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."