Why does jacksons body fight the bite

In The Tell , Jackson and Lydia pulled up to a video rental store and discussed their options in the car for a moment. Jackson wanted to rent Hoosiers , which is what he believed to be one of the best sports movies of all time.

Lydia couldn't care less, and Jackson, who had apparently been through this argument before, immediately refused to watch The Notebook again, correctly assuming that this was the movie Lydia wanted to watch. Jackson continued to try to make his pitch for Hoosiers until he finally caved to the stare-down Lydia gave him.

Jackson then entered the store, where he asked the cashier where he could find The Notebook ; when he didn't get a response, Jackson decided to investigate further and realized that the man was lying dead on the floor, his throat clawed open. Jackson, completely horrified by what he was seeing, then began to hear noise coming from inside the store.

He stopped and looked around for a moment, which is where he caught a glimpse of the Alpha 's glowing red eyes in the shadows. He quickly ran to hide behind a row of shelves, only for the Alpha to eventually knock it down to pin Jackson face-down onto the floor.

The Alpha took advantage of having trapped Jackson to get close to him, seemingly to harm him, but stopped when he saw the claw punctures from when Derek Hale accidentally stabbed him in the back of the neck. The wounds began glowing purple for reasons unknown, which seemed toward the Alpha off, causing it to run through the wall of windows, shattering the glass as it fled the store on two feet.

The first responders eventually arrived at the crime scene, where Jackson and Lydia were being examined by the medics when Sheriff Stilinski and Stiles arrived on behalf of the Sheriff's department. Jackson wasted no time demanding to go home, but when Stilinski reminded him that they needed to get him checked out first because he could possibly have a concussion, Jackson became belligerent and essentially called Stilinski a "rent-a-cop" before once again demanding to go home; Stilinski was too tired to fight with him and ultimately allowed him to do what he wanted.

The next day, Jackson came to school , where he attended Adrian Harris ' Chemistry class, albeit arriving slightly late. Harris, who has always shown favoritism towards Jackson, quietly assured him that he can come to him if he started feeling overwhelmed and would be excused from class if necessary. Later, in the locker room, he was examining the claw marks left on his neck in a mirror when he was suddenly distracted by the sight of two glowing red orbs, which he initially mistook for the Alpha's glowing eyes.

However, once the steam from the showers dissipated, Jackson soon realized that it was simply the lights on the pair of headphones worn by a classmate.

Jackson became alarmed when he turned to find Derek standing right behind him, startling him so badly that he inadvertently walked backward into the row of lockers. He immediately began to stammer that he had no idea where Scott was, but Derek impatiently explained that he wasn't there for Scott-- he was there for Jackson.

He went on to state the obvious, which is that Jackson saw something at the video store and Derek wanted to know what it was. Jackson initially lied and stated that he hadn't seen anything several times before Derek caught a glimpse of the claw marks he accidentally made on the base of Jackson's neck before sarcastically advising him to have it looked at by a doctor.

That night, while on the lacrosse field, Jackson was seen practicing his shots while his parents were at the parent-teacher conference, where they were discussing with Adrian Harris Jackson's overly ambitious, overachieving, and perfectionist personality. He shot ball after ball toward a can hammered to a tree to practice his aim, becoming more and more frustrated the more frequently he missed until he finally exploded with anger and threw his water bottle at the tree.

In Heart Monitor , Jackson stared at Scott from his locker. Later that day, as he passed the lacrosse field, he stopped to watch as Stiles repeatedly hit Scott, whose wrists were bound behind his back with duct tape, with lacrosse balls, not knowing that this was a test to try to see if Scott could control his transformations.

After being hit a few too many times, Scott fell to the ground on his knees, breaking through his bindings as he began to transform, though Jackson was unable to see anything despite watching him intensely. Once the exercise was over, Jackson continued to eavesdrop on the two as they got cleaned up in the locker room; as Scott and Stiles prepared to leave, Scott remarked that it smelled like something was rotting. Jackson came around the corner, sweaty and pale, looking very much like he was dying.

Jackson took off his shirt and the bandage on the back of his neck, revealing that the wound was still bleeding. He then suddenly began to hallucinate that Werewolf claws were forcing their way out of his mouth through his throat. Shaken, he left the locker room, only to find Allison sitting in the hallway, reading a book. He decided to sit down next to her and asked her what she was reading, leading Allison to vaguely reply that she was working on a history project.

After a moment of awkward silence, Allison asked Jackson if he had a free period or something, and Jackson admitted that he just didn't like sitting through chemistry, which Allison stated she understood. Still confused, she then asked him if he wanted something, so Jackson nervously confessed that he actually wanted to talk to her, as he realized he had been a jerk to her and especially to Scott, and he wanted to apologize for his poor behavior.

When Allison looked at him skeptically, Jackson insisted that he was serious, to which Allison retorted, "I believe you're being serious, but I'm not so sure I believe you're being sincere.

In a moment of uncharacteristic honesty, Jackson explained why he was so aggressive towards Scott, revealing that, after years of being the best player on the lacrosse team, the star who everyone cheered for, dealing with a new kid coming along and showing him up was difficult, because he felt like something had been stolen from him, and it made him want to do whatever it took to get it back. When Allison gently teased him about the fact that there was no "I" in "team," Jackson retorted, "Yeah, but there is a 'me,'" causing Allison to give her a look until Jackson laughed and assured her he was joking, adding, "Gosh, you must really hate me.

Allison smiled at him and assured him that she didn't, and Jackson asked her if she was sure, explaining that he didn't think he was a bad guy-- just a guy who has made some stupid mistakes. He went on to add that he liked Allison, and he liked Scott as well, and he wanted to get to know them both better. Though he was being genuine about his attraction for Allison, it was clear he wanted to get to know them both better so he could figure out what exactly had changed to make Scott so good at lacrosse.

With Jackson now having endeared himself somewhat to Allison, he once again asked her what she was reading. In Night School , Jackson and Lydia call Allison to check up on her date with Scott , they learn that he's almost thirty minutes late. He offers to pick her up, Allison suggests that he doesn't but they have already arrived at the Argent House , offering Allison a ride. She then receives a text from Scott, telling her to meet him at Beacon Hills High School , once there, they notice a pair of bolt cutters against the door, suggesting that they broke in.

As Allison heads towards the school, Jackson offers to accompany her but she says she'll be fine, he then almost says be careful, Allison notices this, she admits that the genuine concern is a good look for him. As he and Lydia sit in the car waiting for Allison to return, Jackson notices that the roof on Stiles piece of crap jeep looks crappier than usual, he and Lydia approach the vehicle and notices claw marks on it and that the hood has been bent.

He becomes worried so they got into the school looking for Allison, Lydia has to use the bathroom, Jackson admits that he is getting tired of Lydia and her habits. He then notices a figure at the end of the hall, he originally believes it's Scott then thinks it's Derek but whoever it is, gets on all fours and walks away, he begins to panic and feel the scratches on his neck. He and Lydia eventually find Scott, Stiles, and Allison, moments later The Alpha crashes through the ceiling but they leave before they can actually see what it is.

They hide in the cafeteria, barricading the door with chairs and tables until Stiles makes them aware of the foot wall of windows. As they all freak out, Stiles reveals that the janitor was murdered, Lydia explains that this was suppose to be over as the mountain lion they believed to be the killer is dead, Jackson informs her that it was never really a mountain lion. Scott tells them that Derek Hale is the killer, he killed everyone and he's going to kill them too, Jackson tells Stiles to call his father , Stiles refuses as they don't know what Derek is armed with, Jackson says Stilinski is armed with an entire sheriff's station.

He continues to argue with Stiles to call his father when Stiles refuses again, Jackson grabs him but is punched in the face by Stiles. The door begins to shake and break, there the only option is going through the stairwell which only leads up, they hide in the chemistry class, Scott asks how many people can Jackson's car hold, he replies five, which Allison disagrees with as she could barely fit.

Scott says they should go down the fire escape but it's locked and only the janitor has the key, Scott decides to go but not without first getting a weapon to defend himself.

Jackson smashes the chemical cabinet so that Lydia can use the chemicals to create a molotov cocktail, Lydia asks Jackson for sulfuric acid, he isn't aware which bottle this is, so he hands he randomly hands her one. He then comforts Allison as she and Scott get into a disagreement, Lydia then asks him if he's sure he gave her the sulfuric acid because without it the cocktail won't ignite.

A little while later, The Alpha howls throughout the school, everything begins to shake and the claw marks on Jackson's neck begin to cause him immense pain, they help him up from the floor, Stiles attempts to check out the wounds but Jackson swats his hand away. The sheriff's station eventually shows up and rescues them. In Lunatic , Jackson joins Allison at lunch, he notices jelly on her lip, he wipes it out and licks his thumb clean.

Allison asks him if he wants a bite, this sends Jackson into confusion, he asks her to repeat it, so she asks if he would like a bite of her food, he stammers and feels the claw marks on his neck.

They ask each other how they're doing since being attacked at the school, she explains that she has been thinking about Scott but they haven't talked, Jackson agrees that they shouldn't and that Scott is getting what he deserves. At practice, Coach announces that they're switching to co-captains, Jackson is not happy about this news and he's even less happy when he learns that his new co-captain is Scott.

Coach explains to Jackson that this takes nothing from him, it's about joining his unit and McCall's unit and making it one big unit.

Jackson is highly upset with what has just occurred; however, Danny doesn't see what the problem is, especially since Scott scores the most. Jackson asks if that's the opinion of his best friend, Danny says the opinion of his best friend is who in the hell cares about team captain, he then tells Jackson to get a grip.

During practice, Scott hits Danny really hard, everyone goes to check on him, it's at that point where Jackson notices that Lydia's lipstick is smudged. Jackson goes to a sporting goods store after school, it's there where he runs into Allison, he tells her about the incident on the field with Scott and that he's there to get Danny a new helmet.

As they talk, he offers Allison a shoulder to cry on, so they sit in Jackson's car in the parking lot and talk, Allison wants to tell him something but only if he promises not to laugh. She explains that she doesn't think it was Derek at the school, Jackson agrees, saying he doesn't either, he tells Allison just because she can't trust Scott doesn't mean she can't trust him.

She says that she can't trust her family either as they are hiding something, Jackson tells her about the night at the school where he saw someone in the hall, he said it looked like a man on two feet but then it got on all fours and moved like an animal. As he and Allison continue to talk, something jumps on the car but then it goes away. Jackson goes home, as he gets out of the vehicle he notices a broken and bloody claw stuck in the door, he compares the claw to the puncture wounds he found in McCall's lacrosse glove.

In Wolf's Bane , Jackson goes to the doctor's office to get his claw mark wounds examined, the doctors ask him if he's been sleeping lately or having nightmares. Jackson explains that he's been dreaming about a fire , unbeknownst to him, he's been dreaming about the Hale House Fire, Derek apparently gave him memories.

He wonders what dreams have to do with his wounds, the doctor says he needs to get a closer look, so he begins to dig into the wounds and pull out long strands of Wolfsbane. Jackson begins to yell in pain, he looks back, seeing that the doctor is now Derek, Jackson blinks and the hallucination ends, the doctors tell him he can put his shirt back on and the wounds are nothing to worry about but he wants to give Jackson an antibiotic because he has aconite poisoning, which is another name for wolfsbane.

As he is leaving, Jackson approaches Melissa McCall at the nurse station, he asks to use the computer, after realizing that he's who she believes to be one of Scott's friends, Melissa agrees to let him on for a moment, so he looks up wolfsbane.

At school he approaches Scott claiming that he knows that Scott is a werewolf and that he wants to be one too by whatever means, whether it be a bite, a scratch, or even magic fairy dust, either he turns Jackson or Allison finds out everything.

He watches Scott at lunch, biting into his apple, watching as Scott reacts, realizing that Scott can hear him, Jackson disappears from his table but continues to talk to Scott, he goes on to taunt Scott, calling him a cheater at lacrosse and threatening to ruin any chances he may have with Allison. He's later swimming with Allison at the pool, after winning, he claims that it's due to his aerodynamically perfect cheekbones, he urges her to come to the game, assuring her that Scott is fine with it, after a bit of flirting, they take off.

In the hallway, he is confronted by Lydia for dumping her, she says it wasn't funny, Jackson agrees as he wasn't joking, he wants his key back and tells her that he's preparing for some changes in his life and he has to drop some dead weight, Lydia is about the deadest. At the game, he sits next to Scott, asking if it's the bite that does it, Jackson confirms his theory but he says that he can't do it and there's a lot more to it.

Scott tells him about the hunters and looks over to the Argents , Jackson says it makes sense as Argent in French means Silver. Coach pats them both on the shoulders, saying no A in econ if no win on the field, after he leaves, Jackson gives Scott 72 hours to turn him into a werewolf. In Co-Captain , claiming that he sympathizes with Scott , Jackson claims that he'll help Scott get back Allison if he turns him into a werewolf.

While speeding through the warehouse district, his car shuts off and the check engine lights come on, he gets out only for Chris Argent to suddenly pull up, Chris offers to help as he knows something about cars. Leading Jackson towards the back of the car, Chris pulls down his collar to check out the claw marks, Jackson gets jumpy and uneasy after Chris mentions it, Scott and Stiles pull up, offering Jackson a ride to the shop up the street, he agrees and beings to walk towards the jeep, Chris pulls a device off the engine and then starts the car up, appearing as if he fixed it.

Scott becomes enraged because Jackson almost gave everything away, Chris believes that Jackson is the second Beta, so now Scott has to watch over him as well as himself, he claims this is Scott's fault and that if he was a werewolf he could protect himself. Scott explains that it's a curse but Jackson doesn't understand how being strong, running fast, and hearing everything is a bad thing, Scott agrees that he can run fast but half the time he's running from hunters, he explains that it ruined his life.

Jackson explains that it ruined Scott's life because he wasn't ready for it, he doesn't know how to handle power, he gets into his vehicle and drives away. While working out in the locker room, Derek enters, he challenges Derek to a fight, claiming that he's not afraid, Derek disagrees, saying that Jackson is scared and that's been scared his entire life.

He offers Jackson a way to never be scared again, offering to turn him into a werewolf, so they leave together as Kate Argent watches from a distance. Derek brought him to the Hale House telling him that everything is okay and that everything he wants is inside, when Jackson enters the house, he says that he's seen it all before, Derek is surprised, Jackson tells him that he had a dream about all of it.

He soon realizes that it was a trap, no one is there and no one is coming, he pleads for his life but Derek explains that no one cares about Jackson. Scott appears at the top of the staircase, he's come to save Jackson, Scott jumps and shifts in front of Jackson, at that moment, flash-bang arrows come flying into the house, Jackson manages to escape.

In Formality , while in the locker room, Jackson is approached by McCall and asked to take Allison to the dance. Scott pleads with him, explaining that he took a bullet for him, he demands to see the wounds but Scott says that he can't as it has healed. He suggests that Chris Argent watch over Allison but Scott can't without giving himself up; however, Jackson doesn't care as it isn't his problem, Scott says that he knows Jackson cares for her, it's impossible not to but Jackson assures him he's wrong.

As he walks off, Scott tries a different method, he shifts and scares Jackson into agreeing to take Allison. Moments later, he is seen walking towards Allison, sweating and nervous telling her that he'll pick her up tomorrow for the dance, they'll attend it as friends.

The night of the dance, Jackson pulls up to the school taking a drink of alcohol and offering Allison some but she denies it. Allison wonders if Scott will be attending, he explains that McCall shouldn't be there due to academic probation. While enjoying the dance, Jackson gets drunk with Danny and a few classmates, he then joins Allison who asks him to dance, Jackson wonders if he has to as he really doesn't want to but then offers Allison his arm.

Jackson is the big man on campus at Beacon Hills High, and has a competitive, selfish and aggressive nature, which shows through hostility towards people who best him. The show implies that he wants to make others proud of him and this desire to always be the best appears to stem from his insecurity about his adoption and the fact that he does not know his real parents, leading him to be unable to see his adoptive parents as his true mother and father.

Despite his abrasive character, he is shown to care for his friends and dislikes hurting them. He threatens to expose Scott unless he helps him become a werewolf too. The Argents grew suspicious of Jackson. Later Jackson appears the Hale house demanding the Bite from Derek because he helped him.

However, Derek notices his body is rejecting the transformation, causing black blood to bleed out of his orifices. Jackson, as the Kanima, commits numerous murders throughout Season 2. Jackson does not know that he is the Kanima, nor does the Kanima side of him know that it is Jackson. In his Kanima form, Jackson was nigh unstoppable: he had enhanced strength and agility that far exceeded the werewolves, even Derek, the Alpha werewolf, the Kanima could heal from being shot by Chris repeatedly, Derek slashing its throat, and Allison putting an arrow in its head and stabbing it in the chest.

Matt had the Kanima murder former Beacon Hills High students who almost caused him to drown when he was a little boy during a drunken pool party. It is revealed that Jackson became the Kanima because he is an orphan, exemplified by his outward behavior and personality, meaning he lacks an identity.

Jackson is paralyzed suggesting the venom did not come from him. Later, Jackson transforms into a Kanima and meets with someone in a car on a deserted road. Jackson, in kanima form, fights Derek and is shot by Chris Argent. He then paralyzes several people, including Danny, at a gay dance club called Jungle. Stiles, Scott and Allison kidnap him and lock him in a Sheriff's van.

He remembers nothing about being the kanima. Jackson secures a restraining order against Stiles and Scott and swallows a large snake. He fights with Allison and Scott and attacks Matt and Erica at school before scrawling a warning on the library chalkboard.

Jackson, controlled by the Kanima Master , attends a secret rave party to to kill Kara Simmons. Stiles, Erica, and Isaac attempt to drug him with ketamine and surround him with Mountain Ash. The master speaks through him saying his victims were murderers who killed him. Jackson warns Lydia that she doesn't want him at her birthday party. At the party, Jackson hallucinates that two faceless people are looking for him because, they say, they are his real parents.

He saves Matt from drowning in the pool. When Matt captures people at the police station he is mostly in kanima form killing everyone Matt wants him to. Later, when Gerard kills Matt, Jackson becomes his tool of vengeance.

At the lacrosse game, Jackson warns Danny if he begins to act weird on the field, he is to run away. Later, the game ends and the lights go out. When they come back on Jackson is lying on the field; not breathing. He apparently clawed himself in the chest. Jackson appears to be dead, but, when Melissa McCall opens the body bag, he is encased in a clear cocoon and begins twitching. Once he revives fully, Gerard uses Jackson to attack. Once Gerard is incapacitated the Kanima is free of his influence.

With Lydia's help, Jackson is able to revive and complete the transformation to werewolf. She says Derek taught him the "Werewolf " like how NOT to randomly kill people during the full moon. Lydia says his dad moved him to London. Jackson is again mentioned when Stiles is trying to convince his dad that shapeshifters are real.

Jackson is mentioned again when Derek and Chris are in jail discussing the situation in Echo House. Jackson and Ethan have been dating for a year and live in London.