Thank you for the follows, faves, and reviews. To anyone wondering about how they traveled back in time, and how they'll get back to their time, I'll give a bit of an answer to that later in the fic, when they get back to their time with their 'guests'.
Disclaimer: I don't own 'VicTORious', 'Sweeny Todd', or any characters, original or OC.
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"Let me get this straight." Beck tells his ex, staring at her a few hours after her claim of them seemingly traveling back in time. "We somehow traveled back in time, over a couple hundred years it seems, to the time of your favorite serial killer?" He asks, shaking his head.
"I thought she liked Jack the Ripper more?" Tori asks, taking this better than some of the others of the group, thinking this is a joke of Jade's.
"The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is slightly better because everyone knew who he was." Alice replies, thinking along the same lines as Tori, though less certain it's a joke. "He never hid who he was, just didn't publicize it. And he didn't act at night or anything. He did it all during the day."
"Uh, is this some kind of trick, Jade? Like when you convinced me that the first day of school was 'dress like your favorite superhero day' and I came dressed as Batman?" Robbie asks, staring at Jade.
"If it was, I wouldn't have warned you that Alice's new love interest is the Demon Barber." Jade points out, staring back at Robbie.
"And couldn't you at least have gone with a modern Batman? Why did you go with the Adam West Batman?" Andre asks, not seeing the angry look on Jade's face when he looks at Robbie.
"Not. Important." Jade says, glaring at the musician. "This guy is known for slitting people's throats with his razor, and the woman in charge of this shop uses their meat in her pies." She says, looking around after checking to see if anyone possibly heard her. "And don't you find it odd how the two guys that came to get a shave haven't left yet?" She asks them, moving away from the door.
"Uh, they could have more than one staircase." Beck notes, staring at her.
"And you could be Alice's true love." Jade tells him, using her Cat voice, a voice she's started using to mock people.
"Okay, okay. Enough." Alice says, stopping another argument between her sister and Beck. "Give us one, plausible, reason to believe you." She tells Jade, turning her back to Beck.
"Simple, dear sister." Jade says, facing Alice fully. "He's Sweeny Todd and he's killed at least two people since we've been here." She says, heading back to the door. "And he told Mrs. Lovett, with us in earshot mind you, that he just brought some new shipments of 'meat' for her." She adds, raising an eyebrow.
"You do know that could just mean he went out and got more meat for her pies, you know? Nothing human?" Beck asks, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Have you had the meat around here? No chance it's safe to eat regularly, yet this meat is supposedly tasty and safe to eat." Jade points out, glaring at her ex.
"Okay, chill out." Tori says, stepping between Jade and Beck. "What do you suggest we do?" She asks Jade, hoping Jade is mistaken since she doesn't want to be in the same time, let alone building, as a man known for slitting throats.
"Figure out how to get home and away from that psycho, maybe?" Andre asks, looking around.
"Only after I get a selfie with Sweeny." Jade adds in, showing no sign of regret over wanting to get a selfie with a serial killer.
"Only if I get a selfie of you in a pink ballerina outfit." Tori counters, smirking.
After a few minutes of Tori and Jade arguing back and forth over Jade's wish of getting a picture with a serial killer, Alice stands up and leaves the room, pushing her oblivious sister aside. 'When will those two just start making out, already?' She thinks as she closes the door behind her and makes her way through the shop, waving at Mrs. Lovett as she makes her way towards the restroom.
"Uh, excuse me, Alice?" Mrs. Lovett says, stopping Alice.
"Yes, Mrs. Lovett?" Alice asks, turning to face the older woman.
"Can you help me with something in the basement? I need help bringing a few things up for the shop." Mrs. Lovett asks, walking over to her.
"Uh, sure." Alice says, a little uneasy about following the woman.
Unbeknownst to the two woman, a pair of eyes watches the two head for the basement, following after the two when he sees the look in Mrs. Lovett's eyes. 'What is with that woman?' Sweeny Todd asks himself, keeping some distance between the two.
"Uh, what's that?" Alice asks, staring at the large stove in the middle of the basement.
"Oh, this is the stove I use to make the pies." Mrs. Lovett states, opening it and taking out a plate of meat pies. "Oh, can you grab that plate for me?" She asks, nodding to a plate below the one she already grabbed.
"Uh, I don't know." Alice says, instantly cautious as she eyes the stove. "Want me to take that one up for you?" She asks, moving to grab the one Mrs. Lovett has in her hand.
"Oh, don't worry. The stove is turned off. I'll be back in a minute." Mrs. Lovett says, not seeing the caution in Alice's eyes.
'Yeah, and Jade dressed like the Powerpuff Girl Bubbles on the weekend.' Alice thinks, keeping an eye on Mrs. Lovett.
Turning around, Alice bends down to pick up the plate of meat pies Mrs. Lovett pointed out, keeping her ears focused on any sound outside of the stove, unable to because of the sound the flickering flames are making. "May I ask you a question?" Mrs. Lovett asks as Alice goes to stand up.
"Sure." Alice asks, keeping her caution up, as she turns around, stopping when she sees Mrs. Lovett blocking the door of the stove.
"Why does Mr. Todd seem so enamored by you?" Mrs. Lovett asks, all hints of politeness disappearing.
"What do you mean?" Alice asks, starting to sweat from the residual heat of the flames.
"Why does Mr. Todd see so enamored by you?" Mrs. Lovett asks again, her hand on the handle of the stove door.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Alice asks, setting the plate down at her feet. "I just met the man, and I haven't talked to him."
"Mrs. Lovett, what are you doing?" Sweeny asks from behind the shop owner, displeasure in his voice.
"She's trying to steal you away from me, Mr. Todd." Mrs. Lovett says, turning her back to Alice. "I can't let that happen." She says, moving towards Sweeny.
"Do not touch that woman, Mrs. Lovett." Sweeny says, his tone making Alice stare. "Leave, Miss West." He tells Alice, recalling her last name from when Alice introduced them earlier.
"No, Mr. Todd. I'm sorry, but I can't do that." Mrs. Lovett says, turning around and staring at Alice.
"Now, Miss West."Sweeny says, staring at Mrs. Lovett.
"Yes, Mr. Todd." Alice says, jogging past Mrs. Lovett and giving Sweeny a quick look on her way past him.
"Mr. Todd, what are you doing?" Mrs. Lovett asks him, glaring at the staircase Alice just left.
"This is your only warning, Mrs. Lovett." Sweeny says, walking up to her. "Harm her, or threaten her, and you won't live to regret it." He warns, turning and leaving her.
Back upstairs, Alice enters the room the others are still in, her heart beating harder than ever from the incident in the basement.
"You okay?" Tori asks, seeing the scared look on Alice's face.
"I think Jade's right." Alice says. "Mrs. Lovett just tried to burn me in the stove." She says, not looking at any of them.
"WHAT!?" Everyone, Jade especially, says as they all face her fully. "The bitch tried to what?" Jade asks, walking over to her sister, her left hand itching for the scissors in her left boot. "Where is she?" She growls out, slowly pulling the scissors out of her boot.
"Wait, let's not kill someone quite yet." Tori says, placing herself between the West sisters. "How did you get away?" She asks Alice, knowing Alice isn't one for violence unless absolutely necessary.
"Sweeny. He stopped her." Alice says, closing her eyes.
"If he hasn't killed her already, I will." Jade promises, helping Alice away from the door, only to open it.
"Where are you going?" Tori asks, sitting down beside Alice on the dirty floor.
"You don't want to know." Jade says, not looking back.
A few minutes later, Jade comes back, eyes wider than anyone saw before. "What?" Cat asks, not liking the look on her best friend's face.
"Yeah, Lovett's not a problem anymore." Jade says, closing the door and sitting by her sister. "She looked like that steak Beck tried to cook that one time we went to the beach."
"Wasn't that steak overcooked by a huge amount?" Andre asks, eyes widening at the image that Jade's comparison put in his head.
"Exactly." Jade says, not meeting his gaze.
Hope no one liked Mrs. Lovett. And sorry for not showing her death or anything. Not fully comfortable with writing a death scene, so I kept that up to your imagination for now.
And for what it's worth, I like Helena Bonham Carter, the actress who played Mrs. Lovett. But because of the jealousy she had towards Alice, and because her jealousy and lies about Sweeny's wife (as seen in the movie, and I'm assuming the original play) lead to her death in the oven, I decided to use that for her death in this as well.
Thank you for reading, and I hope you liked it and review.
Blessed Be.