They suddenly noticed that Nicky was not with them.
They took one look at each other, and they could see the confusion in each other's eyes.
Instantly, they rushed for behind the car, and that was when they found her.
She lay there on the ground, her breathing shallow and her eyes half closed.
"Nicky!" Scarface called to her as he knelt by her side.
"Nicky! Nicky!! Come on, talk to me, my baby girl."
Surprisingly, Scarface had the panic of a father who feared the worst.
Maybe it was just his parental instinct, but he was right.
"Hold on! Let me see," Lenny said.
With a pull of her clothes, it was all ripped off.
Now they saw the crust of the problem.
For some unknown reason, Nicky was not healing.
The sight of this made all of them frown.
After all, anything and everything that is a part of the domain heals, no matter the injury.
In fact, even if their head was squashed by a watermelon, they would still heal, and the healing process would even begin immediately.
It was surprising to see that she was not only not healing, but that her health was further deteriorating.
It was the wounds that she had gotten from Washboard when his team was playing with her by throwing knives at her body.
Most of her body had healed already, like her eye, but the healing process had suddenly stopped, and now she was bleeding.
Lenny frowned at this, saying, "The blood is not stopping. She needs a doctor, but before that, we need to seal the wound first."
Lenny waved his hand, and a bit of white flame appeared on his finger tips.
"What are you doing? Take that sh*t away from my daughter."
However, Father Black pulled Scarface back.
"Don't worry, Father of the Year, he is only trying to help. It's been many years, but I'm sure I understand what he is trying to do. He is only sealing the wound with heat to stop the bleeding and cut out the possibility of infection."
Scarface turned to Lenny, "Am I right?"
Lenny nodded. "Yes, if we don't do it now, even if we went back to your town for treatment, she will not survive."
Hearing this made Scarface panic even more.
He quickly braced himself together as he gave the go-ahead.
A decision that even surprised him more than he would have loved to admit.
Lenny was gentle with it.
"Firstly, I want you to check if there are any more wounds on her body."
Scarface and Father Black immediately did as instructed.
They turned her around a bit, here and there.
Aside from her chest, two holes on her belly, and one at her shoulder, there was no other one.
Lenny nodded as he began.
"The pain might sting a lot, I'll advise that you place something in between her teeth."
Scarface nodded as he looked around.
He found a broken femur on the ground.
This one was from Loren before she died.
He quickly placed it in between her teeth, separating her upper and lower jaws.
Immediately, Lenny began working on her.
However, white flames were not normal fire.
Just a touch on the skin could leave death as the only disabling relief.
To make matters worse, Lenny had already evolved his flames.
The moment his fingers touched the affected region, Nicky's eyes shot open as she instinctively burst out with all the strength of a Ghoul.
Fortunately, Lenny had already anticipated this situation, and Scarface and Father Black were already holding her down.
But that did not stop the deep groans that escaped her mouth.
Her fists balled so tight that they formed a net with green veins.
Her eyes shut wide open to the obviously intense pain.
And tears licked from the sides.
If it were normal people holding her down, they would have all been thrown away by now.
Fortunately, Father Black and Scarface were also Ghouls.
Lenny sealed all the wounds, forcing them to mend with heat.
By the time the process was done, Nicky's breathing was heavy and uneven.
But fortunately, the bleeding had stopped.
Overwhelming fatigue took over her body, and soon she could be heard slightly snoring in her sleep.
Scarface and Father Black relaxed backwards, both men thanking the stars that they had managed to finish the process.
It was at this point that Scarface realized that Lenny had been butt-naked through out the entire process, and the worst part was that his admittedly impressive Dong had been hanging about Nicky the whole time.
After all, even his clothes could not stand the explosion he had used to blow up Loren.
Lenny nodded in understanding.
He waved a hand like it was a magic trick, and a set of pants appeared.
This was a part of some of the clothes he had gotten from the time Scarface and the others attacked him in the cave.
"We have to take her back to town for treatment," Scarface stated after a bit of relaxation.
"No! You have to take her back to town. I have somewhere else to be."
Lenny stood to his feet, "I'll be heading off now!"
"Wait! Let us come with you," Father Black immediately requested.
Lenny frowned.
Before, he was in battle and had no choice but to take them along.
However, now was totally different.
They did not need to come along, and he really did not see any reason to take them along with him.
"What do you mean? We should go back to our town and be away from this whole mess." Scarface quickly suggested.
Father Black sighed, "I hate to burst your bubble. But as things remain, I do not see the possibility of us going back there. At least not any time soon. I don't think you realize that a Witch just died in front of us. Witches operate in a Coven. We already know that there is another one there. Going back is practically suicide."
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