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

[notwitty]

[Something about the way she says his name manages to snap him back to himself again (20). It's almost as though a switch flips and Isaac remembers where he is, what he's doing.

He stumbles back, away from her and the door, and he looks down at his hands as the claws retract but the blood remains.]

Sorry.

[His voice is shaky as he presses his back against the wall, crouching as he tries to get ahold of himself again.]

Sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.

[moralitypolice]

It's okay. It's okay.

( She tries to keep her fear in check, but her pokerface has been on vacation probably since Scotland (8). Despite that, she keeps talking. )

It's the wolf. I know about that. ( Not much, not as much as her friends, but she knows what it can be. ) But, we have to remember most of these hunters, they're -- civilians. They're innocent. They've been... taken over. I know it doesn't make it right. But, bodies aren't easy to cover up.

( ...Without Bela and Elijah, anyway. She thinks then to check her pants. )

Do you have your phone?

( She's finally thinking straight, but she doesn't have it. It's ... )

My bag.

[notwitty]

[He shakes his head, trying to clear the last threads of panic, because it wasn't just the riling of hunter versus wolf. It's a whole sea of things, of anger he's never quite managed to set aside, of fear that will probably follow him for the rest of his life.

But he hasn't had an episode like this in a long time - usually his control is better than this - and it's taking a second for him to recover his calm.

Still the headshake is also the answer to her question.]

No. I think I dropped it when they grabbed us.

[moralitypolice]

( That playful side to Bonnie emerges again, that fear subsiding. )

Maybe Danny has them both. And, we're - free-ish. There's an open door between us and who knows what. Think we can handle it?

[notwitty]

[As long as he doesn't have to get in that tunnel again, he'll be fine. Or at least that's what he's telling himself. Then he nods, as he slowly pushes to his feet.]

Yeah. Let's get out of here.

[moralitypolice]

( The walls are definitely stone and the stone is definitely aged. Isaac can smell the ocean as soon as they enter a winding corridor of different passages. How's Isaac's navigation? )

[notwitty]

[It's a 10, so about average, but he's going to just keep following the scent of blood and fear and hope it leads to places that are a bit more populated.]

[moralitypolice]

( As the guard's? 1 demonstrates, Isaac meets the dead end the guard literally ran into. He's nursing a pretty gnarly head wound, and as soon as he sees Isaac and Bonnie, he tries to bolt past, 13. )

[notwitty]

[Yeah, with a 19, Isaac catches him by the shoulder as he tries to blow past him, and gives it a small squeeze for emphasis.]

Alright, let's try this again. You're going to show us how to get out of here. Or I'm going to tap into my angry side again. It's still very angry.

[moralitypolice]

( Well, apparently whoever he is, he's not very intimidated, or he's good at faking it.

They walk us in and out. Point of being down here is not being about to get out of being down here. Your guess is as good as mine. )

Where is here?

( Vyšehrad

The hill top fortress, literally translated to the "Upper Castle" or the "Castle in the Heights." It stands above the Vltava River, overlooking Prague.

Logically, they are underneath. )

[notwitty]

Great.

[Isaac is very much less than thrilled with that situation. But they'll figure it out. He shoves the man ahead of him and gestures to the halls they left.]

Stay where I can see you.

[And with that he ... still rolls another 10 but this time he's trying to track the scents for another means of escape - gasoline, rubber, engine oil, anything that might indicate there's some kind of vehicle.

But he will put himself definitively between the hunter and Bonnie, just to be on the safe side. He'll heal, she won't.]

[moralitypolice]

( ...Where will I go?

Czech, and sarcastic. Bonnie (16) starts to get a handle on the underground layout, at least she thinks so, and the ground starts to incline. They're going up, finally! )

[notwitty]

[Success! And Isaac wolf ears will keep a look out for any people that might be coming towards them, ready to cause problems (also 16). He doesn't think that they're alone, so eventually they might run into some more hunters.]

[moralitypolice]

( It seems like there isn't anyone nearby and the path finally evens out and ends. They reach a chained metal gate. Bonnie shakes it a few times, but without her magic... )

[notwitty]

[Isaac studies the gate for a moment, before sliding his arm between the bars and feeling around for the lock in question. Once he gets his hand around it, he uses his werewolf strength to yank it down until it breaks (20).

As the chains come loose, he pulls open the gate and gestures to the mausoleum ahead of them.]

Creepy.

[moralitypolice]

Deliberately?

( The guard doesn't answer, but the gate beyond is ajar. Bonnie gives Isaac a look before pushing the front gate open into the graveyard of Vyšehrad.

The guard lingers by the doorway. Well, he can't just... run now, can he? )

Vyšehrad's a cemetery?

[notwitty]

Seems so.

[Isaac turns back to him, and raises an eyebrow. He's trying to decide if he cares. If they can get to a car quickly enough, it depends on how quickly he can get out of the maze and back to someone who matters.

His eyes glow, and he holds out a hand to the other man, this time actively trying to intimidate (16).]

Phone?

[moralitypolice]

( The 4 all but guarantees a phone is placed in Isaac's hand in seconds. He even fumbled with it, handing it over, but he doesn't drop it! )

I could ... call Mystic Falls, I haven't memorized many numbers. ( Come to think of it, she could really only call her old house or Elena's burned down house. Caroline's, too. That won't help them. )

[notwitty]

I've got a guy.

[Werewolves break or lose their phones a lot. Isaac made a point to memorize William's number once he came on board. Isaac takes the phone with a nod, before taking Bonnie and heading back towards the exit of the cemetery, trying to find the street.

Once he's sure they're out of earshot of their hostage, he glances back to her.]

We're going to have to ditch the phone anyway. Once he tells the hunters we took it, they're going to trace it.

[Hence a future moment of Isaac throwing it in the river. Turns out having William around has rubbed off on him.]

Once we find a ride and I talk to my guy, we'll leave it somewhere inconvenient for them to find.

[moralitypolice]

( Sure. Of course. He has a guy. She believes Isaac must have a guy for everything, but in this case, please call all the guys.

After passing too many churches inside one castle, they make it to Tabor Gate. One car's parked outside.

Guess who's! )

[notwitty]

There.

[He points to the car, and he doesn't care who's car it is, he's gonna take it anyway. He dials William's number, and while it rings, he checks the doors to see if any of them are unlocked.]

[slavophile]

( Not one door is unlocked, and )

Joey's pizza.

[notwitty]

It's me. I don't have a lot of time, but I'm alive.

[Okay, time to find a rock to break open the door. Sorry, poor guy's car. You'll probably get it back eventually.]

I've got Bonnie with me but something's wrong with her magic. I need you to find a kid, his name's Danny Brighton.

[slavophile]

( It's contingency, faking his greeting and he can breathe that much more when he hears Isaac's voice. He'd lost the vehicle that had taken Bonnie and Isaac outside of the city.

This is the ruins of a castle, there are rocks. Isaac makes good work with the rock. )

Already found. He linked up with other witches, and Mia. He's okay, Isaac. He got away.

[notwitty]

[That's a relief. He turns to look at Bonnie and nods to her.]

Good. At least he's safe for now.

[He has some follow up questions, but first things first. There's a pause as the rock collides with the car window and he gets it open and goes to work. Allison taught him how to hotwire vehicles years ago, and it doesn't take him long to turn off the alarm and get the car running.

He unlocks Bonnie's door and gestures for her to get in as he puts William on speaker.]

What witches?