Rico yawned as he climbed into the vehicle. "Long night?" The driver asked as Rico pulled on the seatbelt.
Rico chuckled as he yawned again. He spent the majority of the night with either Tula or Queen Mera. So he would say it was long. His exhaustion was also the reason why Gearbox and Jade were both here as well. "Something like that. You know the schedule for today, right?"
The driver nodded, "yeah I know. First we are dropping them off at a breakfast meeting with a few other individuals. We will stay there for a few hours and then head to the United Nations building in Metropolis where we will be staying for the presentation. I will then come and retrieve you at the docks afterward."
"Good." Rico nodded as he leaned back in the chair. He then dialed up his phone and called Coin. It rang for a few seconds before she answered. "Coin, give me a status update." he requested as he looked out the window as the limo started moving. Seeing his reflection and the black suit he was wearing that had a glock hidden in a holster on his back.
He heard a grunt on the other end of the line. "It is a pleasure to hear from you as well. Artemis and I are well. We are down here in Brazil now, and already identified the object as magical. But we are not the only ones here. We have already run into several mercenaries and intelligence agencies. But the item and person in question are going on a convoy up to Mexico tomorrow. That is when it will be heavily guarded and then also when no one else will try and steal it."
"What do you need?"
"Just airspace. We stole a helicopter and will be using it to fly back. As well as a drop off point for this magical object. Which Artemis has identified as not too dangerous." Coin explained.
"I will call the person who hired us and make sure it is taken care of. Expect a call from them within the hour." Rico told her before hanging up. He then sent a text to Edgelady and then received a report from the people watching Blue Beetle. Apparently they already managed to uncover his identity as well as the fact that he was working with a few other vigilantes when they came to town.
The vehicle stopped and Rico climbed out and looked around. They were located on the ground floor. He could see the four people inside already waiting for Tula and Queen Mera. They were waiting for their meeting, one of them was Diana Prince, Wonder Woman. He walked to the back and opened the door for Queen Mera.
She stopped out with a glow of excitement as she glanced at him. "Are you coming in with us?"
"Jade will be. Gearbox will stay out here with the driver. I will go to the entrance by the alley." Rico instructed before he walked toward the alleyway. He walked in and glanced it up and down. It was covered in grease and grime. The dumpster was barely visible but appears to have been moved so someone could use it to climb up the fire escape that scaled the adjacent building.
He moved around it and looked the rest of the way to the end of the building. Seeing that there were a few old pieces of graffiti that covered both the doors into the buildings. And the back of another building that blocked the rest of the way to the other street. After a moment of observation he walked back to the garbage and jumped up and got a better look at the building he was looking at. Activating his Eagle vision after a moment to make sure there was nothing he could not see with his eyes.
Which is when he found the silhouette of a person waiting on the second floor. If he recalls from the quick moment he looked through the front of the restaurant windows. There was a second floor with private rooms and storage rooms. But the restaurant would not be using them since they had rented the whole restaurant for safety and security.
He climbed up the fire escape until he was parallel with the second floor where he saw a good look at the person inside. They were crouched down by the door with a camera. The door was cracked open slightly so they could take pictures. But he was sure that the guy had at least one or two listening devices as well.
He quietly jumped over and held onto the ledge of the window before climbing in silently. He then watched the man as he recorded their conversation and took pictures of their meeting. They were talking about various stolen artifacts and historical relics.
He reached down and clamped a hand over the person's mouth before pulling him back and tossing him out the window. He yelped as he crashed into the dumpster and then fell to the floor of the alley with a grunt.
Rico walked over and picked up the recording device and camera that were laying by the door before walking back to the window and hoping out. Just as he did when Gearbox walked over to the alley and looked down. He had a hand on his weapon but Rico just shook his head, indicating that he had it covered.
This guy was just a paparazzi. He was taking photos and recording audio. Both of which he took a moment to destroy the recordings and devices while the paparazzi pulled himself up. Rico tossed the destroyed devices into the trash but pocketed the destroyed recordings and SD disk from the camera.
"Hey! You can't-" The paparazzi was cut off as Rico grabbed him and pulled him to the dumpster. Slamming his head into the side. Causing him to be disoriented before Rico flipped him into the trash filled bin and then closed it. He frowned and walked to the end of the alley. Gearbox was waiting and handed him a napkin.
Rico nodded and started wiping his hand as Gearbox walked back to his position.