"OK, WHERE IS SHE?" Mrs. Lovett screamed in anger. Her nostrils were flared and her eyes were filled with pure hatred. John and Jerry looked up from their game of cards and jumped when they saw the vicious looking the woman's eyes.
"M-Miss! I must remind you I Don-", "DON' YA DARE TRY THAT ON ME AGAIN!" She screamed again. Sweeney rushed in and held her tightly before she did anything she might regret.
"W-Wot are do ya think yer doin'?" John said angrily as he stood up slowly. Before Sweeney had the chance to stop her, Mrs. Lovett had wrenched herself from the barber's grip and slapped the inventor across the face.
"WE FOUND OUT THAT YA DID SEE ME KAGOME! IN FACT, I'M SURE YER THE ONE WOT KIDNAPPED 'ER!"
There was a short pause before John had hit the baker in the jaw, sending her flying to the floor. "Jerry! Ge' the ol' bloke!" He shouted as he pulled Mrs. Lovett up standing by her hair. IN that same moment, as quick as he could blink, Sweeney was shot in the chest.
He didn't even hear the shot, didn't see the gun anywhere, and most certainly didn't hear Mrs. Lovett scream as he fell into darkness.
Kagome was sure she was having a nightmare. At first she felt tears of happiness in the back o her eyes as she thought they had finally come to rescue her, but that feeling instantly sank when she heard the shot and the scream. The door was kicked open.
She froze.
Mrs. Lovett was thrown down the stairs, her screams getting louder and more pain filled with each loud thud. When she hit the stone hard floor, Kagome immediately rushed over ti her side.
She hesitantly hovered a hand over her non moving head. "M-Missus...L-Lovett...?" there was a groan. Kagome gasped as she jumped back, surprised she survived the fall. The baker put a gently hand to her head, hissing in pain.
She looked up at the girl and froze. "K...Kagome?" she immediately fell into the woman's arms, crying uncontrollably.
"Oh, Kagome! I'm so 'appy I've found ya!" Mrs. Lovett cried into Kagome black hair while she did the same into her chest.
There was a dark chuckle from above and they both whipped their heads to see John's wicked grin. The baker instinctively held Kagome tighter to herself, causing the man to laugh more. "If you think you can protect that worthless shit, you are sadly mistaken, my dear!"
Mrs. Lovett's eyes flashed rage. "DON' YA DARE CALL ME LITTLE LASS THAT AGAIN!" she roared. John just rolled his eyes. He then looked beside him and nodded his head in the pair's direction.
Soon, Sweeney's body was rolling and bumping down the old wooden steps just as The baker's had.
The two girl's mouths opened wide in horror, not daring to fear the worst. When Sweeney finally landed in front of them, Mrs. Lovett instantly checked his pulse. There was a short pause that Kagome spent looking at the baker with teary and hope filled eyes. Then a sigh, "Oh, thank the 'heavens, 'es still here wit us,".
The girl sighed a large relief sigh. "Now, you three stay put while I an' me pal Jerry turn in for the night. Don' worry, we'll be come back in the morn to finish 'im off," John said casually as he looked at the three.
"The hell you will." Mrs. Lovett said darkly. John looked at her, "I'm sure me other friends would be more than willing to pay a good pound fer ya," he said thoughtfully.
The baker growled. "As fer you," he locked eyes with Kagome. "I think I'll put ya in the whore house. Though this is London, there are a shortage of 'em, and they already offered a good price-", "MAN OR WOMAN, DEVIL OR SAINT, HIGH BORN OR LOW BORN, NO ONE WILL EVER PUT MY GIRL IN A WHORE HOUSE!" Mrs. Lovett screamed, completely filled with rage. She took Kagome in her arms again and she clung on.
"I'LL MURDER THE WHOLE OF LONDON AND ME SELF BEFORE THAT 'APPENS! YOU CAN JUST TELL THEM WHORES TO HIGH TELL IT OUTTA ENGLAND BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY IN THE DEEPEST, DARKEST, BLOODIEST PIT O' HELL WHERE I'LL ALLOW ANYONE TO TOUCH HER AGAIN!"
There was a long pause. Kagome was now slightly frightened by how she was acting, so vicious and fierce, like a tigress protecting her cub, but she would endure seeing her actually slaughter the whole of London to keep the feeling of being loved, valued, and cherished with her her whole life.
John was slightly taken aback and Jerry's wide eyes said more. Soon, the man smirked and said very wickedly, "Oh, we shall see." And with that, he shut the door.
Sweeney couldn't see anything. Everything was dark and the only thing he could hear was the very sound of his own heart. It took him only a moment to realize his eyes were closed. The demon barber's eyes fluttered open, only then did he feel the coldness of the stone hard floor he found himself lying on.
Though it was hard to see anything in the dim lighting, Sweeney turned his head to the side, shocked to see the faces of Mrs. Lovett and Kagome looking at him like he'd grown two heads. But that was only for a split second.
The next thing the barber knows, hes being squeezed to death. The baker and young girl was clinging onto him desperately and crying like crazy, as if he might disappear into thin air. Which was kinda the same as him dying.
Sweeney squirmed under the two's embraces for a while before getting the breathe to speak, "What the bloody 'ell is wrong?"
Mrs. Lovett finally pulled back slightly and looked at him with tear filled eyes, sorrow easily displayed. "We...We thought you was gone," she sobbed. Now that he thought of it, his side had been killing him since he woke up. He tried to sit up, but immediately fell back with a loud groan of pain.
Kagome gasped and jumped off him. She then began to look around the room for anything that might help. Mrs. Lovett also gasped and pulled his head into her lap as she tried to use the cloth of her dress to stop the blood from the bullet wound that was now opened.
When she spotted something, Kagome began to quickly, or at least try to, crawl over to the sewer grates, where spotted two thin sticks. She grabbed them and hurried over to Sweeney, was beginning to cough up little blood.
Kagome then handed them to Mrs. Lovett. The baker looked at her weirdly. "Use these like tongs and pry the bullet out!" the girl instructed, slightly irritated.
The baker nodded her head and took the sticks. Kagome held Sweeney's hand, knowing this was going to hurt. Mrs. Lovett took a breath and plunged the sticks into his stomach.
The barber gasped and squeezed Kagome's hand so hard she was sure he was cutting off her circulation, but she just closed her eyes and squeezed back as hard as she can. It took a while for Lovett to find the bullet, Kagome and Sweeney bearing through the pain of the whole situation, but she soon pulled it out of Sweeney's abdomen with caution.
The woman tossed the bullet to the side with a sigh of relief. Sweeney finally released Kagome's hand with a hiss of pain. The girl flinched as she looked at her hand, it was scrunched into a very weird shape and it was a very disturbing bluish color.
Despite the, almost literally, bone crushing pain, Kagome just smiled and hid her hand behind her back. The barber sat up, flinching slightly as Mrs. Lovett tore a piece of cloth from her dress off and wrapped it around Sweeney's mid section to stop the bleeding.
"What happened?" he asked, scratching his head. The girl and baker looked at each other worriedly. "Its...John." Mrs. Lovett said quietly. At first Sweeney just looked at her like he was comprehending what she was saying, but then his face turned stone again.
He tried to stand, but ended up falling into the arms of the baker. "Wot are ya doin'?" she asked as he groaned in pain. "We need to get out of here." he groaned. "We can't go anywhere," Kagome whispered from beside the baker.
The two looked at her. Her grim expression surprising them. She continued, "Daddy...he...we..oh no!" Kagome breaks into hysterical sobs as her head crashing into her hands.
Mrs. Lovett gasps at the sudden out burst and pulls the girl into her arms also, her and Sweeney holding her gently as she lays in the baker's lap. The baker strokes her hair slowly while Sweeney rubs her back loving.
"Don' worry, darlin', we'll ge' out o' here," She cooed. Kagome's sobs start again, "B-But I-Its my f-fault y-you guys-,", "Oh, don' worry 'bout us. The whole reason we came was t rescue you."
The girl grips onto her dress tightly while the baker holds her closer. "I promise you, love, we'll make it out o' 'ere." Kagome nodded her head and soon fell into an uneasy sleep.
After a while, Sweeney was about to doze off himself when he heard Mrs. Lovett's soft weeping. "What's wrong?" he asked unfeelingly, he knew it too late, but he didn't want the baker thinking he'd went all soft.
"Oh, Sweeney!" she cried, taking her hand from Kagome's black locks and gripped his shirt, her other and keeping him sitting up by pressing onto the small of his back.
The barber awkwardly embraced her as she sobbed, " 'E-'e said h-he was g-goin' to put the b-both o' us in a whore 'ouse!" she cried into his chest. This infuriated Sweeney so much so he thought his eyes were actually red at the moment.
"What did you say?" he asked eagerly. "I-I told 'im 'ow I-I wasn' goin' to let 'im d-do it, b-but then I-I thought 'ow you migh' be dead a-an' I thought w-we were goners!" she lost herself in hysterical sobs after that.
The barber whispered comforting words as he rubbed her back and held her close to him. When it started to get to the point where he thought she might choke herself, he whispered in her ear, "Come on, now, Don't you remember what I promised?"
Mrs. Lovett pulled back and looked at her through her tears. "We're leaving this place, Together. The only difference is that instead of getting the law," he pulled out one of his razors. "I'll have his blood on my hands myself.
This comforted her more than anything could have and the baker smiled, letting herself lean onto him and falling into a deep, uneasy sleep. Soon, Sweeney felt his eyes close and they all slept that way, as a family, waiting for the dawn.
Now he was getting worried. It was sunset, already dark out, and they hadn't came back. Toby paced in the parlor, the gin no longer helping. Why hadn't they come back? Sure, the girl was hopeless, but did it really take this long to find her?
He mentally slapped himself. He should have gone with them! But no, his damn jealousy got the best of him! Wait, did he just admit he was jealous? Oh well, it didn't matter. It wasn't like there was anyone around to prove it.
Then, he heard something. Toby froze in his tracks. It didn't come from the front door, no, it came from Mrs. Lovett's room. Caution in his face, he inched his way to the door.
It sounded again. It sounded like a high pitched shriek, but smaller. Toby had to close his eyes as he threw the door opened, jumping back in case it was some animal. And it was. It was Kagome's kitten, yes, Kagome's.
When nothing came at him, the boy looked to find the smaller, silver white kitten sitting comfortably on the bed, nestled in the pillows.
Toby sighed silently with relief then strode into the room, smirking to himself how he was afraid of such a small creature. AS he got closer, he could see something tied around its neck.
When he got closer, Toby saw it was a piece of String that said, 'Leroy'. Almost instantly he could tell the girl had brought this animal in, He could tell rather easily form the crudely written name.
Making sure not ot get scratched, he slowly stretched out his hand to pet it. The young cat instantly put its furry head to his small hand and purred happily. The then relaxed, glad to see it was friendly. He checked and confirmed that Leroy was a boy.
"Do ya know where she is?" he asked the animal pointlessly. The kitten stared at him. Toby sighed, "I'm goin' crazy. I'm talkin' to a cat!" he said aloud. So, he played with Leroy for some time, still waiting for his mum and the rest.
But it wasn't long until the cat noticed Kagome's absence and went to the door, scratching it while meowing loudly. Toby mistook it as a gesture to use the bathroom, so he opened the door with no hesitation, thinking he'd go and come right back, but that wasn't the case.
Once he was let out, Leroy rushed through the streets of London, sniffing out Kagome. Toby quickly realized what he was doing and hurried to follow. "Come on, boy, lead us to 'er!" he told him encouragingly.
A/N: LOL, KItty Lassie! Oh well, had to put some animal in here! Yay! Lovett and Kagome are reunited at last! Believe me, I've been setting up this whole thing for quite some time justfor that little speech of Lovett's.
And NO Sweeney will not die! I refuse to let him get away that easlily without proclaiming his undying love for Lovett!
BUT that doesn't mean everything will be all good and well in the story. Many things could happen: Kagome and Mrs. Lovett could be set off to a whore house, Toby could get killed (or do you guys even really care?) Sweeney could die, or John could get rid of all of them at once, or maybe...the unimaginable could happen!
I guess You'll just have to keep reading and leaving reviews to find out.
Question: How do you react when reuniting with a loved one? And no not exactly under the same conditions as Kaogme and Lovett's reunion was. It could be thoug, if something like that had happened. If not, imagine its been years. How do you react?