Since I had woken up and Ranger was long gone. I decided I needed something to eat. I made my way into the kitchen and found some coffee in the pot and a jar of peanut butter on the kitchen counter. Perfect!

After I had consumed some coffee and peanut butter on toast.

I decided to head home and face the dreaded phone calls that would undoubtedly be flooding my answering machine right now.

My mother probably would have had half the Burg call her by now telling her how terrible and destructive I was being involved in such things.

I was about to pick up my cell phone and call my Dad for a lift, when the door to Ranger's apartment door burst open and four large guys came barging in with bags in their hands.

It was Tank, Lester, Bobby and Hal.

Tank walked straight up to me and hugged me tightly. I felt the air being squished out of my lungs. Tank released me after a minute or two and held me at arms length.

'Thanks Steph' was all he got out before another large body that belonged to Lester smothered me in equally tight hug.

When Lester was finished the same thing happened with Bobby and Hal.

Once they were all done squeezing the life out of me, I looked at Tank with a raised eyebrow.

'What's this all about' I asked confused.

Tank smiled and looked at the other three who slightly nodded.

'We are here to welcome you to the team' he said in a proud voice

I was definitely confused now 'the team' I asked

'Yeah' Lester interjected 'you are now one of us'

'Hang on a sec guys, I appreciate the gesture, but why now' I knew this had something to do with last night but I wanted them to explain to me in their own words.

As a response Tank grabbed my hand and led me over to the couch, he sat me down and took the seat next to me. Lester sat on the other side and Bobby and Hal sat on the arms. They were all looking at me, their faces serious now.

Tank kept hold of my hand

'Steph there is something you need to understand about the relationship between us guys and Ranger, When we were all younger we served in the Ranger's together and went through some pretty tough times'

I looked at the other three and they all nodded.

Tank continued 'Four of us were on the same team when a mission went bad, I cant tell you the details, you probably know the drill from Ranger, but it was a life and death situation. There wasn't a time throughout that mission that we didn't have each others backs, and we got through it together'

I interrupted 'the four, it was Ranger, you, bobby and Lester wasn't it'

Tank nodded in approval 'You take notice, during that mission I got injured, shot in the leg, without the proper medical supplies the leg went bad and got infected, I was delirious. Ranger, Lester and Bobby got me through it and saved my life. After that mission we had formed a bond that was stronger than just colleges. We were like family to each other, so when Ric started Rangeman he offered us all a share in the company. Silent or active it was up to us. Of course we all jumped at the chance to work together again and haven't looked back since'

Lester sitting next to me took over from Tank

'As you can probably already tell we have a point for telling you this story. Since that mission we have been an unbreakable team, it is what brought us together and this is going to sound mushy and possibly ruin any tough reputation I have, but the thing that brought us together in that mission was saving Tanks life. About a year ago Hal saved Bobby during a security job. Hal now fills in on the team when Ranger can't as we trust him to watch our backs. It's a hard thing to learn to trust another person on your team when you are used to working with the same people for years. Many have tried to become apart of it and failed. Yesterday you showed us something. You showed us that you are willing to take someone else's safety into your own hands at the risk of your own. When you saved Tanks life you became one of us weather you like it or not Bombshell'

Lester grinned and picked up one of the bags and placed it in my lap.

'This is to say welcome and thankyou'

I opened the bag to find two tubs of my favourite ice cream. Bobby pulled out the biggest chocolate cake I have ever seen; Hal had a box of donuts. I turned to Tank with a look of utter shock on my face. These guys really knew how to celebrate.

I turned back to Tank

'Thankyou' was all I could get out worried that I was going to start the waterworks if I said anymore.

They all nodded and smiled

I set the food out on Ranger's coffee table and we all dug in.

When we had all stuffed ourselves Tank placed another bag in my lap. Curious I opened it and pulled out a black shirt, identical to the ones they were all wearing. It had Range man written across the left breast. But on the back it had BOMBSHELL written in large red and orange letters.

I smiled and hugged Tank 'Thanks, its great'

'It's the least I could do after yesterday, you may not work for Rangeman yet but you are now officially part of our team'

I pulled the shirt over my head and gave each of the guys a hug and kiss on the cheek

This time I knew I was going to be ok.