200 Year Old War

"Unknown Forces"

Smile's POV

I walk outside the hospital construction and reach for my pocket on my jacket, take out a cigarettes pack and a lighter. 
I look around the area and see a lot of wounded soldiers wrapped in ten layers of bandages across their bodies, I sigh and put the cigarette in my mouth- then lighting it, covering the flame from the wind with my hand. 
Feeling the smoke enter my lungs I relax my muscles and keep walking out of the hospital territory towards the main structure in the base - the main operating center. 
The place is crowded with soldiers sitting and talking- about anything really, some about home and some about recent events or training. 
I take a place near the window facing the main entrance to the base and finish my cigarette, you're not really allowed to smoke indoors but I honestly couldn't give a damn if anyone told me to exit the building- people are usually scared of me, the "almighty" Smile- a demon working in the shadows, taking down targets without the media knowing. 
I chuckled at these thoughts and threw the cigarette in the trash bin across from me- I look around and get comfortable in the seat, closing my eyes and leaning my head backwards, taking my guard down and try to catch a small nap before continuing with the schedule for today. 

After 5 minutes or so, I feel a gentle tap on my shoulder, I open my eyes and look at the person who woke me up- Andy. 
"Uh sorry for waking you up commander, I just wanted to ask about today's schedule" he shifts uncomfortably in his place, clearly unsure with what to do with himself. 
I give him a small reassuring smile "sure, come- sit" I point towards the seat in front of me and stretch my arms before paying attention. 
I glance at his uniform and notice a small red blinking device on his hood, I motion for him to not move or make a sound as I slowly get up and lean towards him- his face confused and showing concern on whatever I have spotted on him.
I take the small device off of his hood and return to my seat, turning it off with the small blinker that was blinking. 
He looks at the device in my hands confused and then puts his hood down exposing his ombre colored hair and pulls the fabric forward for him to see if there's anything else on it. 
"Journalists are eager these days for the smallest bit of information on our league huh" I say as I crash the device and throw it in the trash. 
He gives a small smile- chuckling at the remark " I mean, we are one of the top secret leagues working with the moon clan military- most people don't even know of our existence" he says with a small smile, trying to see if his words fit my thought process.
"You are right, well- now that that's out of the way, what is it you wanted to ask?" I relax back in my seat and keep my gaze forward- paying attention to Andy. 
"Um.. couple days ago we carried an operation of taking down one of the most valuable points in the north district of the Sun clan forces- it seems they are aware that not regular Moon clan soldiers carried the operation" he speaks and rubs his hands uncomfortably "I am well aware of that, I have read what Nestor sent me- they had an article call out the "unknown forces" that carried the attack on the north district forces- referring to our league" I answer and wave my hand at this information- clearly they got that idea from the small difference between our uniforms, ours is slightly different than the regular Moon clan military uniform- our is more.. post apocalyptic styled with fabric covering our body almost entirely- we wear hoods to hide our faces and we do not have ranks sewn onto our uniforms. 
We, the Red Command league, have the role of doing all the 'dark' and 'important' work behind the media's attention- we take down important targets and take control over areas so it will be easy for the Moon clan military to set bases in certain locations near the battlefields. 
Yes, we do live within the bases of the Moon clan but we are usually spotted and treated differently than the "regular" soldiers. People are just eager to know what we are up to at all times. 
"After Kay got hurt- you seemed to lose your temper out there, I mean.. you left no man alive and breathing after our.. how would you call it?- encounter" Andy says, averting his gaze away from me. 
I blink couple of times and look down at my right hand gauntlet where my hidden blade is located, moving my fingers- feeling the cold blade sit on my skin. I look up at Andy "I did what I had to in order to send a message to their brainless leaders- if they choose to mess with me or with my people they better get used to seeing bloodshed on their lands, I am not taking it all lightly, if Kay won't be able to rule and take his role as an advisor I will take his place and trust me, they wouldn't like what I have in mind. Now, you are free to go rest Andy, schedule for tonight's plan will be addressed only in 2 hours, I have to go check something with Nestor before getting my final conclusion on what's our next move" with that I get up and walk out of the main lobby, leaving Andy behind- with more questions than answers.