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

[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.

[havethings]

( Hope keeps track off the Buzzwords. A supernatural, Isaac Lahey.

Did Bonnie know she was going to be taken? No probably not. )

They left it behind?

( Hope takes the object in hand, but seeing as she's not the siphon girlfriend, she holds it out to Josie to see what she feels.

Josie, a Gemini twin, will indeed be able to feel magic within. More magic then there should be in an object of this size. That would be included in her initial knowledge. )

[undermyfeet]

[He nods.]

They were scary efficient. But that's not a surprise with these wankers.

[Hope might be able to tell that it's a smidge personal for him.

Josie examines the object with a frown.

"This is some kind of dark object. It has a lot of magic, though. Do you remember how they used it?"

Danny shrugs.]

I think I remember Bonnie trying to cast but nothing happened, but I don't remember if it was before or after they dropped it.

[And he was in a car. It wasn't exactly easy to see.]

[havethings]

( She doesn't like hunters, either, but she doesn't have the personal stake in it, not outside graduation. )

If Bonnie tried to cast, then my money would be on before. Did they drop it deliberately? Or haphazardly?

( Is this something they shouldn't have, but they do now? )

According to your dad, not all the hunters are ... seasoned. It might help us with a lead.

[polydeukes]

["Not sure. It all happened really fast, and I didn't have a great angle."]

It feels like Bonnie.

[She's talking about the artifact, obviously.]

And with the amount of magic here, I don't know if it's all of it? But Bonnie might not have any magic at all right now. It also seems like there's a way of transmitting the magic, but I can't just siphon it outright.

[Danny swallows hard, because that's not what he wants to hear.]

Do you have anyone else to help you? You said Isaac was working with other supernaturals, right?

[That snaps him out of it and he nods. "I talked to a member of his team, William. He's working on the tech end." But it's Bonnie and he didn't want to put all of this in Isaac's people's hands.]

[havethings]

It -

( So - they drained everything. )

Why would they take it only to... transfer it?

( And to who. )

Well, what's a super squad without our super researchers. If the hunters are here, then we should leave the guys out of this. But, that doesn't mean we can't use your resources. I say, we get back to the hotel, we relay what we know, see if they know anything. How sure are you of that ... thing? We could send them a picture, too. Wait, is it only William or does William have his own team?

( Sorry, Danny, Hope is used to playing the part of Hope Mikaelson saves the day! )

[undermyfeet]

No, there's a team.

[He's met some of them.]

He said he was sending someone named Mia to meet us. She's a Slayer, I think.

[Which oh btw he should tell them where he's going so he'll pull out Isaac's phone and send a text off to William of the hotel they're heading to.]

Isaac has a whole network of people, some of them even extend to the states. He's part of Scott McCall's pack?

[Josie perks up. "Oh, I've heard that name. Dad said Caroline was going to try and convince him to teach the wolves."]

[havethings]

( And, he's not just sending Mia, but ear pieces with Mia! Arrow gotta Arrow. )

He was at graduation. Actually, he left to - check on Dr. Gilbert - with Cami.

( She pauses first because well, is it privileged information, and second because, that's basically her step mom. She tries. )

Your names are proving you right, Danny. Keep it up.

( William asks for room number as Hope eyes the dark object. )

We should also be careful of that, shouldn't we.

[undermyfeet]

["From what he said, it seems like it's triggered by casting spells around it?"

Danny doesn't know the room number and he's not going to ask the girls for it and make himself even creepier, so he just tells him to have Mia text him when she gets to the lobby. But then he frowns at what Josie says and shakes his head.]

It was in the room when I cast the locator spell, and my magic still works.

[havethings]

( It's okay, William's also gonna William and Mia will know because, cameras.

Hope sighs. )

Then it must be about intent, or how it was used. We can't drop it. Talk about loading Chekhov's gun.

( The oblivious (not at all, he works for Buffy HQ) driver pulls around up to the hotel. )

[undermyfeet]

Maybe we should leave it in the hotel room. Especially if it has all of Bonnie's magic, we don't want to lose it.

[She's going to have to take her magic back from it later. But he'll slide out the opposite door of the car, after gathering all his pilfered items, and waits for the ladies to lead the way up to the hotel room.]

[havethings]

Leave it and conceal it.

( Take a page out of Alyssa's book. That's her plan. She has the very thing she wants it to be, too, but first thing's first,

Josie has the key card to hers and Lizzie's room and when she opens it, they interrupt a maid. Or, she would be a maid if her wig weren't askew and she wasn't looking under the bed instead of making up the bed. She speaks, pulling herself to her feet in Russian, barely Czech accident.

"My apologies, I must have been given the wrong room."

She wasn't. She may be able to do some things, but lie's not one of them. )