Rico nodded at the plane that was now in the large barn. He then walked over to join Artemis and Coin who were talking to the farmer whose field they landed in. They were negotiating with him.
When he arrived Coin looked at him. "He wants passage out of Bialya for him and his family. As well as a few hundred dollars. What do you think?"
"Sounds good, we can just take them in the plane and drop them off in another country when we go to pick up fuel. Speaking of fuel, can we get some from your contact for the plane?" Rico asked as he glanced over at the nose of the plane that was poking out of the large barn.
"Yeah, she should have some. We will ask when we get there." Coin answered and turned to the farmer and began speaking in the local language. After a few more minutes they were taking the farmer's truck to Al-Qawiya. The capital city of Bialya.
That is where Coin's contact is located. In addition, it was also where the person they were looking for, John Ryan, was last seen. He was seen at a backwater hotel in the slums by a Gotham Police officer that was vacationing here. Which seemed like a bunch of smoke and bullshit to Rico.
Rico rode in the back of the truck while the women rode in the front. They were only a few hours from the city and passed through a single small town. When they passed through the town he saw no police presence and even less of anything aside from a few open booths where they were selling some jerryrigged technologies like game consoles and computers.
Once they were through that small town they came up to the city. The outskirts were similar to that small town they passed. But as they got closer to the center it slowly turned into more of a first world city with small chain establishments. Like coffee shops or fast food places they would see in America.
After a few minutes of being in the city, Coin pulled off the main road and into an alleyway. As she slowly drove she stopped at a brick wall and climbed out. "Come on," She encouraged them and they followed her to the brick wall.
Rico activated his Eagle Vision for a moment and saw that the wall had a passage behind it that would lead to the ground. He then deactivated it as Coin pressed on a combination of bricks. Then the wall opened up and she walked down.
They followed her into the underground.
After a minute of walking down stairs they could hear the wall opening close up behind them. Then they arrived at a metal door and Coin rapped her fist against the door. The eye slot opened up and a person looked them over before the door opened.
They walked through to find a few people in the room. They were all clearly from different nationalities. Rico looked at them but then Coin was approached by a scowling woman who immediately broke out into a mile and hugged her. "Coin! It is a pleasure to see you again. Now what did you need?"
Coin looked around at the others in confusion. The woman saw the look and waved her hand. "Oh, do not worry about them. We have an agreement to not bother each other. Now what do you need?"
"Aircraft fuel, weapons, most discreet, one long range weapon and…" Coin looked at them.
"A decent metal spear or melee weapon if you have one." Artemis requested.
Coin then looked at Rico but he just shook his head. He could break out his hidden weapons if the situation became dire. But for now he could make do with some basic weapons.
"Okay." The woman nodded and grabbed a clipboard and started looking through it. "I have plenty of aircraft fuel, how many barrels."
"Two." Rico answered, quickly doing the calculations in his head.
One of the others in the room flinched when he spoke. Rico looked at him and the woman burst into laughter. "Forgive me, but I definitely recognize your voice. You may have been speaking Russian. But everyone in the intelligence community knows that someone shot down two of Queen Bee's planes and provoked her." She explained as she glared at the man who flinched.
He threw up his hands and sighed.
"Now then. I can get those barrels easily enough. Do you have a vehicle?" The woman asked, looking at Coin.
"Yeah, it is in front of your door." Coin answered.
"Okay… then as for the weapons… I have three glocks with silencers. Not the best, but I have a feeling you just need something. As for the sniper…" The woman smiled as she showed the clipboard to Coin. "I think that one will work."
"You still have it?" Coin asked, failing to hide her excitement.
"You bet! I have been holding onto it just for you! Your custom piece." She then turned to Artemis, "we only have a few things for the melee weapons. I have a feeling you have a better eye for that sort of thing. So I will just show you where they are and you can pick one."
"What will this cost us?" Rico asked.
"The advance payment Coin gave me only covered the glocks and her sniper. For the rest, I am thinking…" She wrote down something on a note and handed it to him. He opened it up and raised an eyebrow. "What do you think?"
Rico sighed and nodded his head. "Okay… talk to Coin and get it all set up. We can do that. Although I think we are going to need something else in return." He pointed out.
"Oh, I know." She then turned to Coin and Artemis. "Now then, should I bring you two, to the weapons?"
Rico shook his head and followed them to grab the silenced glock he would be borrowing. He at least wanted to get that before he went out to scout out the possible location of John Ryan.