Mrs Lovett stood up in the chair frightened.

"What…? What are you doing here?!" she said backing away to the large window

The old beggar, which had been haunting Fleet Street according to the children's comments, approached her slowly.

"Nellie, come now… Don't tell me you don't remember an old friend…"

"I know pretty well who you are… Lucy…"

To those of you who are in a deep shock right now I must confirm: Yes, it was indeed Lucy Barker, Sweeny Todd's long lost wife who had according to Mrs Lovett poisoned herself and assumed to be dead. Mrs Lovett had told the truth, however she had hidden part of it. Therefore you cannot exactly call it a lie, because the words she said, were true.

"Missed me Nellie?" asked Lucy

"Yes! I thought you were dead?" said Mrs Lovett visibly frightened

"You thought!" said Lucy angered "For 15 years I've been wandering around London! 15 years receiving nothing but disgust and pitiful coins from the people I met on the streets! 15 years worrying about my beloved daughter that I left at your care!"

Mrs Lovett shook her head.

"He had more power than I had! What do you want me to do?" said Mrs Lovett about to cry

"You could face him! Or die trying! You know bloody well how that man humiliated me, tell me, and did you actually thought about me as he was taking her away?! HUH?! WERE YA?!"

"NO!" said Mrs Lovett yelling in frustration "I WOULD NEVER..."

"My little Johanna grew up knowing nothing but abuses, and sexual harassment! Did you even thought about how it would mark her?! Can you imagine how it is like to watch a child growing up without knowing what parental love is?!"

Mrs Lovett sobbed hard and knelt to the ground. More pain was around her. More remorse, She couldn't take being guilty of traumas. She never wanted it to be that way.

"I'm sorry… I'm sorry…" she said crying and almost mumbling "But I couldn't do anything! I couldn't save her… them…"

All the pain due to the thoughts of the children was intensifying in her by the minute.

"No…" said Lucy in a low voice "You're not sorry…"

Then she noticed the baby in the crib moaning softly.

"Imagine… What it would be like… If you died today… That child…" she said pointing at the crib where the baby was "Would feel the pain… of growing up without comfort… without affection… without feeling there's a place where he can feel safe and warm…"

Mrs Lovett looked up at Lucy shocked.

"If you were watching from heaven above, or from hell even, and you saw what that child would go through with your absence… Then you would say you're sorry with sincerity in your eyes!"

The two of them switched a shining gaze among themselves.

"I never wanted it to be that way!" said Mrs Lovett still sobby

"It's too late for sorry now… I will go to the police… And tell them the kind of witchcraft you've been doing around here!"

"Witchcraft?! What are you?!" said Mrs Lovett trying to laugh nervously

"Don't try to talk yourself out of this one… I saw the black fire coming from your chimney, and the smell of rotting corpses coming from it! I know you're doing something related to the devil! Something that will send you to hell for sure!"

"You're delirious…" said Mrs Lovett now cynically "I bet the years in Bedlam sure taught you new things, eh?"

"Oh! So you DID knew I was alive after all!" said Lucy approaching Mrs Lovett with an angered posture

The two of them stood there looking in rage at each other.

"An eye for an eye…" said Lucy backing away to the door

"… and a tooth for a tooth…" said a creepy voice from behind her

Lucy turned quickly frightened but she only caught the glimpse of Olaf stabbing her very close to the heart. She felt onto the ground groaning in pain.

"What's going on in here?!" said Todd entering the babrery quickly

Lucy knelt on the ground and looked at her long lost husband who had just entered.

"H-h-Hey…" she called softly

Todd looked at her curious.

"… d-don't I… know you… mister?" she said with her voice almost failing her

Todd looked puzzled at her, while Mrs Lovett looked frightened at the scene.

Some loud footsteps were heard from the stairs.

"It's the judge!" said Olaf

And then Olaf pulled a liver in the chair and so it was that Lucy fell deep down. If she fell to her death or not, it is something you will have to wait to see.

Right after the trap door closed, Judge Turpin entered.

"Where is she?" he asked visibly impatient

"Eh…" said Todd not knowing what to answer

"She's down below your honor… Let me just go down to calm her down… She's feeling awfully terrible about what she did?" said Mrs Lovett approaching the door where he was.

"How… how regretted is she?" said Turpin visibly touched

"You can't possibly imagine how she longs for an apology…" said Mrs Lovett blinking

Judge Turpin smiled.

"Then she shall have it… She'll be… here soon you say?"

"I guarantee…" said Mrs Lovett going down through the stairs

"Excellent, my friends…" said Turpin smiling at Todd and Olaf

And then Todd made his move.

"How about a shave?" he asked while Olaf went down the stairs discreetly after Mrs Lovett.

Shortly before the scene you've been watching, the orphans, followed by Johanna arrived at the bakery.

"Nobody seems to be here right now…" said Violet opening the main door

But all of a sudden she heard footsteps coming from inside.

"Hide!" she whispered quickly in panic

The four of them backed away outside and hid underneath the stairs that lead to the barbery.

They saw the figures of Olaf followed a little from behind by Todd go up the stairs.

They were about to leave, when Judge Turpin came running and climbed the stairs too.

"The coast is clear, come on!" said Violet followed by Klaus holding Sunny

They entered the bakery, and went all the way to the bake house.

As they were descending the stairs they noticed that a flame was burning through the opened door.

They finally entered.

And they finally saw the horror that Toby and Sunny had seen that same night.

Two corpses were laying on the ground; An amount of bones could be seen in the corner; The grinder was filled with human limbs; The oven was burning with the smell of corpses;…

Among many other details, but it was on that moment that the children discovered the terrible truth that their guardians had hidden from them for all that time: The pies were made of human people.

Klaus felt a huge will to puke. Which he did…

Violet felt disgusted.

To think that all that time they were eating pies made of… real people.

They felt like cannibals thinking about the times they tried the meat pies and actually enjoyed them. To think they were living a lie during all that time… To think that their guardians were making all those terrible crimes…

Every strange attitude Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett had until then, made perfect sense to them on that moment.

They were murderers.

Now they were more afraid of them than ever. They would be killed if they stayed there for long.

"Violet… Violet!"

Violet snapped to reality at the sound of his beloved's voice. She looked at a corner and saw him all tied up near the bone pile.

"Anthony! Oh Anthony! Anthony!" said Violet in a crying tone heading immediately to him

"They caught me off guard! When I found myself I woke up here, and…"

"It's okay now…" said Violet almost crying "I'm here"

Once he was released they involved each other in a deep embrace.

"She didn't wait for me…" said Anthony "There was an escape… And she didn't wait for me… Didn't even bother by the fact that I cared for her…"

Violet embraced him deeply. She knew somehow all along that he would end up choosing her.

"Speaking of which… Where is Johanna?" said Klaus noticing her absence

"You mean she came along?" asked Anthony looking around him

"Long story, now let's get out of here before…"

"… I come back?" asked Olaf's voice

The four of them jumped quickly on their heels. But when they looked at the door they saw the figure of Mrs Lovett looking darkly onto the ground.

Klaus moved immidiatelly to her scared.

"Mrs Lovett… Tell me it isn't true! Tell me this is impossible!"

But she remained looking onto the ground.

"Mrs Lovett! Snap out of it! Tell me this is a dream!"

She finally raised her head and looked at Klaus sadly.

"I… failed you… again…"

Klaus noticed the flow of tears running down her face. And then Olaf appeared from behind the door behind her.

Klaus backed away slowly falling on his butt.

"So this is finally the end… I finally get to have my beloved fortune that you've been denying me for oh so long…"

"No! It isn't the end! We'll never give up!" said Violet stepping up behind Klaus

"Give up? But don't you see Violet…" said Olaf taking her face in his hands "I've already won!"

"Stay away from her!" said Anthony rushing onto Olaf

Yet Olaf kicked him violently on the stomach then punched him on the head, which made him fall immediately onto the ground.

"You…" said Klaus standing up, but before he could do anything he was punched on the face by Olaf and fell on the ground with all the pain

Even Sunny tried to fight him, by biting him on the leg, but was kicked off like a soccer ball.

Olaf then pushed Violet very close to the oven.

"No Violet!" said Klaus triyng to reach them

"You know…" said Olaf to Violet "Ever since I made you that little warning, I've been wondering what it would be like… when we're husband and wife…"

He began to play with her hair and lower his hands onto her breasts.

"You'll do whatever I tell you to do every day… in the kitchen… in the cleaning up… in bed…"

He placed his hands on her breasts. Violet didn't react. She felt like all her hopes had gone away. That destiny couldn't be something humans could fight against. He squeezed her breasts. She let out a soft moan. Of angst…

"In fact…" said Olaf taking her chin in one of his nasty fingers forcing her to look straight at him "Why don't we do it for the first time right here and right now? It will be easier after the wedding to you then…"

"Stop!"

The voice of Mrs Lovett made everybody turn their heads to her in surprise.

"If you're feeling like doing it to someone, do it to me now!"

Everybody stood silent.

"Violet is still innocent! While I… Thanks to my selfish wishes of revenge… A girl was abused for many years by her guardian… I was selfish… And I think… I deserve to know what she felt everytime he did it to her!"

All of them looked shoked to her.

And in a glimpse of a second Olaf had moved onto her and placed her on the ground and himself over her.

"I still want to give a fuck to my beloved bride, but what man would waste a chance with some hot stuff like you? Besides…"

And he leaned close to Mrs Lovett's ear.

I don't know what he whispered to her, but let us leave her reaction to a later while. Now, you're wondering perhaps what happened to Johanna, that is if you're not wondering how Mrs Lovett's reaction was.

Well, I'm going to tell you first what happened in the barbery five minutes after Mrs Lovett and Olaf left…

Todd had finally done it.

He finally had managed to get revenge upon the man who had destroyed his life.

Judge Turpin was now lying on the chair with his throat all opened up and a face of horror. There was blood everywhere.

It had been long

Too long

So very long

Barker knew that the time of escaping had come. He wanted revenge. More than ever he wanted revenge.

His cell partner had told him everything he needed to hear...

"You now understand that life isn't for the weak, have ya?"

"I do!"

"You see what that man did to you because of your weakness…"

"Fuck that rat! I'll kill him!"

"Good… Keep those thoughts… They will help you in your revenge…"

"Aye! Boss! We're here!"

Barker and Olaf looked at the bars below them, that led to a sewer probably.

"Open up you idiot!" said Olaf

The younger bald man opened up the cover sewage below them, and Olaf and Barker jumped onto the sewers.

"Quick, they'll notice we're gone in no time!" said Olaf beginning to run after his henchmen

Barker ran as fast as he could. Freedom. Finally freedom would be returned to him.

"Stop!"

"Shit! They noticed us! Faster!" said Olaf running faster than his henchmen

They ran in circles through a stinky labyrinth.

Until finally they reached some steps and exited the sewers.

"To the port, now!" yelled the hook man

All of them ran away as fast as they could. Finally the sea could be seen and closer to them was a port.

"We part here!" said Olaf

"How can I ever thank you…"

Barker's face was pale and had already huge eye bags.

"I'll know how you can return the favor next time you see me! But come back only when it's safe Barker!"

"I'm not Barker anymore… It's Todd now… Sweeney Todd… And I will have my revenge…"

Olaf's eyes shined with pleasure as he climbed onto a boat nearby, along with his henchmen.

"Until we meet again… Sweeney Todd…"

A splash of blood smacked Todd's face waking him up.

All of that couldn't have been possible if Olaf hadn't told him the right ideas. He was right when he said that was no world for the weak. He was right that Turpin deserved to die. All of that couldn't have been possible without Olaf. He owed his life to Olaf.

All his thoughts were of triumph right now…

But then when he looked out the door, he saw somebody peeking through.

He immediately opened up the door and pulled the stranger inside. Grabbing onto his neck, he pulled the stranger against the wall.

"What did you see?"

It seemed like the stranger wanted to say something but couldn't due to the hand of Todd, which was now holding onto his or her neck.

"Did you come in here for a shave?" said Todd approaching his razor blade, still filled with blood to the stranger's neck

But then something happened.

The hat the stranger was wearing fell off, revealing a huge amount of long blond hair.

Todd looked at her again. And he backed away in shock.

Johanna was there. With her eyes all wet she was there. Smiling emotional at him.

"It's me, dad… Johanna… Remember me?" sobbed Johanna approaching him

Todd reached his hand full of blood to touch her face. It was soft like his beloved's. Her air was just like her mother's. It was like he was actually staring at his Lucy.

"Am I dreaming again?" asked Todd still unbelieving what he was seeing

"No, dad!" said Johanna crying tears of joy "If this was a dream, could I possibly be feeling this strong emotion?"

They looked at each other touched. And finally there was an embrace formed between them.

"I'm here now, daddy…" whispered Johanna

Todd petted his little Johanna on the hair, but all of a sudden she became heavier. Then he noticed she had fainted.

Poor thing she had suffered such intense emotions on that single day.

Todd pulled Turpin away from the chair and laid Johanna on it.

She was sleeping like an angel. Like the little angel she was a long time ago. And still was…

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Mrs Lovett's scream was the reaction to Olaf's whisper just that you know.

Todd immediately headed to the door go to the bake house.

Before that he launched what would be his last glance on the sleeping Johanna.

"Wait for me…" he whispered

And then he rushed downstairs.

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TWO MORE CHAPTERS TO GO!!!!!

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