A minute or two earlier.
Rico glanced over as the waiter arrived and frowned. He watched as the unfamiliar smiling man began setting down the drinks and was about to move onto the food. "Where is the guard I sent to the kitchen?"
It was for only a moment but he noticed as the waiter's hand flinched slightly. Then he looked at Rico and smiled. "Sir? Guard? I have no idea what you are talking about. The kitchen just told me to bring the food and drinks here. Perhaps she went for a smoke break?" Rico grunted and the man nodded his head before he reached to put the food in front of Queen Mera.
But Rico's hand shot out and grabbed the waiter's hand. Causing the waiter to drop the food and too catch not only Queen Mera and Tula's attention but several nearby tables and employees as well. "Mister Bell… what are you doing?" Tula asked.
"You said 'she' but I only said I sent a guard. I never specified the guard's gender. If you are going to lie, try to keep it simple." Rico explained and then looked at Queen Mera keeping the fake and shocked waiter in sight of his peripheral vision. "Queen Mera and Tula. I believe this man and-"
"I told you to not underestimate him!" A voice called out and Rico tilted his head to the side slightly as a bullet whizzed right past his head. He looked to the source of the voice and his eyes widened in surprise before he growled as focused on the newly appeared foe.
"Deathstroke." Rico's grin trailed into his face as he noticed the waiter suddenly give up on his disguise and grab a hidden knife. But Rico just shoved him back. He slammed into the glass window and there was a loud cracking noise as the window broke but did not shatter.
His body changed into his werebadger state. The knuckle dusters appeared on his hands after he transformed as he stood between Queen Mera and Tula. "Glad to see even a new mercenary like yourself knows who I am." Deathstroke kept one of his hands up with the handcannon in it. His other hand had a katana in hand. "I do not suppose you would like to just surrender the Atlanteans?"
"We need to get out of here. We do not want to get caught in the middle of this fight." Tula declared as she grabbed Queen Mera's hand.
"Bad idea. Chances are Deathstroke accounted for that. Until Jade comes back you stick with me." Rico told them through a growl as his gaze quickly flicked over all of the people in the room. Deathstroke was in his well known orange and black armor. But Rico was able to spot four other individuals within visual range who were working for Deathstroke. Rico reached up and pressed his communication ear piece. Hearing just static.
"Hmm… here I was thinking you would just be a simple bodyguard. But I suppose if you were that simple that bullet would have blown your head off." Deathstroke pointed out. "Now then-" He cut himself off as he dashed forward and fired several times.
Rico used one hand to deflect the bullets into the ground using his knuckle duster. He also watched as the waiter tried to move around him. But Rico raised a foot up and kicked him toward Deathstroke. Deathstroke swung his sword and slicked the man in half.
There were three more people working for Deathstroke in visual range. "There is a waitress behind us who is an assassin. There is one person disguised as a guest over there. He is wearing that light gray tie. Then there is another person wearing the usher's clothes from before over there." Rico announced and watched as Deathstroke flinched.
Deathstroke swung his sword and a ringing metallic noise reverberated as Rico's knuckle duster met it in the air. While at the same time Rico's other hand slammed into the side of the hand cannon and sent it away. While it continued the other three assassins he pointed out began closing the distance and the Atlanteans behind him began lighting up with magic.
Just faintly he picked up the sound of an explosion and growled. "In order to subdue someone like Jade you must have brought in another of your masked buddies." Rico pointed out as he noticed a chip in one of Deathstroke's blades.
"Yeah well…" He trailed off as Rico had to lean backwards and to the side. A knife attempted to stab him in the side while another person was aiming a gun at him and the bullet missed and slammed into a wall.
As he dodged he noticed Jade running towards him. He noticed that directly behind her was Oliver Queen with an arrow nocked on his bow. Then even further behind him was another bowman in black.
For a moment he focused on Deathstroke and shattered the chipped sword. As it fell apart and Deathstroke jumped back he grabbed one of the pieces of metal and threw it with all his strength.
It passed through the air and past Jade's knife that she had thrown and her as well. It cut through Green Arrow's bowstring and then slammed into Malcolm Merlyn's bow. Completely shattering the bow upon impact.
While at the same time Jade's knife hit the gun assassin that was behind him. Then while Deathstroke was recovering from shock. Jade spun around and kicked the knife assassin in the chest. She flew right out the window and into the stadium.
The VIP boxes had already begun evacuating but now it would catch the attention of the cameras who were previously focused on the game. Alerting the police and other groups to the presence of a disturbance.
Deathstroke clicked his tongue and started backing away. "I will remember this for next time." Rico then looked behind him to see Queen Mera and Tula had restrained the last assassin.
He then looked at Jade who walked the rest of the way over. He looked behind her to see that both Green Arrow and his evil counterpart had both disappeared. "Come on, let's get down to the car garage. We will have to answer questions but I would rather do it at a secure location." Rico informed them and then began transforming back into his normal form as they moved toward the elevators to leave.