- What?
- Where is Mathilde, where is our daughter? - You remember?!
- What should I remember?
- Everything!
- Madeleine, I'm confused, what are we doing here?
-James, you lost your memory and now you are on a mission, we have to save Nomi, she is being held captive in a room here.
- Wait, wait, why did I lose my memory?
- I don't know if you still remember, but the missiles on Safin's island, you were there when they hit the island.
- And now I'm remembering...
-Yes, and I'm so glad, I thought I lost you again.
- I'm so sorry Madeleine.
- But I'm afraid that in this mission I will lose you. Madeleine said a tear running down her cheek.
- No, it's not gonna happen.
- But it will happen James...look at you! These people are dangerous.
- I promise you that I will be fine and I will take care of you too. And now stop crying, please, I will do my best so that when I come here, I will be fine.
-Okay. You have to speak Spanish with these people, and your name is Marco Diaz. Says Madeleine after a silence had lay down between them. "You are just a prisoner, watch out for all kinds of obstacles and dangers, I will always be here to talk, but only as a doctor, okay?"
- Okay, but what are we going to do with him? says James pointing to the man who was lying dead on the floor.
- After you leave, I will call the guards to take him, telling them that he tripped and hit his head on the corner of the bed.
- It seems like a good idea.
- Now come closer and kiss me.
James opened his arms and made a face of happiness, a big smile appeared on his face.
- Take care of yourself! Madeleine says after removing her lips from his.
- I'd be a fool if I didn't do it! James said leaving the infirmary lamely. The guard stood up on the stairs and heard James walk down the hallway towards his cell. He turned and asked.
- Qué estás haciendo aquí? (What are you doing here?) The man asked looking through the bars.
- Yo queria ir a la cantina. (I wanted to go to the canteen.) Says James.
- El jefe me dijo que te mantuviera encerrado en la cellda durante 2 días completos. (The boss told me to keep you locked in the cell for 2 whole days.)
The man takes James by the hand and leads him to his new cell. James lies down on the cold floor of the cell, moaning slightly when he feels the unbearable pain in his ribs. He closes his eyes and tries to sleep. His body still shivers with fear, but the sleep finally overtakes him.
In his dreams, he sees Mathilde hugging a bloody teddy bear without a head. She touches his heart and turns to him telling him that this is him. Then she let go of the bear and she suddenly disappears. James wakes up screaming loudly. His ears were ringing, sweat poured down his forehead. It took some time before he could calm down. Later, on his second day of imprisonment, the guard came to his cell to give him water. He placed a plastic bottle of drinking water in front of him and then left the cell. James leaned against the wall carefully. Slowly his fingers moved towards the bottle. He opens the cap of the bottle and pours it all down his throat."A scotch would go better". He says in thought sitting back. All he could do was wait. To wait to get out of this dark and smelly cell. All kinds of questions and plans were spinning in James's head, but the only thing he was truly thinking about was his family. From time to time he heard voices or footsteps passing in front of his cell. Every shadow he could see under the metal door was another hope that dissolved as quickly as it disappeared.
When he had almost fallen asleep, some keys lingering in the cell lock are heard and James suddenly opens his eyes. Because of the dim light, he could not see the figure standing in front of the cell, but something told him that it was not good.
- Levantarse! ( Get up! ) The voice crackled. James stood up without approaching the man in front of him.
-¡Tienes una visita! ( You have a visitor. )
- What? (What?)
- ¿No puedes oír, tienes algodón en las orejas? You have a visitor. (Can't you hear, do you have cotton in your ears? You have a visitor.)
James limps out of the cell following the guard. They go out into the yard where a lot of prisoners turned their eyes to him. James remembered the scene before, when he had called for help and he thinks that the prisoners are not very friendly with the English.
Some prisoners were already making signs to cut his throat, and others were snapping their fingers. He would not be surprised if they all jump to beat him, but he thinks that this will take some time. From the inner courtyard they went to another part of the prison. A newer one that was not yet renovated. The guard greeted several servants, motioning for James to sit down. He turns his head towards the glass window that separated the two people who were communicating, and he sees M. He grabs the phone and puts it to his ear.
-Looks like you're not the only one causing trouble for us, 007! says Mallory immediately after analyzing James a bit.
-What are you doing here ? Better said, what am I doing here? What does Madeleine have to do with all this? You want again to kill someone?! James said, angry.
-Ho...Hold on, Bond! Slow down with the questions.
-Say!
-Nomi was kidnapped for black people trafficking. In a few days I don't even want to think what they will do to her.
-Did you forget that I retired?!
-No, but when you woke up from your coma you seemed too happy to go on a mission.
-And what does Madeleine have to do with it, hm? James asks, pounding his fist on the table.
-Oye, miseria, más despacio! ( Hey bastard, slow down!)
-Calm your nerves Bond!
-Answer the question, Mallory! says James, but this time a little more calmly.
-She wanted to come.
-And Mathilde?
-She left her with Q. Stay calm, he's taking care of her.
-Why couldn't you send someone else?
-Who else, Bond? Say? Who would want to and who could do this job better than you?
-Bullshit!
-In case you forgot, you had lost your memory, and you wanted to continue. And stop blaming me for letting Dr. Swann come with you.
-Tomorrow I don't want to see her here anymore. It's too dangerous for her here.
-Then tell me how you would like me to get her out of here?
-You have friends everywhere Mallory, you can handle it.
-I promise you nothing! M says getting up to leave.
James takes the phone from his ear, throwing it hard into the window, and not stopping until the guards picked him up and took him back to the cell.
-Por eso, ¡hoy no recibirás más comida! ( For this, you will not receive food today!)
The next day, the same guard appears stirring James' thoughts.
-¡Es hora de tomar un baño! ( It's time to take a bath! )
The guard leads James to the showers. He take off his pants and t-shirt throwing them in the container with dirty clothes.
He goes into the shower room where several prisoners were bathing. He turns on the water, and starts washing himself. As soon as the water comes up he feels something like a knife hitting him. He turns around to see him surrounded by 4 prisoners.
When the first one realizes that James is as if untouched by the knife blow, he jumps at him. But he has anticipated the move. James takes out the knife stuck in his abdominal cavity, stabbing the prisoner in the eye. Another one tries to punch him. James leans backwards dodging the punch while pushing the hand with the knife into his abdomen. Another prisoner jumps on top of James trying to knock him down, but he pushes him away with his foot. When the guards burst into the room, they find James trying to strangle the only inmate still alive. The guards jump on James with their bats, trying to stop him to strangle the inmate. The guards start hitting him with the bats, making James shrink on the cold floor. James is feeling his ribs and chest cavity as if torn into pieces. His vision becomes blurred and he is breathing hard. All he can think about now is how long he can keep himself standing. He tries to raise his hands to protect himself, but it is impossible to move his arms.
When they finally stops hitting him, the guards let him there on the ground. After some minutes he manages to stand up. He barely picks up his trousers, putting them on. He looks in the mirror of the bathroom. Blood is running everywhere on his face. This time he doesn't turn on the shower water, thinking that it would be the perfect moment to sneak into the infirmary to inform Madeleine of her possible departure.
He hears footsteps coming from outside the bathroom. It seems that the guards have returned. James hides quick in a laundry container.
- ¡Jefe, el se escapo! ( Boss, he ran away! )
-Encuéntralo o te mato! ( Find him or I'll kill you! )
James realizes that the whole shower scene was designed by the director and that he needs to be careful what he does from now on. As the guards leave the shower room, James steps out of the container. He waits for some minutes to doesn't hear any more noises, then makes his way through the corridors looking for a chance to escape.
When he arrives at the stairs leading to the common area, he sees the director coming out of his office. So he have to find another route to get to the infirmary. A short corridor separates two doors; both lead to the corridor leading to the infirmary. However, James sees a door close by which is probably an emergency exit, a door which can lead him to the yard. If he passes this door, he could run out without being noticed. That door leads directly to the back entrance of the building.
As he opens the door, he sees four guards entering the infirmary. James rushes behind the staircase hoping they won't notice him. When the four guards pass the staircase, James goes downstairs trying to avoid attracting attention, then slowly enter the infirmary.
-Jesus Christ James! says Madeleine analyzing him from head to toe.
-I'm so sorry Madeleine, that you have to see me like that. James said coming closer to her.
She stands up taking his hand.
-What happened this time? She says squeezing his hand tightly.
-At the showers, I think the director wants me dead. Says James sitting on the bed, breathless.
-Oh my God James, I call Mallory!
-This is what I wanted to talk about. I talked to him to get you out of here.
-And you?
-I have to save Nomi!
-James,please...please you can stop playing the hero for once?! I don't want to lose you. Mathilde needs her father, James. Please. And I need you.
-And Nomi?
-I just talked to you about playing the hero. Is the time to send someone else to finish the job.
-Okay...you're right, I'm a fool!
-I will call Mallory, but now lie down, you're hurt bad, James!
James lay back, closing his eyes. He was tired. And he just wanted this thing to be done as fast as possible. He opens his eyes when he feels the alchohol making contact with the wounds.
-It's okay, James, it's okay! Madeleine says continue to clean the wounds.
After she clean the wounds, she start to sew up the stabbed wound. In all this time James closes his eyes from time to time, but never stopped watching Madeleine's face or hands. Every time she touch him he felt something warm running through his body making his blood warm with every touch she make.
After she sew up and cleaned the wounds, she lets James to rest a little bit in the bed, covering his wounds with bandages. After that she pulled a chair next to the bed she placed her hand over his hand and start caressing it, but she remains motionless when she sees three men entering the infirmary. James stood up quickly, ignoring the excruciating pain of his broken ribs.
- Parece que nuestro amigo Diaz es amigo de la enfermera! ( It seems that our friend Diaz is a friend of the nurse!)