The blade of death
Chapter 1 life saver
basically what would have happened if sweeney didn't kill Mrs Lovett.
disclaimer: i do not own Sweeney Todd, if i did sweeney and nellie wouldn't have died :(
Nellie screamed as she was thrown towards the bake oven, but for some reason, she flew to the side and landed in a heap on the floor
"Get the hell out! She looked up to see the demon barber standing above her, his face was even paler than normal under the blood. She stared longingly up at him "Mr Todd… please listen to me" he shook his head wildly as she silently started to cry, he turned away and stumbled back to his wife's corpse where he knelt beside her, and gently cradled her head in his lap "there was a barber and his wife, and she was beautiful"
Nellie hear a small noise like something heavy being pulled aside, Mr Todd obliviously didn't hear "a foolish barber and his wife, she was his reason and his life" Nellie gasped, behind sweeney toby stood with one of sweeney's precious friends. "And she was beautiful and she was virtuous, and he was…" he tilted back his head to expose his neck. No no no no no NO!
"NO TOBY DON'T DO IT PLEASE!" Toby's head whipped round, when he saw her his eyes filled with tears,
"MUM!" he screamed and ran towards her. Nellie hugged him tightly to her and rocked him gently
"There, there Toby it's alright, I'm here, I'm here"
"I thought he'd killed you mum, I thought…" he broke down into sobs again. She patted him gently, and then gasped as Sweeney pulled Toby away from her with murder in his eyes, she stopped her rolling pin on the floor that's lucky, I wonder how it got there? She picked it up and strode towards Mr Todd.
Sweeney had never liked the boy that much, but now when he had regained his senses and realised the boy had tried to kill him. He was determined to let out some of his fury on him, he threw back his arm ready to slash the boy's skinny throat when he realised the razor wasn't in his hand. He looked down at the boy who held it tightly in his gasp, Sweeney blinked then the boy yelled as Mrs Lovett's rolling pin crashed onto his head, he fell to the floor but not before he managed to slash the razor deep into Sweeny's stomach.
He howled in agony as his vision turned red, he felt his knees buckle and he was falling, his head connected with the floor with a sickening crack, his thought was Lucy….. as he passed out
Nellie stared at the two bodies lying on the bake house floor and controlled her urge to scream as she saw the blood slowly soaking sweeney's shirt
"For god's sake Nellie you've chopped up corpses for crying out loud!" she told herself firmly "get a hold on yourself!"
Yes but it isn't the same is it? Her inner voice mocked, Nellie shook her head and took off Toby's waistcoat and then took off Mr Todd's shirt, she tried hard not to sigh as she saw him but she gasped when she saw all the scars on his chest and sides not to mention how thin he was, she could almost see his ribs!
"Calm down Nellie" she muttered and pressed the waistcoat to the wound to try and staunch the bleeding, it didn't really help and she saw with some horror that he was beginning to wake up
"Bugger!" she swore as he opened his eyes and stared at her. Luckily his head sank back to the floor as he lost consciousness
"Right" Nellie said and began to drag him toward the bake house stairs.
When Sweeney finally woke up he saw Nellie sitting by his bed reading one of her trashy romance novels. His grunt of pain as he tried to sit up alerted her to him being awake and she looked up
"You alright love?" she had a stupid optimistic smile on her face as she stared and he growled
"What does it look like?" she only smiled and placed her head in her hands, he shifted feeling rather uncomfortable from the intense glaze he was giving her. He looked down to see if the blankets were covering him and saw with a shock that he was topless. He looked up at Nellie who was struggling not to giggle
"YOU UNDRESSED ME!" he roared and Nellie flinched surprised then folded her arms
"If you haven't noticed Mr T, I just saved your life!" she yelled back, he blinked at her confused then looked down at his stomach ands saw the bulky bandages. Confusion turned to rage as he stared at her
"WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO SAVE ME?" he was furious, that was the only chance he had to see Lucy again and Nellie Lovett had spoiled it once again
"MY GOD MR T, YOU'RE ACTING LIKE A CHILD!" she screamed at him "NO BLOODY GRAITUDE!"
"SO, THAT WAS MY ONE CHANCE TO SEE LUCY AGAIN AND YOU STOLE HER FROM ME AGAIN, YOU JEALOUS BITCH!"
Nellie took deep breaths, trying her best to calm down "jealous maybe Mr Todd, but I ain't a bitch"
She looked him straight in the face "Mr T, if lucy was as virtuous as you say.."
"And don't you dare say a word against her" he snarled
"Anyway, she would go to heaven wouldn't she?"
"Yes" Sweeney wasn't really sure where this was going but he was still angry and hoped it was going in a way he didn't like.
"Do you really think they'd let you into heaven Mr T, after all the things you've done?"
He froze, he never thought of it like that before, and the annoying thing was that what nellie said made sense. Why would they let him in? He had done terrible things since Australia, but it could have happened to any man, couldn't it?
The thoughts were making him dizzy and his head was beginning to swim again "can I go and see her?" he asked quietly
"Not now love, you need to rest a bit first, Toby cut you badly"
"Toby…." His voice shook with rage; nellie saw his expression and patted his hand, he pulled it away annoyed. She looked rather disappointed
"He won't hurt you again Mr T, I made him promise"
"And the pies…." God he was tired, he felt his eyes drifting shut
"He won't tell a soul, I told him he wouldn't get any more gin if he said anything"
A ghost of a smile flickered across the barber's face before he relaxed and gave himself over to sleep.
Nellie sighed and tucked the blankets around him. She paused then gave him a kiss on the cheek
"Night dear"
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