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Chapter 2 Leo

"Festus where are we?" Leo asked his dragon as they flew over some barren, snowy countryside. Festus let out a few screeches.

"Canada?" Leo translated. Been there, done that, he thought.

"Well my lovely lady," he turned to look at Calypso, who sat behind him on the dragon. Her cinnamon toast hair was being blown back by the wind, and her dark eyes sparkled with excitement. Leo was struck once more by how beautiful she was.

"We are a few thousand miles from our destination, so just sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride," he said in his best pilot voice, cracking a smile.

"Good," Calypso smiled back, "As much as I love your dragon, I'm beginning to get tired of being stuck up here."

"Don't worry," Leo assured her. "We'll make a stop soon."

They did stop everyday or so to get some food or to give some oil to Festus.

Leo tried to keep Calypso entertained. He told her every single one of his jokes, even the bad ones, and the fact that she never complained that made him love her even more.

After a few days, they made it to Ohio. Most of the parts of the state they passed over were suburban, but occasionally they gave way to long stretches of forests. Flying over the trees in the warm breeze, Leo looked down to see a bright light coming from a clearing just ahead.

For a moment, the light got in his eyes and blinded him.

"Hey!" He complained.

Once his vision cleared, brought Festus down for a closer look.

"Leo?" Calypso asked. Leo didn't respond. He was too focused on the scene on the ground.

As they got closer, he could hear the sounds of battle, and realized the light must have been reflecting off of a sword or a shield. He saw a group of Roman demigods, maybe 40 or 50, fighting the ugliest monster he had ever seen. It had the bloody head and body of a lion, the legs of a goat, and a snake for a tail. It breathed fire at any demigods that tried to get close to it, and it's snake tail lashed out and bit any that tried to take it from behind. He could see his friends Frank, Hazel fighting bravely alongside the other Romans. Reyna was off to the side, sitting propped up against a tree. She was pale and sickly. She must have been wounded.

Leo remembered Percy telling them about this monster, after Frank and Hazel asked him about his fall from the Saint Louis Arch from when he was twelve. It was a Chimera.

"Hey buddy!" Leo called to Festus.

"Creak?" Festus asked.

"Let's play fetch. Hold on hot stuff," he warned Calypso, "It's going to get a little bumpy."

Calypso's eyes widened in alarm.

"Leo, what are you -?" her thought was cut off with a scream as Festus suddenly dived.

Before they could hit any trees, Festus extended his wings and glided over the tree line, dipping just low enough to grab the monster in his claws. Then Festus flew high, high up, Leo laughing hysterically.

Below them, Frank saw what Leo was doing, even if he could barely process the fact that Leo and Festus were actually there. "GET BACK!" he yelled at his troops. The legion scattered like ants as the very angry Chimera was dropped to its death, sending golden powder everywhere.

Festus circled around and glided in for an easy landing. Leo and Calypso slid off, Calypso looking a little green and Leo grinning like a maniac.

"No one fear Leo is here!" he cried, spreading his arms wide. For almost a minute the Romans could only stare at him in utter shock.

Then Hazel ran up to him and tackled him in a bear hug. As Leo hugged her back, he realized she was crying.

"You were dead!" she sobbed. "We felt it! You were dead!"

Somehow, Leo knew she meant her brother Nico. He stroked her hair, trying to calm her. "If I'm not dead," he said, pulling away, "Then why are you crying?"

"Gods Leo, I'm just – I'm just—" she said, sniffling. "I don't even know."

Leo pulled her back into a hug. "I know," he said. "It's okay."

He glanced over his friend's head at Calypso, wondering if she was jealous or something. He'd never had a girlfriend. He didn't really know, but nobody else had seemed to notice her yet.

At the moment, Calypso looked to motion sick to care. Leaning against Festus, she gave him a queasy smile and a small shake of the head.

I'm fine. She meant. I don't mind.

The next thing Leo knew it wasn't just Hazel hugging him, but Frank too, lifting him up off the ground and crushing the air from his lungs.

"Zhang," Leo gasped. "Can't- breathe-"

Frank let go of him immediately, looking a little sheepish, but still shaken, like someone had tried to burn his life stick.

"Sorry, Leo." He said, rubbing the back of his neck. "But how can you even be alive? Its impossible!"

"Not even death can stop LEO VALDEZ!" Leo exclaimed, "You should know that by now Zhang."

He glanced around and noticed the rest of the Romans, who were still gaping at him in slack-jawed awe. Frank noticed too.

"Go get yourselves cleaned up," he ordered them. "Bandage your wounds. Has anyone checked on Reyna yet?"

Most of the Legionnaires dashed off to do as their Praetor asked, though a few paled and rushed over to Reyna.

"Yeah, what happened to Reyna anyway?" Leo asked, looking at the Praetor in concern.

"She got bit by that horrible snake," Hazel said, finally pulling away from Leo and giving him a kiss on the cheek. That was when she noticed Calypso and blushed.

Leo blushed too. "Guys, this is Calypso." He said, pulling her forward. She looked much better now and even smiled at his friends. "Calypso, this is Frank Zhang, son of Mars and Praetor of the Twelfth Legion. This is Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto. Be nice," he added sternly.

That was when one of the healers ran up to Frank, looking a bit desperate.

"We're out of unicorn horn draught," the camper said in despair. "And the poison's almost reached her heart." Frank went white as a sheet.

"Schist," Hazel whispered.

"Isn't there something you can do?" Leo demanded.

The healer shook his head.

"Where is she?" Calypso asked, coming to stand next to Leo.

The healer pointed several yards away, where Reyna was still sitting down against the tree. "We couldn't risk moving her," he explained.

"Take me to her," Calypso ordered. The healer obeyed.

"Can you fix her?" Leo asked Calypso as they followed the healer across the field.

"I think so," Calypso said, rubbing her hands together nervously.

As they approached Reyna, the healers backed off, and Calypso knelt beside the Praetor. Reyna's face had started to turn a frightening shade of purple, and her breathing was rapid and shallow.

Calypso placed her hand on Reyna's thigh, where the snake had bitten her, and said an incantation in Ancient Greek. Leo didn't catch all of it, but he did understand a few words. Heal, purge, save.

Reyna's color returned to normal. She opened her eyes. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Leo?" she asked in confusion. "I'm not dead am I?"

"Not a chance Reyna," Leo said, flashing his trademark smile.

"So you're not dead?" Reyna realized as a smile split her face.

"Nope."

Frank helped his fellow Praetor to her feet. She leaned on him heavily, forehead beaded with sweat.

"She needs to rest Frank," Calypso said sternly.

"And she will," Frank assured her. "I'll just be helping her to her tent," he threw a pointed look at Reyna. "And making sure she stays there."

Reyna rolled her eyes at him, but before he could lead her away, she held out a hand to Calypso. "Thank you," she said simply.

"That's my girl," Leo said, grinning. "Beautiful and magical, she's the whole package"

"So this is Calypso?" Reyna asked. "Then you deserve extra thanks, for taking care of this lunatic."

"Hey!" Leo said, offended.

Calypso smiled warmly at her, and took her hand. "We must talk over dinner Reyna."

"And we shall," Reyna said. "As soon as I am rested."

The healers went with Frank and Reyna back to the Praetor's tent, while Hazel led Leo and Calypso into the big tent in the middle of the ring of vans acting as barricades. The camp had dozens of Roman tents in it, all of them encircling the big red tent in the middle.

They all walked in to find a large room with dozens of short tables and small soft chairs. On the tables, a feast was laid out, with everything from candy to roasted chicken. Most of the tables were taken, but they managed to find an empty one in the corner.

Leo and Calypso sat next to each other and dug into the food. They had only really eaten fast food for the past few days and Leo could tell that Calypso hated the stuff. He could also tell that she didn't like all the modern technology and cities. She wasn't used to them, and they frightened her a little. Which was why he knew Camp Half Blood would be a perfect place for them.

Reyna was still resting, so it was just Frank and Hazel sitting across from them, along with a guy to their left who was drinking a ridiculous amount of Kool-Aid.

As soon as they sat down, all of them were clamoring for Leo to tell them exactly what happened. While Calypso ate, Leo explained how he had switched out the Physician's cure, how it was the only way. This earned him a punch in the arm from Hazel.

"Ouch!" Leo yelped. "What was that for?"

"You could have told us," Hazel said angrily.

"You would have tried to stop me," Leo responded.

Frank nodded at this. "Of course we would have. What happened after that?"

Leo went on to explain how he had used Odysseus's device and a crystal from the island to find his way back to Ogygia. Occasionally Calypso would jump in to fill in the parts he forgot.

"At first, we were afraid we wouldn't be able to leave the island, even with a kickbutt dragon to fly us out," Leo continued, "but we made it, and we've been flying to Camp Half Blood for almost a week now."

Frank frowned. "That's going to be an interesting reunion."

"Yeah it is," Leo agreed with a sigh. Then he perked up. "But enough about us. What have you guys been doing?"

"Oh you know," Frank said, stirring the food around on his plate. "Fighting monsters, travelling cross country. The usual."

Everyone at the table laughed. Once dinner was over, Frank set up the watch and sent the rest of the legion to their tents for some well-deserved rest.

"Well," Calypso said, as they stood in the middle of the clearing, "We don't have a tent."

Leo grinned knowingly at her, shaking his finger. "First lesson: never doubt uncle Leo."

He reached into his tool belt and brought out a folded lime green tent, and after a few minutes, the tent was set up. It stuck out like a sore thumb among the plain canvas tents of the rest of the camp.

"Blends right in!" Leo declared.

Unzipping it, Leo bowed, "After you my lady," he said with a smirk.

Calypso smiled and entered the tent, Leo following her.

The next morning they woke up to the sound of dozens of vans starting their engines.

Sticking his head out of the tent, Leo saw how bright it was outside he could tell it was about nine o'clock in the morning. The Romans had packed up their camp and were preparing to leave.

Leo had slept well, for once with no nightmares. He'd had to stay awake the first few days flying with Calypso, because she hadn't known how to fly Festus and he had had to watch her.

Leo turned around and shook Calypso awake. "Time to go," he said.

Pretty soon the tent was dismantled and Calypso stood next to him, dressed with her new backpack on her back. Leo had bought it for her at one of the gas stations they had stopped at in the middle of nowhere.

They went over to where Frank, Hazel and Reyna were standing next to the vans. The rest of the demigods had already gotten in. The three of them were all looking at him as he and Calypso as they walked toward them.

"Well it was good saving your lives we'll be on are way now," Leo said goodnaturedly.

Hazel have him one more bear hug.

"Try not to die again Leo," she pleaded.

Serious for once, Leo hugged her back. "Course not chica."

Pulling away from him, Hazel looked again at Calypso and smiled. "It was nice to meet you Calypso," she said.

"The pleasure was all mine." Calypso replied smiling.

Hazel gave him one last hug and walked into one of the many vans. That left Frank and Reyna.

"Your welcome at Camp Jupiter anytime Leo Valdez. May the gods be with you." Reyna said putting her hand out for Leo to shake. Leo grasped it firmly. Then she turned to Calypso.

"And thank you," Reyna said, cracking a rare smile, "For saving my life."

"Anytime Praetor," Calypso said, hugging her. For a moment Reyna looked surprised. Then she hugged her back.

Reyna and Hazel walked to the nearest van, Hazel hopping in the back, Reyna buckling herself into the drivers seat. Then it was just Frank.

"Well Zhang," Leo said with his hands in his suspenders. "Try to stay away from Chinese handcuffs."

"You know I figured those out," Frank replied.

"Whatever you say Zhang, whatever you say." Leo said, waving off his words.

Frank shook his head. "I'll miss you too Valdez."

Leo smiled one more time, "See you around Frank."

With that, Frank walked to the van and Reyna drove off, with 50 or so vans trailing behind her. He and Calypso got back on Festus, who had been lying next to the camp, and took off to Camp Half-Blood.