This is just a little something that popped into my head and I just had to write it down.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sweeney Todd.
There's a scream.
It pulls at her heart, making her feel as if she's dying a slow and painful death. She wonders briefly if anyone else heard it, but then decides against it, seeing them all going about their business in Fleet Street.
She already knows where the terrifying noise came from, her feet already leading the way. They bring her to a pie shop, one that had become very popular lately.
Suddenly, she finds herself at the door to the bake house. She opens it without hesitation, and is not the least bit surprised or terrified by what she sees.
A man sits on the floor, a pool of crimson red blood surrounding him. In his arms is a woman. She looked as if she was once beautiful, but the hardships of life had affected her once gorgeous features. Both of their necks are red with blood.
Her mind barely registers the dead bodies in the upper corner of the room. The young couple on the floor captivates her, and she wonders what their back story is.
There was only one word to describe the horrid stench of the room.
Decay.
Closing the door, she walks back up the stairs.
Smiling to herself, she begins to sing.
"There's a hole in the world, like a great black pit."
"And it's filled with people, who are filled with shit."
"And the vermin of the world inhabit it."