"Ttmmm… Red Robin. The police and witnesses are saying the same thing. Do you want to hear what happened?" The young man in the black Superman shirt asked. He was well built with simple clothes. Probably because his clothes kept getting destroyed.
"Superboy, let me guess." Red Robin, or rather Tim Drake, stood up from his crouched position over a body with a knife sticking out of its eye. "There was a VIP with guards who was attacked. The guards defended their clients and themselves. Going head to head with one foe that got away. Another that was kicked so hard his heart exploded. He landed over there." Red Robin nodded down at a body.
"Then another was kicked out the window. Probably to alert authorities. Jamming device? Likely. This one was killed by a thrown knife by someone coming from the kitchen. Then the last who was captured was taken out and imprisoned but considering the amount of water. I am guessing the VIPs or guards or maybe even both were Atlantean?" Red Robin asked as he looked over the room.
"You are right on both. A pair of guards from Gotham were hired to protect Queen Mera and Tula. Sorry I am late. I was checking up on them." Garth apologized as he looked at the bodies. "These are human, so hired hands?"
"Guards from Gotham?" Red Robin frowned as he pulled out his phone and sent a quick message to Babs. Asking for information.
"Badass guards are more like it." They looked over as Cassie walked up. "One of them was attacked in the kitchen. They managed to fight off their attacker, who appears to be Malcolm Merlyn, then killed two attackers all while holding their breath because there was sleeping gas in the room. Then to top it off they got past Green Arrow who appears to have attacked them and then jumped down from the upper level to run back here."
"Definietly from Gotham." Conner agreed with Wonder Girl. "What are we going to do?"
"Talk to the targets of the attack if that is okay?" Red Robin looks to Garth, the Atlantean of their group, who nodded his head in agreement.
"Yeah, my girlfriend is with them. I will make sure that the guards don't attack us on site." Garth agreed as a twinge of excitement filled him up. Excited to see his girlfriend after so long.
Their group of five: Cassandra Sandsmark also known as Wondergirl, Superboy or Connor to his friends, Red Robin who was actually Tim Drake, Garth who had the nickname of Tempest, then there was their new and fifth member who was back in his hometown for the moment.
They arrived at the Hotel and came in through the roof entrance. As Tim came down the stairs he noticed the light on a camera was blinking and frowned. It was operational but it was following them as they moved.
Then they arrived at the floor and walked in. As soon as they did they saw a pair of women standing at a door. Both were armed with submachine guns and other weapons. They raised their weapons but then stopped when they saw who they were. One of them turned and pressed her radio. Giving Tim a view of her arm patch and seeing a badger with a vine wrapped around it. "Those vigilantes are here."
They walked up just as the door opened. Tim was the first one in and frowned at what he found. Those 'badass guards' from Gotham were someone that even Batman now has trouble dealing with. Mostly because he 'plays' above board but when he doesn't it is still morally in the right.
Ricardo Bell was sitting on a loveseat next to… Cheshire or rather Jade. Former assassin turned mercenary. She was just in an exercise bra with bandages covering a shoulder and on a few other parts of her upper torso. She still had a pair of pants on but she was leaning back in her chair looking like she was asleep. Ricardo Bell was sipping a cup of tea as he raised his glass to them.
"Red Robin, Superboy, Tempest, and Wonder Girl. You just missed the police, we just finished giving our statements." Rico informed them.
Tula and Queen Mera were both sitting nearby looking annoyed but more towards them. As the door closed Tim finally noticed who had opened it up for them. Killer Croc, or rather Waylon Jones, another criminal turned mercenary. But he appeared… better? He was probably not being experimented on anymore.
"I apologize for arriving so late. We will just be a few moments. But we wanted to confirm our findings and we will get out of your hair." Red Robin gave a slight bow of his head and glared at Ricardo Bell for a moment. Still a bit sour about the time he broke into the police building.
"Let's get this done quickly. Rico is Jade out or can you wake her up?" Queen Mera asked as she set down her own tea cup.
Rico looked over and then shook his head. "She is out." He then looked at them. "Now then where do you want us to start? Because there are several areas we could go with this but I have a feeling you will be more interested in another part."
"What would that be?" Superboy asked with a grunt. He was clearly unhappy and Tim could not understand why. But it happened as soon as they walked into the room.
"The fact that the federal government got involved in the security of the stadium and asked all bodyguards to be removed. Or how about the fact that they managed to sneak weapons all the way up here. Or there might be the fact that the two criminals attacking us are currently employed by a branch of the military?" Rico asked with a chuckle.
Red Robin looked over and saw that Queen Mera seemed to already know and was angry but was strangely staying quiet. "Which branch and who were the main attackers?"
"Deathstroke and Malcolm Merlyn. The branch in question is the United States Army." Rico answered as he set down his own tea cup.