Ch 4
Puss was worried as he carried something in his paw. It was a syringe with a sedative in it. He was going to give it to the boss because he was having him commited. He and Donkey had tried to help him but it hadn't worked out well. He then walked into the bedroom. Shrek was in the blanket thinking quietly and staring into space.
He then stuck it in his neck quickly when he looked the other way. "Hey what was that for?" he said slurred. Donkey watched as their friend fell back onto the pillows. "tell them to come in. It's alright now." Puss said to him. Some men in white coats came in and lifted Shrek off the bed and walked out of the house and put him in the back of a carriage. Lillian watched worriedly as it drove off. "Why did you send him off to the asylum?" she asked Puss. "I tried but if you'd seen what happened earlier, you'd understand why I did it." He told her.
"What happened?" Donkey asked him. He sighed before going on. "Alright I'll explain. I was going in to wake him up when I heard the click of a gun come from the room. I rushed in to find him pointing a gun made of bones to his head. I told him to drop it but he refused. But as I grabbed it, it went off and shot him in the arm. That's why I did it, okay?" he told them. They watched as he stormed off…
He went off to think. "Did I do the right thing sending him away? He needs help but won't admit it. That's the other reason why I did it. If Fiona was still around, she would've wanted him to do just that." He thought as he walked off. Later Shrek came round. He found himself in a rubber walled room. He couldn't move his arms because he was in a strait jacket. "What's going on here? This room… it's so odd. The walls, they're rubber and this strange jacket is around me. Oh great! I'm in an asylum! But why?" he thought to himself. The doctors were staring through the window of the door at him.
After they left, he heard something or someone knock on the walls. "Hello? Is anybody besides me in here?" he said softly. "I'm here." A voice said to him. "Who, what are you?" he asked it. "Fall asleep honey. You'll find out soon enough." It told him. He then closed his eyes and slept. Suddenly he found himself in Far, Far Away. But then joy overtook him as he saw someone he dearly missed. It was Fiona. "Hey honey. Happy to see me? I knew you'd hurt but let's not talk about it." She said to him. She touched his face with one of her pudgy hands. "Is this a dream? It… It feels so good. I don't want it to end." He asked her. "It sort of is… a dream but it can be real. You must not let others know what happens when you come here. Only you can come here and be with me like before. I need to tell you something. Puss didn't mean to trick you. He was doing it to help, you do know that, do you?" she told him. "Yes I do but I've been feeling sad because of the guilt inside of me." Shrek said to her.
"What do you mean honey? I don't understand. Was it my fault you're upset?" Fiona said quietly as she looked at him with ethereal blue eyes. "It's just I keep remembering the night when you were taken away from me and the kids." He explained to her grimly. "Where're the triplets?" Fiona asked him. "They're safe. They're with your Mom. I couldn't take care of them on my own." He told her. She understood. But suddenly he saw everything fade away. "What's going on?" he asked worriedly. "They're waking you up to give you medication. Don't worry I'll still be here when you fall asleep. I'll always… be here. I promise." She told him. He watched with despair as she too faded. He then woke up.
A doctor had left a bowl with food in it. There was pills crushed up in it. He pushed it away. He decided to go back to sleeping, back to his world of dreams where he was happy and where his wife was always by his side… Suddenly he opened his eyes and his wife was standing near him. He smiled at that. He tried to hug her but he went through her. "She must be a ghost or something. But it doesn't matter. She's still here." he thought as he got to his feet...
Maybe being here wouldn't be too bad...