After belittling M, the MP turned her attention to Bond. Watch yourself bitch, that's my dad you're talking to. Dani gave the woman a glare to rival the one she gave to Gutierrez. "Mr. Bond, what is your relationship with the child?" Bond sat up straight; he didn't like being put on the spot. "You do have a report in front of you, but if you must hear it from me; Dani, is my daughter." Bond showed a little more sass than he intended. The MP gave an annoyed look to Bond. "Mr. Bond, if you could refrain from using sarcasm, it would be much appreciated. On that note, what kind of father would willing put his own child in physical danger." Dani would have jumped at the woman if it wasn't for the cast and sling holding her back. "I must inform you that I was fighting to keep Dani off the mission and stay here in London to be safe from Gutierrez." Bond made sure to emphasize Dani's shortened name so that the MP could get that right. Dani smiled at her father's sass. "Be that as it may, Danielle was still place in danger and the very fact that you allowed to stay-" Bond interrupted her, knowing that he would be in serious trouble. "Dani was very stubborn. I'd like to see someone else try and convince her to stay here in London while someone other than herself was going after the very man who slaughtered her adoptive family." This time the MP wasn't hiding her annoyance or frustration any longer. "You know, I'm certain everyone else in this room has somewhere to be today so, without further interruption-" "Hold it!" Everyone turned around and noticed a very young, very pissed off child standing in the back of the room. M and Bond simultaneously face-palmed. The guard had one job and he couldn't do that. No wonder Silva managed to walk into this room a couple months ago.

Dani limped her way to the front of the MP; a scowl was plastered on her face. I'm about to lay down some beats, so you better pay attention. "You must be Danielle." Dani rolled her eyes and huffed before making her argument. "Dani, please. Look, I'm also pretty sure that, yes, everyone had somewhere to be so, I'll make this brief." Dani wished she had that water now; her throat was dry from her little outburst. 'Young lady, I thought you were forbidden from entering this room." Dani gave a look to the MP, 'young lady?' This bitch-! Dani kept her cool and spoke. "Okay Bond and M both made a bad call. But to be brutally honest, who doesn't? Trust me, Bond was not happy about this one bit. In fact he was ready to dump me off on some other family. It was only because I strong-armed them both into letting me go along with Bond to Brazil. I also screwed up; I'm injured because I didn't listen to Bond." The MP wasn't buying any of it, but decided to indulge this young girl, who now looking at both Bond and her, my god, they must be related. Their eyes and scowl are the same. "If you think Bond is a bad father or guardian, you're wrong." Dani's face softened and her overall posture lightened. Is she ready to cry? The MP was surprised at this girl's sudden sincerity.

"True he's hard to love, and he doesn't make it easy. He can be insensitive, and has a tendency to pay attention to things that he needs. Yes, he drinks too much, he has betrayed my trust, and sometimes I don't know why I wanted to stay with him. Especially when he does have a short fuse, acts like a wreaking ball in most situations. And all I know is that if our positions were switched; Bond would be able to do what I do. I have given him so many second chances that many would question my very sanity as to why I defend him, or to why I love him. The answer is as simple as it gets; he's my father. I'm going to love him no matter what he does, what he says, or even if he acts like a psycho. You can't take me away from Bond, cause neither of us would survive." Dani hesitated and her voice cracked.

The MP began to make a questioning face when Dani kept going. "I'm not exaggerating either. I won't have a chance out there in another foster home and Bond would be lost. We are both orphans that need each other. I know that you don't believe me, and I can see that you could care less, but hear me out. Bond is the only family I have left. Even if Bond does make it, I won't. I'm tired of losing the people I love the most. So, maybe you can, I don't know put Bond on probation, fire him, whatever but don't take me away from him. He may not need me as much as I make it seem, but I need him more than anything else." Dani didn't even try to hold the tears back. They fell from her eyes and streamed down her face. There was no acting, no coercion, nothing but pure emotion. "Please." The sounds of sniffling could be heard in the seats behind the standing child. Some of the women and even a couple of the men sitting in the benches were wiping tears away and noses clean. Many were moved by the girl's plea. Many parents beg for custody of their children everyday, but rarely do children beg for the right to stay with their parents.