For RebafForever15 and ForeverMBond...Trying really hard to wrap the up before I leave for a short vacation so I don't leave you hanging :)

M sat alone in the cold dark room with her thoughts wandering to the past and the mistakes that were made, and then to the more recent past, with James and how happy she was in spite of everything that was happening at the moment, and then suddenly her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a scream. "It was Eve...it had to be Eve" she thought as she pulled herself up with a renewed sense of determination that history, would most definitely NOT be repeating itself if she had anything to say about it. She made her way to the door and began pounding, and screaming at the top of her lungs as if her life depended on it, hoping that someone would hear her. Within minutes, one of the guards was outside the door.

"What's going on in there?" he asked sounding a bit annoyed

"Well open the bloody door and find out" she snapped in her famous "Don't mess with me" tone

The guard opened the door and stared down at her and asked again

"What seems to be the problem?"

"I want to see him...Sergei and I want to see him now!"

"He will call for you when he is ready to see you" replied the guard

M, being in no mood to discuss the matter further with an underling, raised her foot and kicked him squarely in the kneecap, causing him to double over in pain. By the time he had bent down to inspect his leg, M had taken off her shoe and hit him just above the temple with the heel, causing a small puncture to his head. The guard, although momentarily stunned, managed to yell for assistance before charging into the room and grabbing M, hurling her toward the wall.

As M lay dazed on the ground, the other guards arrived and began assessing the situation. After a few minutes of struggling with her, they collectively decided that they had had enough of this tiny terror, and it was time for Mr. Mirrinov to deal with her himself. Altogether, it took four guards to escort her to Sergei. One on each side with one in front and one behind. When she refused to climb the stairs the largest of the four guards handed his weapon to one of the others, threw her over his shoulder and carried her the rest of the way, dropping her rather unceremoniously at Sergei Mirrinov's feet.

"She's all yours" snapped the guard as he retrieved his weapon

"What happened to your head?" asked Sergei as he looked at his guards

"Her" he said pointing to M, who was still sitting at his feet as he handed Sergei her missing shoe

"I see" he said with a laugh "You may go, I will handle this" he said looking down at the now furious M for a moment before extending his hand to help her up "Let me help you up"

"No thank you, I can do it myself" she snapped as she pulled herself up and reached for her shoe

"I will give you back your shoe on one condition...you must keep it on your foot" he said with a grin as he handed her the shoe

"Where is my secretary?" she asked sharply

"You never did believe in wasting time did you" replied Sergei as he motioned for her to sit

"You didn't answer my question!"

"She is safe for now"

"I want to see her"

"And you will, but first we have a few things to discuss" he said as he circled around her chair like a vulture waiting to strike before he finally stopped directly behind her with his hands digging into her shoulders.

"You wanted me and you got me. Let her go. She has nothing to do with either mission" said M calmly

"While this is true, she is still someone that you care about and that makes her very useful to me" he said as he moved to stand in front of her, placing his hands on the arm rests of the chair, making it impossible for M to move "You will do whatever it takes to keep her alive as long as I have her"

"How can you be so sure?" she asked as she stared directly into his eyes

"Because" he said as he leaned forward until his face was inches from hers "Unlike before, this time you chose to fight back"

M leaned back as far as the chair would allow before Sergei pulled her to her feet and wrapped his arms around her, trapping her in his embrace. The height difference made it nearly impossible for M maneuver as he bent down and captured her lips in a rather rough kiss. M struggled against him, wiggling and kicking the entire time.

"Just as uncooperative as before" he said before releasing her and shoving her back into the chair

M wiped her mouth with the back of her hand as she watched him closely as he began to pace around the room.

"I've spent years thinking about this day, and now that it's here...well"

"What? Suddenly having a change of heart?" she said sarcastically

"No" he replied dryly "Anton was right about one thing" he said as he stopped to look at her

"And what was that?"

"The years have been kind to you, you are as beautiful now as you were then" he said before continuing with his pacing

"May I ask what you plan to do with me now that I'm here?"

A wicked grin played across his face

"This time I intend to take my time, and make you suffer and when you think you can't suffer anymore, I will continue until you are nothing more than a shadow of your former self. How does that sound" he snapped as he stared at her

Things at the safe house were progressing, but not as quickly as James would have preferred. Victor somehow managed to obtain the blueprints for the fortress and every possible plan from digging tunnels to parachuting in was being discussed.

"We have to find a way to distract them" said Jack looking at the plans "We would need an entire army to surround this thing and even then it would be a long shot that we could get to the house in time"

"It's going to have to be a multi strike operation. I just wish we could get someone on the inside before hand to cut down on the time issue" replied Victor shaking his head "Air assaults are out of the question, he would see it coming, and a ground assault like you said will take too much time... we need..."

"A Trojan horse" said James almost absent-mindedly

"What?" said Jack as he turned to look at James

"A Trojan Horse, It's just simple enough it might work"

"You have to be kidding" replied Jack "That is really grasping at straws"

"Victor, as far as he knows, he still works for you so it wouldn't be that out of the ordinary for you to drop in shall we say for a chat"

"I'm listening" replied Victor

"We send in you with your agents, whom he knows and has worked with so he wouldn't be all that suspicious and if we planted one or two of our agents with your team..."

"He might not suspect we're on to him"

"Exactly..."

"And just what reason would I give for the unexpected visit?"

"The same reason you gave Jack for not going to get him in the first place...Not enough evidence to support rescinding his immunity. Look, we all know that he is as unstable as the day is long, so he just might fall for it. Make him think you're on his side"

"It could work if he is as distracted as you say"

"That would put a team on the inside and give us a better chance of success"

"Right, I'll get to work on it" replied Victor as he walked out of the room

"James...do you really think this half baked plan will work?"

"Honestly...No, but it might at least get us to that doorbell" he said with a wink

TO BE CONTINUED...