Stepping through the doorway both of the young rangers saw every other ranger armed to the teeth and ensuring their weapons were functioning properly. Few of them sat around piles of grenades and ammunition while they divided it all up equally, pushing through the crowded room Darrel and Loogie realised something big was about to go down. Let stood at the other end of the room loading what appeared to be an assault rifle with a demented grin on her face. As they walked over to her it seemed all of the rangers had been given new weapons along with a great deal of ammunition from large boxes.

"Lexi?" Darrel pressed, "What's goin' on?"

As she finished loading the rifle Lexi then placed it on the table in front of her before turning her eyes on the two, "I've made a decision and I'm gonna need every ranger ready to fight"

Out of the duo Darrel managed to put two and two together then realised what Lexi had planned while his heart sank, "…you cannot be planning what I think you are"

Loogie briefly looked at Darrel before turning back to Lexi and the sudden realisation of what was about to happen. Lexi leaned back in her chair before smirking with amusement, "I've decided to take the fight to the Raiders in the South Vegas ruins. Managing to scrape together all the caps I could I went to the Gun Runners, bought a shit load of guns and ammo then when everyone is ready we go on our way"

"You're gonna get butchered by those twisted fuckers," Loogie muttered.

Lexi got up from her seat and stood toe to toe with Loogie with eyes like daggers, "You wanna know what's fucking twisted, the fact that our Rangers are getting picked off while the Raiders keep gaining ground. We gotta do something even if it is bloody, beats sittn on our asses while we lose men"

Darrel glanced at Loogie before adding, "What if…what if we don't wanna go?"

Lexi took a step back, "All of us are going, if you ain't going then you ain't gonna be Rangers no more. Sort your shit out before you decide, I'm not gonna force ya'll to do nothing but we need everyone"

In the silence that followed Loogie simply turned away and walked out of the building. Darrel called to his friend but received no reply or any acknowledgement; rather he stepped outside without flinching or reacting in the slightest form. Darrel had no choice but follow his friend out of the building but when he stepped outside he found Loogie in an unlikely place. A few feet away from the doorway, on the ground with his back to the wall Loogie simply looked onward with eyes vacant of emotion while retaining awareness of his surroundings. As Darrel vacated the building he re-joined his companion within a matter of moments. Instead of launching a series of verbal reminders of loyalty to the Rangers and shouting orders like a Drill Sergeant, he did what a friend should do in a situation such as this. Walking over Darrel stood beside Loogie only to slowly lower himself down so he would be able to sit side by side with his closest and only friend.

Loogie struggled to find the words but as his courage took hold he managed to speak his mind, "…I know what you're gonna say. We're Rangers, Lexi is the leader and that's that, but…but I ain't dying in some old ruin with no body giving a shit"

Darrel leaned his head back, doing so caused his hat to slide down over his eyes, "I don't wanna die either man. What she wants to do is brave, it might work if she can pull it off and many people would benefit if the Raiders were shot to shit. But Desmond, he had twenty years of experience of fighting those freaks and they killed him"

"…I ain't gonna die in those ruins Darrel,"

Using his index finger Darrel carefully lifted his hat so he could look at his friend clearly, "Me neither buddy, me neither"

Loogie felt somewhat guilty about his choice but felt no desire to die at the hands of some junkie outlaw. Taking his hat off and pushing it against his chest Loogie could not think of what to do next so he asked, "If we ain't Rangers no more what do we do now?"

"…..wanna get drunk?"