And Farther Still Than That

Chapter Three: One Body Two Souls.

Jason woke to a deep aching pain in his head. He was aware of a few things the moment he was awake and aware: someone was holding his hand and someone was prodding his mind. Wait. Prod his mind? He closed his blue hues and painted beneath his lids: was a man with shaggy blonde hair and eyes like his but who—

It's me, Luke Castellan, don't you remember me? The man's voice echoed in his mind, a frown on his aristocrat features but he didn't seem too upset that Jason didn't remember him.

The son of Jupiter squeezed his eyes shut, the memories from before flooding through his mind. Snippets of conversations and the face of a black-haired green-eyed girl surfaced; Pandora.

He would puzzle his relation to the girl Pandora and the man in his head later, for now, he'd concentrate on the two strangers together with him.

But who are they?

The elf-looking-dude called the girl Piper and she snapped back a name, Leo.

If there was any good in having someone in his head, it was that the other can slap one into awareness whenever the one was zoning out. In his head, Jason could hear Luke smirking.

LxA

Jason could not understand. This pain, this overwhelming sadness, what was it? Why did it start when his gaze first landed on the blonde-haired grey-eyed girl? He didn't know her, had never met her before today where this madness all started and the gaping hole that was his memory and the hole wasn't subsiding in the least.

Annabeth; the name stirred shame in him, words and thoughts of betrayal swirled into his mind. He was even more baffled, he'd never met her and now he was suddenly—

Stop. It wasn't him. It was...Luke?

'Luke, you know her?'

Once, the son of Hermes murmured softly in his mind, subdued unlike his snarky attitude whenever he spoke with Luke.

'You love her?'

All the positive and negative feelings mingling together make it hard for Jason to discern one from the other but from what little he could manage, the answer to his question was a yes. Luke didn't need to spell it out for him but the blonde could already list all the negative path things will take with this.

The quest for Hera really needed to succeed, Jason didn't want to be feeling this fake love for Annabeth whom he could only consider as an ally. He wondered, sometimes, how Luke can crack Annabeth's shell of ice and steel—he must have been a wonderful person in life or when he had his body.

One thing was sure though: Jason didn't love her yet he was attracted to her, making him notice little details about her habit here and there. And when she was saying no to his request to join him on a quest (he didn't even realize that he had asked her to go with him) he was terrified to find himself close to whining and begging for her to stay.

Things would have been much easier if Luke could just stay still and stop arguing with him in his head and trying to wrestle control of their shared body.

When will Luke learn that the body was Jason's and that he was merely a spectator?

The only time when he tried to wrestle command of his body when they were under the influence of Medea. The ancient's spell had been too powerful for Jason to resist even though he knew things were just so damn wrong—fortunately, Luke wasn't affected. The son of Hermes had managed to save them, with the daughter of Aphrodite's help.

However, the man's little interference broke their secret: that they were two souls trapped in one body. That the two other at-least-normal demigods didn't see them as a freak was well enough. Leo actually thought it was cool and though Piper didn't say it, she was hopeful that Jason would notice her once Luke had been liberated from his body, that Luke's preference for girls would finally wore off Jason and he'd be able to see her as her.

Jason didn't have the heart to break it to her; a memory of a green-eyed girl always surfaced in his mind whenever he found himself thinking of other girls that way. Did he love the girl from his gaping memories? He wasn't sure, he didn't even know her name, just her face and that her smile was so bright and beautiful it felt like a galaxy had burst into existence within him whenever he saw or dreamed of that smile.

But what if she was merely an illusion Hera sent to trap you in her grasp? To be her pawn forever? Luke's voice murmured into his mind, and though Jason pretended to brush it off, they both knew it affected him.

A particular vicious argument had them ignoring one another.

Luke was silent until Jason met Thalia, reunited with his older sister. Finally! He should be happy but all he felt was dread and the feelings Luke felt for Annabeth surfaced towards the Lieutenant of Artemis.

And this was where they should be drawing the line because while Jason could endure of having romantic feelings for Annabeth, he couldn't possibly be reflecting Luke's romantic feeling for his own sister. It was just wrong and so sick on so many levels.

This time, Luke seemed to understand because he tried to quell the yearning, affection. The two way hug you forever so that I wouldn't lose you again feeling was different but all the same that they didn't want Thalia to slip so easily from their grasp again.

This feelings were a hindrance.

But it was useful in uniting Jason and Luke—two entirely different souls fighting for their existence and purpose and to be reunited with the people they love and craved to see. The sight of Thalia's motionless and cold frozen form, thrown and flung carelessly across the icy ground was infuriating and Jason's vision turned red.

The anger and hate he felt emanating from himself was unreal. He'd never felt such intense hatred and anger because despite his powers, he was a peace-loving guy. The realization that it was Luke's feelings didn't hinder him this time because hate and the taste for retribution was so much easier to comprehend than the word and meanings love held.

They were going to tear Khione down.

Both were only moderately surprise when they realize they'd referred to themselves as one. They may be two souls forced to be in one body but the point still remains, they were one. Both souls may be torn in their affection for the girls but underneath all the faces, there was the peacefully smiling black-haired green-eyed girl.

They were going to find her weren't they.

LxPxJ

A/N: Short, but it'll be much longer next chapter – depicting Nico and Percy and things going on at Camp Jupiter. There might be some Percy/Reyna/Nico. Isn't this fic filling with many broken threesomes (which means there will be many heartbreaks) ?