"So the Gotham Underground job is done for the time being." Rico declared as he walked into the garage with the other two following him in. He then flipped the USB stick up in the air. "Edgelady, are you down in your bunker?"
Rico glanced at Gearbox who was working on the vehicle. He looked over at them and grimaced. "Oh damn. I can see why you asked for a pickup." He nodded at the weapons that came in this morning. "I checked them over and separated them by weapon type. But the ones without ammunition are marked with some black paint."
"Thanks gearbox." Rico nodded as he began moving to the alley way door.
"No problem. Oh, by the way. Sweetie wants to look all of you over for injuries and Rico, you have a guest waiting up in your 'office' in the gym." Gearbox informed them. Causing them all to freeze and exchange a look.
"You two get checked over. Tell her I will join her when I finish with the guest." Rico told them as he walked through the door and went across the alley and into the gym. He looked up at the stairs and the upstairs office. He spotted Sweetie coming out from the lower area and just waved at the two behind them as he went to the stairs and walked up them.
As Rico walked up to them he opened the door and flinched as he realized he was still covered in blood. But instead of stopping he just began walking toward his desk while he looked at the man in a fancy suit. "Hello sir, how can I help you?" Rico asked as he took a closer look.
He was dressed in a suit that looked rather expensive and a pair of gold trimmed glasses. While he had a single black briefcase sitting at the side while a white handkerchief was being used to cover his mouth as he clearly tried to not touch anything in the room. He was clearly from out of town. "Me? Nothing. I could care less about a two-bit mercenary like yourself. But my employer seems to be under the impression that you could do something for him."
Rico raised an eyebrow and watched as the man brought up the briefcase on another chair and opened it. He took a moment and then pulled out a small decorated golden box. "My employer figures that this could get you interested."
Rico accepted the box and looked it over. Noticing a few distinct markings. But a bunch of them were Egyptian script. But there was also a larger symbol on the top that looked like a lightning bolt. But it was made of obsidian instead of gold. "What exactly is your employer asking us to do?"
"He hopes you would be interested in finding the key to the box. We do have a lead. In Faucet City there is a superhero that-" The man started explaining but stopped when Rico raised a hand up to stop them.
"I am going to have to turn down this job. We are not so small that we would take something as desperate as a treasure hunt. I apologize but we will not be taking this job." Rico answered as he handed back the gold box.
"Very well. But you will regret this." The man took back the box and put it in his suitcase before walking out in a hurry. "This city really is a dump." He then angrily slammed the door closed and Rico watched through the office windows as he hurried out the gym at a stiff pace.
Rico sighed and shook his head. That symbol was definitely the one for Shazam. He did not want to get involved with that. He already had his hands full with other things without getting involved with another superhero.
Rico walked out the office and down the stairs. He then walked into the area that Sweetie had set up for first aid. It looked like Sweetie was giving Artemis a lookover while Coin was showering nearby. Rico appreciated her body before walking away and going toward the others. Sitting at the edge of a bed.
"What did our guest want?" Artemis asked as she raised an arm so Sweetie could check underneath it.
"Hire us for a job. But it is a treasure hunting one with very little information and I have a bad feeling about it." Rico explained as he pulled off his gear and clothes. "So I turned it down. We are not that desperate for a job."
"Good choice." Artemis grunted as Sweetie wiped a spot on her back with a wet cloth. "There are plenty of cursed treasures out there. When I was Wonder Woman for a short time I constantly had to deal with magically cursed crap."
"Then I am glad I turned it down." Rico looked over as Edgelady walked in. She was yawning as she walked over to him and opened her hand. He put the USB drive in her hand. "Be careful, it would be a good idea to check it over first. Commissioner Gordan gave it to me and it could just be a Trojan program from his pal Batman."
"Understood. I will jump right on that. Also I got a job commission on the dark net. I will send it to you later. But it looks like the opportunity to get some experimental tech and possibly another mercenary." Edgelady told him as she stepped away and looked over the USB drive.
"Okay, I will come down and take a look once I clean up. Also pull up the possible employees we were looking at." Rico told her and got a nod in response.
Rico then looked over at the others. Artemis was giving him an odd look while Sweetie sighed, "you should really not work her so hard. Maybe you should find someone else to take a part of her workload?"
Rico shrugged, "I would if I could. But there are only so many hackers out there that we could rely on."