Chapter 4: The Evil in Me Comes Out.
Music: The Sharpest Lives by My Chemical Romance

"There's a place in the dark where the animals go,
You can take off your skin in the cannibal glow,
Juliet loves the beat and the lust it commands,
Drop the dagger and lather the blood on your hands, Romeo."

Mood: OUT OF MY MIND
Disclaimer: Writers lie, just like your parents

Jak and I silently hung back and Torn whispered to the newcomer. When Torn started to follow after him, Katie frantically gestured to us so we would come. So we did.

I tried to listen to their conversation as they walked to the unknown destination. By the turns they were taking, I assumed that we were going to the Underground hide-out. Suddenly, I heard the scream of a young girl pierce the air. "You left her alone?" Torn yelled.

I automatically whipped my head toward the sound, my instincts kicking in. I took off towards the scream. Even though I was evil now, my instincts to save people hadn't lessened any. "No, let them go!" Them? Oh, of course Jak would come with me. "Go tell the Shadow what's happening. These two will either take them out or die trying." Torn said harshly.

Then I saw a sight that made me stop dead in my tracks. There was a little girl - maybe four or five years old - with wavy black hair. Her grayish-blue eyes were wide with terror. She was surrounded by no less than 7 Krimzon Guards, and more were coming. They all had their weapons pointed at her, and she was frantically clutching at the symbol on her necklace. It looked roughly like a circle with an 8 carved out in the middle.

A bell was going off in my head when I saw her. She looked really familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. I felt like I knew her at one point. I reached back into the depths of my memories, but most of my memories before my time with Jak and Daxter were erased.

I felt myself changing, and I tried to make it stop. I looked over and noticed Jak was right next to me. He was changing, too, but he didn't look like he was trying to stop it. The monster in me was rising, and it was getting harder and harder to stop it. I didn't want Torn and the others to know what we were, they hadn't seen me change yet, and I wouldn't let them. If they knew what we were, they would try to use it to their advantage.

I also didn't want to scare this little girl, who was already terrified enough. No one had noticed us yet, except for the little girl. Her wide eyes were trained on us, or more specifically, on Jak. She was staring at him like she was trying to talk to him. I looked up, and I saw the monster drain from his face. He was staring at the girl, and then he turned his head toward me, then toward her. I didn't know what he was doing, but he was taking up our time.

I ran toward the KG, all traces of the monster in me gone. Jumping up on his back, I tweaked his neck, snapping it. This should have made me feel bad, but I had no qualms about killing KG. I was surprised by my strength; I didn't know I had so much of it. Maybe that was the Eco affecting me. Whatever the case, I was jumping between two KG, not able to get a good hold on either of them.

The one I had just jumped off of fell to the ground, and I was momentarily distracted. I looked down to see Jak wrestling the KG. I went back to the one I was attacking, and used the side of my hand to hit his neck. He stopped struggling, and fell limp. I then snapped his neck too. I was silently celebrating for a few seconds, when I was tackled to the ground. There were three KG holding me down, and even with my added strength, I couldn't get them off of me. I heard the little girl screaming, and I knew I had to be strong for her.

I felt the KG hold down my legs and arm, and I looked up and snarled. He grinned. Well, at least I think he grinned. You couldn't really tell with the mask in the way.

"Jak!" I screamed. Then I heard a feral snarl and then a growl. There was a slight tearing noise, but I couldn't move my head other than up and down. When I looked up, I saw the grinning KG aiming a very dangerous looking gun at me. "Jak!" I screamed again.

I felt the weight on my arms and legs disappear and I found myself able to move again. I automatically hopped up. That's when I saw my 'savior.' Jak was Dark Jak, and he was tearing KG limb from limb. He had taken down over fifty of them in the last ten seconds.

And then there were no more Krimzon Guards. Jak was still Dark Jak, and he still had evil coursing through his head. He began to walk towards me and I was honestly scared. That was the first time I had ever seen Jak as Dark Jak without me being Dark me. It was truly scary.

He kept up with his advance towards me, and when he growled and lunged towards me, I had to roll to the side. "Jak! It's me, it's Maddy!" I yelled. This didn't seem to affect him at all. I ran towards the girl, who was still standing frozen to our left. I picked her up, and ran towards a bridge and hid her under it. "Stay!" I whispered, and she nodded.

Well, she couldn't see me, and I couldn't scare her. I let all my anger and fear and hatred wash over me. I looked over at Jak, and he was running towards me again. I changed direction and started running away from this unknown girl.

Apparently just emotions weren't enough to trigger the monster. I turned around and stopped, waiting for Jak to catch up in his chase. As he got closed, I felt my heart speed up, and I became jumpy. Adrenaline. That's what I was going for.

Soon, he was right in front of me, and he growled. That was enough to send me over the edge. I felt my body contort, and I felt the monster in me rising. I looked up; Jak had stopped in front of me, apparently satisfied with my change. I was changing into the monster to distract him long enough for him to change back.

I untwisted myself, my change having taken over, and I felt the thoughts run from my head. I hadn't counted on that. I had figured I'd be able to keep my mind. Jak was staring at me, grinning, and I grinned back…

"What the hell?" I heard a voice yell. 'Ha. Puny, pathetic humans. They think they can take us out?' I thought to myself. "What the hell happened to you?" The man said. I growled at him.

There were three large humans, and two little ones. The little male looked at me, and his gaze held mine, and I heard words in my head, as if I had thought them, but it wasn't my voice, or my thoughts. A small, childish voice entered my head, and said, 'Monster. Go away. Please. Don't make her evil.' Make who evil. I was evil. I was the incarnation of evil. I growled loudly. Everything about me was evil. 'Go away! She's a nice person.' Little Jak said more timidly than before. I was still staring at the young male, and I finally drug my eyes away from him and looked at the others who were there. The young female was holding the young male's hand, and above the two, two of the adults where standing close together, their hands brushing gently. The last adult – a wizened old man – was speaking, but I wasn't listening to him.

These humans had to go. I slowly advanced toward them, a never ending growl coming from my throat. I was going to kill them all. And I would get satisfaction out of it.

'Stop!' A familiar voice yelled in my head. 'They're good, Maddy. They're good. They aren't going to hurt you. Don't kill them' The voice I identified to be Jak's yelled. How was he talking in my head? I already had one person in my head, and now I had three.

Then an immeasurable pain took over my body, and I dropped to the ground. My skin felt like it was bubbling wax… and then I was me again. Real me, not evil me.

"Are you ok?" Jak asked.

"How were you in my head?"

"I can still do it," He replied. "Even if you can't."

"Oh."

"What the hell was that?" Torn asked again.

"Blame Praxis." Jak and I responded together.

"Well, whatever it is, it could help us," Torn responded with an evil grin.

I groaned.

A/N: *Queue another long ass apology*
Sorry for the long wait! I was grounded so I couldn't write. Then I had the brilliant idea to write this on my phone (Which is why it's so short!) and that took forever. When im grounded, im kicked off the xbox and the computer and the tv, but I get to keep my Iphone and Ipod. So yeah, I hope the next one wont be as short. :( Please forgive me?

As always, read and review! They urge me to write faster :D I only got like three reviews, and I didn't feel very motivated to write. Please, just take like three seconds to review.

Hopefully, im getting ungrounded tomorrow, so ill be able to write and have it posted by next Sunday/Saturday. Maybe even before that, if I get more reviews!

xMonster