The cop says something else, something about having 'finally caught the bastard that did it' but Daniel seizes the opportunity when the other man's attention turns away from him to shuffle back, inching discreetly away until he backs right into the trunk of one of the smoking cars.

Thunk.

Daniel springs away from the vehicle in alarm as the trunk vibrates with an impact - an impact from inside? Any sense of confusion or doubt snaps into fervent motion as he scrabbles for the trunk's catch and tears it open. It doesn't matter if he's a detective or not - for all he knows, he could be. But if someone's in there, someone has to help.

"Oh, god," he says, eyes widening. Who keeps a little girl in a car trunk. "God - are you okay?"