Kabocha opened the door to Truce’s bedroom to let Truce and Nicole in. He then helped Nicole to lie on her stomach on Truce’s bed. He was in tears. “The poor boy,” he cried, “He didn’t do anything to deserve this.”
Truce looked at Kabocha and said, “Don’t worry. He’ll be back to his normal self in a few days. I’ll make sure of it. You should make your way away from here before grandfather suspects you of alerting us to get help.”
“Yes, your highness,” he then looked at Nicole and said, “Get well soon, boy.” He then left Truce’s room.
Vegeta entered next and closed the door behind him. “How is she?” he asked Truce.
“I’m about to find out the damage,” said Truce. She then ripped Nicole’s outfit off and threw it to the side on the floor. Under the outfit Nicole wore a wrap around her chest and back to better conceal her breasts. It was pure red from the blood from her wounds.
“Damn,” said Vegeta.
“Don’t curse yet until we truly have a visual of the wounds,” said Truce. She then gently ripped the wrap and threw it to the floor on top of Nicole’s servant outfit. Nicole lay topless on Truce’s bed. Truce gasped at how deep the whip had made the wounds on Nicole’s back.
“How bad is it?” whispered Nicole in a shaky voice.
“Probably as bad as it feels,” said Truce, as she examined the deep lined wounds from where the whip had struck. “Don’t worry, Nicole, I have a medicine that’ll heal it. It’ll take a few days, but it’ll also make sure no scars will stay.”
“Scars,” said Vegeta, “Hmph! I feel some invisible scars will stay.”
“Hush, father,” said Truce, as she stood up and went to get something from her bathroom.
“I’m sorry,” whispered Nicole.
“I see nothing to apologize for,” said Vegeta.
“Where’s Diego?”
“Probably still in the throne room.”
A tear slid down Nicole’s cheek. “I don’t blame him,” she cried out, “I told him to go ahead. I knew it would be painful, but I didn’t want him to get in trouble.”
“Shh,” said Vegeta, “Just try to relax.”
Truce returned with a container and a bowl with a towel in it.
“First is probably going to be extremely painful, Nicole,” said Truce, “But the blood has to be cleaned up.”
There was a tap at the door.
“Who is it?” said Truce.
“It’s me,” came Diego’s voice.
“Go away,” said Truce, “You’ve done enough.”
“Truce,” said Vegeta.
“I know,” said Diego, “At least let me be the one to help.”
“Let him in,” whispered Nicole.
Vegeta opened the door and let Diego in and closed the door behind him. As Diego looked at the sight of Nicole’s back he almost lost it. He stood beside the bed and then dropped down to his knees. Tears started flowing from his eyes. “I’m so sorry,” he said to Nicole, “What I’ve done is unforgivable.”
“Shh…,” said Nicole, “It’s okay. I’ll be fine.”
Diego looked at the stuff Truce had brought in. “Let me do all of this,” he told Truce, “It’s only right that I clean up the mess I did.”
“Hmph!” said Truce. She then thought for a second and then said, “Okay. This will be the perfect punishment for you then.”
Diego stood up and took the towel from the bowl of water. He looked back at Nicole’s back and then said, “Forgive me for any more pain that this will cause.” He then proceeded to use the towel to clean the blood from Nicole’s back. Nicole moaned in pain and cried.
Truce lay beside Nicole and held her hand. “It’ll be over soon,” she told her, trying to comfort her, “Just a little longer. It’ll be clean and we can put the ointment on your wounds.”
Vegeta leaned against the wall with his arms crossed watching them.
With every cry and moan from Nicole as Diego cleaned her back, pain crushed Diego’s heart. He was crying as he continued cleaning her back.
After the blood was cleaned away, Diego opened the container with the ointment in it and he then proceeded to apply it to Nicole’s wounds. Nicole had fallen asleep as the ointment was applied, or maybe passed out.
Diego then carried the bowl of water and blood to the bathroom to empty it. He then threw away all of the bloodied garments and sat on the bed beside Nicole.
“Let’s let her sleep,” said Truce, “She’s been through enough today. The ointment will have to be applied again in six hours.”
(I do not own any of the Dragonball Z characters or any of the story line directly linked to the series. All said content rights go to Akira Toriyama, the creator of DBZ)
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