**Trigger Warnings: Violence/death, slight sexual.**

So, I stated in my last entry that an evil alter had been killed by HIM, who then changed his name to Jack to avoid being anything like IT by not having a name.

Turns out that not only was IT still alive...it had jumped inside Jack just before Luke had gone to heal Jack from having his heart torn out by IT.

See, this morning Jack was in possession and we went to spend time together. But for some reason, both of us were in a funk and we couldn't figure out why. (I think I was in a funk because using my Empath abilities I had already realized that IT wasn't dead because Jack's aura felt wrong to me...) Jack was complaining that the scar over his heart felt like it was on fire to the point that he was actually whimpering in pain (very out of character for the normally emotionally detached alter). I told him to go lie down and went to make breakfast.

A few minutes later I hear Jack calling for me, only it's in a raspy tone (generally the one he uses when he's half-conscious for whatever reason, whether it's because he's tired, sick, or something is threatening the system). So I drop what I'm doing and go back into the bedroom to find Jack mumbling that he doesn't feel well and thinks he's going to throw up. Well, me being emetophobic (throw up phobic, in other words), go, 'Please don't...' and pull him into my lap trying to console him. Jack looks up at me slowly and goes, 'I have bad news...' '...what?' '...IT isn't dead...there's still...a piece...' A small reassuring smile crosses my face. 'I know. I realized that Wednesday night after you claimed it was dead.' 'Why the HELL didn't you tell me??' I looked down. 'Because...you wouldn't have believed me, Jack. You never do.'

Jack goes back to groaning that he doesn't feel well for another few minutes, so I stand up and prepare to leave and finish making breakfast. Jack tells me he doesn't want me to leave (almost in the scared little kid tone Little Johann used to give me), so I curl up on the bed beside him again, and pull him into my arms. Jack starts making choking noises (not like he's sick, like he's in pain), and realizing this I try to reassure him, 'You're nothing like IT, Jack...that's why we gave you a name. You HAVE a heart. You're nothing like him...'

Sure enough the body goes limp for a few minutes and then I get the response, '...you're right. I'm nothing like HIM.' the body's eyes open and I realize that I'm not looking at Jack anymore. Without showing it an ounce of fear, I reply, 'Oh, hello. You're here again.' IT stares at me darkly and I calmly stare back at it (though my heart's pounding) 'I'm still not afraid of you.' 'You should be.'

Rather than attempt to strangle me right off the bat like IT did the last time I met it, it allowed me to talk to it for a while. It did climb on top of and strattle me to the bed, but it never tried anything, it just wanted to feel in control. It didn't seem able to touch me, and kept telling me to 'let go of my arms', only I wasn't touching it (and I would come to later find out that Jack was fighting an internal battle with IT trying to get it out of him).

After a long conversation with it, I was told to strip naked, but that it didn't want my virginity anymore (as it had on Wednesday). Confused, I asked why. It told me just to do as it said and proceeded to grab and threaten to slit Little Johann's throat with it's talons unless I complied. Reluctantly, I removed my shirt, starting the demon across from me down. It stared at me for a moment and then mumbled something about an elemental mark on my chest. Confused, I asked what this meant, but was told there had to be more of them and that I had to remove my pants too (I was in my pajamas, I didn't have undergarments on) or he would kill Little Johann. Taking the demon at it's word, I stood up off the bed and removed them, and was then order to sit down again. He didn't touch me, but he still seemed to be observing me closely for something.

He then told me to lie down on my stomach. I had no idea what could possibly be going through it's mind (and the only thing I knew was that this thing was nothing like Johann at all), but slowly complied. It proceeded to strattle me again (in a way that was rather close to opposite-end sex, because at some point I hadn't noticed, he had taken 'that' out of their pants...) I tried to glance over my shoulder to figure out what the hell it was doing, only to be met with a pained stare and to be told that I was not allowed to look him in the eyes or his demon lord master would come after me. Wondering wtf this meant, I complied and just lay there for a few minutes until I end up with stuff on my a** and he fell over on the bed beside me. I asked him what exactly he was doing. He replied that he was dying and that he envied the other seven alter for having me because I was beautiful and he had never known what it was like to be with a woman. He told me that he was going to do the only thing that he could do, remove the marks on my body and take them back to Hell with him.

The whole thing sounds like a bunch of bologna, but being the religious Christian person that I am, and watching how unlike Johann the demon was (and knowing full-well that Johann was not sexually abused as a child), I believed what it told me. (As a random side note I just remembered, this morning Jack told me that he is the only part of Johann who is still Christian - Johnny claims to be an Atheist, Johann and Ecchi claim to be Pantheists and the kids don't have a belief)

Well, IT died, and Jack fell into possession and pulled me into his arms, worried. I, in turn, asked him if he was alright, ignoring the fact the he had questioned me first. After decided that we were both alright, Jack asked what he should do with IT's remains. I told him he should throw it in 'the hole' (mentioned in a few of my posts, it's a place where all the bad things in their life go, the main thing is the memory of their father's death set on repeat to anyone who enters the hole). So Jack threw it in the hole.

A few minutes later (after getting Jack some water and making sure he wasn't actually going to puke), I asked him why on earth the demon had decided it needed to 'squee' on my a**. Jack replied that he didn't know, but he assumed it was because 'I was sexy enough to turn on anyone - even the dead'. So jokingly I replied, 'Oh? Well then, why don't you go look in the hole and see if it's still horny.' A pause and then I added. 'Or better yet, maybe you'll see a younger version of it after it views the memory of your father's death.' Long pause, Jack gives me a weird look. 'Can you...see into my head' 'No, why?' He looks even more confused. 'That's exactly what I'm looking at.' '...what?' 'I'm looking at a younger version of myself...' '...like you or like Johann?' '...myself.' 'Because you look like your dad?' '...yeah. ...it's got red and green eyes...' 'Two-toned or one of each?' 'Left eye's red, right eye's green.'

We both look at each other, confused, and then Jack asks, 'Should I...pull it out?' 'I guess so. See if it's friendly like Chibi. If he is, we'll keep him...if it isn't, we'll throw him back in.' [Chibi was one of the alters pulled out of that hole] So Jack pulls him out of the hole and IT switches back into possession, only it seems to have changed it's approach completely. It's become almost...nice?

I spent the day teaching it what it means to be human, and needless to say just before Johann had to go to work, we agreed on the name Dante (as he never had an English name, he says). As it stands now, Dante is a shapeshifter who claims to be over ten thousand years old, and the others don't trust him one bit. Luke has been sticking around to keep an eye on him, even though he's supposed to be staying safe inside Chibi. I don't know how long Dante will stick around, but that's where we're at now.