Corporate Sponsorship
by Lord Dragon Claw
Disclaimer: James Bond belongs to MGM and was created by Ian Flemming.
"Mr. Bond," began Q. "I have a surprise for you."
"A pleasant one, I'm sure," replied James.
"We were able to redesign and rebuild your car since the last incident with Dr. No."
"Wonderful. To the garage then?"
"Of course."
James was stunned. MI6 expected him to drive that thing?
"As you can see, it is loaded with the latest technologies and has-"
"Q?"
"Yes James?"
"Why is it the NASCAR M&M's car?" demanded Bond, pointing directly at the large number eighteen painted on the side of the vehicle.
"Well, due to budget cuts by Parliament, MI6 has had to look into getting additional revenue."
"That didn't answer my question."
"I'm getting there. We had to turn to corporate sponsorship to ensure that we can continue to give you the best of the best. The Mars candy company paid for the car."
James had to resist the urge to use his standard-issue silenced Walther PPK to pistol whip some sense into Q.
"Oh, I see you still have the old-issue PPK. Here's the new one."
It was the same as before, but it had the lightning-bolt logo of Gatorade printed on both sides of the grip. Upon seeing this, Agent 007 was seriously considering whether shooting Q or shooting himself would be more productive.
End.
Author's Notes
Hope you got a chuckle.
If one were to expand on this, everything that 007 is supposed to use from this point forward has a corporate label on it somewhere. James would be the only one to see why that would be a bad idea. Maybe the villains too.