Red Faction: Origins Page #2

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since you helped trash

this place the other night?

Ben smoothed that over.

He could always talk,

that Ben.

Talked me into doing stuff

I didn't wanna do.

I wonder, can he talk you

out of something you wanna do,

no matter how stupid?

He shouldn't have

called you.

Maybe he thought

you'd listen to me.

He wouldn't think that.

I've seen your sister, Jake.

Just the other day,

I saw some girl in town

wearing her smile.

Saw her eyes peering out

of someone else's face.

Her silly laugh coming out

of some child's mouth,

loud like a mine drill.

And for a second,

time freezes,

and she's alive...

with my Sam and we're--

Then the second hand moves,

and she's dead.

They both are.

Marauders killed them.

This girl you saw,

it wasn't her.

You need to accept that.

You've done a great job

accepting things.

I don't drink because

I haven't accepted it.

I drink because I have.

Let it go.

Hi.

What are you doing here?

Well, good morning

to you too.

I'm serious.

I'm serious too.

I really want you

to have a good morning.

And it is not gonna be

a good morning for you,

if Major Sharpe discovers

you disobeyed orders

and went back to the Hydra.

Who says that's

where I'm going?

Me.

And I'm going with you.

No, you're not.

I've been going over

the scans I took

of the wreckage yesterday.

That section of the Hydra had

an intact communications array:

Cobalt-level convertors,

nuclear bolts, nanotechnology,

iodine reactors.

That stuff is valuable tech.

It's all worth a lot.

Hey, your white soldiers?

They didn't take any of it.

I wanna know

what was in that cylinder

that was more valuable.

That's

a pretty flimsy reason

for you to wanna go.

It's not any flimsier

than looking

for your long-lost sister...

everybody else

thinks is dead.

I know where they went.

- Tell me.

- Take me.

Take a look.

Yeah?

Terraformer.

- Hey, Tess?

- Yeah.

- Hang on.

We're in the Bakhuysen Trench.

Red Faction won't be able

to track us here.

Satellites don't bother

to scan this area.

Because flying through here

is insanity.

- Better tighten

your straps then.

- Why? Why?

Because if I'm strapped in when

this thing crashes and explodes,

I'm gonna be just fine?

- Okay, Tess,

where we headed?

- Asimov.

I extrapolated

the white soldiers' course. It's

the only possible destination.

Asimov is in neutral territory,

in the Outlands.

Yeah, we kinda gotta cross

through Marauder Nation

to get there.

All right, see down there?

That's Heinlein.

What is that?

It's a mining community?

The guy who runs the place

is named McAuley.

He's a good man. Friend of mine.

My name carries weight

with him.

What does, uh, Heinlein

have to do with Asimov?

- You know how

you hate flying, Tess?

- Yeah?

Now you're really

gonna hate it.

Tess, you okay?

No, I am not okay!

Are you insane?

I'm sorry.

I can't take you with me.

Find my pal McAuley.

He'll get you back to Eos.

I will get you for this,

you son of a--

Jake deserted.

Why didn't thought he would obey

my orders.

If you thought that,

then why'd you have me

talk to him?

Alec,

we need to stop him

before he enters

the Marauders' territory.

Do you have any way

to contact him?

You believe him

about Lyra?

I believe that

he believes it.

He says she's

with the white soldiers

who were there the day when--

the day Sam died.

She was murdered.

The Marauders,

who thought she was

a traitor for marrying me.

Probably get a parade

for their glorious efforts.

Jake always said it was

the white soldiers.

Jake was 10 years old.

He'd just seen

his mother killed.

Did you ever find any evidence

of these phantom white soldiers?

It's just his brain

playing tricks.

Wish mine would do it too.

Maybe he just needed

you to believe him anyway.

"Maybe."

It's about the worst word

there ever was.

I don't wanna kill you.

Funny, I was just thinking

exactly the opposite.

- Drop the gun!

- If I don't?

I break your neck.

Not before I blow a hole

through his head.

- Kill him.

Be quiet!

Drop your weapon.

Are you carrying

a singularity bomb?

All Marauders carry

singularity bombs.

The fuses last

Why?

Because you've got

- Give me the pin.

- Drop the staff.

Give me the pin!

Hey! Hey!

Marauders always honor

a mortal debt, and a mortal debt

is what you now owe me.

You cannot kill me.

How do you figure?

I did just save you

from being crushed into atoms

by a singularity bomb.

You are as crazy

as a rock eater.

I like that.

Ah, ta, ta!

Sorry about your tent.

My nephew gets excited

by new faces.

He's a Colonist.

He should not be here,

Uncle.

Well, we are honored.

Not many Colonists

know Marauder traditions.

My mother was a Marauder.

Her name was Samanya.

You're Jake Mason?

That a good

or a bad thing?

Well,

depends on

what you think of...

Marauder females marrying

outside the tribe.

Luckily for you,

it doesn't bother me

in the slightest.

Love doesn't know

from maps, hey?

I, Corvallis.

And this fiery young pup

is Leo.

Where'd you get that?

It was a gift...

from my mother...

before she died.

- My mother's dead too.

- Your mother was a traitor.

Marauders are taught

that all Colonists are

drunkards and heathens.

We're told you're a bunch

of gun-toting savages...

who kidnap children

in the middle of the night.

I guess we don't know

as much about each other

as we think.

His trouble is he knows

all the wrong stuff.

Every Marauder

must face the wandering.

His is not yet complete.

My nephew's right.

You should not be this side

of the Marauder Frontier.

Did you get lost?

I need to get

to Asimov.

Asimov.

What would you want there

apart from drugs, gambling

and the company of degenerates?

In your travels,

you ever come across

a group of soldiers...

wearing white fatigues?

Can't say I have.

I need to find them.

Why? They take

something from you?

They took everything

from me.

Well, we wouldn't be

fulfilling our mortal debt...

if we left you out here

to be killed, hey?

We'll see you to Asimov.

Get off. Off!

Leave it alone.

I thought you didn't drink.

When in Asimov--

Wait. Leo?

How old are you?

Sixteen.

I like older men.

Leo!

Leo!

Your daddy?

Get off, would ya?

No, he's

not my father.

Good.

What'll you have?

Name of the man

who gets things done

in this town.

And water.

[ Singing Continues,

Indistinct ]

The name will take

a minute.

Something wrong

with your water?

You got that name yet?

Someone's here

to see you.

It took you long enough.

In my defense,

we are a long way from home.

The safety's on.

No, it's not.

Oh!

I've been driving for two days.

Can I please have a sip of that?

It's drugged.

Why did you drug

your own water?

I didn't.

The bartender did.

Why would he do that?

'Cause the man I wanna see

is involved in the black market.

He might not wanna be seen.

How the hell did you get here?

Oh, your friend McAuley

who runs Heinlein,

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