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LEO
Leo had never felt more alive, a tad ironic considering the fact he had just come back from the dead. His arm still smarted where Festus had injected him with the physician's cure. He still smelled like burnt Princess of Potty-Sludge, and he still felt like he was being rearranged from inside, all his particles were exploding and reforming simultaneously. Yet he didn't mind any of it. You ask why, puny mortal? Well, Leo had finally got his girl. The one girl who'd finally loved him back. The one girl he'd thought he'd never see again.
"CALYPSOOOOOOO!" he shouted into the air. She laughed, a single, clear note that made Leo's heart melt, and gripped his waist tighter. He still couldn't believe himself. The wind roared past his ears, making his singed hair stand up. Festus was flying past, despite his injured leg; and soon Ogygia was just a small speck behind them in a vast, open sea.
Leo looked back and saw Calypso wipe a tear from her eye. "Hey, Cal, why you crying?" Leo shouted over the wind. She started, evidently embarrassed to have been seen crying. She pulled an angry face and said, "Leo Valdez, what I do is my own business!" Yet Leo knew she was joking, and her anger was as fake as his death had been. He whooped again and leaned back against Calypso, who rested her head on his shoulder.
Festus creaked and clacked excitedly. "What is it buddy?" Leo said, opening the access panel in Festus' neck. The astrolabe made by Odysseus, which Leo had used to locate Ogygia a second time, was nestled in its casing. The neon crystal had stopped pulsing, but still radiated a glow. The astrolabe was off, a clear sign they had left Ogygia far behind. Leo cracked a smile, and shouted back to Calypso; "WE'RE CLEAR, BABY!" She smiled, evidently happy to be off her island prison, but at the same time Leo detected some sadness.
She'd lived on that island for over three millennia, and no matter what; it had been her home. She'd met great heroes there, like Odysseus and Percy Jackson; and fallen in love with all. Now she was leaving it with a runty Latino flying a bronze dragon. Such situations did tend to create confusion about one's feelings; especially when soaring into the unknown.
Leo hoped he could say something, do something to help her. Unfortunately, he wasn't great at fixing organic life-forms. Festus creaked again, but less excitedly. Leo saw that the fused neck plating was steaming, hurting Festus. He whipped out the necessary tools from his tool belt and set to work.
Once he'd fixed the problem, he began to feel sleepy. "Calypso?" He yawned. She squeezed his waist in acknowledgement. "I gotta sleep." he murmured and she squeezed his waist again. Leo felt like punching himself. Here he was, flying in the middle of nowhere with a super-hot immortal Titan, and all he could think about was sleep. But he couldn't help himself, and soon he was dozing off, his head resting on Festus' neck.
Leo had hoped all the good he'd done would tell the gods that he didn't want any more nightmares. Unluckily, they just kept coming. He again stood in front of his mother's workshop; while Gaia stood before him, her robes swirling and her eyes closed in a peaceful smile. The workshop was burning, and little Leo was crying as he tried fruitlessly to save his mother. Gaia opened her mouth to speak, but what came out wasn't what Leo remembered.
"Leo Valdez?" spoke a manly voice. "Are you sure he's in danger?" Leo recognised the voice as Chiron's, the centaur from Camp Half-Blood. "Yes, Chiron." Spoke a different voice. A voice that Leo felt afraid of, but it sounded full of concern for him. "Is he even alive, Nico?" Chiron asked and Leo realised di Angelo was the other voice. "Yes! And I don't know what to do. Should I tell Jason, only for him to be too late to save him?" Nico pleaded. "He'd hate me, for not having told him earlier. I sensed something strange with Leo's death, but I didn't know he'd be alive!"
Chiron seemed to be musing, his "hmmm's" coming out of Gaia's open mouth. "Even if we told Jason, he wouldn't be able to get to Texas in time." "What if we told..." "LEEEEOOOOOOO!"
Leo woke up with a start, realising Calypso had been shouting his name. He shook his head violently and saw a city rushing up to meet them.