Chapter 35
Bond awoke early and headed into agent Jones' shower. His night was as restless as he had anticipated. The water helped wake him but did nothing to take the knot of dread in the pit of his stomach.
Bond has felt this way before...when he feels this way someone always dies.
Olivia, Judi and Ryan are all entwined in this mess and he doesn't want anything to happen to any of them.
Orphan's make the best agents for a reason...they have no one that cares for them and they harden themselves from caring for others.
Bond has lost woman that he cared for before but this is different. If anything happens to Olivia he will go nuclear. Bond would rather follow her into that goodnight than live a moment without her.
Bond continues to get ready and leaves the bath to find Jones with some muffins and coffee for him. Jones' still miffed at him for his rebuke the evening before, so she does not speak much but takes her coffee and heads into the shower.
Bond text's Tanner and Ryan updating them on his situation. Bond's not willing to wait for M and the backup. Jones and he will take a small boat to the island and he will try to get into the compound to get Judi and Olivia.
Ryan's staying in Bond's room and lying low until they can return. Tanner sent an agent to watch him from a distance and make sure he does not become another target.
It's unlikely that they will go after Ryan even if they thought he was Olivia's husband. Quantum does not need him if they already have Judi as a hostage.
Q's the mystery piece in all this. Q could have completely undermined MI6's position and hacked into the system getting them anything they wanted. According to the new boy genius Q, it has not happened.
Bond knows that the man loved Olivia, he was willing to do all this just to get her, or this was the price for his assistance. Whatever the reasoning, new Q's now on high alert making sure no outside attacks on his new improved systems happen.
Just to be safe Tanner and Q have managed to erase any small trail of Olivia Mansfield and her family from the system.
Jones is ready and the two of them head to the marina and the boat to take them to Olivia.
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Ryan's board stiff waiting for something to happen. Tanner called and asked for him to explain Judi's absence to her ex-husband and children. The dolt thinks they are soaking it up on vacation, by their mother's wishes.
Ryan has never really cared for the man. he kind of wishes mum would send Bond to straighten the idiot out. His own wife is not happy that he's in the Bahamas without her but he explains that he had to help Judi and he would be back soon.
Ryan's having breakfast in one of the resorts outdoor café and he noticed someone watching him. This makes him nervous so he takes a discrete picture and sends it to Tanner.
Tanner gets back to him and identifies the man as one of theirs. There are two European men sitting behind him at the table and he catches part of their conversation.
One of their voices is familiar. Ryan heard it at the door of their room in the other resort. This man is the one that took his mother away.
Ryan's wearing a hat and sunglasses to hide his features and he takes his phone and reverses the camera to take a photo of the two behind him. He sends it off to Tanner.
The two men were still talking about trying to find the husband and that the mole they have will take care of Bond. Ryan heard them say that she's a cute number and easily enticed with the money White offered her for her execution of her charge.
Ryan starts to perspire and texts Bond. The woman you are with is a mole...she's going to try to kill you for Quantum.
Ryan hopes he get the message in time.
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Olivia rolls over with a moan and hits the warm body beside her. The bed's huge but the two of them are both in the centre by morning.
Q has been awake for a while just watching her sleep.
Olivia opens her eyes and sees him staring.
"It's not nice to watch others sleep...it's disconcerting. I told you that the day I woke up after you injected me didn't I?"
"Yes...I think you may have. If this all I can have...then I have to imprint you into my memory some how..."
"Q, really...you could have spent your time here starting over and finding someone new...instead you end up coordinating with a terrorist group because you cannot let go. I thought I was doing you a favour...I could have had you arrested."
"I know you could have, but I couldn't stop thinking about you...you're not an easy woman to let go of."
Olivia rolls her eyes. "Be that as it may what are we doing for these idiots?"
"Blood tests and scans first and then they will expect me to synthesize some more youth serum and you will be taken to give them information on MI6 secrets."
"That's not bloody well happening...I will make things up before I even tell them what the bloody cafeteria serves for breakfast."
"I know and I cannot make the serum for anyone without having a sample of DNA from when they were young...so you see it can never work for anyone else regardless."
"Good. That's the best thing I have heard so far. Can you imagine the money they could make...the lives they could extend for the right price."
"Well, we should find some clothes and get up and ready to perform our roles my dear."
"Q how long can you delude Quantum's scientists?"
"Not long... they will know it cannot be duplicated once they see that there is nothing we have to take to keep up our outward appearance and that we are aging again naturally."
"Well, let's hope the three of us can stay close together and that James gets here soon."
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Judi's up and dressed when the knock comes to her door. A smug looking Mr. White is there to collect her and takes her down the hall in the direction of her mother's room.
White knocks and opens the door to Q's room. Then he pushes the door open to see the two of them dressed and ready to go.
White and his band of vicious idiots have provided them with a white t-shirts and track pants in a lovely institutional grey colour. The flip-flops really complete the college dormitory uniform.
"Well, now Q how was your first evening together?"
Q blushes and Olivia frowns, pushing past White to get to Judi, hugging her and whispering.
"How are you dear?"
"Fine, mum...are you...did he?"
"No of course not...Q was never going to do anything to harm me...he's on our side...watch for signals and duck when James arrives. explosions always follow close behind him."
Judi laughs. "I don't need you to go into your sex life mum."
Olivia pinches her arm. "Enough out of you missy."
White breaks them up and takes an arm of each of them. "Ladies it's time to eat and plan our productive day. This way...now."
The four of them go ahead into the common area and the kitchen where one of his lackeys has burnt some toast and made tea and coffee.
Judi feels her stomach betray her and she sits on a stool and her mother and Q follow. White sits on the other side of the counter with the great slaughterer of breakfast and another toady that is pouring himself a coffee.
"Eat...we have much to do this morning. My investors want daily updates on our progress."
Q pipes up as he butters a piece and adds some jam. "It will take longer than a few days...I worked for over 20 years on what I used."
"Yes but Q you had to wait all that time for genetic research to catch up to your brilliant plan...now you just need the motivation to advance and I can give you that."
To demonstrate Mr. White stands up over the counter and pulls Olivia roughly by the back of the neck across the surface and kisses her.
Judi pulls his arm away from her mother's neck. "Hey! Leave her alone you jerk!"
White just smiles and laughs at her. "I can do whatever I want to whomever I want, and this is your motivation people. You have ten minutes to finish up and head to the lab."
White leaves the breakfast bar and goes to his office on one side of the lab. The lab and office have clear walls and everyone can see everything going on in the common room from anywhere else in the main portion of the complex.
The entrance has two guards posted to prevent them from running for it. The rest of the men are outside on the island itself.
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Bond and Jones are heading for the Island and Bond double checks all the gear. His phone vibrates and he looks at the text. Bond looks up at Jones who's driving the boat and he quickly pockets his phone again after sending OK.
Bond will have to watch his back...this could get interesting.