Synopsis
A team of Providence soldiers led by Captain Calan, carrying an important data rod, are shot down over the "Bug Jar" (formerly Kiev, Ukraine, which has been sealed off from the rest of the world via a one-way force field bubble). Rex, Six, and Bobo are called in to retrieve the rod and any survivors of the crew. Doctor Holiday gives Rex a secret task of collecting samples, on the condition of a dinner date with Rex. Rex is able to secure the data rod after entering the zone, but things go awry when E.V.O.s attack the trio, and they are stranded inside the Bug Jar. The E.V.O.s are being led by a faceless, four-armed E.V.O. called NoFace. Rex and the others escape from NoFace, and meet up with two of Calan's team, who are none too pleased with Rex's carefree nature about the data-rod's retrieval. They lead Rex and Six to a site where NoFace is forcing Calan and another member of his team to repair the downed ship, using a form of telepathy to communicate with the other E.V.O.s. After a struggle, Rex and the others make contact with Holiday, who tells them to head for a hotel for extraction. As the group wait for help to arrive, NoFace leads another charge against Rex and the team, hoping to use the extraction as a way of escaping the Bug Jar. However, Rex manages to use Holiday's sample collector to disable NoFace and escape with the rescue team, leaving the faceless creature and his brood still trapped. Back at Providence headquarters, Rex pretends to have lost the data rod to tick off White Knight, earning recognition from the crew he saved when he allows them to take the credit for it's retrieval. Holiday is happy to see Rex and the others safe, even if he didn't manage to collect samples for her. She mentions it meant everything to her, except a date.