To say the least, in this situation, facing the god of the sky, I was pretty afraid, I had faced him enough times to know that I wasn´t particularly on this gods good side, I had to measure my words with this one, even if that had never been my style.
"Why?" I said, obviously realizing it shouldn´t be good to defy him, but I was too curious to see his reasoning.
"Why you ask? You stirred Typhon, one of our worst enemy's, the father of monsters, now we have him and Kronos to worry about, do I need any more reason?"
"If that´s the case, then why don´t you just leave me here? It would be the same as if I had died, and besides, shouldn´t you be mad at Thalia? I mean, she was the first one to choose to not be the chosen one of the prophecy" as soon as I said it, I knew it had not been a smart thing to say, but it was the truth, why was all this suddenly my fault?
"Fine, I will give you another incentive, if you do not return, everyone at you camp will die when Kronos finds the way through the labyrinth, your friends will die, and after that, Kronos will go on to destroy civilization as we know it, and after that, do you think he won't be able to find this place and destroy you and your little friend?"
"Are you kidding? There's still a year left until then, why don´t you just take care of Typhon in the mean time?"
"He is still trapped, but he was in a powerful dazing spell, we can´t do anything other than prepare for when he attacks us"
"Then help defend camp half blood and take down Luke there!"
"Nothing is as simple as you make it out to be, there is a prophecy, and strange things conspire when you try to challenge fate"
I have to admit he was convincing as much as I hated to admit it, he made it seem like I had no other option, the situation was hopeless with me involved, and without me, it seemed as if no one could do anything to make things better.
"Fine, I'll go back" I saw a glimpse of pride in his eyes, as if he had just taught his pet a new trick.
"Then let us return" he said, I looked over at Calypso who seemed as if someone had just shocked her, her eyes were beginning to water, I could see what she was thinking for real
"It´s not gonna be that simple" I said "If I go back, then Calypso comes with me" As soon as she heard that, she seemed even more surprised than before, but even Zeus seemed more surprised than her
"You ask me to free this daughter of Atlas, who help them to get rid of the gods?"
"She´ll be with me at all times, you would have nothing to worry about, she´s done nothing all this time but help, that´s my condition, the only thing I ask for, and I honestly don´t think it´s too much to ask to save the camp and you"
"And if she acts against us?" he asked
"Then you may kill me, torture me or whatever it is you want, and she gets sent here again"
He seemed very interested in me giving him the ability to do whatever it was to me. I was able to notice that he was pretty entertained with that idea, I might not be smart but I knew I had gotten what I wanted
"Very well, I will grant you your request" he said, with a cheesy smile
"Swear it on the river Styx"
"I swear on the river Styx to relieve her of her punishment and to hold you to your promise if you fail to keep her in check"
"Thank you lord Zeus" Calypso spoke up
"Just don´t do anything reckless that will make this boy regret this decision, or do something, I'm fine either way. By morning, you will be able to leave the island, I will have something for you to return in, I expect you will go to camp, am I correct?"
"Yes sir, thank you, I really appreciate it"
"Very well I will you to prepare for tomorrow"
"Hey sir, I was also expecting my dad to show up before you"
"He would if he could but he is defending his property, he is fighting to keep his realm under control, from the titan Oceanus." And with that sentence followed by a flash, he was gone. I was stunned, maybe I could help when I got back home and finished the quest I'm on.
"So let's get your things ready to…"
I was cut off by a really strong hug, she must have been happy, and I mean, who wouldn´t be after spending what must have feel like forever alone on this island. That was also the moment I noticed she was crying from how wet my shirt had just gotten.
"Hey come on, I didn´t do this to make you cry, you can keep hugging me but give me a smile" to which I heard a muffled laugh because she still had her face pressed against my chest, she looked up at me and wiped her eyes, and since they were watery and she was looking up at the stars, her eyes illuminated even more, dare I say it to her, but she is probably and will probably be the most beautiful girl I ever meet.
"Very well, let´s go get ready" she said, with what was probably the biggest smile I had ever seen on a human or well persons face
We started packing the little clothes she had, and considering she made her own clothes, I didn´t have to worry about carrying too much, she packed some seed of flowers she had on her garden which was probably the hardest thing for her to let go of in the island, I told her that if she stayed at my cabin, she was free to plant them at the camp, which seemed to make her feel even better.
I guessed the excitement was too much for her, because she couldn´t get a second of rest during the whole night, so we stayed up all night while I told her more about how the world was now a days, she seemed very interested in how people communicated with each other, but after a while she finally fell asleep on my lap, probably too much info for one about where she was going to begin her new life.
Unfortunately for me, I had other worries, so I couldn´t get a second of sleep in, just thinking of what I would say to everyone explaining that my plan was to stay here with Calypso and that now I was going to be with her and take her in, I was worried about what I'd say to Annabeth who, before I had exploded, had kissed me, while I admit that I had feelings for her, I couldn't think about what I would do now that I was going back with a girl who almost got me to give up everything just to finally be at peace from all the demigod things that happened to me, which got me realizing that even for a demigod, I had pretty rotten luck. But back to the point, I know I would have to say the truth, and facing Annabeth was my biggest worry, what would she think of me now? I really like her, even though she had an attitude that would often drive me crazy, I knew it was because she cared about me, however, this girl, Calypso was also something so special, so pure in many ways, and also hurt, I guess I wanted or want her to be happy, and I must admit that I´m also happy when I´m with her, thinking about it got me nowhere, I just kept getting more and more confused about what I should do, so I figured I would do the lazy thing and see how things played out, if this is fate, then maybe my best choice is to simply go with the flow.
When it was finally morning, I sensed a ship arriving at the shore, I figured we had a bit of time, so I decided to wake up Calypso and ask her if she wanted to take a final walk around the island before we left, to which she replied yes
We spent a few hours just walking and talking, taking in every detail of every little thing, I had never been to a place like this and I imagined it was one of kind, it seemed so otherworldly, so serene and filled with life.
When it was noon we diced to finally head back and sail to camp half blood, when I finally saw the boat, I was disappointed to say the least, it was one of those small one you row in small lakes, being a lazy son of Poseidon, I decided to use my powers to push the boat, I know, I know, I´m a sloth, but you would probably do the same. After a few hours of sailing, I noticed the fresh water turned salty, that probably meant we were finally in my world, and getting close to camp since I could see the shore, when we finally got to the shore of the camp the sun was beginning to set, which meant everyone was going to be at the campfire by this time, since I did not really have anything on hand I decided to go see, and the scene was very familiar, everyone looked down, which explained why they hadn´t noticed me, then I saw Chiron through the crowd, he also appeared to be sad, followed by that, I saw Annabeth next to him holding something that I had seen before, my burial shroud, then I heard Chiron cough, getting everyone´s attention, as he was about to speak up.
"After the amount of time passed, it is only safe to assume that he did not survive, as much as I hate to admit, I fear we lost a valued comrade, a brave and loyal person" Then Annabeth stepped forward.
"I… I don´t know what to say, he was such an idiot, I shouldn't have left him alone up there, he was so brave, probably the bravest person I´ve ever met or will ever meet, he´s…" And then she turned and spotted me "HE´S RIGHT THERE!"