200 Year Old War

Right Hand

Kay's POV

...It's quiet.
...Way too quiet. 
I open my eyes and grunt at the harsh light hitting my eyes and instantly close my eyes to shelter them from the brightness of the room. I sigh and try opening my eyes slowly- adjusting to the lighting of the room and actually take a look around- hospital.
I try to sit up but all the wires and needles prevent me from moving so I just put my head back down onto the pillow and blink 'how did I get here?' I look confused at the ceiling until I hear a door open and close- footsteps making their way towards my bed, I turn my head and see a blurry silhouette with dark red hair, Smile.
I blink couple of times again- trying to get my eyes to work properly and feel a hand being placed on my chest, I make a confused hum and try to look Smile in the eyes " How do you feel?" he asks as he notices that I am struggling with my eyesight. "Could be better" I joke, trying to get rid of the bitter atmosphere in the room- "Am I alone in the room?" I ask, typically I would've already saw soldiers and families visit other injured people but the only one I have seen so far is Smile "uh yeah, I asked to put you in a separate room from the others so people won't bother you and let you rest, since you did manage to get pretty screwed up from the fight" he answers with a slight chuckle in the end. 'Fight?' what fight? "What do you mean?" I look at him confused, did I hit my head and become stupid all of the sudden, what fight? "Are you joking? this is not funny Kay, this is no time for jokes- you just woke up after 8 hours of being unconscious because of the wounds you somehow got behind my back during our encounter with the Sun Clan army" he sounds annoyed, is he joking? I mean, he sounds serious.
I sigh and try to stretch my back- I can't believe I was wired up to a machine for 8 hours, I feel like a corpse. 
I look around again, Smile catching my uncomfortable state "maybe you should rest" he says as he gets up and is about to turn to exit the room "wait- how.. where is Aria?" I ask worried, does she know I got injured? 

Time skip (same day)

Location: Sun clan (North), Sun Clan military base "fire arrow".

Unknown POV 

"Miss, Commander Winscon has called all the counselors to come immediately to the meeting room for an emergency discussion." I look up and look at the messenger, his young face expressing a nervous expression not knowing how I would react to being interrupted in the middle of work - "very well, I will be there soon enough" I give him a smile and get up from my chair, looking down to see all the paper stacks that are scattered across my working table. I fix my skirt and push the chair back in place giving the table one last glance before grabbing my notebook with a pen and follow the messenger. 
As we walk down the halls I see rushing soldiers with a gun strapped around their chest- I look at my watch and understand all the sudden rushing, its almost dinner time. 
We keep walking until we reach the high commander meeting room and I smile at the messenger "thank you, you may go now" he bows down and joins the flow with all the other soldiers, I sigh and fix my hair before walking in. 
I look around the room and see I am not the only one there- there's of course High rank sergeant commander Winscon who is running this base, Norman- who is one of the top cyber department soldiers that help keeping this base untraced and Ren who is the head of the security department. 
I nod at the commander and walk forward to join them at the table, setting down my notebook and pen. 
"I think we are all here, I would like to talk about plans on preventing further damage to the north power bases that help slow down the Moon Clan from taking over 20 regions that are under our ruling." He speaks calmly, not expressing his obvious uneasiness with the current happening. 

The Moon Clan has clearly been overpowering some of our defense forces by ruthlessly taking down lives- which is totally uncalled for their leader. They always used the motto "more lives, more peace" something clearly changed, perhaps their strategy changed. 
Knowing 2 of their high talked about commanders and advisers, Kay and Smile Kenlin, I'd figure this ruthless taking is probably not under their command, unless...

"Hildrith!" Winscon called, making me jumping slightly from the aggressive and raspy tone "you're not with us, would you like to share what is currently on your mind with us? this discussion is very important." he marks.
I clear my throat and settle down "I think we can eliminate both Kenlin's from the list of people who gave the order to do such thing" I say with a confident voice "after following their trail for a long time now, I can a hundred percent guarantee that this way of attacking and taking over is not their cup of tea" Norman smirks with this remark "actually I can side with this statement commander, I've tried to hack into their files and none of them mentioned the Kenlin's orders." I let out a breath knowing now that I am correct.  Commander Winscon looks down for a moment, thinking. "Well if those two kids didn't give such order who did?" He looks up at all of us.
Ren steps into the conversation providing a folder with USB sided by it "I think this might not be the Moon Clan attacking" he gets up from his chair and grabs the USB, walking over to the computer, turning on the projector as well. 
After couple of minutes we get to see his files on the wall and let out a confused hum. "See, Moon Clan is known for having their soldiers uniform black with white straps around their sleeves, resembling the rank of the soldier. These, so called "bandits", do not have any of the white stripes meaning that they are either not part of the Moon Clan force, or are not specifically from any of the known Moon Clan forces." Ren looks at us after explaining with a pointer his findings. 

I look at the board and try to think where this scenario could've fit in, did the moon clan have a new force working with the army but not part of it? Could the Kenlin's change their mind and decide that the best way to maintain their land and order is by attacking? so many questions- no. They wouldn't do that. I adjust my notebook and pen and look down at my notes, I have been working with Norman for the past couple of days trying to find out any small conflicts in the Moon Clan politics but none came up- they must be very supported by the citizens. I take out my phone and unlock it- getting a notification from one of Norman's helpers, I tap on it and the message opens reading:" High rank military advisor- Kay Kenlin- found injured and is being treated after one of the surprise attacks by the Sun Clan. Could this mean that Kay's right hand and relative will take over one of the highest and strongest bases known to Moon Clan?" I take in the message- he got injured. I put my phone near my notebook and raise my hand, pausing the current conversation in the room, "I have news". Commander Winscon nods and I stand up- grab a board marker and walk over to the board, "I just got news that Kay Kenlin, one of our people of interest, got injured by the surprise attack Commander Winscon ruled. This means that the attack wasn't exactly called for by Kay, maybe it could've been his so called "demon"- well, in my opinion, it is most likely him giving the order to attack regarding the event of Kay getting injured. Probably, send us a message with a- excuse my language- "stay the fuck away" " I finish and ask Ren to turn on the projector with the uniform images. I take a look at the board and turn back to the table "See, Smile has his own force from what we've discovered, it is part of their military but maybe he took his own circle and ruled them to attack without the ranks so we could not identify the soldiers he sent." Commander Winscon nods and hums in an approving manner, I relax. " Thank you Hildrith, this is quiet a theory you got going. Norman, I want you and Hildrith to keep investigating the Moon Clans activity and pay closer attention to any of Smile's acts. This could potentially help us get our plans going with convincing higher ups to give the command of taking over land owned by the Moon Clan- leading us to victory." He says and gets up "Thank you everyone for coming- I will make sure the notes from this meeting will be transferred to each one of your emails, in case you find anything else" he signals his helper and walks out of the room, everyone else following behind him, everyone but me and Norman. "Good Job 'hunter'" Norman chuckles and walks over to me "you really got your brain working in this meeting huh?" he says sarcastically.I give him a small smile and gather my stuff, walking past him but getting stopped by a hand grabbing my shoulder from behind me, I turn around and notice Norman blushing, I swear this guy will get a beating one day, "I uh.. I," he stutters "want to go grab dinner later?" he finally asks, "Sure, pick me up at 7" I smile and walk out. He definitely will get a beating one day.