Olivia delved into her work after Nigel died. Tonight, once she finally went home she had planned on finally cleaning out his closet and ridding herself of the constant painful echoes of Nigel's presence. It had been months since his passing and it had left a gaping hole in her life.
Olivia was wearing her magic bracelet recently, expecting and hoping for a visit from Minerva soon.
There was something going on in the world of magic lately. Many strange incidents in London and surrounding area. Olivia could really use a visit from Minerva soon and a sisterly shoulder to cry on.
The paperwork in front of her made her cringe. Damn that Bond…what the hell did he do this time.
"Tanner make sure Bond comes to see me the second he returns from Bolivia."
"Yes ma'am; and we have to leave in an hour to a meeting at Whitehall."
"Come get me out from under this pile of paperwork when it is time."
The meeting at Whitehall was a special kind of torture. M liked nothing better than to try and explain the actions of James Bond, while not being able to tell the entire story. If they only knew what the agents managed on their behalf. They would all just smile and hand her the money without all this blithering about budgets and responsibilities.
Christ…responsibility…they keep the country as safe as they can from terrorists and even crazed bloody wizards…there are bloody dragons and giants out there and you don't even know it!
Someday Olivia, or M as she was know in their circles, was just going to lose it, and tell them all but then they would just lock her up! Unless Minerva appeared from out of the air or riding a bloody broomstick.
Damn it! She really should stop fantasizing about scaring the shit out of a bunch of politicians by using her talented witch of a cousin.
The Prime Minister knew about the wizarding world and has his own liaison with the Ministry of Magic. The Prime Minister did not know that the head of MI6, also has her own very personal connection to the wizarding world.
This was a good thing, because messages from Minerva indicated that there was a political movement against muggels growing in popularity, and the PM was not getting the entire story.
There may come a time when M will have to inform the PM about these discrepancies.
Tanner and M left the office and walk into the domed foyer. Suddenly a bird swooped down from the vaulted dome, stopping Tanner in his tracks. The large bird then flew back up to the dome. Sunshine suddenly beamed through the skylights casting a strange coloured glow around M, who was standing alone in the centre of the marble floor.
The circle around her began to glow, as passers-by stopped to gawk and Tanner moved forward to his boss.
Tanner was suddenly stopped by an invisible force and he looked down to see a circle made in a white substance surrounding M.
"M! Are you alright?"
"What the hell is happening?" M asked in shock.
James Bond received an urgent text from Tanner to tell him that M was at Whitehall. M wanted to see him immediately, Bond reluctantly goes to meet her there. He might as well meet her in a public place to temper her tirade.
M was not at all happy with his tactics on his missions thus far. She was likely ready to let him have it, there or on the drive back to HQ. To be entirely honest, he loved to rile her up. M got intensely sexy when she was riled up.
As Bond walked into the foyer there was a commotion and people were staring up at the ceiling.
James saw his boss trapped in an intense beam of light. Tanner was banging his fists in the air around her trying to get closer. James started to run forward pulling out his gun and ordering people out-of-the-way.
Guards approach them but then seem to turn around and leave as if in a daze.
"Tanner! M! What the hell is going on?"
Tanner turned to Bond with a panicked look on his face. "I have no idea!"
"M can you hear us?"
"Yes, but barely…what on earth is this."
M pressed her small hand against the invisible barrier. Wondering if the magical world she was just thinking about, was coming to see her in a very public way.
A dull roar begins throughout the hall. The ground vibrated as if an earthquake had begun to shake them all. All the people in the hall began running out and alarms began to sound.
Tanner and Bond stayed put, staring at M lit up like a Royal Doulton collector's figurine.
Bond noticed he now had to yell at Tanner, just to be heard over the gradually increasing din building around them. The light around M had shifting colours, the floor was glowing and looked like it was churning. Like the floor had become lava underneath the column of light.
There was a man Bond spotted staring at M, he was partially hidden by a stone pillar on the far side of the room. The intent look on the man's face, made Bond start running around the dome like barrier surrounding M and towards him.
The man held out his hand in Bond's direction and yelled, "NO!"
Even over the din it echoed clearly enough for them to hear.
Bond was forced still by an invisible force as he aimed his gun at the man and fired. Nothing bloody well happened!
Bond pushed and pushed towards the man. He used all his strength but the man just smirked at him.
This pisses Bond off even more. What the hell was this bastard doing to M? And how was there an invisible barrier between them?
Tanner tried to run towards the man in the other direction from James, but encountered another force field.
M's eyes go wide sudden understanding and a look of horror and panic.
Bond was really getting concerned and aggravated now. M was his boss…and…more…she meant a great deal to him and he would be damned if he let anything bad happen to her.
M looked at a man she had hoped she would never see again, but he was, his appearance as young as 35. How on earth? Damn it! Was he a wizard? No; Minerva would have know if he was a wizard.
M looked at her arm and sees the bracelet. She silently says a chant to Minerva and thrusted the magic item towards the barrier. There was a spark and a fluctuation.
Ronald Wilson appeared shocked at the variation in the field as he stared at M and then stepped forward and easily entered the barrier.
Bond and Tanner remained frozen outside the barrier as the man stepped in towards M and grabbed her in his arms. Bond didn't like the panicked look on M's face.
The man's mouth descended on hers in a passionate, yet unwanted kiss. M desperately tried to push him away. He was too strong for her. Where is Minerva? Does she know? Is the bracelet too old now?
Too many questions flooded M's mind as she pushed against a man who she had not given even a thought to for years, Ronald Wilson.
Bond and Tanner are forced to stand there useless as they see the man who holds M tightly, grasped the back of her head and pulled her face away tilting her it up towards the lighted ceiling.
The unknown man suddenly dumped a vile of liquid into her mouth and then covered her lips with his again.
Bond was furious and began pounding his fist on the barrier. How dare this man attack M like that!
The man's hand roamed down her back to grip her behind, leaving absolutely no doubt in Bond's mind of what this man wanted with her.
M started shaking, in what Tanner and Bond assumed was fear and anger but the man stepped away from her and she fell to the floor convulsing. Tanner began screaming and pounding his fists on harder on the barrier.
Bond shot towards the creep that was manhandling M. He found that his bullets do nothing and grabbed a fire extinguisher to spray the barrier, hoping that something would happen and he could get her out of there.
James Bond was usually a cool customer, but seeing M like that…he and Tanner were both beginning to panic.
The way the creepy young man inside was looking at her, was making his skin crawl…instability…insanity…the look of pure desire on the man's face made Bond fear for more than her life.
M's body was undulating in the changing light. Where are the emergency personnel? Was there a lockdown? Only Tanner and Bond remained to try to break down the invisible wall.
Then suddenly there was a flash and a woman in 19th century clothing was standing between Bond and Tanner staring at M in her force field prison.
The woman looked pissed off and pointed a stick at the barrier and said some strange words. Light emanated from the…well for lack of a better word…wand.
It caused a blast that sent the three of them back on their butts.
The man inside the barrier smirked at the woman and laughed. He reaches down and hauled M up, cradling her in his arms. M turned towards them…"Help me Minerva!"
M's arms reached towards them as her body glowed again and she arched in pain, while in the man's arms. The man looked at M with rapt attention staring at her face.
What the hell! Bond watched as M's hair grows suddenly longer…reddish blonde and her body began changing.
The man allowed her feet to fall to the floor again while he held her upper body against him facing outward towards them. Young, M was being years younger.
The man looked at the woman between Tanner and Bond and yelled.
"I have her now witch and if you want her to remain alive you will bind yourself to my brother and the four of us will rule this world and maybe others. Cardiff…three days."
There was a massive change in the colours playing across the floor. Bond looked at M, she was barely able to raise her head to look at him. She mouthed his name… "James…James look after her…please…let me go…just don't let her…follow."
The look of despair on her beautiful face as she looked at him made his heart clench in his chest. That combined with the use of his name and the tears escaping her lovely blue eyes had him growling in anger at being unable to get to her.
A loud bang sounded as the swirling floor swallowed them and they sank out of sight.
The witch beside them screamed, "NO! OLIVIA!"
At the same time Tanner and Bond both screamed..."NO! M!"
To be continued...