Red Faction: Origins Page #3

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who, by the way,

is a really great guy,

he lent me the vehicle.

And then I hacked into

the Marauder satellite--

Why did you follow me, Tess?

I figured out

what the white soldiers

took from the Hydra.

Look, It's called a firework.

It's a power converter.

In and of itself,

it's not really

all that dangerous,

but it is

what creates the spark.

The spark in what?

An E.D.F. fusion reactor.

It's what they use

to power their weapons,

their ships,

their everything.

I think that there might be

more at stake here than

just finding your sister.

Not for me.

How do you even know

that it's her?

Everybody else thinks

you're nuts, you know.

What do you think?

I think you really miss her.

Every day,

since the day

my, uh, sister was taken,

my dad has wanted

to ask me a question.

I saw it in his eyes

when I woke up in the hospital.

I saw it the other day...

when we were fighting.

One question

always on his tongue,

but never asked aloud:

How could you leave

your sister behind?

He'll never have to

ask that again.

Have you ever been

with a girl?

Yeah.

Next time someone

asks you that,

how'd you like

to be telling them the truth?

Just once I'd like to see

someone not fall for that.

Take him.

I hear you've been

looking for me.

Something wrong

with your water?

I'm looking for a group

of soldiers.

They wear white uniforms.

We know they've been

in the market

for an E.D.F. firework.

Well, as it happens,

I did do a tran--

I did do

a transaction recently

with some soldiers.

They were

in white uniform.

They were cold people.

I sold them some highly

specialized ammunition.

It's very difficult

to procure.

Hey!

Drop him.

I've heard some men

make their own opportunities...

by selling

black market goods embedded

with tracking devices...

so they could--

Mmm.

Uh, trace them,

steal them back

and resell them.

The man

who would think that

would not be stupid.

In fact,

he'd be very clever.

- How much?

- Oh, for the tracking codes.

Well, why don't

we say 2,000?

Okay, are you kidding me?

Do you think I'm just walking

around with that kind of money?

Well, the man

who wants that is.

Oh, unless you've got

something else

you'd like to trade?

No. Right.

No, no, no, no, no.

Oh, dear.

Look, go home,

Red Faction.

Go live a long

and stupid life.

Now, cheerio.

Damn it.

I make

my own opportunities too.

I remote cracked

the hardgate on his tracker,

and I downloaded the codes.

You wanna find

the white soldiers? This is

gonna take us right to them.

You know how normally

I'm the smartest person

in the room?

It's 'cause

I'm the smartest person

in the room.

I should have sold you.

- Are you all right?

- Who were they?

They're scavengers.

Thought they could kidnap

the boy and sell him back

to his tribe for a ransom.

Oh, dear.

Just as well

they didn't know you were

worth less than nothing, eh?

I- I called your mother

a traitor,

but you still

saved me, why?

I was more upset

you hacked up my tent.

According to this,

they're somewhere inside

the Madler Crater.

How much did you have

to drink in there?

No one goes near

the Madler Crater.

Why not?

It's at the center of

three terraformer ranges.

It's surrounded

by anomalies.

If there is a hell,

believe me,

it is envious

of the Madler Crater.

Thanks for getting me

this far.

Time has been unkind

to you, Alec Mason.

Time and everyone else

on Mars.

If your congress

believes...

that my resolve

will weaken to a known face,

they are more foolish

than I thought.

This is

a personal call.

Really?

They will trace your signal.

This is a treasonous act.

It's my son.

He entered your kingdom.

Knowing it is

upon penalty of death?

The great Alec Mason,

begging for the life

of his heir.

I remember

many years ago,

fighting

in the revolution,

watching you yield

the Nano Forge

against the E.D.F...

like a god

of Old Earth.

If Samanya

could see you now--

Well, you could ask her.

If your men

hadn't killed her...

a few feet

from where--

Marauders did not kill her.

Omaya.

I have not given you

my name to speak.

You can have

your name back.

Just give me my son.

I cannot spare the life

of one already dead.

Alec, open the door.

All these years,

she was here.

With all the anomalistic energy

slamming into the crater,

it's the perfect

hiding space.

Satellites

would never find it.

I want you

to stay up here.

There's fairly heavy

security down there.

Can you hack in

from up here?

Open any locked doors?

I think I've proven I can hack

into anything from anywhere.

But why do I have to

stay up here? It's freezing?

'Cause if I don't

make it back, someone's

going to have warn Eos.

You were right.

It's more important

than my family.

Hey!

Don't get yourself killed.

Lyra.

Sergeant!

Ivan, wait.

I think he might

be my brother.

I'm never leaving Eos again.

Sir.

Sir.

Sir.

You summoned me.

We've captured a prisoner.

He's from Red Faction.

- Do they know of our intent?

- No.

Lyra believes the prisoner

is Jake Mason,

her brother.

Your brother is dead.

I ordered a genome match.

It's him.

I want an explanation.

You want me to tell you again

how you came to be with us?

Now I want the truth.

I was out on patrol.

We came across

a burnt-out transport.

I found you lying

next to the wreckage.

The transport was full

of bodies-- burned bodies--

I assumed your family.

But I could not

leave you out there,

hurt and alone.

So I brought you back here,

with us.

And watched you grow

with great pride.

Now that's the story

you've heard a thousand times.

And a thousand times,

it's been the truth.

I'm sorry I doubted.

Is that really what happened?

When your father

was still alive,

he once confided in me

that the great burden

of leadership...

is to always

know the truth,

no matter how badly

you want to believe the lie.

Do you want this burden?

The truth then,

if you please.

There was an outbreak

of influenza

in the compound...

that first year

after the revolution.

Our young were decimated.

Population collapse

had begun.

The only way to survive

was to recruit.

How many were taken?

Lyra was not

the only one.

Although she was

one of the ones

specifically targeted.

Her father was an enemy

of the White Faction.

Taking her

served two purposes.

If repopulating

our ranks was one,

what was the other?

A reckoning, Adam.

Alec Mason

killed your father.

They're gonna kill us,

aren't they?

Well, if they are E.D.F.,

maybe they'll go easy

on you.

Being a fellow Earthman

and all.

I know

that you're kidding,

but it's not easy

being Earth-born.

You know, I have to work twice

as hard as everybody else...

to prove that

this is my home,

that I belong to Mars.

Tess--

You're as big a pain in the ass

as I've ever met.

If that doesn't

make you a Martian,

I don't know what does.

Hi.

I'm-- I'm sorry.

I thought I'd have something

better to say.

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