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. )

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[jockwitch]

( Everything is so chaotic, the hunter breaks Danny's concentration (or maybe the pain is what the hunter focuses on) (17) and he bum rushes Danny (17).

Elijah kicks the gun further away from the both of them. "Elizabeth, do be careful with that fire arm." Lizzie closes her fist and starts: )

Som - (9) ( but the hunter bolts (10) and flings the door open and runs straight into Bela. )

[enjoythe_ride]

Hello, darling.

[Bela catches the woman by the throat (15). She walks her back into the room, and lets the door close behind them.]

Well. Things here have certainly gotten interesting.

[Then she notices that her boyfriend is bleeding and her eyebrows go up in concern.]

[jockwitch]

( "Hardly. Only an errant bullet. And poor scrambling," Elijah says. Off Bela's concern, the woman successfully breaks Bela's grip with her arms (19). She attempts a kick, but she's so off balance, she falls backwards (1) and coughs, now at Bela's feet. )

[undermyfeet]

[Danny doesn't see it coming, and falls to the ground with an "oof" (6). He does manage to bring his hands up to protect his head. Then ...]

Sorry, mate.

[And he jerks his leg up to try and catch him between his legs (17). He probably shouldn't apologize, but he knows the pain he's inflicting.]

[jockwitch]

( Danny's blow lands hard and the guy drops again, in clear pain, this time on his back.

Lizzie tries another time. )

Somnus!

( (15) and the woman drops completely, eyes closed. )

Finally.

( Elijah steps over the male hunter, looking down at the asleep hunter.

"They were not their best and finest." )

[enjoythe_ride]

That's the general consensus.

[Bela tips her head to the side as she steps over to study the wound. She's probably more sad about his suit. Downside of being a vampire but still lamentable all the same.]

But what are we going to do with them?

[Danny holds up the phone, putting one foot on the male hunter's chest to keep him down. "I can take this to William, see what he can get off it. But we've got to erase their memories."]

Are they on vervain? Compulsion might be easier.

[jockwitch]

( The man is unable to push through the pain of getting his ass kicked, (6). It's no longer a fight.

"And faster," Elijah agrees. "I don't think these run of the mill hunters focusing on witches should be supplied with vervain." He walks over to the guy and to Danny. "You. Does vervain mean anything to you?"

"Whaaaat?" he manages, continuing to hold himself. )

[enjoythe_ride]

[Bela moves over as well, making eye contact and forcing her will over his as best she can.]

Tell me your deepest, darkest secret.

[jockwitch]

( "I killed someone. It was dark, I'd been drinking. I didn't see them until it was too late. I - I drove away." He stares into her eyes as he relives this painful night.

So. He's a murderer.

[enjoythe_ride]

We've all made our mistakes.

[She brushes a hand over the top of his head.]

You won't remember that you saw anyone in this room, aside from your friend. As far as you know, Danny Brighton and his witch friends have left Prague, and you don't know where they went.

[She then tips her head to the side.]

And you lost your phone when you went out last night. Must have left it at dinner. You'll have to get a new one.

[That should tie up everything nicely.]

[jockwitch]

What about Sleeping Bitchy?

( She's asleep, but she has her memory intact. )

[enjoythe_ride]

Would it be worth it to wake her up to compel her, or would you rather do your memory juju?

[Danny shrugs. "I can?"]

[jockwitch]

If you get it over with, we can get that phone to your guy.

( William or whatever. )

[undermyfeet]

Yeah, got it. Won't take long.

[With her asleep, there'll be minimal resistance. He finishes up the spell, and they will head back out into the hotel, and then upstairs to where the witches are?]

[jockwitch]

( Yes, I don't see why not, we can fold them in into the other thread.

Meanwhile, Elijah takes off his jacket to inspect his ruined shirt. )

[enjoythe_ride]

[Presumably out of the room with the whammied hunters and on their way to somewhere safer? Bela follows his eyes with a sigh.]

I'll buy you another one.

[uniquelyvulnerable]

These hunters were truly amateurs, even in their gun safety.

( Which is how Elizabeth got one off in his direction. Oops. )

[enjoythe_ride]

And to think, hunters used to have standards.

[It's really a tragedy how far the noble profession has fallen.]

You sure you're alright?

[uniquelyvulnerable]

The pain has subsided. It was an honest mistake.

( And with that, he'll ask how things went with the dark object - but wait. He owes someone a call.

Back in their own hotel, Elijah steals a moment away on the balcony and calls Jo. )

[saveslives]

[She picks up the phone as soon as she sees his name on the caller ID.]

Elijah?

[uniquelyvulnerable]

Your children are all accounted for. They are indeed staying in their hotel. But, they have made connections and their presence there is being kept hush hush.

( Maybe start with that. )

[saveslives]

Okay.

[She's waiting for the catch.]

What connections are those?

[uniquelyvulnerable]

A hacker named William. There are hunters here, but two have been taken care of and they will not remember your children, or the witch they're with. Are you familiar with Danny Brighton, or the Knightsbridge Coven?

( Down below, the traffic passes. )

[saveslives]

The coven, yes. They were attacked a few months ago.

[Before Mystic Falls. She remembers it being the first sign that something was wrong.]

How did they get tied up in that?

[uniquelyvulnerable]

Bonnie Bennett and her associate were captured. Daniel Brighton tracked your daughters down.

( At least, that's what he thinks. )