Ok, Darion couldn't help but grin a bit from where he was right behind the scope of his rifle looking down into the valley.  This girl really though he was scared of her?  The fact that there were still deathclaws advancing on the small group was probably the only fact that kept him from laughing at her ridiculous statement.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Darlin, if I was scared of you, this rifle would...”</span>he paused when he let out another short salvo of rounds at the young deathclaws.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“... this weapon would be pointed at you, not saving that group of idiots.”</span><br/><br/>Though her next statement made him lose the grin quickly though, and take his eye from the rifle to glare up at the woman.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“The armor is not stolen.  It belongs to my family, and I earned the right to wear a ranger's armor long ago.  The NCR are the ones who betrayed me...”</span>he hissed a little, something he hadn't originally been planning to say as soon as she started insulting him.  The first thing he had planned on saying was that the women in New Vegas didn't complain so it couldn't be that small.  Of course saying he stole the armor he wore was a much bigger insult than anything else.  And that would definitely be news for Loretta with what actually insulted him.<br/><br/>He mumbled a little to himself before looking back through the scope to see the cute girl in the group pulling the insane one away from an injury he hadn't seen happen.  Ok, maybe she wasn't as helpless as before, but her actions were still seeming quite naive, and very innocent from his view, but she seemed to have enough cuts to try helping someone else.  He ignored the next statements from Emma until she finally backed off and he felt he should say something.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Maybe I feel I should protect those that are too innocent and maybe generally good people, or at least seem that way enough to not be complete hard-asses like the rest of us darlin'”</span>Another shot rang out to kill another young one before he was forced to reload again, onto his fifth clip.  Listing to the oncoming rant from Emma as only a side observer... right now he didn't care<br/><br/>That was when it started getting quiet in the area, and he took the time to study the canyon floor, and all the unmoving bodies.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Looks like the party is...”</span>Darion never finished that statement as the strangely familiar sound came from the distance.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Loretta... is that sound what I think it is...”</span>he asked the old Ghoul for a moment before glancing back into the canyon again, and freezing.<br/><br/>Less than a few seconds later the skin that was visible blanched, he actually looked like all blood drained from his face.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Oh... fuck... me...  umm, can someone dig into my bag and bring me my extra clips... there is a Fucking Deathclaw Alpha Male!”</span>and the group down there were finally doing what was smart, and running.  Well all except the crazy one, who darion spied kneeling over one of the ridger corpses.  He filed that away for later as he started pulling the Sniper Rifle's trigger as fast as it would allow, hoping Loretta would take the urgency of what he said and bring him the ammo since he had only one clip left.  It would be more than gone by the time the trio from the bottom of the canyon reached the top.  Hopefully the sniper rounds would hurt enough to make the thing come after him, and not the fleeing prey.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>