Disclaimer: I do not own Sweeney Todd.

The blade is drawing nearer. I close my eyes. I clutch the arm of the chair. I stare into the night.

My own rubies, I think to myself. I could see my blood coating the silver with a beautiful red.

My friends deserve this pleasure, yet they do not want it.

They plead with my to keep my life. They plead with their master to calm himself from these thoughts.

How can I, though?

Lucy is gone...

Johanna will never be in my arms…

I need this pain to end.

Perhaps I shall end up with Lucy again or… no…

No doubt she is in Heaven and no doubt I shall end up somewhere different.

Still… the razor's sharp edge seems so inviting.

The moonlight shines off of it and I understand what it whispers.

"I'm sorry," I say softly.

The blade cuts slightly into my throat and I can feel the rubies trickling.

Trickle

A single drop spills down my neck…

To my chest…

Trickle.

I hear a bell jingling but I do not look around.

My friend glistens brightly… crying for me to stop.

I hear a curious sound… familiar…

Something grabs my arm. Somethingis trying to stop me. Something is sobbing.

No… someone.

Pet?

My dark baker is pulling my friend away. She's throwning him to the floor!

She is still sobbing.

I feel her pressing something wet to the cut on my neck. It stings. It hurts.

I suddenly realize my need to breath.

I gasp. I choke. I let out a broken whimper.

The cut is deep. Not deep enough.

I was so close. Everything was almost over.

The blood is mixing with the liquid on the cloth.

Trickle

Tears fall from my eyes rapidly.

Trickle

She has covered the wound.

She is stroking my face. Kissing my cheek.

She takes my arm gently.

I stand up with her help.

She leads me over to my cot. I walk where she takes me.

She lays me down on it and brings the covers over me. I let her treat me like a child.

She tells me to close my eyes. I close them.

Nothing but darkness now…

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