Rufus

> Lord, protect me. Protect my friends.
>
> Rufus' final words.

**Rufus** was a member of the expedition team, as well as their mechanic, and a character in *The Expedition*. He is voiced by BogleBlocks Pictures. He was major friends with Doug and owned a shotgun that several members of the team used throughout the course of the film. He, along with the rest of his team, are pushed to their limits to survive on the island. He usually stays calm a rarely gets angry. He most often is seen with Doug, trying to help him get over his grief. Rufus sacrifices himself at the end of the film to buy his friends time to get off the island.

## Biography

### Early Life

Not much is known about Rufus' childhood other than at one point he met Doug when they were just kids.

### Later Years

Rufus was given his father's shotgun when he became a member of the expedition team with Doug. He also learned how to fix up the vehicles.

### The Expedition

Rufus is first seen when the whole group is investigating the crater.  Pepitone is killed during their first night which causes panic among the group. Rufus stays back at the campsite with Joan and Rashid. Due to Joan's worry, the three of them take the Mobile Lab out to the Inner Island to assist Donna and Samantha, but end up crashing the vehicle. Later in the day, Doug runs off with Rufus's shotgun to find and kill the Night Slasher, prompting Rufus to go after, with Mike allowing him to take his truck.

Rufus eventually finds Doug in the grand field and tries to convince him to stop. After their conversation, Doug seemingly points the shotgun at Rufus, but actually shoots the Night Slasher who's behind him. Doug and Rufus get back in Mike's truck and pursue the Night Slasher through the field. The chase continues into the Inner Island where the truck is disposed of and Rufus and Doug corner the Night Slasher. Doug brawls with the Night Slasher as Rufus watches, stopping Doug before he can kill the latter. They then see a sinkhole which The Omega emerges out of and kills the Night Slasher. Rufus and Doug run back to the campsite out of fear. The next morning Mike, Doug, Tyreek, Rufus, and Luke investigate the sinkhole but don't find anything. They return as The Omega attacks the camp. During the ambush, Rufus shoots at The Omega and gives it to Mike, not knowing it was out of shells. After the attack, the group planned to convert Rufus' shotgun into a flamethrower after finding out The Omega's weakness.

He goes out with the rest of the team to the Mobile Lab wreckage.  Rashid contstructs a flamethrower using Rufus's shotgun and Mike radios the Coast Guard for help. Right after The Omega attacks, but the group defeats him. After a brief interrogation, The Omega causes an earthquake on the island, causing the group to hang onto a grappling hook chain fired by Rufus to not fall into the trench below. Rufus argues with Doug for falling in the trench, but find a pathway back up out of the trench. Once they are back up, Tyreek is impaled by The Omega, and Rufus is among those to help get him up. Rufus assists Mike, Samantha, Doug, and Luke in fighting The Omega for the last time. Once he is defeated, The Omega begins to sink the island, but Rufus ultimately sacrifices himself to buy the others time to escape. The Omega begs him stop, which Rufus doesn't, and he calls out to the Lord to protect him and his friends. Rufus proceeds to be killed in the following explosion, which sinks the island completely.

## Personality and Appearance

Rufus is shown to be very calm and rarely ever gets angry. He is shown to be a good shot with his shotgun and is somewhat saddened when it gets tampered with. He greatly cares about his friends, doing anything he can to keep them safe. He is very heroic as evidenced by his sacrifice, and he didn't hesitate to do so. This is also stated by Tyreek earlier in the film, with him stating "he would jump on a ticking time bomb" to save them. Rufus along with the rest of his team was loyal to Mike, and determined to kill The Omega once and for all.

Rufus is Caucasian-American male with red hair in his early 40's. He is very muscular, so it can be inferred he has more strength than most on his team. He wears a right undershirt with straps over it, as well as dog tags around his neck. He has a beard and smeared grease on his face, wearing a hat on top of his head hiding his hair. He can be shown to fight well with a machete, but prefers a ranged weapon.

## Trivia

* Rufus' name was originally Stephen.
* Rufus was the last character thought of for the film. Originally, Luke would've taken on his roles.