Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Measure of Soul. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own DITF, Code:000, Cloverworks, Trigger and a few others do.

(Capital city of Cadon.)

"These stars are nice, weren't they?" Rex asked before he stopped Carnelian and climbed out of the mech.

"Weren't? They're still nice, why would that change?" Zero asked before she dropped down next to him.

"Because I want to point out I have gotten used to them after a while. They were beautiful the first time I saw them, but now? I don't know, I'm just not seeing what is." Rex looked around and hummed.

He would be done sooner or later. They would get human help within a few days and they could return to the underground and he'd be able to get to war and retire then.

"You've never changed." She said. Rex opened his rifle and then set up a sniper position. He tapped Carnelian who spit up a Conrad Klaxosaur.

"Zal, sweep the flank. We're dealing with…" He checked his scope and laid down before continuing to speak.

"Over 2 dozen hostiles." Rex stated. Zero rolled her eyes while Rex prepared to fire on one of the rebels.

"Why not just call them bad guys? You always have to sound uptight." She walked until she sat down on a rock before he fired a single shot.

The rebel fell to the ground. Rex missed another shot and cursed before he saw the rebel turn towards him before he scored a burst of plasma that ripped through the chest of the soldier.

"I wish I didn't have to call them anything. They're our own people and yet their trying to destroy the government for stupid reasons. I get not enough food or water, but dislike over the current ruler? I can't support protesting that, and I can't support the violence." He stated. Zero frowned and out of the corner of his eye he saw something.

A Gutenberg Class. A siege weapons? What the hell did the rebels need a Klaxosaur used to attack fortified cities? They didn't have a single base above ground which would mandate it's use.

"But have you ever considered what you wanted from life?" He turned to Zero and shook his head while he looked around.

"I…" Rex didn't have an answer. He knew Zero was never going to like that he had chosen to become a part of the military.

He was a super elite commando; she could be one of them… Though Zero never enjoyed taking orders from others. She would always surpass him. Zero would knock him around, trip him up. He remembered when she playfully peppered him with kisses and then mud. Rex had never gotten back at her and it would always have been brought up before they parted.

"You should know, because you always like to say you had no choice to join the wolves… We could have run away. You didn't have to join the stupid wolves." She said. Rex sniped another soldier before trying to keep an eye on the Gutenberg class.

"We already made our choices, Oni. I want our people to be at peace and I could have put my skills to use. I wanted to make a difference, ok?" Rex got a communication from Zal before he leaned back against a rock and laid his rifle to the side.

"Can we please not argue at this moment? I really don't want to have this talk right now." Rex wasn't wrong. The captain knew the soldiers fighting for the government were outgunned. They were outnumbered and they were short staffed.

Without human support? They wouldn't have the Magma Energy to continue their advances. He wouldn't have a government to return to. Rex didn't enjoy all of his job. He liked hanging out with Zero. She was sneaky and snarky and they got into trouble.

"No." She said. Zal came in over the communicator before he tapped it and got a message from Zal.

"We got a problem. This doesn't look like a small outpost; it looks like an invasion force. I think the rebels are preparing for a full invasion of the surface." Zero crossed her arms.

"The hell? We need to return to the capital then. I'm trying to think of another move though. The rebels are going to attack all of us again… Ugh, this place is going to be destroyed. I want to know once and for all who their going after us." Rex muttered; he didn't know how the Rebels kept tracking them with a traitor.

They needed to figure out who the rebel commander/spy was and kill them. Rex knew they were going to be beaten to the ground military wise if they weren't able to talk them down or destroy their entire structure.

He grunted and went to climb back into Carnelian. They would return back to the village and deal with them when they arrived at the city. They could defend the city better from a fortified position.

And it was then he realized why they had a Gutenberg class Klaxosaur.

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that I'm going to make next chapter longer. I want to point out the romance and chapters are going to be short since I'm not sure how to do it yet. until 2 weeks or so on Sunday and will show the rebels attacking. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!