Festus finally blew out as land came within sight.
Leo had no idea where they were, but he was just happy to see something besides water. He didn't want to say anything to Calypso, but he was starting to wonder if they would ever see dry land again.
Land couldn't come at a better time. Festus wasn't in good shape when they left Ogygia and he didn't get much better as they traveled. As soon as the land came into sight one of Festus's wings sparked and thick smoke blew out of his mouth.
"Hold on!" Leo yelled and he felt Calypso's grip around his waist tighten.
Leo did his best to keep them stable as Festus crashed onto a cliff side and slid into a group of trees. Taking one out in the process.
It took all of Leo's strength to stay in place as Festus came to a stop.
"You just destroy everything around you don't you Valdez?" Calypso said with a laugh.
"Please," Leo said waving his hand. "One tree? Nothing compared to what I have done before. I didn't even set this tree on fire!"
Leo hopped down from Festus. It was good to be on solid ground again. He wasn't sure how long they had been traveling, but that wasn't his concern at the moment.
"How ya doing, Festus?"
Festus responded with various clicks that Leo managed to translate into "Ow!" He inspected him to see what the full damage was.
His left wing was still sparking and would need some repair, his leg was still damaged from the landing in Ogygia, plus other damage that was obtained during the battle Gaea. Leo would need more tools than what he could pull out of his belt in order to fix him.
He pulled a small notepad and a pen out of his belt and began to write as he took full inventory of the damage that would need to be fixed immediately Festus kept clicking what was hurting. Which was just about everything.
After making a quick inspection of his head to make sure everything was still intact he realized that Calypso had been very quiet during this whole thing.
He looked up and saw that she was standing near the edge of the cliff. Her arms were spread out and the wind blew her hair to the side.
She looked absolutely beautiful and Leo couldn't help, but smile.
"Hey Sunshine," he said, "having fun?"
She turned around with a huge grin on her face. The wind blew her hair in front of her eyes.
"We made it," She said as Leo came in close. "We really made it off that island!"
"Told you I would get you off," Leo said and Calypso hugged him.
"Thank you," she whispered in his ear which sent a chill down his spine. Leo wasn't used to these weird feelings yet. He had been attracted to plenty of girls before, but this was so much different. Of course he though she was beautiful, but there was something else there. Something that he had never expected to feel. He couldn't help, but wonder if this is what Jason felt like when he was with Piper.
"Jason…," he thought. He needed to get back to his friends. Surely they thought he was dead. First thing was first though.
"Don't thank me yet," Leo said as she pulled away. "We need to figure out where we are, and repair Festus. I got a list of things right here.
"Also we should find some food," Calypso said. "Your stomach has been growling louder than Festus the last couple of hours.
"Has it?" Leo asked. In response his stomach rumbled like a baby Cyclopes that caused Calypso to laugh.
"Yeah food would be good as well," Leo responded. He looked to his left and saw a town not too far from the cliff.
"Well that seems as good a place as any to get started," he said.
"Great!" Calypso exclaimed. She looked over at him and her smile faded a bit. "Though we should probably get you some new clothes before we go…"
Leo looked down at himself and noticed that his shirt was completely shredded and barely hanging on to his body. His pants were a bit better, but not by much. At least they were still intact.
Calypso walked over to Festus and untied one of her bags from his back. She opened it and pulled out a white shirt.
"You can use this for now," she said as she tossed it to him. "I'll make you some new clothes while you fix Festus."
"This is a girl shirt!" Leo exclaimed.
"Well, you shouldn't have destroyed your shirt!" Calypso yelled. "I still don't know how you managed to pull that off."
"I was saving the world! That's what I was doing!"
"Just put it on so we can go," Calypso said.
"Fine." Leo took what was left of his shirt off and put on the new one. The long sleeves only made it a little past his forearm and the front was pretty loose. All in all it was comfortable so he didn't complain.
"Beautiful," Calypso said with a smirk.
"You're just jealous that I look better in this than you."
"Shut up, Valdez." She leaned forward and kissed him. Leo felt like Jason just hit him with a lightning bolt.
"C'mon," he said grabbing her hand. "Let me show you what you have been missing all these years."