Now that's just creepifying.

“Why don’t we just go back to Earth?” said Rodney. “Leave life-sucking aliens and life-sucking cities, and get out of here.”

Such a Rodney thing to say. :-) Wish Elizabeth and John agreed with him. So they stay -- living with that thing lurking -- and John gets more screwed up than ever.

*shivers*

This story is going to bother me for quite some time. Thank you very much for that. ;-p