109 Lights out

"Is it done?" Nadia asked, raising her eyes to Mathew's face. Even though she only looked for confirmation, she didn't remove her shoe from Stephen's face.

"Lemme check," Mathew said. "Stay away for a moment," he then asked while moving his eyes to Leila and Daria.

The girls moved away. And as soon as he was free to do it, Mathew kicked Stephen in his stomach, forcing him to roll around on the floor.

Mathew then got down to his knees only to grab the bounds that kept Stephen's hands together and raise them a little.

"Yeah, he is missing his pinky," the young man announced.

The finger was cleanly cut off from Stephen's hand. Yet, even though it went missing just a moment earlier, the wound was perfectly closed, making it seem as if he had lost his fingers years ago.