Rico frowned as the storage container closed. Doctor Fries was hiding out in an abandoned dockyard. Where they currently were, he nodded at Gearbox once the back of the vehicle was empty so he drove off to dispose of the temporary vehicle.
"Are you sure you will not need anything else?" Rico asked as he looked at Doctor Fries as the man walked toward another container.
"No, I do not need anything. These containers contain all of my labs and everything I need to finally finish her treatment." Doctor Fries explained in excitement and then pointed at a truck with a box container on the back. "That contains your payment in addition to the offshore bank transfer that should come in later today."
Rico nodded, "thank you." The rest of his people started moving to the vehicle. "You have my card if you need anything else."
Then he joined the others around the old truck and opened up the cargo container at the back. He raised an eyebrow at the contents and then nodded at T-Dog. "Get these back so we can start experimenting with these new tools."
T-Dog nodded and the others climbed into either the cabin or the back. While Rico grabbed a handle on the back as it started to move away. It slowed down once it left the dockyard as Gearbox walked up and joined him on a handle hanging off the back.
They went straight back to the shop where Gearbox pulled the truck apart for parts. While the crate was left in the room.
He walked back into his office where Edgelady was waiting. "I have three new jobs coming up." She announced as she lifted her laptop where her feet were resting on his desk.
"What are they?" Rico asked as he opened a filing cabinet and took out some files. He needs to do some funny stuff with money to hide the illegal acquisition of money behind fake clients. It was the easy way to do it. It happened to be the same process he did for the contract from Argus.
"The first is from Argus. They want us to reacquire an item that was stolen from a museum. It was smuggled to Mexico, so it needs to be a discreet job. It is all above board. They just can't chase it because there is a chance they will slip into a country without extradition by the time they get there." Edgelady explained.
"An ancient artifact and a need to be discreet. Let's send Artemis and… hmm… Waylon or T-Dog." Rico thought for a moment before shaking his head. "Actually, we will send Coin with Artemis. Next Job?"
"A job from Kord Industries. It is connected to our little trip to Bialya. Turns out they need to locate and watch someone. The new blue beetle. Apparently he 'stole' the device that makes him the blue beetle. That of course is a lie, or at least they do not know it is a lie. What do you want to do?"
Rico stopped shuffling papers and shook his head side to side before nodding. "You will take care of that. I give permission to accept. Use anyone who is not currently on a job. Keep them on rotation. But to get the basic information, I am putting a two week limit on the process. After that we are pulling out of the job."
"Understood." Edgelady nodded and then took a deep breath. "Now there is this third job. This one interestingly enough is from the United Nations Assembly by way of the Justice League. Atlantis is making a presentation by the King and Queen at the next assembly but part of the new rules require them to have mercenary guards in addition to their typical guards since they are superhuman."
"Who recommended us?"
"Batman. Looks like he wants to keep an eye on us. Especially now that Oracle, the former Batgirl, is miraculously back on her feet."
"How did that happen?" Rico asked in confusion as he almost finished his paper work.
"Looks like an experimental treatment." Edgelady answered. "Ivy got a look at her body. Looks like nothing else was affected, just her spine. Should I look deeper? It might end up a bit dangerous."
"No, not yet." Rico shook his head. "We will accept the job. Set up a rotation of people who are left. Who are we guarding and where?"
"Only the Queen, the King decided to not have one. They did not give any other details until we accepted." Edgelady explained.
"Accept. We have the time. Keep Gearbox off the rotations until he makes progress with the stuff he has been handed. Two people on rotation should be enough for the guard duties." Rico declared as he put the files away and then grabbed another set to start filling out.
"Understood. Then I will put you and… Cheshire on first rotation. They arrive at the Metropolis dockyard." Edgelady declared getting a glare from Rico. "What? It was easy to break in. Anyways, Katana is coming in today. I will start her training. Then there are also two more people who reached back for a meeting. In a week, Tigress will be in Gotham for a meeting and Deathstroke's kid is on route here as well. But she seemed to be bringing a group with her without knowing."
"Who is following her?"
"Red Robin, Wonder Girl, Superboy, and a few others." Edgelady explained. "I will send you the specific files."
"Okay, put them all on the schedule. I will meet with each of them." Rico nodded his head. "Also see if you can find the original Deathstroke and find Deadshot. I have a feeling someone is going to make a play on the Queen or King of Atlantis."
"I will check darkweb chatter as well." Edgelady shrugged. "Have fun being an escort to malls and shops."
"Foreign royalty… yeah I get it." Rico nodded his head. "Make sure at least one woman is available for the rotations."
"Understood."