Kingsman Return novel Chapter 7

Arran woke up to bright lights overhead and a wet and sticky feeling all over his body.

Looking all over at his surrounding, he saw all sorts of machines and apparatus that he did not know the functions of and some that while they were in various weird forms, he could still infer the functions of.

Arran came to the conclusion that he was in what seemed to be a hospital ward. After checking his surroundings, he decided to check his own condition. That was when he was surprised to find out his own situation.

Arran found out where the wet and sticky feeling came from.

As it turned out, Arran was wrapped up and submerged in a small liquid bubble that was floating suspended in the air. It was through this bubble that Arran was seeing all that he had seen.

Arran could also make out a group of people in uniforms who were making their rounds in the ward he was settled in. One of these groups came to check up on him, only to find out that he was awake.

Surprised, they talked excitedly amongst themselves before one of them rushed away to the exit in a bid to inform her superiors of the recent development.

Arran tried to enquire about his situation only to find out that he could not speak because every time he tried to do so, the thick liquid bubble would start making its way down his mouth.

Arran stopped and instead tried to listen to them to find out any piece of information. Thankfully he was able to make out what they were saying.

That was when he realized that the group of people was not speaking in any of earth's known languages. Instead, the reason why he could understand them was that they were speaking in a kind of language that until now only he and his parents ever spoke as a form of code whenever they were alone or in front of others.

While he was stunned, he managed to make out a rough understanding of his situation.

He was currently located in a certain outpost that he was brought to after he had fainted but everything after that was simply gibberish to him. Something about the lower realms and upper realms and other dimensions and stuff like that.

As Arran was filled with confusion, the door to the ward opened up and Arran managed to catch a glimpse of what was on the other side. All he saw were soldiers standing guard outside.

The person making her way into the ward was a woman who was wearing a pure white, close-fitting uniform. Her steps were brisk and her hair was tied to the back of her head in a tight bun and her small delicate face was devoid of any makeup.

Compared to the winged woman that Arran remembered, this woman had a different kind of air that kept people away due to her strictness.

Arran had seen women like this before, women who held a lot of authority and carried themselves with confidence but compared to the others he had seen, this one also radiated a sense of power.

The woman made her way towards where Arran was and immediately started asking for their reports.

Captain Mei had been very frustrated lately.

When she had made the call for immediate response after the report she had gotten earlier, she had reported to her superiors only to be told to wait for reinforcements before making any other moves.

Even after the operation was over, instead of taking this matter over to the headquarters, she was told to take care of the mortal who was admitted into her custody. It was very obvious that no one wanted to touch this bag of hot potatoes.

While she was listening to the report of the group of doctors who were spewing a bunch of technical terms which she did not understand, she turned her attention to the person who was the cause of all this commotion in the first place, Mei had a very inexplicable feeling... like he was able to understand the words they were saying.

Shaking herself mentally, she removed that thought from her mind because it was impossible for a mortal to understand the language of the upper realms.

Even if there were records that had been left in the lower realms, records leftover from the age of exploration, such records should not contain any form of information concerning this particular language considering the region in which he was found in.

But as time passed, she was finding it much more difficult to dismiss this thought. In order to confirm her suspicion, she signaled for everyone to keep quiet and asked,

"Mortal, are you able to understand what we are saying?"

Arran had been trying to gather more information so as to further understand his situation when the female officer asked him this question.