Sat, 06/05/2010 - 2:42pm
Red Faction: Cold Blood
Prologue:
The year is 2142. It has been 22 years since the miners of Mars banded together and fought back against the Earth Defense Force. The EDF, who once had been the saviors to the miners of Mars, had become obsessed with power, and had enslaved the miners they were once sent to protect. After years of living under martial law, the miners rose up against the EDF, and forced them from the planet. It had been a bloody battle, but the miners were free from Earth control, and had the power they always dreamed of.
Unfortunately, they were not prepared for it. The miners of Mars had never known true freedom, or had control over their own government. Ever since the first miners appeared on Mars, they have been controlled by a higher power, which had plans of its own. Shortly after the miners forced the EDF from Mars, the miners’ government fell into disarray. Nobody had the real training to run a government, and the entire planet couldn’t stay joined as one. Whenever a strong government finally gained enough power, it would break apart into multiple fractions, and each fraction would fight each other to try and take back complete power. After years of fighting, Mar’s economy was broke, and the people of Mars were starving.
Eventually, the miners turned back to Earth, which had problems of its own. Ever since the miners forced the EDF off of Mars, Earth lost its only source of resources. Desperate, the governments of Earth began to fight each other. After years of fighting on Earth, all the major countries crumbled. But, through the onslaught, a small faction known only as Cold Blood had been able prosper. After the collapse of the Earth economy, Cold Blood had begun to support the people in need, and Cold Blood quickly became a super power in itself. After Cold Blood had taken control of Earth, it set its eyes on Mars.
After 15 years of civil war, Mars was in a state of panic. There was little food, and all the ore that the miners had dug up was wasted, because there was no one to sell it too. Cold Blood saw this as an opportunity, and decided that it would begin to buy the ore from Mars, and use it to make more money on Earth. With Earth desperate for resources, and Mars desperate for money, Cold Blood quickly became the life force for both Mars and Earth. Everyone thought that Cold Blood was doing their actions for the good of man, but they were wrong. They wanted power, they wanted a weapon that would give them control for eternity, they wanted the Nano Forge.
Cold Blood knew about the Nano Forge for years. They learned about it shortly after the EDF were forced from Mars. That is when their plan began. It took them years to do, but they thought nothing could stop them. At first, they were right, but what they didn’t know is that shortly after the EDF were forced from Mars, a child was born. This child, the son of the heroes of Mars, would hold the power that Cold Blood wanted. This child was man kinds only hope…
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After reading this, it actually hit me there that that other fan fic I've been milling around with in my head for so long could actually go up here, derp derp derp
Do continue :D
Ch. 1- Orphan
A man is walking down the road, covered in dirt and sand from the wind. After a long day of work, all he wants is a drink to forget his pain. He walks up to an old building, barely standing under the weight of its own roof. He opens the door, and the cool air from the air conditioned room hits his face. He walks up the crooked bar, and takes a seat in front of the bar tender.
“Hey Mickey, just give me a drink” grumbled the man, in a barely audible tone.
“Sure James, what’ll it be?” asked the bar tender.
“I don’t care, whatever you got” grumbled the man, in the same tone as before.
“Good, because I don’t have much” chuckled Mickey, as he began to pour the drink. He looked back at the man, who didn’t seem to think his joke was funny. Mickey handed James the drink, and watch him chug it.
“One more Mickey” asked James, a bit louder this time.
“Sure thing buddy” Responded Mickey, as he took the glass back for the refill. He handed the glass back to James, who didn’t chug it like the first, but instead, sipped it like it was his last drink.
As James drank his drink, the door opened again and in came a woman, who looked years older than she actually was. James looked up at her, and couldn’t decide if it was the years of work, or the dirt and sand that made her look older than she was. All he knew is that she was just about as miserable as him.
Not being a fan of awkward silences, Mickey turned to James and asked, “What’s wrong James, even you’re not this miserable all the time?”
James turned his eyes back to his drink, and slowly said, “Today, down at the mine, my supervisor told me they found my parents bodies. Somebody had shot them in the back, and tried to throw them off a cliff…”
Mickey took James’ empty glass, and began to refill it.“No, don’t do that,” Said James, “I don’t have the money for another.”
“Don’t worry about it,” answered Mickey, “After a day like yours, your drinks are on the house.”
James continued staring into space, then said, “Who would kill my parents. After everything they did for Mars, after all the sacrifices they made for others, for me… who would want them dead…”
“Look,” Said Mickey in a low voice, “Your parents went missing years ago. I know you had hope they were alive, that they were off working for a greater cause, but at least now you have security. I know what you’re going through, I lost my parents to a few years back.”
Mickey was about to continue when the woman from earlier jumped up from the seat, walked over to the bar, and asked “Are you James Mason?”
A little surprised, James stood up, looked her straight in the eyes, and answered “Yeah.”
Without missing a beat, the woman punched James in the face, kicked him in the gut, then took out a metal rod and hit him in the back of the head. Before James knew what was going on, he was thrown to the floor. Mickey, who after he got over his moment of shock, ran to the room in the back of the bar. The woman put her foot on James, and pulled out a walky-talky.
“Okay, I have him, you guys can come in now.” is she said before she put the walky-talky back on her belt. As she did, three more guys came into the bar and blocked the entrance. As they did, Mickey came back out of the room with a pistol, and shot into the ceiling. The shots caused the woman to take her leg off of James, and without missing a beat, James jumped up, pushed the woman over, jumped over the bar, and dragged Mickey back into the room.
The woman, after recovering her senses, yelled a loud “Fuck!” before attempting to open the door, but finding it locked. After several seconds, muffled conversation could be heard coming from the other side of the door.
“Who the fuck is that?” Asked Mickey, as he began to sweat profusely.
“How the hell should I know?” responded James, “What the hell do they want?”
“I don’t know, but we need to leave, now!” yelled Mickey, beginning to panic.
“Look, we can’t fight them, so we’ll have to go through the wall” whispered James, beginning to think clearly again.
“Fine, but make the hole small, I don’t want to have to rebuild my entire bar because of this.” answered Mickey.
James looked around the room, and saw a few cracks in the wall already. James ran up to the wall, and began to examine it. “This is perfect,” he said, as he reached for his sledgehammer. It one swing, James took out a huge chunk of wall, clean to the other side. With a few more hits, there was a perfect sized hole to crawl through. “Alright, let’s go,” said James, as he led the way out of the bar and into the hot sun.
Without saying anything, James and Mickey began to run towards Mickey’s truck behind the bar. “Take my gun,” panted Mickey as he passed the pistol to James, “Shoot them if they get close.” Mickey got behind the wheel, and quickly started up the truck. James hopped into the passenger’s seat. Mickey took off away from the bar at full speed, and outside the bar was the woman and the three men, who watched as the truck sped off over the landscape.
“Damn,” Said the woman, “We were so close.”
“Right, men, go get the car” commanded one of the men.
“Yes sir,” said both men simultaneously.
“We were so close, what are supposed to do now?” Asked the woman, as a vein began to throb in her head.
“We go after him. Now that we know what they want, we can get it from him before they ever find him.” Responded the man.
“We went about this the wrong way,” mumbled the woman, “We shouldn’t have attacked him like that. We should have told him who we were, what we wanted, and why he should help. Right now he thinks we’re trying to kill him. God, if only that asshole knew what kind of trouble he was in, what kind of trouble we were all in, then maybe he would help…”
As soon as the woman finished talking, the two men pulled up in the car. As the woman and the man got in the back, a bright light lit up the evening sky.
“They’re here” said the man, as he looked up at the sky.
“Yeah, and it’s only a matter of time before they figure out who has it, and where he is,” responded the woman.
As the car pulled away from the bar and onto the road, a sinking feeling appeared in the woman’s stomach. Her eyes pulled away from the sky, and to the ground outside. Her hand slid into her pocket, and pulled out the note.
“Don’t worry,” said the man, “We’ll find him, give him the note, and we’ll keep him safe. It will be days before they go looking for him. You have nothing to worry about Sarah,” whispered the man, as he saw her clenching the note.
“I know,” She whispered back, “I know.”
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Ch. 2- Run Away
A bright light illuminates the evening sky as the truck speeds down the road. Mickey is still panting and sweating as he concentrates on the road ahead. James is lost in thought until the light in the sky catches his eye.
“What is that?” James asks.
“What’s what?” Mickey asks back.
“That light in the sky,” responds James.
“Oh, I’m not sure,” says Mickey, as he takes his eyes off the road just long enough to get a glimpse of the light. “It probably is a passenger ship from Earth. They make a hell of a light when they come in.”
“Oh,” says James lightly, “I’ve never seen a ship come into Mars before. Is there a new landing port nearby?”
“Not that I’m aware of,” answered Mickey, “It must be a private ship. Maybe they’re looking for somebody.”
“Yeah, hopefully those lunatics that came after us,” mumbled James.
As the light faded from the sky, James’ mind began to return to the bar. “Who were those people,” thought James, “And what did they want? Why did they want me?” James’ mind continued to ponder those questions until Mickey began to slow down.
“What’s wrong Mickey, are there more of those guys?” asked James, beginning to worry.
“No, we’re at my sister’s house, we should be safe here” answered Mickey quickly, seeing the fear in James’ eye. “You need to calm down. I’m sure those guys back at the bar were just thugs, and they probably won’t follow us here.”
“I don’t think so,” whispered James, “They were looking for me, and they brought a lot of man power to get me. We need to leave here early in the morning, and find someone who can help us deal with the problem.”
“Fine, but tonight, we rest here. We’ll worry about this tomorrow,” whispered Mickey back.
Both Mickey and James exited the truck and made their way into Mickey’s sister’s home. Tired from the day’s events, they both went to bed early into the night. What they didn’t know is that a tracer had been put on the bottom of the truck, and that the woman and the men were coming right for them. It was before midnight when the full car arrived at the small home, just outside of town. The 3 men all stayed in the car as the woman crept out and made her way to the house.
Carefully, the woman picked the lock to the house and silently went inside. She looked around the room, only to find that no one was awake. She tip toed down the hallway, looking into all the rooms, hoping to find James and take him away without ever waking him up. Eventually, she came across the living room where James was sleeping. As she crept up to James, her pistol on her belt came loose and fell off.
As it hit the ground, it shot, causing a loud noise to echo inside the house. In less than a second, James jumped up and made his way to a corner, trying to address the situation. The woman quickly grabbed her pistol and made her way to the back door, only to find it locked. At the same time, Mickey came out of his room with his pistol, and began to shoot at the woman. The woman returned fire, careful not to actually hit anybody. Mickey’s sister came out of her room shortly after Mickey came out of his, and she began firing her shotgun at the car outside.
After a few rounds hit the car, the men jumped out, pulled their assault rifles out of the trunk, and began to open fire on the house. A rain of bullets ricocheted around the inside of the house, and both James and the woman dived to the floor, land only a few feet from each other. Bullet holes littered the walls of the house, and the noise from the guns was ear piercing. Then, as quickly as it began, it was over.
James got to his feet, and instantly turned on the lights. Then, he saw Mickey and his sister, on the ground, bleeding from multiple bullet wounds, and neither of them moving. He collapsed on the ground, and checked to see if either of them were breathing, or had a pulse. They were both dead.
James began to shake. His best friend was dead, and there was nothing he could do. He heard the woman begin to stand up behind him. Without thinking, he leapt up from the ground, and made a sprint for his sledgehammer in the truck. The men outside saw him running, but decided not to kill him… yet.
He jumped in the back of Mickey’s truck, grabbed his hammer, and then charged right back at the woman. All his rage and pain from the events of the past day were being focused on the woman. He no longer cared about anything; all he wanted to do was avenge his friend. All he wanted to do was kill the bitch.
He charged straight at her, and began to swing. Only when the one man shot into the air did James come to his senses. “Damn,” thought James, “If I kill her, I die. But if I kill her, at least we both die even.” He couldn’t make up his mind, and by the time he realized what was going on the four of them had surrounded him, all their guns pointed at him. He was trapped.
“Who the hell are you people, and what the fuck do you want with me,” yelled James.
“My name is Sarah, and I’m part of an underground organization to help free Mars.”
“What?” asked James, almost dumbfounded by the woman’s words.
“I said, I’m part of an underground organization to help free Mars.” Said the woman again.
“Free Mars from what? We’re already free! And look what good it has done!” yelled James back. “We’re better off under the control of someone else!”
“Your parents would roll over in their graves if they heard you say that,” responded the woman.
“What do you know about my parents?” asked James.
“I know enough. I know that they saved Mars from the Red Faction. I know they knew about what Cold Blood really wanted. And I know what they wanted you to do,” answered the woman as she handed James the note.
James took the note and began to read. Slowly, his legs became weak, and he collapsed onto his knees. A tear formed in the pit of his eye, and all he could say is “Damn.”
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It's a conspiracy! :O
Really though, nice twist.
Ch. 3- Lost Cause
“So, let me get this straight,” moaned James, still holding the note in his hand. “You guys are looking for some kind of weapon that I apparently have, even though I don’t know where it is. My parents gave it to me, without me knowing, and now they want me to give it to you, even though I don’t know you?”
“Yes,” answered the man, in a deep voice.
“And on top of it all,” continued James, “My parents were killed by Cold Blood, because they want to find the weapon, and use it to gain supreme power over Earth and Mars, even though they already do simply because they have all the fucking money.”
“Yes,” responded the man again.
“And now, my life is in danger, and the only way for me to save my own life, and possibly the lives of billions of others is to find this weapon that I have, but didn’t know I had? And I have to do it before a shit load of people come looking for me?”
“Yes,” responded the man one last time.
“Are you fucking serious? Is this some kind of joke? Do you really expect me to help you? You just killed my best friend, and my parents were killed by these people. If these people were able to kill my parents, then I don’t stand a fucking chance. You people are fucking crazy”
“Calm down,” whispered Sarah, now trying to be soothing. “I know this is difficult for you, after everything that has happened in the past day, but we need your help. Your parents put a lot of trust into you; they need you to do it.”
“Needed,” mumbled James.
“What?” asked Sarah, a little surprised by his response.
“I said, they needed me to do it, they’re dead now, remember,” answered James.
“Look, we don’t have time for this,” interrupted the man, “There is going to be a lot of people dead if we don’t find this soon. We have begun to form a plan, and you’re going to help whether you want to or not. There is going to be a protest against Cold Blood in the next few days, and we have a feeling that it might turn into a massacre.”
“Why?” asked James quickly, suddenly becoming worried.
“The organization protesting Cold Blood is called Operation Truth. They know what Cold Blood wants, and they are trying to protest to get Cold Blood to shut down its operations. They want Cold Blood to break apart into separate companies so that it won’t have so much power. We believe that Cold Blood plans to silence Operation Truth once and for all, they don’t want people to know about their plans.”
“Why don’t you stop them?” asked James in a worried tone.
“Because,” began Sarah, “We can’t work with Operation Truth. It is very complicated, mostly because our organization is secretive, and Cold Blood doesn’t know we exist… yet. Operation Truth, other the other hand, is very out in the open, which is why they are trying a protest.”
“And they have no idea what’s about to happen?”James asked hesitantly.
“Sadly, no,” answered Sarah. “We need to get the Nano Forge from you before the protest. You can use it to protect people. We believe that your parents found a way to upgrade it and give it powers.”
“What kind of powers,” asked James, now interested.
“We’re not exactly sure, but we have a few ideas,” responded the man. “One appears to be some type of healing force field. Another is supposed to be an invisibility cloak. We’re not exactly sure, but the possibilities are amazing. All are information comes from your parents notes.”
“Wow,” whispered James, “That’s amazing.”
“Yes, it is,” whispered Sarah back. “We need this weapon. Do you have any idea where it could be?”
“Well,” began James, trying to remember, “You said it was a… Nano Forge… maybe it was in that old box my Dad gave me when I first turned 16. He never said what was in it, just that it was an old family heirloom.”
“That must be it!” screamed Sarah, getting excited. “Darius, go get the car, now!”
“Right” responded the man. “Julius and Marcus, you take the truck that James came here in, we may need it. I’ll call the police and tell them what happened, but we need to leave before they get here.”
“Okay…” said James. “I have one last question… what organization are you guys with.”
“Just like your parents James,” answered Sarah, “We are Red Faction.”
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o.o Red Faction secret service, nice!
I blew a load after reading this, seriously. This was life changing, you seduced me with your words and made me want more, I want you inside me. I discovered a new perspective on life thanks to you and your magical gift for story telling. I laughed, I cried, I even threw up a bit, if this was a movie it would easily be nominated and then tragically disqualified due to its sheer epicness. Is is wrong for me to want to make love to this story?
Once again everybody, this is my brother trolling. Don't take him seriously.
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