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.

Rex had been in front of the Princess before; the wolves were the most elite part of the loyalist Klaxo Sapiens army.

"Lieutenant." He heard from the princess and bowed.

"Your highness." He said and heard a snicker before he turned to look at another figure inside greenish white armor.

"Nice one, Lupus. You were late to the battle and me and Val had to handle things. You as well Cadmael… Least Adamaris and Cara had good reason to not be on the battlefield." He hissed before the Princess spoke up.

"Captain, you are aware of the humans on the surface and their civilization?" The princess asked, Rex blinked.

The Apex Armor each wolf wore into battle, to protect themselves, and interface with their Klaxosaur better didn't allow much facial expression.

But the Princess saw the eyes of the helmet close and open rapidly.

"After driving off the rebels from the Magma Energy plant, it was decided you should be promoted… And with the expedition being planned…" She said and smirked, Rex decided to speak up since his squad was always allowed to speak openly.

"What expedition? Are the humans bothering us? I'll get a team mobilized and…" He started to say and the princess held up her hand.

"The humans aren't invading us at all… We're going to see them." She said and Val spoke up.

"Your highness? Not to question your ruling, but why? The humans aren't aware of the Klaxo Sapiens besides rumors and such… Why break that view now?" She asked and the princess turned to look at the elite soldier.

"The humans are sitting near massive deposits of Magma Energy, enough to run our civilization until we can find a way to create the energy on our own instead of mining it… As you are aware, we can't expand our mining of Magma Energy with the rebels endlessly attacking us and sooner or later our Klaxosaurs will run out of power… That is why I am asking Rex to lead a squad of wolves and one of our ambassadors to the surface to meet with the Humans." She said and Rex put his hands behind his back.

"I'll do it, when do we deploy?" He asked, he had joined the wolves for adventure and because he loved his country and because he was a patriot.

"Your leave within a week, I'd like to hear some progress while you're gone… The other Wolves will stay here to defend against the rebels." The princess stated, Rex bowed and with a wave of her hand, they were dismissed.

Rex turned and walked out of the throne room, he continued to try and process what was going on.

"Captain?" Val asked and he turned to look at her. She looked at the others.

"Go and start to pack, we're going to be following one of the scout paths and then dig our way out from there…" She ordered while she turned to Rex.

Neither noticed the other wolves leave before Val put her hands on her hips.

"Your confused, why? Your never confused, you usually always have a plan…" Val said and Rex sighed.

"Because the Rebels are going to ruin this, Val… They ruin everything and I… Believe my friend is on the surface, the one I hadn't seen in years if you remember…" Rex said and Val turned to look at the sky.

"We're at war, Captain… We have to do this, the rebels might not have the numbers or strength we do, but they control most of the Magma Energy down here… Plus I'm sure we're find your friend on the surface, we've found other things before." She stated and Rex crossed his arms.

"I'm not good at talking, Val, that's why I became a wolf, fighting, ripping the enemy apart and charging into the battlefield inside my Klaxosaur is how I've been doing for the past few months… Or years, I suck at time like I suck at talking diplomatically… It's why I'm a soldier and not a Klaxo Saipan lord like I was born as…" He said and rolled his eyes.

"That doesn't mean we can just give up…." Val said and Rex shook his head.

"I'm not saying we should give up at all…. We have orders… I'm saying… If she's up there… Then I'm not going to be able to handle it, she'd hate me, and I miss her… But we're go… Just don't expect me to stay in the room if she's there, she has rights to be mad." He staid and started to walk away.

"Ok then… I guess we're going to have a lot more problems once we get up to the surface…" Val started to say and Rex turned to look at her.

"Ok then, I'll stop, sorry…" Val said as she walked off.

Rex rolled his eyes and walked away, amused.

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! I'd like to point out that the entire series will be different because of the Klaxo Sapiens being a species and not having left Earth and all that. Next chapter will be Rex and the Wolves heading to the surface and show Rex meeting APE possibly. Until Wednesday or so. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!