"Jake, please. Marc it's okay." Steven whispered feeling Marc's grip on his throat tighten, stopping Steven from speaking.

"Shh, this is between Jake and I." Marc whispered as Steven struggled for air.

"Let him go." Jake growled pointing the gun at Marc.

"You don't have any weapons." Jake muttered making Marc smirked.

"That's not entirely true." Marc whispered pulling out a knife and replacing his hand with he knife pressing it to Steven's neck making him whine.

Jake didn't think twice, he fired a shot a hitting Marc in the shoulder as Steven leapt forward away from him.
He ran to Jake and hugged him tightly.

"I warned you." Jake growled as Marc as he held Steven.

"And I warned you." Marc whispered as a familiar eery smoke began to fill the room.
Jake paled and held onto Steven even tighter.
Marc's suit formed around him, healing the bullet wound.

"Don't bring him into this, Marc." Jake growled as Marc stood up, a figure formed behind him as Steven looked up.

"Khonshu." He whispered in fear as Jake pulled Steven behind him.

"Now, boys. I thought I had taught you better." Khonshu's voice came through as Jake looked up at him.

"You wouldn't want to be put in time out again would you?" Khonshu said walking past Marc to face Jake.

"I was protecting Steven." Jake growled making Khonshu laugh.

"That worm isn't worth your protection, the only reason I don't kill him is because he makes you both a better fighter. But it seems my punishments aren't working. So, maybe I go to the root of the problem and take away your toy." Khonshu growled before he grabbed Steven.

"Jake!" Steven screamed before Khonshu disappeared along with Steven.
Jake was beyond furious, Marc's suit retracted and he looked around in distress.

"Do you see what you've done!" Jake screamed grabbing Marc by the collar.

"You know what Khonshu does, you know what he's capable of. Now he's going to do that to Steven. This your fault!" Jake shouted shoving Marc to the ground.
Marc couldn't find any words. He took deep breaths and closed his eyes.

"We can get him back, we can find him." Marc said as Jake began to pace up and down the apartment.

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Steven opened his eyes once more to see he was inside the pyramid of Giza, he'd only ever heard Marc and Jake talk about it but he'd never been inside.
It used to be for all of the gods until Khonshu killed most of them and claimed it for himself.
He was on his knees as Khonshu sat in a throne and looked down at him.

"L-Let me go." Steven muttered as he looked up at the god.

"Maybe you are useful. Just a thing that I can use to keep Marc and Jake in line. I know how much they care for you." Khonshu said as Steven looked away from him.

"They'll come and find me." Steven whispered making Khonshu chuckle softly.

"I know, that's what I'm hoping for." Khonshu said as Steven looked away from him.

"Poor little soul, you're so weak compared to them. No wonder they keep you locked away in that apartment." He mumbled as Steven closed his eyes and tried to block out his taunts.

"T-They care for me, that's why they do this. M-Marc, he just gets possessive easily, he gets worried that I'll be hurt." Steven stuttered out before looking back up to the old bird.

"You're just an object, little worm. A perfect little toy for my boys to use." Khonshu said as Steven felt his heart drop.

"You don't even know how you were created do you?" Khonshu said as Steven looked up him in confusion.

"My mother had me." He grumbled as Khonshu chuckled lowly.

"All of those memories are implanted. I created you, with Marc's help of course." Khonshu continued as Steven shook his head.

"That's not even possible." Steven whispered in disbelief.

"I needed someone as strong as Marc, when I looked within his mind I saw two others. Hidden away, after everything his mother did his being split into three. I found Jake and knew I needed him as my soldier, so I split him from Marc and gave him his own body and life. I thought you wouldn't be an issue, Marc had shoved you so far away I thought there was no way of you surfacing. But, every now and then when Marc would kill someone I could see regret in his eyes, he became sloppy with his work and missions. So, I took you away from him. That way he would have no more compassion, but Marc begged me to do the same for you that I did for Jake. He begged me to give you a body and a life, Marc and Jake would take care of you and keep you away. In exchange my soldiers now had something to fight for." Khonshu explained as Steven stared forward numbly, his breath becoming uneven.

"Khonshu!" They heard a voice yell as Khonshu looked up to see Jake and Marc.

"Steven, it's okay." He heard Jake say as Steven slowly turned around to face them.

"You made me up." He whispered with tears in his eyes.

"I thought he ought to know the truth." Khonshu said as Marc looked at him in anger.

"You piece of shit." Marc growled as Jake looked at Marc in confusion.

"What is he talking about?" Jake muttered as Steven looked at him in shock, Jake didn't know either.
Steven quickly stood up and ran to Jake hugging him tightly.
Jake wrapped his arms around Steven in return and sighed in relief.

"Mi amor, what are you talking about? What did you mean?" Jake asked looking down at Steven and making sure he wasn't hurt.

"Your memories are fake. Once upon a time we were all the same person, Khonshu took you both from my mind and made you real." Marc muttered as Jake looked at him in shock.
Suddenly he felt a wave of anger.

"I'm done." Jake growled as Khonshu stood up and looked at them.

"What?" He muttered lowly.

"I said I'm done, I'm not being you're fucking soldier anymore." Jake retorted looking up at the god confidently.
Khonshu went to swipe at Steven before Jake pulled him away.

"Marc, now!" Jake shouted as Marc pulled out a small statue.
He began to chant in Egyptian as Khonshu fell to the floor.
A gust of wind surrounded them as Jake covered Steven from the falling stones.
Steven and Jake began to scream in pain as they held onto each other for dear life, Marc couldn't stop.
He needed to imprison Khonshu again.
He finally finished and everything turned black.

When Marc finally came to he looked around to see he was now alone in the pyramid.

"Steven? Jake?" He muttered out before he looked up in the reflection of a stone to see his reflection moving seperate from him.

"J-Jake, Marc? What's happening?" Steven's soft voice came through as Marc sighed.

"Trapping Khonshu broke the spell, without him we're one person again." Marc explained as he heard Jake sigh softly.

"I don't like this. I want my body back." Steven whispered in fear.

"Mi amor, it's alright. Just breathe through it, we're both right here." Jake replied as Marc slowly stood up.

"What do we do now?" Jake asked as Marc sighed and rubbed his head.

"Be as normal as we can be I guess."