Here is a longer chapter for you, thanks to the 4 people who have favourited my story. In the training situation the italic text is from Ash's point of view.
I don't own James Bond, just my ideas and Ash.
Two days later Bond and Ash were summoned to M's office and Eve met them at the entrance to MI6 in order to avoid the trouble of last time and escorted them up to him. They were greeted by a less that friendly face glaring at them both, Bond in particular
"Do you know what the hell have you brought in here!? Mallory exclaimed to Bond gesturing to Ash
"I'm not some dead mouse your cat's dragged in" Ash cried indignantly
"Wait, how do you know I have a cat?" Mallory accused
"Its a metaphor" she said dryly and gave him such a look that could make plants wilt.
Unbelievably he held her gaze and they stood there glowering at each other waiting for the other blink. Bond stepped in between them.
"I hate interrupting you two lovely pansies gazing into each others eyes but we really should get back to business. Minus the cats" he added dryly
They both continued to stare waiting for the other to look away.
"This is ridiculous" he muttered "The head of MI6 is staring down a stubborn teenager who is young enough to be his daughter, no wonder why we're in a financial crises. What's next the PM playing with a puppy during a national security meeting?" He seethed
Mallory jolted out of it and looked away
"that's classified information" he muttered
Bond and Ash looked at him with wide eyes
"I'm kidding" he reassured
Both of them visibly relaxed. Striding over to his over crowded desk he reached over and handed Bond a piece of paper,
"This is all the background we have on her, she better have a good explanation"
The paper read like this:
Name: Ashley Emily Annabel McGraw
Age: 19
Born: 12-08-1994
Origin: Unknown
Paternal Father: William McGraw
Maternal Mother: Annabel McGraw
Annabel McGraw, orphaned at ten by unknown gunman who killed the parents in their central London home, suspected burglary. Girl injured in right knee by knife. Hospitalised for 3 months at psychiatric hospital with mental trauma, uncooperative with police insisting hysterically that it was a British spy offering no other information. No known relatives. A Series of foster homes followed, all sent the subject back for various reasons including attempted escape, violence, refusing to eat, mood swings and one case of refusing to come out of her room for weeks on end. Whilst still in care the subject was Investigated by police at 14 under a suspected aided murder at a alcoholic, over 18 nightclub after using a fake id to get in. Later cleared after a lack of evidence. Stayed in care for another 2 months before running away on 15th birthday. Limited attempts to find her, police were not involved.
Next surfaced under the official name of Ashley Emily Annabel Jones in Barbados applying for a driver licence at 17. Parents left a total asset of 3.7 million pounds to be unlocked at the age of 18 in the will. A series of purchases followed (most notable is that of a Lambroghini Adventador). Currently resides on the coast of Barbados.
High motive for revenge towards British Secret Service. Subject of interest
"So as you can see she has a perfect motive for destroying MI6, your lucky I'm letting you defend her 007, so fire away and explain quickly or I'll have her locked up." M snapped
Bond sighed "calm down sir, there is a perfectly good explanation" so he proceeded to explain about Silva and his involvement.
Some while later Bond finished the story "as long as you're certain" Mallory sighed glancing down at a glaring, cross-legged Ash sitting against the wall "after she has done a few preliminary tests you can start training her, she better be good. Bring her down tomorrow morning."
The morning came around and the pair walked into MI6. Bond helped Ash prepare for the test until she shooed him away complaining that he was 'putting her off'. One of the instructors escorted her in and closed the door as they began the testing.
Bond couldn't stop pacing in the corridor while he waited, he knew how nerve racking it was. They didn't test your skills but your reactions to real situations. As soon as Ash walked into that room they probably put a knife to her throat to see how she reacted.
Ash followed the man in and he suddenly got behind her, grabbing her he put a knife to her throat.
There were three ways most people reacted:
One, panic and be scared out of your wits-not good, you were basically ruled out.
The gears in her head turned, was it real or a test, looking around she saw 3 other men standing scattered evenly around the room standing calmly with their hands behind their backs.
Two, calmly talk your way out of the predicament and make it clear you know it is a test - that means you are smart and can think clearly in a dangerous situation.
She decided it was a test,
"That's not very nice you know" Ash stated "for someone less smart they might think it was actually real"
Three, fight your way out - also not good, there were at least 3 trained men in there who could pin you down.
Whipping around she got the first man in a arm lock and grabbed the knife out of his hand, she pushed him into the wall, he knocked his head and crumpled to the ground. The second man was coming towards her, she stabbed him in the stomach
"Your dead" she whispered to him "except you have body armour on"
Spinning around she grabbed the third man and pinned him against the wall holding the knife to his throat
"If I wanted to you'd all be killed but I know this is a test so your not" she said simply and released the man from against the wall
The second test would be a verbal simulation with someone describing you being captured. The objective, escape. That tests your memory, thoughtfulness and imagination all important things in being a spy.
They took a while to get organised again and then began another test, Ash sat down and was told to imagine what was being described to her. She was on some kind of mission and a man came from behind her, putting a cloth against her nose and mouth she lost consciousness. When she woke up she was being dragged down a long white hall they passed alot of doors one of the men turned around and walked out of one of them
"I'm going to have a fag" he called over his shoulder
Barackrely conscious she was taken to a room and tied to a chair and a rope started to wrap around her hands.
All the men were heavily armed with a gun by their waist and a knife strapped to their left leg.
"What do you do?" The man asked after describing the test situation
"Grab at the man's leg before he manages to completely tie my hands and slip the knife from his leg, I hide it up my sleeve and wait for the man to finish tying my hands. When he goes out I cut the rope and creep out into the corridor. I exit through the door that the man who wanted to have a smoke went out, hopefully it leads outside. I steal a car and drive away" she stated
The third test focused on what they think is your main weakness, for Bond it was his parents, for Ash he thought it would probably be the same. That indicates straight-thinking and ability to concentrate on the important things.
After having a break they handed Ash a piece of paper and told her to read it and then answer the questions, the paper put her in a situation where her family was held hostage by terroists. It was easy for her, she knew it was meant to upset you but she just detached herself and imagined it was someone else in the situation. Her family was dead and nothing would change that so there was no point thinking about it. She got on and answered the questions.
If you treat all those tests the way they want you to and pass the various physiology and IQ tests then you were more or less set. Ash came out about three hours later looking frustrated and tired.
"What happened?" Bond asked concerned
"Nothing much. In a nutshell they took me in and put a knife to my throat in a simulation, don't worry I made it clear I knew what they were doing then took all the three guys out, not doing any major damage then helped them up, they tried a few other simulations and then some IQ and personality tests. That was the boring part, it was like sitting your GCSE's again and a load of other tests" she complained.
Bond just rolled his eyes.
"Come on" he said "we'll have to wait another few days for someone to read through the test results and then we can start your training"
In the next chapter I am going to give Bond a car from Q (loaded with gadgets) but I need to know what to give him. Please give me an idea.
Sorry I didn't get to start Ash's actual training I came up with this idea while I was doing my Biology home work, it just shows how much attention I pay while doing school work.
The chapters probably won't be as regular now as I have far less free time.