Kisame and the others of the Akatsuki force looked over at Pein as the radio on his waist cackled with life, a few noises of static coming from its speaker. "Is it them?" Kisame questioned from where he was resting with his back against the sofa edge. He was exhausted and tense from waiting, and knew everyone else felt the same way.

Pein frowned. "I don't know." He pressed a button on the side of his radio. "Sasori? Is that you- can you hear me?"

"Loud and clear," the redhead's voice broke through.

A round collective sighs went around the room as everyone released the breath they didn't know they had been holding. Pein rubbed the worried crease in his forehead with a finger, speaking into the radio. "Where are you?"

"Somewhere in the city."

"That's not helpful. What happened?"

There was a heavy sigh. "I found Deidara. Some bozo was trying to drive them both off that unfinished bridge by the ocean edge, but I've got him now. I think it was one of Orochimaru's men. Other night prowlers wouldn't bother to attack Deidara because they don't know he's working with us. I also asked him about what took place earlier. He found some valuable information that I think you'd like to hear- from that woman Sasuke mentioned. Tayuya or something…"

Pein felt a part of his horrid day brighten. "That's very good," he said. "And what was made of Tayuya and the man on the bus?"

"Yeah… Deidara blew them up."

"What?"

"Brat, don't just sulk there silently. Say something will you- Oh my God what the fuck happened to your leg?" Sasori suddenly screamed.

"Gee, thanks for noticing. It's only been like this for the past ten minutes," Deidara's sarcastic voice answered, though it was quieter due to the fact that he wasn't speaking directly into the radio.

"I'm not talking about your leg- you're getting blood all over the car seats!"

"Wow. What a dick un."

"Shut up and get the gauze from the backseat."

"Is everything okay?" Pein asked, brows lowered in concern for his members.

"We'll be fine. Just have Kakuzu ready for when we get there," Sasori's hassled voice said.

"And when will that be?" Pein motioned for Kakuzu, Itachi, and Hidan to come over.

There was a thoughtful pause on the other side of the radio.

Pein felt his lips tilt down. "Sasori?"

"Give us twenty minutes," Sasori responded.

"You're going the wrong way yeah," Deidara's snide voice commented. "Ow! My leg you asshole!"

"Whoops," the redhead unapologetically said. "Pein, I've got to concentrate on the road. I'll see you and the others soon."

Pein narrowed his eyes. "Sasori-"

"We'll be fine."

Pein inwardly rolled his eyes as the radio disconnected, facing the three he had called. "I want you guys to find those two and make sure they get back he safely," he told them.

Hidan raised a brow. "You don't fuckin' trust them?"

"Not when one could be severely injured and the other can't drive," the orange-haired man answered. "Now stop wasting time and get going."

Hidan muttered something inaudible under his breath, but obediently followed Itachi and Kakuzu out the room.

Pein let out a sigh as Konan came to stand beside him.

"Are they going to be alright?" she worriedly asked.

"I hope so," Pein murmured. "I really hope so…"

~X~

Sasori reassured their leader on the radio one last time before shutting it off and hooking it back in place. He sighed and bowed his head, really hoping he wouldn't have to go to work the next day. He was still worn out from having to deal with Orochimaru, and the oncoming headache wasn't helping.

"Please keep your eyes on the road," Deidara said to the seemingly dozing redhead, tying a firm knot in the gauze he had wrapped around his leg for the time being.

Sasori replied with a vicious glare. "We wouldn't be in this mess if you hadn't decided to skip out on tonight's mission and get into so much trouble on your own," he growled.

"Well sorry," Deidara huffed, looking out his open window as the wind tossed about his hair. "Maybe if you untrusting assholes hadn't planted a frickin' tracker on my bike, I would have come back to headquarters without any problem yeah."

"The point of the tracker was so we could find you if we needed you for anything you stupid brat," Sasori said, tone considerably calmer. "You didn't exactly give us your cell number."

Deidara scowled. "You and Itachi had it un."

Sasori smirked. "Yeah well I hacked into your phone while you were knocked out after the induction," he smugly said before a frown appeared on his face. "Speaking of which, there's a name on your contact list-"

"You privacy-invading bastard," Deidara grumbled. "How dare you-"

"Yeah, yeah, get angry later," Sasori cut him off with a wave of his hand. "There's this kid on your contact's list who-"

He was interrupted by a pounding on the car roof.

Exchanging a wary glance with the blonde next to him, Sasori looked into his rearview mirror, clicking his tongue in annoyance when he saw a leg hanging off the side of the car and another vehicle trailing them. It was a silver Bugatti Veyron, and gaining on them quickly.

There was mad laughter from above as the person on the roof pounded mercilessly on its already dented surface.

"Quick! Step on the brakes- he'll fall off!" Deidara exclaimed as their new situation finally sunk in.

Sasori furrowed his brows. "I don't know how to do that!"

"What?" The blonde gave him a horrified look. "You did it back there with the bus!"

"I just stepped on one of the pedals!" Sasori angrily replied.

"You don't know how to drive?" Deidara yelled at him in disbelief.

"I know how to get to places- so stop screeching already!"

"That's not the same thing un! And in case you haven't noticed, we have some psycho on top of the roof!"

As if on cue, a sword came plunging through the ceiling between them.

Sasori and Deidara looked at the blade pulling itself out and then at each other.

"What now?" Deidara asked, eyeing the hole made where he could make out the arm of the man moving back to attack again.

Sasori thoughtfully hummed in the back of his throat, looking in the review mirror where he could see the other car getting closer. "Hey, brat. How well can you drive?"

Deidara cast him a dark look. "Better than you un."

"That's all I needed to hear," Sasori smugly smirked, unbuckling himself and snatching the machine gun out of the blonde's lap. "Take over the wheel for a bit."

Deidara immediately lunged across the redhead's torso and seized the wheel, seeing as they were about to veer off into a building. "What the hell are you doing?" he hissed, roughly swerving the car in an attempt to shake the psycho off their damn roof.

Sasori scanned the ceiling and then let a crazed smile spread across his features. He pulled the trigger on the gun, startling Deidara as he put a nice amount of holes through the roof. There was a moment of suspended silence before a dull thud was heard. Blood began dripping through the gaps of the car roof. Sasori righted himself and pushed Deidara off of him, taking the wheel back into his possession and picking up the speed. He threw the gun at the blonde while he was at it.

"Damn jerk," the blonde teen muttered, looking at the mirror. "What are we going to do about those two guys following us yeah?"

Sasori shrugged. "As if I would know. Give me a second to think," he said.

"That's too long," Deidara said in a low tone, narrowing his visible eye as he saw one of the silver-haired guys pulling out a gun to shoot at them. He scoffed, clutching the machine gun in one hand while using the other to throw himself out the side of his window and climb on top the roof. He crinkled his nose at the dead body of the bushy-haired man and kicked him off with his foot before turning his attention to the car. The guy with the gun smirked and raised his firearm to start shooting.

Deidara was faster.

He sent a volley of bullets across the expanse of his opponents' car, creating a cloud of smoke to block their vision. He then reached into his pocket, slinging the machine gun around his back and bringing out a grenade he found in the backseat. With a smirk, Deidara pulled the pin with his teeth, throwing the shell at the car and ducking down as it exploded. He covered his head with his arms as pieces of what remained of the vehicle shot his way.

"Hold on up there," Sasori's voice drifted out the window. "I'm turning on the next street."

"Got it hmm."

Unfortunately, both of them seemed to forget about Sasori's horrible driving skills which seemed to find it fit to come back in a crucial point of their lives.

They never quite made the turn, the car ramming into the edge of a building before flipping over. Sasori's head smacked into the wheel and then jerked back against his seat as the ceiling crushed in. A shocked blonde flew off the roof of the car and landed with a thud on the road, skull making a sickening crack as his vision went black.

A/N: Well they just up and died.

...Kidding :) Or am I? Who knows.

You'll just have to keep reading to find out I suppose :D