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

( 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. )

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Oh, I'm not new. At least, not new to Europe. I was in London.

[Which isn't a lie. And she has likely heard at this point how much of a shit show London was.]

And you're here. You're here to close. And you're humble.

( London was a disaster. She studies him, but she's already biased enough to completely believe him (18) and she herself opens up. )

We had a witch and a wolf. One of the witches was in London, took out an entire strike team before disappearing.

Shit.

[That sounds like a very powerful witch.]

So why catch instead of kill? Sounds like we shouldn't have a witch like that wandering around to do it again.

Because, she's not just any witch. Her bloodline goes back. She's powerful. ( Dayna leans forward. ) And she's powerless. The wolf was with her, we had no choice but to take them both. We'll rethink this posting. Once we reengage and recapture, we'll find somewhere more suitable.

[Coop nods as he takes that in.]

Well, any wolf worth his salt is going to know how to cover his tracks. Even with witch who's dead weight. You got any leads?

Just the car they stole, and the cellular signal we're still triangulating.

( They're on their way. )

I'm not worried. Prague countryside's not exactly saturated with cars.

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[He nods, because fair enough. That might make his job a little difficult, but he can help, if he can give himself an in.]

Well, if you need an extra set of hands, I wasn't put on anything tonight. And there's only so many times you can go be a tourist before it starts looking irresponsible.

And so much in Prague worthy of touring.

( He's eager, she likes that. She already thinks he's trying to prove himself. )

Would you be interested in taking point? I need to debrief this location and discover just how two assets escaped. I could use the extra set of wheels.

Sure, I can handle that.

[He flashes a smile that hopefully looks like he's happy for something to do, rather than pleased the ruse worked.]

Point me where they headed and I'll track 'em down.

Back toward the city. You drive stick?

( She shouldn't judge a man on whether or not he can drive stick-shift, but. She does. )

Yeah, I can handle stick.

[Hunters drive in a lot of old cars, it's part of his skill set.]

I do have my own car though.

Track them in anything. Just drive fast. They have a jump on us, we don't want them getting away.

( A labored pause. )

... Again. Can I count on you?

Yes. You can count on me.

[And he's a pretty good liar, thanks hunter background (17). But he'll grab his keys and prepare to hit the road.]

I'll text updates from the road.

( Her (11) does the trick. She can indeed always count on this new soldier she'd never met before!

What would Cooper like to do next! )

[He's going to do what he was asked to do. He's going to track Isaac and Bonnie and do the best he can to cover their tracks. But once he's alone in his car, he'll pull up his phone and call William back.]

( About time. No, he actually has patience for days. So, he calmly says )

Nino Taco.

I had a question about your enchiladas. Are those made with corn or flour tortillas?

[It's not a serious question, he's just playing along.]

Blue... corn.

( Oh, he's playing along. )

Interesting. Also how fresh is your guacamole? I'm very picky about my avocados.

[Good, this is fun.]

Hand-picked from our avocado tree out back. Freshest it can be.

( Is this a metaphor? He does groom himself, but Cooper has intimate knowledge of that. )

[It's not a metaphor. He's just being a shit.]

Good. Sounds perfect.

[And after a beat.]

So I got myself put in charge of finding our wayward witch and werewolf.

A perfect position to run interference.

( And what they needed. )

How will you justify being bad at a job you got assigned to?

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Don't know yet. It depends on how bad at my job I have to be.

[He heads out on to the main road.]

How good is Isaac at covering his tracks?

With the wolves on the run from Monroe and her hunters? Expert-level.

( Fading into the background when he was younger plays well into fading in now. )

He'll probably go from car to car.

How much time do I have to kill?

[Because he can spend his time being a couple steps behind until there's a good opportunity for Isaac to punch him in the face.]

If I keep finding the cars it'll give me some plausible deniability.

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