The car mirror sailed through the air and slammed a wall that was behind the vigilantes as they ducked out of the way. Rico then threw the car door like a frisbee as he jumped backwards over the car that was behind him.
He saw Batwoman peek her head up to only immediately duck again as the car door embedded itself in the same wall that the car mirror hit. Once Rico was behind the car he turned his attention to Batgirl who was attempting to move up behind him again.
Rico rolled out of the way as Batgirl threw a pair of batarangs. Both were aimed to cripple him for life if he was a normal human. He looked around for a place to take cover and saw that these were mostly mom and pop shops.
He sighed as he decided to just stick to the street as he punched another batarang out of the air. But as he punched it there was a blinding flash. It caught him off guard for only a moment as he became blind. But instead of panicking he switched on his eagle vision.
He could still see the outlines of things and the red body that was indicative of a person. But he was not surprised when he saw Batgirl's form dashing towards him. Instead of aiming for her he punched down at the ground.
CRACK!
A spiderweb of cracks blossomed throughout the street as the ground slightly shook. She almost tripped from the sudden miniature earthquake. But as she righted herself, Rico was already upon her. Grabbing her by the arm and pinning her to the ground.
Rico then picked up and threw Batgirl towards her allies. As she flew away she still managed to throw several more batarangs. It was pretty incredible especially since he just had her pinned down.
He tore a car door off a car and raised it up to block the batarangs. But instead of embedding in the car door they exploded on impact. Sending him flying back through a glass window and into one of those mom and pop shops.
He sighed as he pulled himself up and tossed the car door to the side. Fortunately his clothes were not destroyed but this… spice shop was severely damaged and he was covered in various spices.
Rico looked at the group of vigilantes and began walking out of the spice shop while grabbing a large container of pepper. He walked out while unscrewing the cap of the pepper container as he saw the vigilantes were taking up positions around the shop he was thrown into.
"Now!" Nightwing yelled. It seemed they had come up with a plan. But as they closed the distance he swung the pepper container in an arc as they got close enough.
"Ah!" Harley screamed as it got in her eyes. The others were just as caught off guard. Meanwhile their plan which consisted of using tasers and Robin dropping on him from above was bound to fall.
Not because of Robin. He was able to successfully drop on Rico's back and reached for his pocket while he planted an explosive on his back. But Rico was grabbing Nightwing and using him as a human shield while pulling one of Nightwing's baton tasers out of his hand.
He jabbed Batwoman with it as Robin jumped off of his back. She screeched as she was electrocuted and fell to the ground. Batgirl and Harley closed the distance. Batgirl had an electric knuckle duster while Harley was using just a basic taser.
Rico tossed Nightwing into Harley's path. Causing her to taser Nightwing. While he closed the distance between him and Batgirl but instead of striking he dashed by her just as he felt the explosion on his back that sent him flying and crashing into a car on the side of the road.
His armor and clothes were undamaged. While his gasmask was still on, although at this point he should probably upgrade it later.
He pulled himself out of the back seat of the car he had crashed into. As he did he was looking at the mess that had occurred.
"I got it!" Robin called out while waving the triggering device in his hand. He had stolen it from Rico's pocket while he planted the explosive.
"Ah… that hurt." Nightwing called out. "Are the rest of you okay?"
"Yes." "Fine." "That caught me off guard." The others agreed as they pulled themselves up and stood warily while looking in Rico's direction.
"Robin take out the battery and-"
"It's empty." Robin cut him off as he opened the triggering device. "This is just a useless piece of plastic and metal."
They all looked at Robin, the triggering device and then at Rico. Rico shrugged, "sorry, but I am just a really efficient distraction." He had received the signal indicating that the mercenaries were on the last building now. Then they would be done and he could head out.
"How did you set off the car explosion?" Harley asked openly while pulling a water bottle out of the partially destroyed cars and pouring it in her eyes. She was still trying to get the pepper out of her eyes.
"I sent a signal to the person with the remote detonator. But I would suggest keeping the GCPD's bomb squad out of the building. They were made with the batfamily in mind so tampering or disabling one of the triggering devices will just set off the other ones." Rico informed them with a shrug. "Now do you want to get back to fighting?"
"Why are you telling us all of this?" Batwoman asked.
"It could be a bluff. He is trying to outwit us." Robin pointed out with a growl. He was likely annoyed that he was close enough to slit his throat and had to give it up for grabbing a fake detonator.
"He is not, he did the same thing at the Sionis building. Those explosives have hidden second triggers." Nightwing informed them with a grunt. He seemed to be breaking it down. "He just told us literally what his purpose was. He is here to distract us while more explosives are planted around the city."
"Oracle!" Batgirl turned away as she pressed a hand up to her comm unit. Likely to get assistance to track down the other locations.
"Do it." Rico ordered through the open call he had with Edgelady.
Then even Rico could hear the static that exploded through them. They all turned away and he saw Harley literally pull out the comm unit in disgust before she put it in one of her jacket pockets.
"Damn, this Oracle really knows her stuff. This will have my full attention as I try to keep her contained to these… the others are done. I will wait until they are clear of the building before I send the code to Red Hood." Edgelady told him in his ear.
"You… you knew the whole time?" Nightwing asked in shock.
"Of course I do, I work for Red Hood. Just a reminder this is just a paid job and not personal." Rico told them as he got into a fighting stance.
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