Emmie woke up sated and stretched luxuriously. She blinked the drowsiness out of her heather eyes and looked over at Deidara. Naked and intertwined in the sheets, he was still heartstoppingly handsome. An alert from her phone sent Emmie out of bed. Checking it, she read the terse message from Kakashi.
Closing her eyes, Emmie felt a wave of relief; it was over. Kakashi got the video of Tayuya, he was sending it over to the authorities. Emmie glanced at the time, it was only 10:30, her brother would still be in his office. Antonio often worked late nights. Going back to the bed, she shook Deidara awake.
"Wha's th'matter. If you want another go, give me a second," his groggy reply came back.
"Kakashi got the video. I want to go and tell my brother what the hell has happened for the past 2 months and I don't think a phone call is gonna cut it. I need you to come with me to explain things. I think he'll believe me if I have backup."
Deidara nodded, "Got it."
As they dressed, Emmie called Antonio. Sure enough, he was still in his office. In the taxi, Emmie and Deidara watched the video Kakashi sent.
"Goddamn, that's the leader of the Black Panthers, and that Indian chief, what are they doing there?" Deidara looked at Emmie, cerulean eyes wide. She stared back astonished, "I-I don't know, but there's the Democratic party leader and candidate, and those guys are the owners of major Left wing news networks. This corruption goes so deep. Shut up, they're talking."
The video revealed that the plan was to use Lithium to rile up radical members of the population to provide evidence excessive force and police brutality. The news outlets would capitalize on the increased violence on the streets and the Democratic party would push their reform agenda. The Indian chief would also use the drug to stir up trouble in order to force police to act more violently towards his people in a peaceful protest. The protest would gain more momentum and in the end, federal presence would be withdrawn. All this in order to gain more territory and freedom from federal regulations on the reservations.
Stunned, they sat in silence all the way to Antonio's building. Automatically, Emmie pushed the button for her brother's office in the lift. Emmie spoke suddenly, "This goes beyond the jurisdiction of the NYPD. I think this is FBI level."
"No shit," Deidara ran his hand through his golden forelock. "We're in it deep."
With a pleasant chime, the doors opened and walking to his office, Emmie was ready to barge in until she heard voices. Uncertain, she paused and looked at Deidara.
"He's supposed to be alone."
Immediately, Deidara swept her behind his form and opened the door cautiously,
"-Tayuya, we can't kill him. Orochimaru-sama forbids it. We still need him, his death would raise too many questions! He's a prominent public figure, the outcry would be intense, a full investigation would be launched!" a male voice pleaded.
A cold female voice responded, "You just don't want to kill him because it's your precious fiancée's brother. Please, you know he needs to be silenced, he knows far too much." The sound of a gun being cocked made Emmie shove Deidara into the room.
Before her panicked eyes stood her brother's treasonous fiancée, her bound and gagged brother, and….. Kabuto.