3.
Bond
tried to sleep on the flight, but his anger overcame him. The old man had to
mix Bond into the American's mess. Finally, he gave up trying to sleep and
settled down for some breakfast.
Bond
hated airline food. The soggy toast, the burnt sausage, and the horrible orange
juice! Bond however ate the food thoughtfully, since he had no breakfast that
morning. Bond pulled another cigarette and began to smoke it.
***
After
arrival to New York, Bond rented a car and headed for his hotel. The hotel
looked very elegant and expensive. At least it was kind of M to book him into a
nice hotel. Bond knew nothing of where he would meet Drake, except that he'll
be waiting for him somewhere at Bond's hotel. He walked up to the main desk and
asked, "Excuse me, I have a reservation, my name is Bond, James Bond"
"Oh,
Mr. Bond! Your Brother is in your room, been waiting for you I believe! Here is
your key, room 37"
Drake
must already be in the room, Bond thought. Bond slipped the keycard into the
door to his room and stepped inside.
"Eddie!",
Bond yelled. Suddenly a man jumped out from behind the door and grabbed Bond by
the throught. Oh my god, Bond thought, It's not Drake! This man was fairly
tall, and had very strong hands. In the darkness Bond couldn't make out much of
his face, except for a large, hooked nose. Everything was going blank in Bond's
mind. Bond elbowed the man, but that didn't loosen the man's grip. Bond slowly
tried to reach for his holster. Bond elbowed again, this time it loosened the
man's grip enough for bond to pull out his Walther PPK and point it for the
man's head.
Bond
wondered whether or not to shoot. He had no silencer so the shot may alert the
whole hotel. Before Bond could decide a silenced shot killed the man.
"Looks
like they're already on to us" Bond looked behind him, it was Drake. He
made a half-smile and rubbed his small hands into his blonde, buzzcut hair.
"Drake,
how have you been?"
"Good
I guess, but no big leads for the case. I got us a reservation for this
afternoon to see a man who may have some information for us."
"Thats
good. So, what time are we going to meet this guy?"
Drake
hesitated for a moment and replied, "Oh, I recon about 3 or 4."
"And
what is this man's name?"
"His
name is Zach Carter"