiled to him and nodded, "Right, you should go, see if you can't help get people out of here," he told him.
"Not going to happen, already have a few people doing that. I'm staying right here with you," he told him, almost glaring at him.
Q scowled, but he didn't have time to argue with him, "Fine," he sighed as he began to work on the device. james watched him carefully.
Q sagged less than a minute later, there were still five minutes left, but it was over. The device was rendered inactive, "it's done," he said, his voice shaking as he looked to james and smiled a little.
james nodded his head and sent in the report, "M, the bomb has been disarm, you can get everyone out now," he said.
"Can't, there is another device," he replied, "We've just found it, it's across the building from the two of you. I suggest that you get out of there now, and try and warn as many as possible. We are slowly evacuating people now. but we won't be able to get them all out in time," he sighed softly, he hated the fact that they weren't able to act quickly on this one.
Q looked to James as he heard, "Give me the exact location?" Q asked over the line.
M gave it to him and Q nodded, "I don't want you anywhere near it Q, get back to HQ now," M ordered him.
Q shook his head as he got up and began to run. James was surprised with how fast the man was, but he was able to keep up all the while cursing, "Q we have to go, we can't stay this time," he tried.
Q just glared at him as they reached the other device. Q quickly knelt down and uncovered it, "it's the same, won't take long," he said as he looked to the timer, there was less than a minute left on it. Q ignored it and James' cursing behind him as he remained with him once more.
"We should have left," James murmured to himself. he wasn't that worried about himself, he was for Q.
"Done," Q said a moment later, he looked a little shaky to James and James knew that it was the adrenaline that was going through him that was the cause of it. The man had never been out in the field like this before. Normally he was in the labs, and not out of them.
"Good, now can we get out of here," james said, he was feeling tense now, "Others will be here in a moment to take care of everything."
Q nodded his head, "yeah," he said as he stood up, his legs felt like jelly.
"The bombs have both been taken care of, get someone else here now to take care of them," james said over the com, "I'm bringing Q back to HQ," he said softly.
"Do so, will see you both for a report," M said tersely, angry that he had been disobeyed, but also content that the threat had been eliminated.
"Will do," he said as he took out the earpiece and began to walk. Q followed him, walking slowly, James was watching him out of the corner of his eyes, he could see the man was shaky. Q led them to where he had parked his car and James took the keys before he could do anything. The drive was silent. It wasn't until after they had given M a verbal report and they were in Q's office that they spoke to each other.
"Why didn't you listen to me?" James asked him as soon as the door was closed.
"You know why, I couldn't let someone else go through that. Knowing that had lost someone," he said with a shake of his head, brown eyes looking to the man, pleading with him to understand.
James winced, "yeah, i get it, but damn it Q, I can't lose anyone else that i care about," he almost yelled. he wined a second later as soon as he realised what he had said.
"How could you care about me so soon, we don't really know each other," Q said with a shake of his head, "I'm just…" he shrugged.
James went over to him, "you are a lot more than you appear, you understand things not many would. You understand the pain of lose, the need for revenge," he said softly, "Not many of them can, unless they have been there," he sighed.
Q looked to him and nodded his head, "All right, i get it," he said, "I'll be careful, but there are no promises, you know that Bon… James," he told him.
James smiled a little and nodded his head, "That I'll take," he said.
Q smiled back and said, "Right, i do have other work to do, and we both have a report to fill in," he went over to his desk and sat down.
"I'll work here as well," James said as he went over and grabbed some paper and a pen before settling down to do the same. Q shook his head, but the two of them worked in companionable silence for the rest of the day.
Thank you for reading so far, I do hope that you have enjoyed it!