A/N: I'M ALIVE! Hey guys, I'm soooo sorry about my prolonged absence from this fanfic, please understand it was definitely not my intention to leave you all hanging for so long. As I'm sure you're ready for this chapter (you've waited long enough) I'll hold my explanations until the end. Enjoy!

Leo looked up at the assembled demigods before him; from his position on the ground they looked particularly tall and threatening. Which was always fun.

In hindsight, he probably could have found a gentler way to break the news to them, but tact was never really his style. Besides, it was immensely entertaining to watch the different looks that crossed the demigods' faces.

Yes, maybe Leo was being a little mean, but they had given him a hell of a migraine; he figured a little emotional turmoil suffered on their end would even out the scales.

"You—what?!" purple shirt sputtered out, his face starting to match the color of his shirt.

"Oh Leo…"purple shirt's girlfriend whispered as she placed a hand over her mouth and looked at him with pity. 'Woah there, pity? Not necessary, amiga!'

The black haired vampire-looking goth kid rolled his eyes and muttered something under his breath, while the blonde girl peered at Leo closely, as if he were an ant under her magnifying glass. The other two boys, Jackson and the blonde guy, locked eyes with grim looks on their faces, as if reaching some kind of understanding.

But the brunette girl was. not. a. happy. camper.

"Is this some kind of a joke?!" she asked (more like screeched) and took a step towards him, "What kind of sick, twisted—"

But the blonde dude had wrapped his arms around her, preventing her from approaching Leo and beating him half to death, "Whoa, hey there Pipes, calm down—"

"Calm down? Calm down?! How could you even—let me go, Jason! I said, let me go!" her voice took on that weird tone it had taken earlier, Leo felt some weird emotion go through him as he heard her, and the guy, Jason's, eyes glazed over as he released her with no resistance.

"Look," Leo began as he eased himself up, "I'm sorry, I really don't remember anything."

The girl took a deep breath, "Okay, so maybe you didn't remember some things, but the memories are coming back now, right? You had some buried in there? Like how Percy still remembered Annabeth, and Jason remembered how to fight. And once we all got together they remembered their past, right guys?" she turned her attention to the two boys, "The memories came back to you over time, right?" they nodded uneasily, "So…you remember us, right? You do know who we are?"

Leo could actually see the tears welling up in the girl's eyes, but as much as he tried, he couldn't remember anything about her. He felt bad for hurting her, but aside from that…he felt nothing at all. "No, I don't."

The girl took a step back, looking hurt, "You don't remember the wilderness school? Or the venti? Or what about the Argo II, your pride and joy? And how we battled all those monsters together? How you and Jason would hack into the video game software and turn it to idiot mode?"

Leo winced, that migraine from before coming back full force. His vision was swimming, but he forced himself to stand up straight. He felt Calypso take a breath beside him, but squeezed her hand to keep her from interfering. He'd waited for so long to just know who he was before he lost his memories, and at the moment the girl was throwing out all the answers to his unasked questions at lightning speed. The escalating headache was not enough to stop him from getting the answers he so desperately needed, "I—"

But the girl kept talking, "What about when we were in Chicago and you saved us form those cyclops? Or when you almost started a war between the Greeks and Romans?"

The last thought that raced through his mind was a perplexed, 'I tried to start a war?' but then all at once the ground rushed up and the world went dark.

When Leo came to, it was to the smell of cinnamon. He breathed in slowly and kept his eyes shut, taking in the familiar scent of Calypso lying next to him on the comfortable bed. For a second he thought he would open his eyes to see that familiar constellation of crystals above him, but when he was met with the sight of wooden rafters he couldn't hold back his groan of frustration as he remembered the previous day's events.

Calypso shot up as if she'd been electrified, "Leo? Are you okay?"

Other than a stiff neck from sleeping at a weird angle, he felt pretty good for having collapsed so suddenly, "Yeah, I'm fine. How long was I out? …And where are we?"

She sighed in relief, "We're in Camp Half-Blood. They call this place the Big House or something. You've been out since last night."

"Oh," he'd never blacked out for quite that long, not since he first arrived at Ogygia. "I'm sorry if I worried you."

She frowned, then reached over and smacked him on the back of his head, "OW!" he yelped.

"That's what you get for worrying me, you jerk!"

He chuckled as he rubbed the tender spot on the back of his head, "Right, sorry, I'll try my best not to do it again, Sunshine."

She rolled her eyes and kissed him soundly, "Promise me?"

"I promise I'll try," he grinned sheepishly at her.

Calypso was just leaning in for another kiss when a knock at the door interrupted them; Leo frowned but nonetheless called out a "Come in!"

Jason stepped through the door carefully, he was alone this time, and was sporting an obnoxiously bright orange t-shirt that made Leo's pupils hurt. "Hey," he smiled easily, "I was wondering if we could talk?"

Leo nodded his head, "Sure."

Jason cleared his throat and glanced at Calypso nervously, "Umm…alone?"

Leo was sure he heard a growl come from Calypso, who seemed to hold Jason's gaze for longer than was necessary, as if to determine whether he was worthy. For a second it seemed that she was going to voice her objection, but she merely stood up and walked away without a word. 'Wonder what that was about?'

After the door closed behind Calypso, Jason seemed to relax a little and pulled a chair up to the bed and sat backwards on it. "So, how you feeling, amnesiac?"

Leo laughed, "Not too bad, considering."

"So, you really don't remember me?"

"Nope, nothing at all," Leo shook his head.

"Huh. I guess that means I can re-use all my old jokes," he laughed to himself, as if enjoying a private joke.

Leo chuckled, "Lucky you!" that sounded like something Leo would've said.

Jason smiled once more, "No worries, I lost my memory before too, it sucked. You were a pretty good sport about the whole thing, so I'll try my best to help you out as well."

Leo smiled, "Thanks man, it's nice to know I'm not special anymore."

"Right, you always did think way too highly of yourself anyways," He laughed, "I had to make sure you remembered your place."

They both laughed; already Leo felt close to this boy, it was clear they'd been very good friends at some point. "So are y'all gonna fix me up or what?"

"Yeah, your….Calypso told us what we needed to heal you last night. We should be able to get you patched up within the next day or so."

Leo smirked, "You scared of my girlfriend?"

Jason chuckled, "Dude, she's kind of scary."

"How's that?" Leo laughed. And here he thought she was only mean and scary to Leo!

Jason's face turned serious, "It's just…last night…she really cares about you, doesn't she?"

Leo sobered up upon hearing Jason's tone, "Yeah…we both really care about each other."

Jason nodded, "I figured. She was very upset with us for hurting you. Once we got you to the room she kicked everyone out and insisted on healing you herself. She wouldn't even take nectar or ambrosia from us."

"Oh." Leo felt cold; he didn't realize he affected Calypso quite so much. He never meant to worry her.

"Yeah…" Jason seemed to shudder as he remembered Calypso's anger, but soon enough he shook himself out of it and turned back to Leo, "Anyways, I'm glad you found someone to take care of you. Jupiter knows you need someone like Calypso to keep you in line."

Leo laughed once more, "Hey! I resent that!"

For the next few hours, Leo enjoyed listening to Jason's easy string of conversation regarding the characters and inner workings of the Greek and Roman camps. Jason was careful to stray away from any topic that might ignite another migraine from Leo, something for which the son of Hephaestus was immensely grateful. Already, Leo felt the beginnings (or perhaps continuance?) of a great camaraderie between the two demigods. Having had no memory of ever having a true friend, Leo could not express how amazing it was to find such a close friendship to this boy already.

During their conversation, Jason went into great detail regarding the special event that Leo had unwittingly interrupted: the Greek and Roman War Games. It was a recently founded tradition the two camps held to both commemorate their newfound alliance and relieve any pent up aggression the two camps might hold against one another. It was not, Jason repeated with an eye roll, all in Leo's honor. But Leo remained convinced that it was, why else would the celebratory games begin on the anniversary of his death?

"I told you, it's because it's the day that the two camps came together and defeated Gaea!" Jason insisted, though the smirk at the edge of his lip showed his obvious amusement.

"And I told you, I'm the one that died killing Gaea, so either way it's all about me!"

"Ugh, you're impossible, Valdez!" Jason groaned as he threw his hands skywards, "Anyways, we had our first battle last night."

Leo leaned forward, intrigued, "And? Did we win?"

Jason pulled a strange face, "No, we lost. But it was a calculated loss."

"Meaning what? You lost on purpose?"

"Exactly."

Leo laughed, "What the hell kind of strategy is that? No one wins by losing!"

Jason shook his head, a somewhat smug grin on his face, "We may lose one battle but we shall win the war."

"Okay, whatever Confucius, but how exactly is losing going to help you win?"

"Confucius, really?" Jason chuckled at his antics, "Look, there's a total of twelve 'battles,' one in honor of each of the twelve Olympian gods. Because she was the one to turn the tides during the Second Giant War, the first battle honors the goddess Athena. Athena, as you know, represents wisdom, intellect, and tactical warfare. We calculated the loss knowing that it would embolden the Romans and cause them to show their strengths too early. They'll be cocky now, and we know where they're likely to strike. Plus—"

"Now that you've honored Athena by utilizing her valued traits, you hope she'll favor you in the coming battles. It's a very clever plan, who came up with it?"

Leo and Jason both turned to the voice, "Sunshine! There you are, you were gone so long I was starting to think you abandoned me."

She smiled at him, "Not likely, Flame boy. I've been catching up with someone I haven't seen in a long time."

She looked calmer than before, Leo wondered who she'd been speaking to that would get her in such a good mood. 'Surely not that Jackson boy….' He couldn't help the small spark of jealousy that flared up inside him.

Oblivious to Leo's train of thought, Calypso sat herself down next to Leo and prompted Jason once more, "So was it your plan, son of Jupiter?"

"No," he said slowly, "it was Annabeth's."

'Oh, well that's awkward,' thought Leo, glancing up at Calypso to gauge her reaction.

But Calypso just nodded her head, seeming deep in thought, "Yes, of course. It makes sense that a daughter of Athena would suggest such a plan. She is clearly her mother's daughter."

Jason smiled uneasily, "Right. Yeah."

Calypso looked at both Jason and Leo critically before she huffed and rolled her eyes skywards, "Oh please!" she exclaimed, "I will not have this entire camp walk on eggshells around me just because of Percy Jackson and his girlfriend. It was lifetimes ago, there's no need to be so careful about hurting my precious feelings!"

Leo winced, but it was Jason who spoke up, "I'm sorry, I guess we have been. It's just you two seemed so tense earlier…"

Calypso sighed, as if to collect herself, "Look, just because I'm over Percy doesn't mean I forgive him for what he did to me. But that's something he and I will have to discuss at some point. For now, just know that I'm not some pathetic maid crying over a broken heart. You'd do well to inform your friends of this before my frustrations boil over."

"I'm sure they're just trying to be considerate, Sunshine" Leo stepped in to save Jason from Calypso's anger. He'd incited it enough times to know how to diffuse the ticking time bomb that was Calypso's wrath. "Besides, it's obvious you're not hung up on that Jackson punk. Especially now you've got alllllllllll this Latin flavor!" he winked saucily at her and when she laughed and pushed him gently he knew he'd been successful.

Jason joined in on the laughter, and just like that the feeling in the room had changed. Jason continued to fill the two of them in on the upcoming battles. And although she had been out of the game for millennia, Calypso absorbed everything Jason said eagerly, sharing her insights and showing a familiarity with tactics the likes of which Leo wasn't aware she had.

The son of Jupiter fervently discussed tactics with Calypso, seeming awed with her insights, "Aw, man, you've got to bring these up to Annabeth and Clarisse! I'm sure between the three of you we would be unstoppable!"

Calypso smiled shyly, "I'm merely working off the strategies already in place, you Greeks really thought this out well."

"Well, all I know is that I'm excited for the Hephaestus battle!" Leo chimed in, "I'm telling you, get me into a forge and I'll whip up some stuff that's gonna melt those Roman's brains to putty from sheer awesomeness!"

Jason laughed heartily, "I look forward to seeing it." His face changed upon catching a look at the clock on the wall, "Ah damn, I didn't realize what time it was! I have to get to the war council, but I'll be sure to bring up your ideas Calypso, maybe you can join us for the council tomorrow afternoon? Our next battle is at 9 tomorrow night."

Calypso nodded, "Assuming Flame Boy is alright after his memory recovery, then yes, I'd like to join in on the fun."

"Alright, bet. See you two after dinner!" He sprang up and ran out the door before Leo could even ask if they would serve enchiladas.

Leo turned to Calypso on an afterthought, "Wait so, tonight? We're getting my memories back tonight?"

Calypso stretched herself out on the bed and Leo arranged himself next to her, "I was speaking to Chiron earlier today. We figured it would be best for you to get your memories back as soon as possible, so you won't have to suffer any more. Everything around here is so familiar to you, we just figured the sooner you remembered, the less chances you'll pass out again." She stopped speaking and looked up at him, "If that's okay with you?"

"Yes, I guess that's fine," he hummed thoughtfully, "Who's Chiron?"

Calypso smiled bemusedly, "I suppose he's the Camp's leader. He oversees all the workings of the Camp and is charged by the gods to train all Greek heroes."

"…And?"

"And he's also my cousin."

"Oh." Leo frowned thoughtfully, "Did he also….?"

She shook her head, anticipating his interrogation, "No, Chiron was working against his father since the beginning. He's been training heroes since the dawn of man."

"Ah, I see." Leo nodded, "Were you two close?"

"Not really, in the Titan's eyes Chiron was only a centaur subservient to the gods, I wasn't really allowed to interact with him much."

"Wait. Wait. Wait." Leo sat up, "So you're telling me your cousin is half-horse?"

She chuckled, "Well, sure."

Leo laid back down slowly, "Okay. So your cousin is a half-horse. Okay. I can deal with this." Although honestly Leo had to admit his head was spinning a bit. His thousand year old girlfriend had a thousand year old cousin, who was half-horse, who also happened to train Greek heroes for a living, and ran a whole camp for it. The word 'weird' didn't even begin to cover this.

He shook his head to rid his thoughts of this, "So after tonight, I'll be getting all my old memories back."

"Correct."

"So the old Leo will be back."

She nodded, then sat up slowly, "There's not an 'old Leo' and a 'new Leo'…there's just you, Leo Valdez."

He sighed, "But can you be sure, though? I like this Leo. What if I don't like who I was before?"

Calypso rolled her eyes in mock frustration, "How many times must I explain this to you, Hot Head. You're the exact same person I fell in love with all those years ago. Sure, there's some backstory you may have forgotten, but you're still you. You're still the same stupid boy that broke my dinner table and sassed me to no end."

Leo grinned slowly, "I suppose it will be nice to remember my first impression of you. I wonder if it was the same as the first impression I have of you now."

"You never did tell me what your first impression of me was," she chuckled.

He smiled as he pulled her to him and kissed her deeply, "That you must be the most beautiful goddess to ever walk this earth."

And as he laid Calypso's body under his, Leo found he did not care what revelations the future held, so long as Calypso would remain by his side, he could deal with anything.

A/N: Okay guys, sorry but this was the hardest chapter I've had to write so far. Again, a thousand apologies for my delay in updating, I've been dealing with some very personal struggles and was very down for the majority of the month, but please know that all your reviews did a tremendous job at cheering me up!

I pushed myself to write this chapter because I knew you were all eagerly awaiting it, but all the stuff that's been thrown my way this month did nothing but cause some serious writer's block :/

I'm hoping to have some more free time next week, but will try to get another chapter out as soon as possible. Thank you so much for waiting so patiently for my update, and again, thank you to all those of you who reviewed and cheered me up :D

The next chapter will be told from Percy's POV and will feature a confrontation between him and Calypso. I've pictured their meeting resulting in several different outcomes, so I'm excited to see how it will come out (yes, most of the times I'm not even sure how it will come out until it's typed out in front of me).

Also, Leo and Calypso will be joining in on those war games soon enough. I wonder who will win the next battle?

As always, thank you so much for reading and drop me a line to let me know your thoughts!