Then we get terrified, like children waking in the dark, we don't know where we are.

[moralitypolice]

( Bonnie, bag in hand at her side, holds the door open this time. She sighs, looking wistfully off at Danny, sullen, in the backseat. )

I wish I could make it all better, like I could undo it all, or, go back and prevent it altogether. Too many of us have no parents. No living family.

( She sighs.

From Danny's seat if or when he looks back, Bonnie and Isaac continue their discussion. Scott texts Isaac, so he pulls his phone out, eyes down quickly.

A couple approaches from the south, arm in arm. The guy in glasses leans in whispering something that makes the girl laugh. As they separate to move around Bonnie, everything happens quickly. The brunette girl brandishes a stun gun landing a blow to Isaac's side. Out of the leather jacket, the man reveals what looks to be something dark colored, with a flat bottom. He drops it. From the car, he can see a spell attempted, Bonnie's lips moving but nothing happening. She tries struggling, but the woman whacks her on the back of the back sending her down. The man quickly pulls out a pair of iron handcuffs the woman waves away, not now, and as fast as it happens, a bright yellow taxi pulls up.

Three others, including one dressed as a taxi-driver throw Bonnie and Isaac into the trunk. When everyone is inside the car, the driver puts down a black device on the top of the cab quickly, puts on a pair of leather gloves, climbs inside the cab and speeds off.

Bonnie's bag, and the contents within including her phone lie on the sidewalk next to Isaac's dropped phone.

The driver in Danny's car starts the ignition, this is probably protocol. )

Comments

[slavophile]

If you get any names, I might be able to get locations. Likewise, if you find something and Danny. I'm William. We'll get them back, okay?

( We've got this. )

[undermyfeet]

[Names he doesn't have. But ...]

What if I had a picture?

[Because he does have one of those.]

[slavophile]

Yeah, that would help. Send me whatever pictures you have.

( Good thinking! Because it's Hope and Josie, he won't be able to parse any social media so it will be building an algorithm to find them on cameras. It could take time. )

[undermyfeet]

[Danny juggles the phones a bit, but he remembers that Isaac and Bonnie were texting each other, so it doesn't take much to go from Bonnie's phone to Isaac's, then from Isaac's into his text chain with William.]

There, those were taken this afternoon.

[slavophile]

Got them, Danny.

( His quick search will come up as a dead end, but, he'll find something. )

Call again if you feel unsafe or if you need protection.

[undermyfeet]

I will. Thanks.

[But with that he will hang up and let William do his thing. And once they arrive at the hotel, he'll head up to his and Bonnie's rooms and get to work. He intends to find Bonnie's lunch dates the same way he found Isaac.

Determination and a modified locator spell.

Setting Bonnie's bag and Isaac's phone to the side for a moment, before setting out his various ingredients in front of him. The map of Prague will likely be the casualty of this spell, but he'll get another one. His sister taught him to do this spell when he was young, but this is the first time he's used it in a more dire situation.

He knows where Bonnie started her day. He circles it on the map. He knows where she spent lunch, and he circles that as well. As he closes his eyes and begins to chant, he places the pictures of the girls he's looking for on the table in front of him, and it's a bit like playing back a movie in his mind. He follows Bonnie from the hotel, to the restaurant. He sees the girls she meant to meet and tries to jump on to the threads of their day, letting the pen drag across the map as the spell follows their feet.

It gets complicated, as they bounce through varying locations, but it comes to a stop on a cross street, and he marks the location with an "X."]

[moralitypolice]

( The map isn't the only casualty, but the hotel's carpet as well. There may be an extra charge, but these are dire circumstances, right?

The pen drags along the path the girls took after lunch, back out again. With the spell he has at least a hotel they visited, if not stayed at, and the pen drags back along to the library and finally by the river, and then the flame shoots up along the line after he marks the location with an X. It is clear, the essence of these girls (and most likely these girls themselves) are in Old Prague.

Knowledge proves there shouldn't have been as violent a reaction to the spell, but it still worked, right?

Not right, he is down one map of Prague, and again, there is the matter of the bill. )

[undermyfeet]

[He'll fix it. Later. When Bonnie is fine and safe and sound. But until then, he's just going to text the cross-street to William with Isaac's phone and get ready to head out to meet them in Old Prague.

He'll also leave the "Do Not Disturb" hand tag on the door, so the hotel doesn't find out about it until later.

But he takes the weird artifact, takes the phones, and heads back to the driver because they're going on an adventure.]

I need to go out again. Sorry about this.

[havethings]

( The driver isn't bothered. )

I go where you go. ( And on the ignition goes.

There's a bit of traffic into old Prague and he can't drive right up to the river, but he can get to the corner. )

Sorry, s'far as it goes. Need me on standby?

1/2

[undermyfeet]

Yeah. I'll be right back, I just have to find someone.

[He climbs out of the car, and pulls out Bonnie's phone again. Based on the texting he knows that Josie is one of the girls she met this morning, so he tries calling her first, listening for the ringtone or seeing if she answers ...]

2/2

[polydeukes]

[And while she and Hope are doing whatever it is they're doing, Josie's phone begins to ring. She sees Bonnie's name on the caller ID and frowns.]

That's weird.

[havethings]

What?

( Dessert was just served, she finishes a spoonful of something sweet, tilts her head and then hears - the (unrelated?) trill of the phone nearby. )

Is it Lizzie?

[polydeukes]

[Josie shakes her head as she picks up her phone.]

No, it's Bonnie.

[Josie answers the phone, putting it to her ear.]

Bonnie? Everything okay.

["Not exactly. My name's Danny. Bonnie might have mentioned me?"]

She did.

[Josie's brow furrows even further as she tries to figure out what's happening.]

Why are you calling me on Bonnie's phone?

["Bonnie's in trouble. She got kidnapped and I think it was by Monroe's hunters."

Josie's eyes widen and she glances over at Hope.]

We gotta go.

[havethings]

( Well, Hope hears both sides of this conversation, already pulling out her credit card and standing, looking for any nearby waiter. Should Danny compare, Hope indeed looks like her picture, albeit a lot more dolled up than he'd remember. )

The hunters did not crash our graduation trip.

( She mostly asks that in general, suspicious of everyone around them, suddenly.

Luckily, a waiter takes the card and Hope pulls her own phone out of her clutch. )

Where is he?

[polydeukes]

Where are you?

[Probably the dumbo walking around in circles and peering into windows. When he reaches the correct restaurant in question, he tries to catch Josie's eye and raps lightly on the window.

Josie turns to see him, and nods.]

Be right there.

[She hangs up, then turns to Hope.]

He's outside.

[She's also going to text her sister: Where are you?]

[havethings]

( Steering clear of any and all hotel rooms that may or may not be occupied right now. She doesn't need any sock on the drawer clichés.

Hope waits for the check to come back. She's not eyeing Danny suspiciously, but, she's also not not. It's her resting face? )

How... did he find us?

[polydeukes]

He's a witch?

[Though you technically shouldn't be able to do locator spells on people you don't know, so that is definitely a Question.]

But according to Bonnie he's from some crazy druid line, so maybe he knows a spell we don't.

[To Lizzie: Meet us back at the hotel. Bonnie's in trouble.]

[havethings]

( Her point, mainly. )

Have you ever seen what he looks like?

( She knows he was being protected and that's why their aunt stayed off the grid. How can they be sure this is him. This is all... hinky.

To Josie: I thought you saw her today!

But, fine, she's also paying her check and finishing her beer. Her bartender was so cute but she can't catch a break, can she? Though it sounds like Bonnie can't either.

Finally, the card is back, Hope snatches it up, sorry, no tip :( but it's Europe, so she's fine. She'll still feel bad about it as she moves around the tables and out front. She's wary and doesn't walk right up, instead, she plants her feet and crosses her arms. )

How did you find us?

[undermyfeet]

Bonnie had pictures of you on her phone. I used those to focus for a modified locator spell.

[He doesn't mind explaining but he definitely looks anxious and a little crazed which probably isn't helping.]

I followed Bonnie to you and then you from Bonnie to where you are now.

[He gets how it is though, he's a little paranoid himself.]

You can ask Stefan and Buffy, though. They know me.

[Hopefully that's ... trustworthy-ish. He still doesn't know how he feels about Bonnie's friends.

To Lizzie, from Josie: Apparently after she left us she got kidnapped.]

[havethings]

( It won't do anyone any good the longer she questions him, but Ms. Trust Issues herself looks to Josie. If Josie takes this at face value, then she will, too. He'll have to show her that modified locator spell. He can't have gotten his hands on anything of theirs, so he must be telling the truth. Even still.

Buffy and Stefan -- someone impersonating Danny wouldn't mention them. So if it's good enough for Josie.

To Josie: That is NOT Bonnie's narrative.

The optics alone! This won't do.

Meet back at our room. )

[undermyfeet]

[On our way.

"Lizzie's going to meet us back at our room. I'll text Stefan and Buffy on the way." And she'll snap a picture, just to be sure, before sending it off in a group text:

Is this someone you know?

Meanwhile, Danny nods and jerks a thumb back over his shoulder.]

I have a car this way.

[havethings]

He has a car.

( 18 year olds can rent cars in Europe, apparently.

Buffy to the group: That's Danny

If Stefan hesitated to relay what he knew to William, Faith vouched and they got Mia on, too. William's learned that Bonnie was meeting her niece and her girlfriend. Her nieces are in Prague on a trip. Nobody knows where people are staying. Maybe get the parents in on it?

Maybe not? )

Is Lizzie meeting us?

( Lizzie to Josie: Are we bringing the boys in? )

[undermyfeet]

[Stefan seconds that confirmation, and tells them to be careful, and to call if they need them.

They should probably go to Prague, just so Ric doesn't kill them. But they're not going to tell Ric anything yet.

"Yeah, she's on her way." And she texts back to her sister: We should at least warn them that there's trouble coming. Text Jack, he can get them back fast.]

It's Bonnie's car. I'm just currently in charge.

[Because that's a comforting feeling. But as promised, they'll come up on the black sedan and he'll slide into the backseat.]

[havethings]

( Lizzie does, but she makes sure Jack is on standby. Angels are their last resort. Always have been. Sorry, Jack. )

Bonnie has better taste than I remember.

( Then again, Bonnie was in the girls' lives more than hers. She slides in after Danny putting her between Danny and Josie. )

What happened? Exactly?

[undermyfeet]

[How much about this does he want to claim is his fault? Not a lot, and it's not really his fault.]

Bonnie had a meeting with a guy named Isaac Lahey. He's part of a group of supernaturals who have been dealing with Monroe's hunters in Europe. Bonnie told me to wait in the car, and when she came out of the restaurant, they got ambushed by a pair of hunters who shoved them in the trunk of a taxi and took off.

[Then he remembers something else, and pulls the artifact they dropped out of his man bag.]

They dropped this, though.