I stood over the table in the middle of the command tent studying the holo-maps, trying to figure out our next attack, when I sensed one of the soldiers from the communications unit standing just inside the entrance.
"Report soldier, " I said, my eyes not leaving the holo-map.
I sensed him salute, "Sir! The base you arrived here from sent a message this morning! They wished to report soldier's moral low and strange noises and activity at night sir!"
I looked up at him, "Proceed."
"Sir! The general has had several reports of footsteps in the camp at night but when the soldiers investigate there is nothing at the end of the prints they find. Then there are more prints being made as they watch or an object near the prints will move on it's own. The general reports that four men have deserted since the activity started."
"When did it start? Did he say?"
"Yes sir! It started the day you left that base."
"Has he contacted the Clan leader to see if she will look into it?"
"He has tried sir but the last time anyone saw her was thirty minutes after you left."
"Have there been any other sounds besides footsteps?"
"Yes sir. They also have reported the sound of crying. The general said the Clan has been searching for their leader when they have not been fighting."
"Hmm... Tell them to continue what they are doing and to report to me who is causeing this terror when they find out. Also thell them that when the find the Clan leader to give her a public flogging for taking leave without approval."
"Yes sir! But sir? I... The men and I thought that you and Allacia were together..."
I smiled darkly as the soldier figited nervously, "No. She was just a means to an end. I needed an inroad to get to the other immortals. She could provide that . I just needed to make her believe that I loved her. Dismissed."
The soldier saluted without a word and left the command tent. With him gone I turned back to my holo-maps but my mind went back to the day I left the camp the Clan was at.
"Sir your transport leaves in ten minutes."
"Thank you John."
"KJ? You never told me we were going anywhere."
"That's because you aren't coming with me Allacia."
"Oh... You want me to wait here for you to return..."
I cut her off irritably, "No. I want you to stay here. Not wait for me."
"Okay Hakan. I will stay here."
"Don't call me that! Don't ever call me that again! From now on you call me Comander or Lord Nightmare like everyone else. I don't love you. I never did."
"You... You don't love me?"
"No. Now go away. And never bother me again. Oh... By the way. You have been demoted to a foot soldier."
With that I had left. I have no regrets for using her. She had something I needed so I used the fasted way possible to get it.
"Report soldier, " I said, my eyes not leaving the holo-map.
I sensed him salute, "Sir! The base you arrived here from sent a message this morning! They wished to report soldier's moral low and strange noises and activity at night sir!"
I looked up at him, "Proceed."
"Sir! The general has had several reports of footsteps in the camp at night but when the soldiers investigate there is nothing at the end of the prints they find. Then there are more prints being made as they watch or an object near the prints will move on it's own. The general reports that four men have deserted since the activity started."
"When did it start? Did he say?"
"Yes sir! It started the day you left that base."
"Has he contacted the Clan leader to see if she will look into it?"
"He has tried sir but the last time anyone saw her was thirty minutes after you left."
"Have there been any other sounds besides footsteps?"
"Yes sir. They also have reported the sound of crying. The general said the Clan has been searching for their leader when they have not been fighting."
"Hmm... Tell them to continue what they are doing and to report to me who is causeing this terror when they find out. Also thell them that when the find the Clan leader to give her a public flogging for taking leave without approval."
"Yes sir! But sir? I... The men and I thought that you and Allacia were together..."
I smiled darkly as the soldier figited nervously, "No. She was just a means to an end. I needed an inroad to get to the other immortals. She could provide that . I just needed to make her believe that I loved her. Dismissed."
The soldier saluted without a word and left the command tent. With him gone I turned back to my holo-maps but my mind went back to the day I left the camp the Clan was at.
"Sir your transport leaves in ten minutes."
"Thank you John."
"KJ? You never told me we were going anywhere."
"That's because you aren't coming with me Allacia."
"Oh... You want me to wait here for you to return..."
I cut her off irritably, "No. I want you to stay here. Not wait for me."
"Okay Hakan. I will stay here."
"Don't call me that! Don't ever call me that again! From now on you call me Comander or Lord Nightmare like everyone else. I don't love you. I never did."
"You... You don't love me?"
"No. Now go away. And never bother me again. Oh... By the way. You have been demoted to a foot soldier."
With that I had left. I have no regrets for using her. She had something I needed so I used the fasted way possible to get it.