Sorry, this one skips around from location to location but after this they will all be in the same place. :)

James waited patiently or as patiently as one could trapped in a dark room, armed only with a chair. It was obvious to him that he could have easily escaped the room, however, not knowing exactly what was on the other side of the door made it necessary for him to wait until they came to him. Better to take on one at a time for now as the chair wasn't really going to provide all that much protection. The minuets turned into what seemed like hours before James heard any sign of movement from the hall, but once he did, he was ready. As the door opened, James sat perched on his chair with his hands behind him gripping the sides. As the first moron entered he looked up long enough to see that he was alone before he made his move. In one swift movement he stood and flung the chair at the man, making contact with his head, effectively sending him to his knees. As the man tried to recover James quickly threw a punch which made contact with the man's jaw sending him flying across the room. Just to be sure this one wouldn't pose any more problems, James then smashed his head into the wall, knocking him out cold.

"One down" he muttered to himself as he searched the man for a weapon. When he found none he quickly moved the body to the corner and began the process again waiting for the next moron to appear. It didn't take long before victim number 2 arrived to find out what happened to the first one.

"Simon...What's taking so long?" said the second man as he entered the room.

Again, James flung the chair at the man making contact only this time the man didn't fall. After a rather brief but violent scuffle James stood in the room alone. At some point during the fight James had heard what sounded like a gun hitting the floor and after a few minutes he was able to locate said gun. After making sure it was actually loaded , he decided to make his move. He couldn't afford to wait any longer because he knew that every minute he wasted on these idiots was a minute that M was putting herself in more danger, so he quietly crept out of the room in search of the remaining captors.

M on the other hand was sitting at her desk pondering her next move with the other "Bond" while Tanner was desperately trying to talk her out of having any further contact with him.

"M...Would you at least entertain the idea that if we were to take him into custody now, we could interrogate him and find out where they have him?" He pleaded

"NO" she said sharply "If we take him now there is a very good chance that they will kill James, We need him to believe that we think he is the real 007"

"But M...This goes against every protocol in the book. It's not that I don't believe you can handle this, but let's face it, You haven't been out in the field for a number of years..."

This statement earned him one of her famous death glares

"If you're implying that I'm too old..." she snapped

"No...that's not what I'm saying. What I am trying to say is that you may be a bit out of practice, and there is no telling what he's up to or what he has planned, if he even has a plan" replied Tanner, the concern clearly evident in his voice

This particular battle of wills went on for most of the morning until Eve finally interrupted to inform M that Bond was outside waiting to speak to her.

"Tanner...as far as I am concerned this matter is settled and I don't want any further discussion on the matter is that clear!"

"But M..."

"NO. I meant what I said. I will take care of Bond myself!"

"As you wish Ma'am" he said rather unhappily

"And Tanner, in order for this to NOT come back and haunt us later, it needs to be an official mission so would you be so kind as to draw up the papers"

"But... and beg my pardon for being a bit daft, but if you are the agent assigned to the mission, who exactly would you report to? I mean you can't exactly report to yourself" he said with a rather perplexed look on his face

"I suppose that in my "Absence" I would report for you, but only for appearance sake, so don't let the power go to your head. I am still in charge of this mission and don't you forget that" she said flatly

"Now...if you don't mind, I would like to see what he's up to today...and Tanner...I will be careful, I promise" she said with a genuine smile

"Yes Ma'am" he replied as he left the office "Good Morning 007" he said as he kept on walking

"Morning Tanner" replied Bond as he entered the office "And Good Morning too you too M" he said as he crossed the room to stand in front of her desk

"Good Morning Bond. What brings you here this morning? I don't recall requesting your presence this morning?"

"Well, I just happened to be in the area and wondered if you might be interested in some lunch?" he said with a grin

M thought about his suggestion for a moment and then stood up and came around the desk to stand in front of him.

"After the morning I have had it sounds like a wonderful idea" she said "Just let me finish up a few things here"

"Do you want me to wait downstairs again?" he asked

"No, I won't be a minute" she said as she popped out to speak to Eve

Bond could hear M speaking to Eve in a very hushed tone, and after a few minutes she returned and was ready to leave.

"Shouldn't you be informing your body guard" he asked narrowing his eyes

"As I was just explaining to Eve, I really don't see the need as I will be out in broad daylight with a double -00 at my side" she said rather matter of fact "Unless you think there is some reason to have him along?"

"You're the boss" he said with a smile as he motioned toward the door

Back at the warehouse James found that he had his hands full as he made his way down the hall to what was their idea of a makeshift command center. James quickly discovered that there were in fact about 7 more morons to deal with before he would be free. The first 5 were easy, but the last two were proving to be rather difficult little buggers to catch. After what seemed like an eternity James had finally managed to capture all 9 of his captors. Unfortunately for James he wasn't quite able to keep them ALL alive, something he would hear about later on that he had no doubt, but at the moment his only concern was getting to M. Once he had made his way out of the building and secured transportation he started out with absolutely no idea where he was. It didn't take long for him to be able to make out some distinguishable land marks and it was just about that moment when his chosen mode of transportation decided to run out of gas.

"What the hell kind of idiots are these people? I mean really they can't defend themselves for crap and they leave their getaway vehicle on empty!" he muttered as he began running toward the nearest phone. Of course the phone he found needed change, which he didn't seem to have for some odd reason so he continued on until he found a police call box. Trying to convince a police operator that you actually work for MI6 is no easy task, but after a few minutes of rather colorful language he was finally connected to Tanner.

"Tanner here...Who's calling?" he asked sounding suspicious

"Tanner you bloody idiot its 007, where's M?" he asked angrily

"007...how do I know it's really you?' he said sharply

"Tanner...If you don't start giving me some answers, I'll tell everyone about the 2007 Christmas party and your encounter with Maxine from accounting" he shouted

"007...Good to have you back...Where are you?" he said sounding a bit embarrassed as he happened to have the call on speaker phone and 007's comment caused more than a few raised eyebrows

James gave his location as best as he could determine and hung up. Now all he could do was wait for Tanner to come and get him and hope he could get back in time.

TO BE CONTINUED