My fifth chapter. This one is around 1000 words, not much action in this one but in a couple of chapters time it will all come together. Please leave review. Hope you enjoy!

"Wait!" Bond said hurriedly as he felt the trickle turn into a flow of blood "what the hell do you mean?"

Ash paused deciding whether to tell her story, she gave in and the fire left her eyes.

"I when I was 11, living in a 5 bedroom house which my parents owned I was a spoilt only child and had it easy. They made their money by designing computer codes to protect against hacking and stuff. One day a man broke into the house. He was of average height, with a large nose and mop of blond hair. He told my parents he was a British spy and had to kill them, warbling on about something to do with his grandma on an island with rats and something to do with retraining them to be cannibals. He was psycho. Anyway, long story short he shot them, I was hiding in the bathroom at the time but came out when I heard the shots, he saw me and threw a knife hitting my knee. He left leaving me to die, luckily I managed to crawl across to a phone and contact the ambulance and police. They took me straight to hospital where I nearly died but pulled through. I couldn't walk without crutches for 2 years. They never found my parents killer though..." Ash finished trailing off

"Silva" Bond choked out "His name was Raoul Sliva and he killed your family"

"How do you know?" She asked accusing.

"Because he tried to take the person I care about the most in the world away from me" Bond replied "I killed him with a knife to the back" he added

Noting with considerable relief that the knife on his neck was dropping Bond stepped away from the tree he has been pinned against and watched as Ash dropped the knife and sunk to the sand just starting ahead.

"All my life I have been thinking about getting my hands on their killer but he's already dead" she whispered to herself tears rolling down her cheeks.

Even though 5 minutes ago she had been going to kill him Bond couldn't help feeling sorry for her. Crouching down next to her he handed her his handkerchief from his breast pocket.

"I'm sorry" she whispered to him.

Instead on wiping her tears away she tried to used his handkerchief to mop the blood from Bond's neck.

"Much appreciated" Bond said stopping her hand from reaching his neck "but...blood is extremely hard to get out of a white cloth. I know from experience"

Bond easily got up and offered Ash his hand. She ignored it and got up herself, they both stood there trying to find something to fill the awkward silence.

"How do I know your telling the truth?" Ash asked suddenly, her confidence back and weak moment forgotten.

"Come to my room and I'll tell you the whole story, without a knife against my neck" he added dryly.

Ash observed him for a moment then nodded, just once. Picking the knife up from the sand she slipped it into her belt. Noticing Bond's wary expression she laughed.

"Here" she said with a playful smile handing him the knife, handle first, "I trust you not to stick a knife In my neck"

"Nah, I don't need it" Bond said but reaching for it anyway but before his hand closed round it's handle it was sent to the exact middle of a Palm tree at least 50 yards away.

"I practice" she said in response to Bond's open mouth at her throwing skills "lead the way" Ash invited nonchalantly gesturing in the direction of the hotel with a falsely innocent smile plastered to her face.

Rolling his eyes Bond spun on his heel and started walking up to the hotel not even bothering to check if a smiling Ash was following.

After pouring Ash and himself a generous amount of scotch Bond went into the bathroom to clean the blood off his neck. Purposely leaving Ash standing in the middle of the room with nothing to do with herself. Bond finished and slapped a plaster on his neck, slumping against the wall allowing for a quick moment of weakness. He didn't want to relive the events of Skyfall, of his childhood home being burnt down and M almost getting killed but it was necessary. Bond was interrupted by a knock on the bathroom door.

"You done checking your reflection, darling" Ash's voice came through the door dripping with sarcasm "or are you still applying your mascara?" She teased

"I wouldn't know" Bond quipped back still in the bathroom, straightening up and flinging the door open and walking past her "sit" Bond instructed topping up Ash's glass, "and don't interrupt" he warned. His eyes glassed over as he relived the mission. From beginning to end. Bond eventually finished, to his surprise Ash had not interrupted once although she did fidget a lot. Bond stayed silent waiting for her to process it and, for a long time she just sat examining his face with those eyes. Bond thoroughly expected her to do one of two things, run away screaming or burst out laughing. She did neither instead just slowly nodded

"I believe you" she said eventually "now I believe you have a question to ask me?" Ash inquired.

She could see he wanted to ask her something but he didn't know how to word it. It was infuriating for her.

"Not just yet, you are a woman with many virtues but being patient is not one of them" he said with a twinkle in his eye.

She couldn't believe it he was reading her like a open book even though she kept her expression neutral the whole time.

"meanwhile we may as well kill some time" he muttered leaning in towards her.

Hope you are enjoying it so far. If I haven't got a review from someone on my writing/story by 5000 words or so I will stop writing until I get one (I know, it's extremely childish but I need to know at least someone is paying attention to my work).

Anyway. What do you think of Ash now? Has Your opinion changed? Do you think Ash is going to fall for Bond? What do you think is the question Bond is going to ask Ash about?

I would love your opinions.