Road to Valhalla

Chapter 14: Corsen

"..."

He could vaguely hear some very distant noises. He had yet to gain the ability to see perfectly but he noticed a silhouette through his half delirious state of mind. He tried to sit up or take control of his senses but that was beyond help.

"...sen!"

"Corsen!", he finally distinguished someone calling that name, "Corsen! Is he awake?"

The silhouette moved at the sound and approached the door as he lay in his bed, watching it. He focused his vision a bit more. The silhouette was bright red or so he imagined.

"Could you keep it down?", the silhouette opened the door and scolded whoever was making a ruckus of it. She said some other things which he couldn't distinguish.

He struggled to lift himself up, having gained a considerable percentage of his conscious.

"Ah!", Corsen noticed him and moved towards him, "You're awake...Jack!"

He looked at Corsen's face who was leaning down to check on him. She had the reddest hair he'd ever seen. She shone like a sun engulfing the desert on the