Oh my goodness...I'm on an updating roll (it's probably because I'll be gone for a little while, namely Friday, Saturday, and maybe Sunday.), and there are actually only two more TYPED-UP chappies after this. I need to write more. Okay, truthfully, this is a very short one. I just needed to get this set up for the next scene, and that's my excuse!
Marzi-Yes, actually. At least, that's what I was going for.
Disclaimer: You know the drill...Let's just skip to the chappie, alright?
Ch.12 An Obvious Epiphany
At that point, Sweeney gave himself over to his frustration and rage. Roaring, he rushed out of the shop and down the stairs. Now he was outside, ignoring the odd looks of neighbors.
WHERE IS IT?
Fervently pacing, he replayed the past few days over in his head, looking for any sort of clue as to the key's whereabouts.
He'd been resurrected. Matthew had rescued him. He'd fallen asleep in the moving vehicle. He'd woken up, realized where he was, then fainted.
There must be something! Surely, I've done something, bumped into a stranger, perhaps…
Sweeney's eyes widened, making him seem like a desperate ghoul.
Her. The day I first came back here, to my home. I was in a hurry, thinking about Lucy, when I fell.
He'd gotten up fast, not caring about the stranger, only about Lucy.
She must have it.
The girl had followed him to the shop and tried to investigate. Why would she do that, unless she had a reason?
And what better reason than finding a key immediately after someone rams into her?
It made perfect sense!
I can't believe it took me this long to remember!
A sneer crept across Sweeney's pale face. Even in the dark, passerby could see him and quickened their pace.
I must hurry! I need to find her!
Still pacing in the dulled streetlight, Sweeney tried to figure out exactly where the girl-
Didn't her friend call her 'Evy'?
-could be at this moment. He doubted she'd be an a place for her injury-
Though she still deserved it!
-for this long, after all, it had only been a photo case. Still, that was better than nothing.
Sweeney sighed. He'd never liked infirmaries; they were too…different. They smelled of sick people, and never really had good service. In fact, he'd killed a man once because he mentioned that he loved visiting sick people in infirmaries (and he'd been about to let him go unscathed).
"Pardon me, sir," he asked a man passing by. The man paused, but not without making sure there were people surrounding them. "Where's the nearest infirmary?"
The man gave Sweeney a strange look. "You mean a hospital?" he asked. Sweeney nodded, not really sure what that meant. "Two blocks over, but it's probably closed!" he shouted after Sweeney, who'd taken off after 'two blocks over'.
That was when Evy and Jacob had been climbing up the stairs, heading into the restaurant.
Sweeney was, as always, in an impatient hurry, and was rushing about a bit hastily, when---
I NEED TO FIND HER!
---suddenly, he was pushing through several people---
I NEED TO, NOW!
---and then he was experiencing a sense of déjà vu, but why? He didn't know---
NOW!
---but then he was there, in front of the 'hospital' and he was raring to go in but something stopped him.
Sweeney Todd turned around. There, sitting all alone on a bench, was the blonde girl that had been with Evy.
I've decided to bold these 'thingys' after chappies, since it probably makes it easier to understand. Anyways, did you like it? Review if you did! (even if it was maddenly short...) So, will Sweeney ever get his 'friends' back? Will he ever kill anyone? And what'll happen if Sweeney actually talks to Holly? Hmm...I'll let you dwell on that...