Life and Times of Sweeney Todd

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Chapter 26

Said she took the poison, she did, never said that she died, poor thing!

"Are you sure you know 'er? All righ' then, Nellie, we need to take Aislynn and get ou' of 'ere." Sweeney rushed upstairs to grab Aislynn so that he could get his family out safely, but then Aislynn wasn't in her crib!

She was nowhere to be found. Sweeney ran out into the street to find her, and the streets looked much like that of London. Street lights lit with fire, a certain glow to the buildings at night, the Great Clock of Westminister. It looked so much like London, it hadn't before.

"Mr. Todd?" He heard calling to him, "Mr. Todd," the voice said again. It sounded like…like…Mrs. Lovett. He opened his eyes.

"Mrs…Lovett?" Was the first thing Sweeney Todd said, there she was, Nellie, sitting there with her hand on his forehead rubbing her hand up and down his face.

"Love, wha' is wrong? Are you okay? You were talkin' in your sleep. Somethin' 'bout…Johanna." She spoke softly to him.

"Johanna? She's still 'ere, righ'?"

Her eyes widened, "Mr. Todd, Johanna is in London. Don't you remember?"

"No," He sat up and he rubbed his eyes, "She's 'ere. We found 'er at the market with Johanna. Then Johanna told the law 'bout wha' 'appened in London. And…and then, I go' Aislynn and, well, no I didn't. I couldn't find 'er."

Nellie patted him on the back, "You dreamed up the whole 'Johanna' thing. Aislynn's fine. She's sleeping. Come now," She hopped off the bed, "Come, I'll make you some tea."

Sweeney nodded, confused and afraid, many emotions running through his mind, in fact he even tripped going down the stairs. Nellie sat him down and she handed him tea, "Too much gin, dear." She said after she sipped her tea.

"No, it's jus'…I don't know. Me mind's messed up I guess. There's still a part of me tha' doesn't wan' to forget me pas'. Like when you called me Benjamin Barker, I guess the par' of me tha's him was reminded of everythin'. So, you think me Johanna's all righ' back in London, righ'?"

Nellie laughed and snuggled close to him, "She's fine, dear," she looked at his empty cup, "You done, there?"

He glanced at the cup then glanced at her, "Yeah."

"Kay." She took his hand and put him back in bed, "Now listen, don't be 'avin' crazy nigh'mares like tha'. I was startin' to get worried. I've never heard you talk in your sleep before." Sweeney caught her making an expression of 'what the heck'.

"Uhm," He coughed, "Wha' did I say in me sleep?"

"Well," A smile crept across her face and she let out a sheepish giggle, "The thing I remember, you yelled 'applesauce'. I don't even wan' to know." She began to laugh harder.

He sunk, "Applesauce?" Then he sighed and tried to sleep. He then slept peacefully the rest of the night. His mind was finally at rest.

The next day, Nellie and Sweeney took Aislynn out to the park. She enjoyed that and she actually started to laugh a little. They could already see how much bigger she had gotten. She was growing more and more every day.

A/N Well, haha, I hope you liked that chapter. Please review and I'll continue to write this story.