***
This was it.

In less than a day Renny and the rest of the mercs were gonna be fully packed and be on their way to their new base of operations. Moving somewhere next to the western coast and far away from the mid continental badlands that they had all come to be familiar with. Some more than others including himself, born and raised within Texas, not far from The Badlands at all.

It had been a wild and at times rough couple of years. Some days he'd contemplate wondering if mercenary work suited the gentle giant at all. In the end however; after meeting everyone and all the experiences that had toughened himself with. he would always come to the conclusion that despite everything within those missions and off time that he had become stronger in many different ways.

With a small confirming tug on his own red leather collar around his neck and spying a vague form of a flamethrower wrapped in spare cloth and duct tape did he also think of how grateful he was in getting to meet his colleagues, having been an only child and having little friends throughout his childhood. With little effort Renny grasped onto the packed up incendiary weapon with a single handed grip and placed it onto the back of one of several discreet moving trucks as if it were as light as a pillow. Wiping his hands of any ash or residue from such an object, he glanced out the garage doors into the all too familiar sandy brown red of the desert before he stood back from the truck and gave a long analytical gaze amongst other various weapons, gear, supplies, and belongings owned by his friends stacked about.

Giving the small stalk of grass in his lips a nibble, he started to think of the new possibilities at their destination. New region, new missions, maybe even new allies. After a deep breath, he sighed and smiled as he continued to pack.
***

This was a quick silhuoette style sketch of Renny as done by  Lapres. As per lack his his present small musclegut, this is before he started dating Beau, my gator character.

Quick story blurb above

Artwork ©  lapres
Renneth 'Renny' Colstorm ©  leviathan248
TeamFortress 2 and Engineer class © Valve