Chapter 42: I'll Kill You Or Die Trying.
Note: So here we are at long last. When this chapter is over the only thing to add will be the epilogue. I am a little nervous about this ending, as looking over my story I think I missed the opportunities to properly set it up, but I guess it's time to write it and hope for the best. I did alter the ending a bit so hopefully it will be better received. Well Let's start with Lucy's POV and get this started.
Violence warning, though hopefully it isn't too much.
(Lucy's POV.) It was late, and I decided I would fake sleeping until Benjamin left. When he got up, I waited until he left the room. I got up and followed slowly so I would not be caught. He seemed to be heading to the carriage but why. While he was walking around to the front of the carriage, I quickly climbed in behind and flattened myself to the floor so he would not see me.
It seemed to have worked since I heard him open the carriage door and he sat in the front without any acknowledgement. The horses then began to pull the carriage. To my surprise they seemed to be heading towards London for some reason. Why on earth was he heading there at this time of night? (Sweeney's POV.) I finally pulled up to Lovett's new pie shop.
I walked up to her front door. It was a rather thin door as far as I could tell. I backed up away from the door and sighed. Summoning my strength, I kicked the door hard, causing it to burst open. I was not going to beat around the bush this time. Closing the door I marched forward into her home.
"Show yourself you bitch, I'll find you if you hide." Then I saw her enter the living room. "I'm not hiding you bastard, I have been waiting to finally kill you and avenge Toby." "The little brat got exactly what he deserved, what you deserve." "All because I hid the truth about your precious Lucy. It was the damn fools' own fault, what happened to her."
"You're vermin Lovett, an absolute stain, and now I will send you to hell." I pulled out a razor as did Lovett. We were both in the living room now circling each other. "I'll kill you Barker, or die trying." We both rushed forward, our blades crashing into each other as we glared into each other's eyes. Our arms began quivering as we both increased the pressure.
I knew that when it came to muscle vs muscle I would best her in the end. I began to push harder, making her arm quiver harder, as well as pushing her backwards. Eventually I slammed her against the wall. She gasped in pain as her back slammed into the wall. "Tired my pet?" I asked mockingly. Just as her bicep was about to give out, she slid out from in front of me escaping out of our deadlock.
Just as I turned, she rammed her shoulder into my chest hard. It knocked the wind out of me and before I could recover she wormed her way behind me, yanked up my head by my hair and held the razor to my throat. I slammed her into the wall knocking her razor out of her hand. I then turned after breaking free of her grip, and pinned her back into the wall placing my razor to her throat. She kneed me in the stomach, and I stumbled back dropping my razor as she smacked my arm with her hand. I went for my razor but she kicked it across the living room.
I kicked hers toward it as she tried to grab hers. I shoved her out of the way as I rushed to my razors. She followed and grabbed on to me to pull me down so she could get there first. We wrestled and grappled with each other as we both tried to grab a razor. We battled with all our strength, determined to overpower and kill the other. I pinned her but she flipped us over.
"Stay down," I growled after we flipped our position. The adrenaline aided her, but in the end I was simply stronger than her. She strained to regain her advantage but she couldn't make me budge. I grabbed my razor and went to put it to her throat but having to grab it allowed her to free her arm and she grabbed mine. Our arms quivering as they fought again. She closed her eyes and summoned all of her strength, but I summoned all of mine.
Slowly my blade approached her throat as I slowly overpowered her. I could feel her arm giving out. Any second my bicep would beat hers. (Lucy's POV during the end of the fight.) I could not believe what I was watching. My husband and Nellie were locked in battle with each other, fighting to kill. They were wrestling each other trying to get to the razors.
It was admittedly an impressive display of strength from Mrs Lovett, but Benjamin ultimately proved stronger. He grabbed his razor, but she grabbed his arm to try to stop him. She held him off but her arm was giving out. I despised Mrs Lovett after everything that had happened, but I could not let her be killed. I could guess why he wanted her dead but I knew I had to stop him before he did it. I ran forward and rushed into the house before Benjamin overpowered and killed her.
"DON'T!" I yelled after I closed the door. (Nellie's POV.) My bicep ached from our struggling. This was it, he had the stronger arm and mine gave way to it. He now held the razor to my throat and my life in his hands. "DON"T!," I heard a familiar voice yell.
Sweeney's head snapped upward at the intruders' yell. "Lucy," he stammered. "I know you want her to pay for contributing to my decision to poison myself but please don't do this. Don't kill her Benjamin." "She helped push you to poisoning yourself, she tried to hide the truth to have me to herself, she must die, I must kill her." "No my love you do not need to kill her."
"I can't let her live Lucy, I can't." A thought occurred to me. "I have a son," I blurted out. Sweeney looked down back at me shocked. This would motivate Lucy to put more effort into persuading him to spare me. If she could get Sweeney to drop his guard I could escape from under him.
I felt the razor press into my throat. "Is this what you want my husband? To cause a child to lose a mother, like our daughter did. Sweeney hesitated, actually hesitated. "Not only will you be taking a child's mother from them, but I will leave as well if you do this." "No," He moaned.
"I love you Benjamin, and I always will. But I will not condone you killing her." I could tell Sweeney could understand her ultimatum. He had to choose between revenge and having his precious wife. I could see his eyes darting between her and me. This was it, this was the chance to escape.
Using the strength in my lower body, I pushed up with my legs and twisted my hips. With a lurch I sent Sweeney hard to the ground. It was Lucy. She married Benjamin taking him from me, her botched attempt at suicide lead to Sweeney eventually find the truth which lead to the death of Toby. It was because of that worthless bitch that everything had gone wrong and lost me Benjamin. I got to my feet, grabbed the other razor, and rushed at the woman who ruined everything.
I got behind her before she reacted and wrapped my arm around her holding the razor against her throat with the other. "I'm going to make your husband watch me kill you bitch," I whispered in her ear. I could feel Sweeney hard glare as he was now standing glaring at me. "Let her go and I'll let you live, kill her and I kill you," He snarled. "Take one step and your friend will taste her blood." I could feel his hate and rage radiating from his body.
Looking at the fire in his eyes, the almost otherworldly rage, I knew a demon was staring me down. A man who killed many with no remorse. We were still very close together. "Say goodbye to your precious wife." Just as I began my swipe, Todd rushed me with blinding speed and wrenched me off her before I could do lethal damage.
Sweeney reached toward Lucy, to check for serious damage. She collapsed into his arms crying in terror. He caressed her gently, In a way I never would be touched by him. I began to approach them, glaring forward, intending to finish the barber when he was not paying attention. (Sweeney's POV.) "I'm willing to let you live for Lucy's sake if you let us leave," I growled.
Lovett gave me an angry glare as I turned to face her. She looked frustrated, like she had something planned that I ruined. She rushed us with the razor in her hand. I spun me and Lucy out of the way dodging her blow. She rushed us again but I grabbed her arm before she swung again. I had shoved Lucy away, but gently enough she would not trip and fall.
I fought so hard to get Lucy back, and I would not jeopardize that. I forced the razor from Nellie and kicked both razors out of the door and slammed it shut, placing myself in front of the door. "It is taking all my willpower not to kill you. I will do what it takes to please Lucy. If we must come to blows for this to end then so be it." "If it must come to a fight, knock her out if you must, but do not kill her," Lucy warned.
Lovett came toward me with a cleaver, but I disarmed her the same way I did before and shoved her over hard. So me and Lovett fought. Punching, ramming, wrestling. She was not lying when she told me she learned how to fight. We battled with all our strength. In the end I knocked her out.
I checked to make sure she was breathing. "She is alive Lucy." "I knew you had to end the fight for us to leave, but thank you for not killing her." "How about we return to the cabin, pack, and leave London Lucy. We will wash ourselves of this and move on with our lives. "Yes Benjamin, take us away from this place.
I silently vowed that for Lucy's sake I would never kill another again, no matter how much I hate everyone else. I could hear Lovett beginning to stir. Me and Lucy left, and I grabbed and pocketed my razors. Me and Lucy then returned to the cabin. We returned home and began to pack. After we finished packing clothes we decided we would get some food tomorrow and begin on our way.
"Where will we begin our new lives?" Lucy asked. "It is time for our family to be complete. We will see if Johanna and Anthony will have us." Me and Lucy had each other in our arms. It was in that embrace we fell asleep.
Note: The final fight almost did not happen, and I hope the fight scenes are not too graphic. It was a tough decision not to have Sweeney kill Nellie, since that was his goal. But if I were to let Sweeney live despite having killed innocent people Lucy would have to make it clear that she would leave him if he killed Nellie. Yes he is getting away with having been a murderer in this fic, but this is a fictional story. No, I would not want a real life murder to get away with murder. But him not orphaning a child helps as well I think.
Anyway folks, this story that has been going on since December can finally be finished. All that is left will be the epilogue next week, and then we are done. At one point Sweeney was going to just decide he no longer wanted to kill Nellie. The problem with this was I didn't give him the proper character development for that. I think him not killing her because Lucy does not want him to helps the ending work a little better. I hope the ending works for others.
Anyway until the epilogue readers.
