Chapter 3

Bond became conscious a few minutes later. His head was throbbing in pain and he felt blood on the side of his face. He gently lifted his head from the steering wheel and opened his eyes to see wreckage all around him. His car was in a bad way but luckily he hadn't been hurt that bad, or so he thought. But when he tried to move his body it ached all over. Confusion clouded his thoughts, why had the man in the BMW been following him and had he organised this crash, and where was he now exactly? Bond fell out of the car and crawled across the grass and began to sit up. Luckily, he had crashed not too far from MI6 and was able to walk, although he felt deep pain across his chest. He looked back at the car and then sighed and began walking towards MI6. He tried to make everything as discreet as possible, so no one would be suspicious of what had just happened. But a group of pedestrians had congregated near the crash and looked horrified at what had just happened and stared at Bond like he was mental, just walking away from his car that had just crashed. Bond walked with gritted teeth past them and just smiled. But when Bond was just about to cross the road, the BMW came roaring up behind him and Bond just managed to dodge past and run into a nearby alleyway. He ran through and caught a taxi to MI6. He then jumped out as soon as he had left the money and ran into the building. Someone is trying to kill me. But why, and surely they have had their chances before so why have they not just got it over with before now? His thoughts were confused.

"What the hell happened to you 007?" M scolded as soon as Bond entered his office. Penny's replacement secretary Mary had let him enter the office straight away.

"Oh, just hit a little traffic Sir. Oh and My Aston is in a bad way, do you think someone would be able to repair it for me?" Bond asked with slight sarcasm in his voice.

M frowned before nodding and called down to Q branch to have someone fetch the now wrecked Aston Martin.

"Sir, I know this is not the first time I've said this, but I think someone is trying to kill me. And I fear they might want to kill Penny too, if it's this organisation Matthew worked for." Bond said with slight anxiety in his voice.

"Well 007, I suggest you check yourself into the hospital as soon as this meeting is over. But where on earth is Miss Moneypenny, I thought you were going to take care of her?" M asked angrily.

"Oh, she's fine Sir, she's still at my apartment, don't worry, it's all under control."

"That's not the first time you've said that either and it hasn't been!" M continued.

Bond sighed and then nodded. "So, what was it you wanted to talk to me about Sir?"

"Well, we've discovered the man that Penny shot at her apartment worked for the same organization as Matthew, and all we know at the moment is its code name is…IVY." M concluded

Bond looked puzzled at this choice of name, but then turned gravely back to M.

"Well perhaps the man who tried to kill me today was from this organisation then Sir?" Bond asked.

"Yes quite possibly and so we can't be too careful Bond. If they want to blow up MI6 and anyone who gets in their way, then you must be extra vigilant." M said with serious caution in his voice.

Bond nodded and was dismissed a few minutes later. He headed down to Q branch and found Q himself who glared at Bond as he walked towards him.

"007, I don't know what you have been up to this time, but the Aston was in a very bad way." Q scolded.

"Oh well I hit a spot of bother is all, Q."

"Yes well, please don't make this a recurring action 007, I have far more important things on my mind at this time!" "Now, you can pick her up tomorrow, ok?" Q too sounded worried in his answer.

Bond nodded and thanked Q. This was clear to Bond that everyone at MI6 was deeply worried about the supposed terrorist attack that could happen at any time. The usually calm and focused James Bond was also worried. He just didn't want to show it.

Bond decided to hail a taxi to the hospital and once checked over by a very beautiful nurse and given various pain killers for any recurring pain Bond had to stay for stitches on his forehead. Once finished he caught a taxi home. As he approached the stairs to the flat and began to turn the key in the lock he felt slightly nervous as to how Penny would act around him. But as he entered the flat, the smell of Victoria Sponge wafted towards him from the kitchen and he smiled.

"Oh, James you're back, I wondered where you had got to." Penny called from the kitchen.

As Bond entered the kitchen he saw Penny had been busy baking and had just finished making a delicious looking Victoria Sponge. When their eyes met, Penny gasped.

"James, what on earth happened to you?"

"Oh, I was chased and my car swerved and then hit a tree, but I'm fine really, just a few stitches needed." James tried to brush off his accident so as not to worry Penny.

"James, you don't look fine to me!" Penny insisted and led him to the living room and sat him down.

"Penny, please forgive me for what happened earlier, sometimes I speak before I think!" Bond suddenly said whilst their eyes locked with each other.

"James, I shouldn't have reacted the way I did, we've both gone through the worst kind of pain so I suppose we can relate to one another." Penny replied tailing off at the end.

"Well I guess we're two tortured souls then, aren't we?" Bond whispered into her ear. His lips gently touching the side of her ear as he did so. She bit her lip and sighed slightly.

There was a dead silence as neither could speak. Penny then looked straight into Bond's blue-grey eyes and felt like she was lost in them. As she started to turn away Bond grabbed her hand and put his hand on her knee. She felt a shiver down her back, as she sat back down. Bond then edged closer to Penny and this time she didn't move a muscle to get away and then his lips touched hers. Penny was not about to break away from the kiss and started to deepen it. When they both finally broke away, both smiled at each other and Bond took Penny's hand and led her to his bedroom. Penny's emotions were running high, and she could scarcely believe what she was about to do. Bond then stood in front of her and began to kiss her again, his tongue begging for entry into her mouth and Penny fully consenting to this. His hands began to explore her back and she placed hers around his neck and began to run her fingers through his hair. Then he gently pushed her onto the bed and she bit her lip and then smiled at James. They continued their passionate kissing, with each kiss intact, Bond began to unbutton her dress and tossed it aside, and then carefully pulled off her tights. She didn't even feel embarrassed to be seen by James in her underwear now, because she had only dreamed of this moment to happen and it still felt like a dream. He then tossed her underwear aside and smiled when he saw the beautiful woman that lie before him. Penny then practically ripped off James' clothes and tossed them on the floor with hers. Penny ran her finger down Bond's chest and gasped slightly at the bruises across his chest. Bond winced slightly as the bruises still hurt, but Penny began to plant kisses across his chest and continued running her fingers along his muscular body. She then moved back towards his face and her lips met his once again. Bond then broke away to kiss her neck and left a trace of kisses across her body.

Penny still felt like she was dreaming and not once when Bond returned to look at her did they lose eye contact. Bond then placed his hands around her waist and Penny gasped and almost dug her nails into his back.

"Oh...James" Penny moaned.

The pair laid amongst the tossed aside sheets and Penny rested her head on James' chest. She glanced up at him and he caught her eye and they both smiled.

"Penny, that was…" Bond began.

"Perfect." Penny interrupted.

No more words were needed and the pair kissed each other and both closed their eyes and fell asleep. Bond made sure he had a slight grip around the beautiful woman lying next to him.

Later that day the pair awoke and could barley believe what had happened earlier. Bond carefully stepped out of the bed and tip toed to the bathroom. He began to turn the shower on and just as he was about to step in, a hand touched his shoulder. He spun around to see Penny, wrapped in a towel and smiled. She dropped the towel and stepped into the shower with him. The warm water set both pulses racing and they continued their passionate kissing.

"How about dinner at the Savoy tonight my darling?" Were Bond's first words to Penny when they had left the shower and were fully clothed.

"Oh, I'd love it James." Penny replied.

She quickly rummaged through her clothes to find a beautiful black dress with matching heels.

"Well, I guess we won't be requiring my guest room anymore?" Bond said as they stepped into the waiting taxi.

"I guess not James!" Penny giggled slightly with girlish excitement.

The pair sat in total silence with Penny's hand linked with James' and they enjoyed London at dusk as the taxi drove across town to the Savoy. Penny felt goose bumps every time she felt James' blue- grey eyes gazing at her. Everything still felt like a dream to her. She could still not believe she had just slept with James Bond, international womanizer. But this fact did not seem to bother her, for those few hours that she laid in bed with James she felt special, as if there was no one else but her in his life.

"Champagne Sir, Madam?" The waiter asked at the restaurant.

"Yes and two martinis if you please?" Bond replied.

The waiter then took their orders and when he had disappeared, Bond took Penny's hand in his.

"Penny, I want you to know what happened today, was well, how can I put this…amazing." Bond gushed.

Penny felt her cheeks turn a bright red as she blushed at the thought that perhaps she was the best James had ever had. Then her face was filled with slight sadness.

"James, what happens now? I mean we can't go around the office hand in hand can we? M would never stand for it and Bill…" She tailed off at the end slightly, at the thought of one of her closest and James' best friend, Bill Tanner. Her relationship with him had always been very special, and she had often thought he had wanted it to go slightly further, but had never made a move. If he ever found out about her and James he might feel slightly crushed.

"Oh, don't worry about that Penny, my lips are sealed." Bond replied hastily. "Now where's that beautiful smile of yours gone to?"

Penny forced a smile on her face but she still felt slightly guilty, and her thoughts were also filled with Matthew's face. It had only been recently that she had discovered him dead. She began to feel terrible that in that short time she had now slept with James and they were eating dinner together in one of London's posh restaurants to celebrate their potential relationship. She also wanted to kick herself for letting him do this, because although it had been her ultimate dream after years of flirtatious banter, she knew she could never become his lover because he ultimately would shatter her heart into a thousand pieces and she didn't want to feel that pain again. But her heart was telling her to go ahead after all it was what she had wanted all along. Even on her wedding day a part of her had wished it was James she was saying the vows to, not Matthew.

When the pair had finished eating, they caught a taxi back to Bond's apartment. When they arrived back, Bond practically chased her to the bedroom like some kind of naughty school boy. Clothes were ripped off once again and it seemed that Penny's doubts about James were forgotten, well for now at least.