"Captain Michael Sir, the Commander has asked for you" a soldier saluted and relayed. With his heart beating like a drum and beaming with joy at same time. Seeing the almighty God of war, his role model for the first time in such a close range. He would have almost be smitten if he was a woman.
The young man Michael, turned and gave a knowing smile. "You may leave now"he replied. "Sure Sir"the soldier saluted and left the room. Michael turned back again and withdrew the necklace into his chest pocket.
In the Commander's tent,he came in and asked. "You sent for me Sir?. He was indeed the only man exempted by the commander to salute him in the absence of ours and of course ,the superiority aura of the commander didn't affect him.
"Yes I did, you have a mission to complete for me. I want you and your team to set out and relief me of some bugs. I trust you would report-in before nightfalls".
"May I know my mission" he replied.
"Here is a brief report of the mission"the Commander said handing over a file. Michael collected it and scanned the file while the commander continued.
"At the middle North border, there has been an uprising that has got the attention of the president. It is said ,there has been groups of terrorist attack at that area for the past two and half months. We have sent soldiers over, more than once to investigate the matter and dilute the situation but I keep getting no good results. So now,I will like you to go and see to it personally".
Just as he finished, Michael turned and left while the commander steered at his back , smiled and murmured to himself,' always confident and aloof'.
Coming out from the Commander's tent,he met many gazes on him. Previously as he went to see the Commander his right-hand man Edward, got the soldiers ready while waiting for his next command. The soldiers stood in a queue waiting for him to give a speech like other Captains do and boost the morale of the team but to their surprise. Michael just said,"we move out!" and that was all. Just as expected,the soldiers started murmuring amongst themselves.
Lisa, a gorgeous beauty who was one of the newly recruited female soldiers teased her friend Bella.
"You see your so called idol,atimes I wonder why he doesn't talk much. Is it that he chokes with words or would lose his tongue or his life if he just says more than a statement. I haven't seen this kind of Captain before,even to boost the morale or motivate his soldiers is an issue for him. I had already learnt that he is arrogant and full of himself. You know, if it wasn't for you I won't have come into his camp as a soldier at all".
Just when she thought her friend would reason along with her and choose to quit the camp, she saw her smiling with sense of pride saying. "This is what being a leader is,that eyebrow full of unwavering firmness,that eyes full of insurmountable sense of confidence from his strength. Not talking too much nonsense like quoting things he read from a book but allowing his confidence, charisma and firmness do the talking. Atleast,he is not like Commander Philip that would talk about how he wouldn't leave the battlefield with one less soldier but during the first sign of defeat. He will leave first and command the soldiers to hold the line,that he is going to get reinforcement to avenge them ".
Lisa , looking at her friend said"you have completely lost it".
"Yes I may have but I can still reason fine more than you,don't you see the imposing nature of the soldiers even though he didn't say a word to boost their morale. This is what his halo can do. His presence is a massive boost already".
Looking around, Lisa really had to agree with that point after all,the facts where laid before her. Though the soldiers made side comments, they weren't about for the short statement but of how the fate of the enemies has been sealed because they knew blood was about to flow once again.