CHAPTER 2
Everything goes silent. Johnny and Dukey lay shaking for what feels like
hours. The smell of onions is as strong as ever.
Then the silence is broken.
-"Knock knock."
-"Who's there?"
-"Shrek."
-"Shrek who?"
-"But really, Shrek why?"
-"Who are you?"
-"But like 'Why am I?'" The creature begins pacing, a vague shadow in the darkness, "We
are born into this world without a clue of who we are. We wait for our scars and hurt to
define us. We develop layers. From the moment we are born, we begin to die. A countdown
to darkness. The fallen have risen. I have been alive long enough to see this happen before."
No one says anything for the longest time. They just wait for his words to sink in.
-"Follow me laddies."
-"Who the fuck are you?"
Dukey puts a paw on Johnny's shoulder attempting to restrain him.
-"Show your face, sausage fingers."
