There was a beat of silence before M broke it. "I had no idea you were so poetic. You should be writer not an agent." M looked at Dani, pride in his eyes and a smile on his face. "Actually I can't take credit because I simply quoted a damned country song." Dani had begun to chuckle toward the end of the sentence. Bond and M looked at each other stunned. You little shit! "What?" The two men shouted simultaneously. At this point Dani was laughing. Hearing a commotion Q walked in and was brought up to speed on things. "You cheeky little brat!" Q was smiling, something that was rare. "You mean to tell me that you essentially tricked a board of inquiry to let you stay with Bond using a country music song? Bloody hell, if the MP finds out-" Bond gave a devilish smirk to M, knowing full well what he was going to say. "She wouldn't dare. Otherwise she would have to admit a child a third of her age outsmarted her. She's too prideful to let that happen. I could see it in her eyes and in the way she holds herself. She won't say a word." Bond was as proud as any parent could be. "That's my girl." Dani gave a cheeky smile, got up and gave Bond a hug. Bond and Dani went home and spent the rest of the day together, happy and thankful to be staying with each other.

The following weeks were just Bond and Dani spending time with each other as Dani's shoulder healed and as she went to rehab. Dani also attended her family's funeral; Bond was there for support. Bond watched as Dani received a folded flag from the police officer that was Anna's superior at the time of her service. Dani accepted the flag and eventually placed it in her room. A few days later both Bond and Dani learned that Gutierrez had committed suicide in his prison cell in Brazil before his trial was over; he hung himself with his own bed sheets. Dani was upset but knew that it would happen at some point. She eventually got over it and figured that it was still justice. She brought him into custody with help from Bond and avenged her family.

Dani's birthday had actually past. Dani turned 14 while in Brzil, but made no mention of it. Then again she was in the middle of a PTSD episode at the time. Nonetheless Bond missed 13 birthday parties, he wasn't about to miss anymore. Bond, M, Q and Ms. Moneypenny had a private dinner party. Moneypenny gave Dani a new satchel with the SIS logo embroidered on the flap. Q gave Dani a variety of new gadgets and a Sudoku Rubik's cube. M simple gave Dani a check for five hundred pounds and Bond; he gave Dani a piece of paper. The paper was Dani's birth certificate. Dani had seen it before, only Rosa's name was on it, but this time, Bond's name was there too. Bond also made M Dani's godfather knowing that M would take care of Dani if he were to die and would teach her to be a good agent. Later that night Dani and Bond watched a movie together before going to bed. As the film ended Dani looked to Bond. "What?" Dani smiled and hugged Bond. "Thank you for everything." Bond returned the hug. He wished it would be this way forever. "No. Thank you. Also, know that I will always be here for you. I won't leave your side, I will never turn you away, and I will always love you." Dani smiled, "I was going to say the same thing." The moment was interrupted by M calling Bond. Bond answered and put M on speaker "Bond, sorry to interrupt but I have a mission here for you if you feel like stretching your legs." Bond and Dani looked at each other before Bond responded. "That depends; am I going to enjoy it?" M could be heard chuckling over the phone. "An assassin for hire has just taken down a high ranking government official in India. We want him alive so we can figure out who and why he was assassinated. Are you going to take the case or not?" Bond and Dani looked to each other again, both giving devilish smiles. Here we go again. Bond and Dani spoke at the same time in the exact same way. "With pleasure."


James Bond Theme plays as both Dani and Bond walk into the gun barrel frame from opposite sides and both fire one shot.