A/N: I do not own Red Faction or any of its characters, except for the ones for this fanfic.

A/N: Hello everyone, this is a brand new project of mine. After playing the actual video game, Red Faction: Guerilla Remastered for the first time, I felt like writing a fanfic about it. And just so there's no confusion, this fanfic is completely unrelated to the live action film Red Faction: Origins but Mason and Samanya do become married after the destruction of the EDS Hydra.

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Red Faction: Retaliation

Epilogue

'The Red Faction...that's the name of our group. To some people, whom were either loyal to or brainwashed by the Earth Defense Force's bullshit propaganda, they call us terrorists, criminals. But to others...we're the true voice and saviors of our new home, planet Mars.'Alec Mason mentally stated as silently glanced out through the window on the passenger side of a 4x4 Miner's pick up driving down the sandy road through the desert canyons of the Park Sector.

'It is the year 2130. It's been five years since we drove the EDF out of Mars after we defeated both General Roth and Admiral Kobel and destroyed his warship, the EDS Hydra with the Nano Forge. Although...the price for our victory was a costly one...as we had lost a number of good people during the fight against the EDF: Hugo Davies, who was the leader of the Red Faction, Jon Kepler, Carmen Avila, Sam's older sister and leader of the Marauders, Vasha and her people...and my brother, Dan Mason, whom was gunned down in front of me on the day I first arrived to Mars so the two of us could together as miners.'Mason mentally added as he recounted on how five years had passed since he and the Red Faction had drove the Earth Defense Force out of Mars by defeating the EDF's two ruthless commanding officers in charge of their military operations: General Bertram Roth, who was in charge of their ground forces and Admiral Lucius Kobel, whom was Roth's superior and commanding officer of his prized warship, the EDS Hydra...which he and the surviving guerillas managed to destroy with the Nano Forge that ultimately sealed their victory and ended the 2nd Martian Revolution.

'Samanya and I knew that the EDF would one day return to Mars. What we didn't know...however, was when.'He mentally stated, claiming that he and Sam always suspected that the Earth Defense Force would return to avenge the deaths of Roth and Kobel and to revive their military occupation operations.

"Yo Mason, you still with us?" The driver of the Flatbed, a man in his mid 30's with cobalt eyes and tan brown hair asked casually whilst playfully driving over a bump on the road, which earned a surprised gasp from the current leader of the Red Faction, along with the three other passengers, whom were riding in the back of the truck.

"Yeah, I'm with you Briggs. I'm just thinking." Alec answered with a soft grin on his face as he turned to the driver, Daryl Briggs whom was a resistance fighter, mirrored the smirk as he drove casually and followed the desert road to Dust.

"Hey Briggs, watch it! You know there are no seatbelts back here, jackass!" One of the male passengers whom was sitting in the cargo bed cried out while banging his right hand against the rearview window behind the cabin, which increased on Brigg's face whilst Alec simply chuckled and shook his head while glancing back out the window.

"Ah, quit your bitchin' Taylor. We're almost near Dust." Briggs casually stated as he glanced over his shoulder as he informed Taylor, along with the other two passengers riding in the cargo bed that they were minutes away from their main destination: the town of Dust, which the colonists had rebuilt shortly after Mason and the surviving resistance fighters drove the EDF out of Mars.

"Yeah, well we'd prefer getting there in one piece. Not to mention, we only have 8 minutes to punch in before our shift starts." The 2nd male passenger, a young man in his mid to late 20's with gray blue eyes and dark brown hair countered, claiming that he, Taylor and the 3rd passenger wanted to arrive at Dust alive and breathing and stated on how the five on them only had eight minutes to reach Dust and clock in so they could begin their shifts at the mining site.

"Eight minutes? Shit...I just hope that we can make it in time." The third passenger cried out as he and Taylor stared shocked after hearing how much time they had to get to Dust and punch in to work...especially since they were on thin ice with the head foreman, as they had arrived half an hour late two weeks ago and 35 minutes the month before that.

"You'd better punch it Daryl." Alec stated casually whilst turning to Briggs, whom nodded in agreement with his friend and co-worker.

"Hold on tight, boys. Cuz...here we go!" Daryl stated softly...with a devilish grin on his face as he pressed his foot down hard on the left pedal, which caused the flatbed to pick up speed and drive faster, much to Taylor's and the other's dismay.

"BRIGGS!" Taylor and the other two passengers screamed as they automatically held onto the sides of the cargo bed as Daryl drove the 4x4 mining truck like a maniac whilst Alec simply leaned back against his seat as they drove through the desert and canyons like a bat out of hell!

But much to Mason's, Taylor's and the two passenger's delight...they had arrived at their main destination: the town of Dust and drove down the long spirally, curved road to their work place: the mining site...where Taylor and the two male passenger's immediately climbed/jumped out of the back of the truck and collapsed to their hands.

"Oh sweet, sweet terra firma!" Taylor stated as the other two passengers, Sean Coleman and Mark Henderson actually kissed the sandy desert ground whilst Alec and Daryl glanced at each other and simply rolled their eyes whilst shaking their heads at what they were currently seeing.

"You ladies are pathetic." Briggs stated bluntly while chuckling softly, which earned a glare from Taylor, Coleman and Henderson simply glanced upward and glared angrily at their insane co-worker.

"Fuck you Briggs. This is the last time that me, Andre and Mark are riding with you to work." Sean spat acidly, stating that he, Taylor and Henderson were never riding with him to work ever again as long as they lived.

"Fine, you three girls can always ask Mason for a ride...unless you have a problem with his driving skills as well." Briggs replied while scoffing softly, especially since he had also became annoyed with having Andre, Mark and Sean as passengers and stated on how they could always ask Alec for a ride to the mines instead.

"Hey, if you guys are done arguing, we need to punch in to start our shifts." Mason stated plainly as he ended the childish bickering between Briggs, Taylor, Coleman and Henderson and reminded them on how they needed to clock in before it was too late.

"Mason's right. Let's get going before Johnson decides to can us." Andre stated as he instantly agreed with Alec, especially since he, Sean and Mark enjoyed mining for the ore that was native to Mars and didn't want the head foreman, Dale Johnson to fire them for no apparent reason.

"Fine, whatever." Daryl muttered softly as he pushed past Coleman and Henderson, whom simply glared and flipped him the bird as he walked away.

"Asshole." Mark muttered softly underneath his breath with Andre and Sean nodding in agreement.

"(Sigh) Sean, Andre, give me a hand with the explosive charges." Alec stated while sighing softly as he asked Andre and Sean to help him with the three metal crates that were filled with remote explosive charges that sat on the floor of the cargo bed.

"Right Alec./Got it covered boss." Taylor and Coleman answered as they opened the tailgate to the 4x4, climbed up and carried two of the three crates out of the truck whilst Mason carried the 3rd crate.

"Mark, you okay with getting the hammers?" Alec asked while turning to Henderson, as he also climbed onto the back of the 4x4 and grabbed the five sledgehammers that were lying on the floor of the cargo bed.

"Yeah, don't worry Mason. I can handle carrying the hammers." Mark replied as he climbed off the back of the truck and carried the five sledgehammers that belonged to to him, Alec, Sean, Andre and Daryl tucked underneath his right arm.

As soon as they had gathered the equipment they needed for their highly dangerous, but well paying job, Mason and his group entered the main trailer on the mining site, where they clocked in and casually walked across the mining site, where they greeted the other miners, whom were loading and lugging wheelbarrows filled with black and red glowing ore.

"Ahh Mason, so glad that you and crew were able to make it on time today." A male miner in his mid to late 40's with grayish/black hair and oak brown eyes, wearing a standard mining outfit and hard hat stated as he approached them with a clipboard in his left hand.

"Good afternoon Mr. Van Owen. What can we do for you?" Alec stated casually as he acknowledged and greeted the miner that called out to him and his group, whom was the site's main supervisor: Stuart Van Owen.

"It's a funny thing you should ask Alec. Because I've got an important job for you and your group." Van Owen replied with a small grin on his face as he revealed to Mason that he had an important assignment for him, Briggs, Taylor, Henderson and Coleman.

"What kind of 'gig' are we talkin' about here Stu?" Daryl asked casually as his interested in hearing what sort of job their supervisor had for him and his co-workers.

"Livingston and Cheng detected a new vein in Mine shaft # 6 earlier this morning, but Lyle and his crew used up the explosives when they were digging in Mines 2 and 5. So I need you men to use those explosive charges to work, so we can get at that..." Van Owen answered as he explained to Mason and his group on how their head safety engineers had discovered a new vein of mineral ore in Mine 6 and how the other miners had used up the last of their explosives whilst working in Mines # 2 and 5 before stopping in mid-sentence...as several of the miners had glanced up to the sky.

"Hey, do you guys see that?" A male miner in his late 20's asked while turning to his co-workers and fellow miners as they, Van Owen, Mason and his group looked up to the sky and spotted a large shadowy silhouette slowly appearing through the grey clouds.

"What the hell is that?" Sean softly asked while squinting his eyes...even though Alec and the rest of the miners eyes slowly widened in shock: as a small number of slightly smaller shadowy silhouette suddenly appeared and swiftly shot out from the clouds...revealing themselves to be EDF issued RE-1 AAX Raven gunships!

"Fuck me..." Briggs muttered softly as Mark, Van Owen and the other miners stared shocked beyond words at the sight of the EDF issued flyers, along with the small fleet of five dropships that slowly revealed themselves from the clouds!

"Alec, its...its the EDF! They're back!" Andre cried out in alarm while turning to Mason, whom stared just as shocked as his group and the other miners after seeing that the Earth Defense Force had returned to Mars...and immediately ducked for covered, as two AAX Raven's had fired two single rockets towards the mining site, that destroyed an unmanned Miner Flatbed and trailer!

"Everybody, run! Get the hell out of here!" Van Owen cried out, as he ordered Mason and the other miners to evacuate the mining site at once as they witnessed the two EDF flyers zoom right over them!

"You don't need to tell us twice!" A different male miner sarcastically replied as he and four of his co-workers immediately broke into a fast run, much to Alec's and his group's disbelief.

"No, don't! If we scatter, they'll pick us off!" Mason cried out as he ordered the five miners to stop and pointed out to them and the rest of their co-workers on how the flyers would simply pick them off once they were out on the road!

"Sorry Mason, but we're not stayin'!" The male miner countered, showing that he knew that Alec was right, but simply didn't care as he and his four friends climbed into his pick-up and drove up the long curved path back to the main road whilst luckily evading the high caliber rounds that the EDF gunships had rained down on them!

"Mason, we gotta get back to Parker and tell Samanya about this." Daryl stated while placing a hand on Alec's left shoulder, claiming on how they needed to return to Parker to inform Samanya and the rest of the Red Faction about this unexpected news.

"Agreed. Sean, Mark, Andre, let's go!" Alec stated while nodding in agreement with Briggs and cried out to their group, whom had stared in dismay and shock as they and the remaining miners witnessed the Ravens shooting up destroying all their mining equipment and trailers through out the mining site!

"We're right behind ya, boss." Mark cried out as he, Sean and Andre immediately recovered from the shock and followed Mason and Briggs as they sprinted as fast as they could back to their flatbed, whilst easily evading the bullets from the Raven's main front turret as they continued to fire down upon them.

Once they had reached and climbed into the pickup with Alec sitting behind the wheel, they drove along the curved path up to the main road, where they witnessed half of their co-workers safely making it to their own vehicles and swiftly driving up behind them...while staring in silent shock and sadness, as the remaining miners, along with Van Owen and the head foreman, Mr. Johnson weren't that lucky as they dropped to their knees after the pilot flying the lead AAX-Raven ordered them to freeze and surrender themselves, which they begrudgingly complied.

Shortly after they had drove up the path and past the security/check point, Mason had drove the 4x4 pick up down the desert road back towards Parker...but not before he and his group stared in great surprise as they witnessed the EDF dropships deploying a medium sized squad of EDF issued Scout Cars and APC's that drove down the two different routes that led into the small mining settlement.

"I just can't believe it...those sons of bitches are back!" Briggs growled angrily as he pounded his right hand against the passenger side window as he witnessed the EDF flyers raining a flurry of high caliber rounds over the town of Dust through the side view mirror!

"Andre...are you, Sean and Mark okay?" Alec asked while glancing over his shoulder to the rear window, checking to see if Taylor, Coleman and Henderson were alright as they drove past the rust covered billboard saying 'Welcome to Dust'.

"Yeah. Yeah, yeah we're...we're okay Alec." Andre answered with a shaky voice while panting softly, along with Mark and Sean as they were still deeply shaken to what just happened...and glanced in sadness as they spotted smoke floating into the air from the mining site.

"Hang on tight, guys. We're headed home." Mason stated plainly with a somber expression on his face, as his and Samanya's fears had been realized and how they, along with the colonists of Mars would have to prepare for a 2nd war against the Earth Defense Force as he drove the 4x4 down the desert road towards the Red Faction's primary base of operations: the Parker Sector.

Meanwhile...as the AAX-Raven's continued to fly over and unleash a flurry of rounds that destroyed several more trailers and unmanned Heavy Walkers in the mining site, a man in his mid 40's with a clean shaven head, dark brown eyes, white grayish side burns and a goatee and wearing an EDF military uniform with the insignia of a bald eagle buttoned onto the left side of his uniform smiled with a dark and wicked grin on his face as he had witnessed everything from his seat on the bridge of the lead EDF dropship.

"Sir, several colonists had managed to escape during our frontal assault on Dust. Should we send the drones to pursue?" A male deck officer stated, as he informed the captain the ship that several miners had managed to escape from the mining site and asked if he wanted their ground forces to go after them.

"No Lieutenant, let them run. We have far pressing manners to deal with besides a couple of worthless miners." The commanding officer of the vessel answered as he ordered the lieutenant of the ship, whom was his 2nd in command to let the miners whom managed to escape from their attack on Dust to flee.

"But...Colonel Weiss, the pilots reported that Alec Mason, the leader of the Red Faction was down there and had escaped with four others." The lieutenant stated as he informed his commanding officer, Colonel Weiss that the pilots operating the Ravens had reported spotting Mason as they launched their primary attack run down on the mining site and how he and his work crew had fled during the chaos.

"...Alec Mason?" Col. Weiss asked with slightly widened eyes after hearing the name of the man who caused them their first defeat and forced them to pull out of Mars five years ago.

"Yes, sir." The lieutenant replied while nodding his head 'yes'.

"Send a platoon of drones after him. Hunt him down...and kill him, along with anybody else who gets in the way." Col. Weiss stated calmly with a dark grin on his face as he ordered his lieutenant to send a squad of their troops to follow Mason and his group...and to execute him, along with anybody else who would dare to fight back against them.

"Consider it done, sir. Those Red Factions peons won't know what hit them." The lieutenant replied while saluting his commanding officer with an equally dark smirk on his face before he returned to his computer station and reached for the radio to instruct their ground forces to pursue Mason and his work group.

'He he he, you'd better run Mason, because Judgement Day is fast approaching for you and your precious Red Faction.'Col. Weiss mentally stated as he chuckled darkly as he leaned back against his seat as squads of standard EDF foot soldiers armed with carbines and Peacekeeper shotguns were loading the captured miners, along with the civilians who tried to run into the back of several APC's while the Ravens flew casually over the small mining settlement.

A/N: There it is everyone, the ending to the first chapter of my new Red Faction fanfic. I should have the 2nd chapter posted whenever I have the time to work on it. Until then, feel free to review and comment on my other fanfics. Bye.