"I'm not asking for history, I'm not asking for a lecture, all I want is some proof that you know what you're doing, right here, right now, and are not going to get us all killed going after this kid. I'M NOT GOING THROUGH THIS SHIT A SECOND TIME!!" Jackson responded to Kanoa before Danny intervened, as her answer did nothing to calm his nerves, and everything to to set them off. [i]God dammit if I'm going to let her drag me any further without some reassurance that she isn't leading us to our deaths[/i]

[i][b]She's just a foolish little girl, how can she provide any such promises, Jackson, she'll lead you to your grave.[/b][/i] Jackson went rigid as Apophsis spoke to him, which coincided with when Orion came over to give him a reassuring pat in his shoulder, just barely keeping his face from giving away any emotion. [i][b]Come now, Jacky-boy, you've already been through hell once, why let her drag you back into the horror you've only just begun to recover from. Let me kill her, Jackson, let me choke the life out of her and you'll all be saved from her idiocy.[/b][/i]

Jackson held himself with a shiver, not from the words the spirit spoke, but from the way he almost agreed with it. A part of him wanted to let Apophsis kill Kanoa, was convinced that following her would only lead to another night of agony and death. A bigger part of him, however, knew that doing that would be insane, that this was murder he was contemplating, and the fact he was even considering it was sickening. Jackson backed away from everyone until his back hit a tree someways away, his breathing becoming erratic as he fell into a familiar pit of self-loathing, anger, and sadness, though anger was the main emotion he was feeling, a cold hatred he held for Apophsis that transcended everything else he had ever felt. Now, more than ever, he wanted this spirit out of him, because he knew that it was changing him, draining his humanity and replacing it with something else, something dark and sinister. And as days go by, he found himself caring less and less. [i]This is no way to live, slowly being hollowed out from the inside, feeling your humanity slipping away. And yet, you won't ever let me end it, will you?[/i] Apophsis only chuckled in response.