[She's about to say something in response when Bela appears over William's shoulder. She does look shocked and sells it some (13) but something about her expression is getting on Mia's nerves (15).
But she doesn't say anything, just nudges her brother.]
( A (2) means he doesn't have to play along, or can't, because confusion is all he feels. )
The all-clear? I can't leave the city because I'm a suspect in a murder investigation, which was a part of your plan. Bela, you didn't. I know him. He wouldn't want --
( He gathers his strength to ask a simple question. He whispers, (7), yeah not the best at whispering. )
[And she'll gesture for them to follow before leading the way. She slides into the driver's seat, and Mia gets in the back, leaving the passenger seat for William to take.]
[Because no, they didn't kill someone to fake Cooper's death. They'll have to get him back from the morgue.]
We used a dark object to give him a death-like appearance. Once all is done with Monroe, we'll wake him up and it will be like it never happened. But we decided that Klaus' inside man was a better bet than your boyfriend, unfortunately.
Klaus' inside man. Apparently he and Damon Salvatore turned one of the hunters and compelled him to go back in and provide them with information. He was given a loyalty test by Monroe, and Cooper wasn't, so for the moment, he was option more likely to get things done.
( It's times like these when William realizes he's made strange bedfellows with people who make friends with the coroner's office. He can't argue this either way. He's in at the end of it. No, not the end. The middle. Because, he's not dead, only to make it look like he is.
She can navigate them to the coroner's. If he has nothing nice to say... )
She will quietly get them there, and they'll have to wait until the coroner returns with the body, but once that's done, they'll be escorted to a side room where Cooper's body is stretched out on the table.
One the coast is clear, she'll reach a hand into her bag, pull out the object in question and set it on the table.]
( Waiting for the body is like an eternity, but by the time it comes, William's not ready. What if this doesn't work? What if he comes back different, or he forgets William altogether. Actually, maybe he's better off, then. William tends to drag his boyfriends into - well, no, he doesn't drag anyone. He barely trusts, moves to an arm's length between them and then accuses them of having trust issues, when it's always him.
But, lying there dead like that, this is William's fault. Yes, it was Cooper's idea. But William was in London. )
[She nods, twisting the top of the mechanism. The box makes a skin-crawling ticking sound, before Cooper suddenly takes a deep breath as air comes back into his body, followed by coughing as his lungs remember how to work again.]
( He can't believe it, but Cooper is breathing. There's an awkward half kneel/collapsing movement as he braces himself but, finds Cooper's arm and then hand. His fingers interlock and he squeezes, not saying anything, not - wanting to jinx everything. )
[His hand reaches out to grasp whoever touches him, and eventually his eyes open to find William's. It's then followed by a small smile as he squeezes his hand back.]
( He leans forward and finds his lips, not making a show of it, but showing how lost he'd felt only an hour before. He brings his lips to Cooper's knuckles after. )
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But she doesn't say anything, just nudges her brother.]
She's here.
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Last thing I heard, he was driving out to the river. He was burned. And he knew it.
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He did. And we had a plan. So just play along until we get the all clear, yeah?
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( A (2) means he doesn't have to play along, or can't, because confusion is all he feels. )
The all-clear? I can't leave the city because I'm a suspect in a murder investigation, which was a part of your plan. Bela, you didn't. I know him. He wouldn't want --
( He gathers his strength to ask a simple question. He whispers, (7), yeah not the best at whispering. )
Did you turn him?
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[Bela moves to pull him into a hug, turning his face away from the security cameras so that they're still selling the ruse.]
We just knew that she wouldn't believe it unless you believed it.
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Get me out of here and then explain everything.
( He leans back, (17) the picture of grief as he turns to Mia. )
Come on.
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[And she'll gesture for them to follow before leading the way. She slides into the driver's seat, and Mia gets in the back, leaving the passenger seat for William to take.]
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Tell me everything. Who is that? Where is Cooper?
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[Because no, they didn't kill someone to fake Cooper's death. They'll have to get him back from the morgue.]
We used a dark object to give him a death-like appearance. Once all is done with Monroe, we'll wake him up and it will be like it never happened. But we decided that Klaus' inside man was a better bet than your boyfriend, unfortunately.
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( There's another? )
Who decided? You and Cooper?
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( Sorry, Bela. But. !! )
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[Which hopefully he will give as soon as he's done being assaulted by Cooper's father.]
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( He liked you, too. )
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[And with that, her phone dings and she checks her texts.]
It it seems like the ruse worked. Now we just need to recover your boyfriend from the morgue, and he'll be right as rain.
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( He hikes up a foot on the glove compartment, one hand resting in front of him. Don't stress. Don't stress. )
What red tape do I need to get through to reach him in the morgue? Do you know which morgue he'll be taken to? Did you think this through?
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[Because this is Bela Talbot. Unlike the Winchesters she doesn't often half-ass her plans.]
We just need to get there to pick him up.
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She can navigate them to the coroner's. If he has nothing nice to say... )
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She will quietly get them there, and they'll have to wait until the coroner returns with the body, but once that's done, they'll be escorted to a side room where Cooper's body is stretched out on the table.
One the coast is clear, she'll reach a hand into her bag, pull out the object in question and set it on the table.]
Ready?
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But, lying there dead like that, this is William's fault. Yes, it was Cooper's idea. But William was in London. )
No. But, you should do it, anyway.
( The sooner it's done, anyway. )
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Hey.
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( He leans forward and finds his lips, not making a show of it, but showing how lost he'd felt only an hour before. He brings his lips to Cooper's knuckles after. )
We have to work on peer pressure.
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[He groans as he tries to sit up, feeling the stiffness in his limbs.]
Being dead sucks. Would not recommend.
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