Rex stops the Warthog, overlooking a cliff as he, B1, and Wade all hope out and see the town Wade was talking about. 

"Mos Eisely Spaceport." Wade states. "The dirtiest and yet only actual city still standing around the Earth." 

"The view of it doesn't look so bad from up here." B1 says. 

"Yeah, we'll take it from a guy who's been around. Not the type of place you want to make friends with." 

Rex sighs deeply. "Let's just head down, see if we can find any info about my wife and your brother." 

The trio then drives down and into the city. Rex parks the vehicle next to various their ships and transportations and climbs out. He then can understand why Wade calls this place dirty. 

"Geez..." Rex breathes. "Stay close. Don't talk touch anything or anyone. B1, stay with the jeep." 

B1 then pulled out his E-5 blaster. "Understood, Master Rex." 

Rex kept his DMR handy while Wade pulled out his plasma rifles. The two then make their way through the city, keeping their eyes on the road and not the people and or aliens that roamed around them. 

Wade then sees some sort of cantina and taps Rex. "Let's try here." 

"Why here?" Rex questions. 

Wade shrugs. "I don't know. Just a good feeling I guess." 

Rex rolls his eyes as he follows him into the cantina. They holster their weapons as they enter and see various other aliens and humans. They take off their helmets and set them on a nearby table. 

"Look around. See if you've heard anything, but be discreet and try to limit the number of questions you ask." Rex advises. Wade nods and goes through the cantina. 

Rex steps up to the bar and asks the bartender for a drink. Then something taps his shoulders. 

"Well, well, what do we have here?" The woman says. Rex eyes the woman up and down before just turning back to the bar. "Aw, what's wrong?" She asks playfully. 

"Lady, I'm not in the mood. Please remove your hand and find someone else to flirt with." Rex says calmly. The woman ignores his comment and rubs the back of her hand against his cheek, making Rex pull his face away. 

"Come on now. I just wanna have som 'fun'..." The woman says leaning close to his face. Rex leans back, glancing to the side in annoyance. 

"Maybe you didn't get the memo, but I have a wife. So please, stop." Rex says making her step back. But even that didn't phase her. 

"She doesn't have to know. I bet that's the the reason why your here, she's not giving you enough attention?" The woman then grabs his face as Rex was groans in frustration. "Tell you what...I've got a friend of mine who can help make things VERY interesting."  

Rex then grabs her wrists and puts them at her side. "N-O, lady." 

"Hey, Rex." Rex and the woman both turn and see Wade. "Think I may have found someone you might want to talk to." 

Rex finishes the last of his drink and follows. The woman stomps her foot angrily and walks off. 

"What was that about?" Wade asks. 

"Just some lady trying to get a 'score'." Rex replies. Wade gestures to the table where a man with dark red armor sat with his feet kicked up on the table. He had jet black hair with dark brown eyes. His companion sitting next to him was a large Elite with black Zealot armor. He had duel-wielding Energy Swords on his hips and a carbine on his back. 

"Hear you boys are looking for some bad guys." The man says before taking another swig of his drink. "Most folks 'round here try to run away from them. Mind if I ask why the two of you have gone vice versa?" 

"We're looking for some people who took our families." Rex explained. "Some thug with a pistol and two women in some kind of radiation suits came into the room and snatched my wife from me." 

"Same with my little brother Josh." Wade adds. 

The man suddenly spit out his drink in shock. "Repeat that again." 

"I said-" 

"Not you!" The man snaps at Wade. He then looks at Rex. "You. What did you say the women were wearing?" 

"Some kind of radiation suits." Rex repeats. 

The man and the Elite both look at each other and then back at the pair. The Elite growled something in Sangheili that the man scoffed at. 

"No, I don't think they're tricking us. Cause that same thing happened to me Kal'roq." The man said. 

Rex and Wade both drop their jaws. 

"Who'd you lose?" Wade asks. 

"I don't have to tell you jack, Blue-Boy." Wade grimaced in anger and was about to do a move that'd break the man's nose but Rex put his hand on his shoulder. "But seeing as how you asked, I lost my older sister. Her name was Lina. Smart, strong, independent, horrible taste in men." 

"Appreciate the backstory but we need to find them." Rex persists. 

"Well they're not here." The man shrugs. 

"How do you know that?" Wade inquires. 

"Been gathering intel myself." The man shrugs before taking another swig. "Last I heard, they'd been gathering humans all over for something for the Covenant." 

Wade and Rex both share a glance before back at the man. 

"Well look, seeing as how we're all after the same goal of finding the people who were taken from us, we'll need a ship." Rex states. 

"Lucky for you, I've got one." The man says smirking. Kal'roq widens his eyes and was about say something but the man raises his hand. "Fastest ship I've ever flown. I call her the Rogue Shadow. Meet us at Docking Bay 32 and we'll hit the skies. I suggest you have your stuff ready in one hour." 

Rex sighs and realizes if he's gonna have a shot of finding his wife again, he's gonna have to have some trust. "What's your name?" 

The man grins and extends his hand. "Leo Church. Happy to be of service." 

Rex shakes his hand and exhales. "Docking Bay 32, right? We'll see you there." 

Leo nods at them as Rex and Wade both grab their helmets on the way out. He turns to Kal'roq. "Those boys seem desperate." 

Kal'roq growls in response. <I don't trust them.> 

"You never trust anybody." Leo retorts before sipping the last of his drink. 

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"I don't trust them, Rex." Wade admits as they put their helmets back on. 

"Look, if we're gonna find Rachel and Matt we need a ship." Rex points out. "You heard him, they're not even here. They've been taken off-planet." 

Wade sighs in defeat. "So what now?" 

"We do what Leo said, get B1 and our supplies and make it to the ship." Rex then hears shouting and sees two men dragging someone into an alleyway. "Grab B1 and head to the docking bay." 

"Where are you going?" Wade questions before Rex runs off. 

Inside the alley, Rex see the men pinning down a woman that looked similar to the one who was flirting with him earlier. 

"Please, let me go!" She begs with some type of accent. Rex then springs into action. He knocks the man on the left to the ground and then knees the other man in the face twice. Rex then grabs them both by the heads and smashes them together, knocking them out. 

Rex looks at the woman on the ground as she was cowering in fear. 

"Are you okay?" Rex asks. The woman looks at him still in fear. "Hey, I'm not gonna do anything bad." Rex takes off his helmet showing her his face. Rex could clearly see her cheeks become a darker red than her skin. 

"Who...are y-you?" 

"I'm Rex." He then extends his hand, helping her up. "What's your name?" 

The woman hesitantly takes his hand, as she stands. "Rellia. My name is Rellia." 

"Why did those men take you?" Rex inquires. 

"My former master sold me because he thought I wasn't doing everything he wanted of me. Whether it was the use of my body or me fetching him all of his food and drinks. Then these two appeared in his home and he sold me for nothing!" Rellia cries, breaking down into tears. 

Rex pulls her into a hug and she held onto him tightly, crying uncontrollably. 

"Then come with me." Rex says. 

Rellia breaks from the hug and looks at him. "W-What?" 

"I said come with me. You'll be safe, you won't have to worry about them hurting you again if you come with us." 

Rellia didn't know what to say. Instead she smiles and begins to cry again. "Thank you! Thank you so much!" Rex hugs her again until his radio comes on. 

"Rex you there?" 

Rex then taps his ear. "Yeah, Wade what's up?" 

"Grabbed B1, were heading to the docking bay. Where are you?" 

"I'm on my way." Rex then grabs his helmet. "Rellia, come on." 

He then takes her hand and they run off. 

In another alley, a Brute along with several other Covenant watches them depart. "Ready yourselves. They must not discover our plan." 

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Rex regroups with Wade and B1 and tells them both about Rellia. After which, they then enter Docking Bay 32 and see Leo and Kal'roq's ship. 

"This is it?" Wade cries. "This piece of junk? We might as well have taken a boat with thrusters and that'd still be better." 

Leo then comes out cleaning his hands. "Watch what you say, compadre. She may not look like much but she'll get ya where you need to go in desperate situations. Now if we could get aboard?" Leo then gestures to the ramp. 

Rellia stayed close to Rex as they then walked towards the ship. 

"KAL!" Leo yelled. The Elite shows himself in the cockpit. "I thought I said to wait adjust the field dampeners until AFTER I fixed the leak!" 

<I thought you said you WERE done!> The Elite snaps. 

"Oh, for the love of-" 

"HALT HUMANS!" Leo turns and sees a Brute with Jackals, Grunts, and a pair of Hunters appear. "KILL THEM!" 

Leo immediately rolls behind one of the legs of the ship and fires his SMGs at them. Once empty, he then takes out his railgun and shoots the ceiling above the aliens, making them covered in rubble and dust. Leo thensprints into the ship, sealing the ramp. "KAL'ROQ! GET US OUT OF HERE!" 

Kal'roq straps himself in and fires the engines of Rogue Shadow. Rex braces himself along with Wade as the ship ascends from the ground and takes off. Leo runs past them and hops into the pilot seat next to Kal'roq. 

"Wade, stay with Rellia and B1!" Rex orders as he sprints to the cockpit. Once having reached the cockpit, Rex then watches the human and Elite duo, working the controls. "What's going on?!" 

"We got Phantoms and Banshees closing. Plus two Covenant Cruisers." Leo states. "Don't suppose your any good with cannons?" 

Rex raises an eyebrow as Leo then pulls him along.