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Day 5

I hit the cold floor with a loud thud. "Ow…" My first night making use of the bed installed in the Captain's Room and what do I get? A hard floor to my front-side at 5-something in the morning. The sky was a beautiful mix of morning colors, stars dully shining and fading, and the moon still prominent. Apollo has yet to drag the sun behind him, this was way too early for an island to be moving, don't they need to rest too?

Buford was in his corner, surprisingly not moving. "Buford," I whisper. He didn't react, how could that turn not have woken him? I observed the rest of the room (as much as I could with this limited light), everything looked still. Nothing fell down or moved slightly to the right. My water bottle hadn't even fallen from the control panel. "Why didn't anything move?" I got up from the floor hugging my blanket and looking suspiciously around the room. The bed was suspended at an angle so that would explain why I fell regardless of a sharp turn or not. I walked to the Levels monitor and saw that it wasn't as sharp of a turn as the others. I investigated more on our exact location with Ogygia. We were headed for Puerto Rico but never made it more than half way since West Africa. Ogygia was directly south of us.

"You're not getting away from me this time!" I was awake and determined. I turned on all the engines, going full speed ahead. It wouldn't take a Hephaestus kid to feel all the engines rumble.

Somewhere off the pointy side of Brazil, Ogygia was floating, waiting for me to land on its shores. I spent no time in shouting random commands (then realizing Buford didn't have hands to complete the tasks shouted) and running back and forth through the control panel making sure there was no extra push I could give Festus to go faster. All switches turned on, every lever set to max, every dial on 10, every red button pushed. After assuring I didn't have any more juice left, I waited.

"How long is this supposed to take!" I screamed. "Leo was not made for waiting around!" I started pacing. I looked back to the monitor, at full speed we'd get there around 9. "That's 3 hours away!" I don't know how long we can travel like this. Festus has taken a month break and continued this quest at a slow pace so he shouldn't be exhausted with a little fast travelling, but I don't want him to burn up. I looked at his levels, "2 hours and 30 minutes. We can safely travel 2 hours and 30 minutes at this speed. 2 hours and 30 minutes only for a safe arrival," This was definitely a god interfering; cutting it so close, without any security that Ogygia will stay put. And if she does move, I'd be stuck near pointy Brazil waiting until Festus was rested enough to follow wherever Ogygia moved next. "Who ever said I like to play it safe!" I screamed to the skies.

Buford shook near me, I've informed him of my Calypso situation and he was saying 'Go get her Leo!' or 'Go back to sleep, I need a full 9 hours for shiny wood.' Either way I ran out the Captain's Room and straight for the kitchen. I don't need a rumbling stomach to get in the way of my reunion with Calypso. I ate a cold Pop Tart trying to use as little energy as possible. After breakfast I made sure all the lights were off, everything from the bunks were unplugged, and ran around the entire ship to pass time. I looked at my watch "It's only 6:37! GAH!" I started pacing again "What to do, what to do…" I ran back to the Captain's Room to make sure she stayed put. "I should um, I should uh take a nap!" Walking all over the room, I picked up my blanket and laid on the bed. I closed my eyes and snuggled in tightly.

3 seconds later...

"How am I supposed to sleep at a time like this!" I threw my limbs everywhere forcing the covers off and looked at the ceiling. Buford came to my side and I began petting his tabletop. "Am I really this close to her again?" I said in a low voice "Is this really the day where I get to see her again? Where I can prove to her that I'm different. I came back!" I sat up on the bed. "What am I gonna say to her?" I said in an even softer voice "I mean who knows if she even wants to see me. So much has changed since the war ended, I don't even really know if I remember her correctly. She was a pain, I remember that much, but I enjoyed the pain. No, I need to stop thinking too deep into this. This isn't a knight saving a weak, fragile princess, this is an opportunity I am offering her. I have to explain to her the conditions of this offer as it was set by the gods. Am I really gonna have to kill her? What did that even mean? How in Hades am I gonna actually do it? And bed her?" My hands cradled my head, so much to do; so much I don't know how to do, I don't know what to do. But I have to do it, she deserves as much.

I got up and walked to the levels monitor, 45 minutes have passed, 7:22, 1 hour and 30 minutes left of safe traveling.

"I need some air," I grabbed my blanket and went out into the cold sea morning air. The angry wind slapped my face and almost blew my blanket to sea. The sun had risen and I could see a myriad of colors in the new morning sky; it looked like hope. I reached into my tool belt pocket and felt Calypso's stone warm in my hand. Hope feels nice. I started walking along the outside of my ship, planning what I would say.

"'Calypso, I've returned!' No, that sounds stupid," I shook my head and flipped my hair "'Hey there Sunshine, missed me?' She'd never fall for that" I whipped the smirk off my face "Reunited and it feels so good," I started singing "reunited 'cause we understood. There's one perfect fit and, sugar, this one is it. We both are so excited 'cause we're reunited, hey, hey.' Nah, too much," I leaned on the railing out looking the water. "I'd get there in a couple minutes if I could only fly," But I couldn't take the chance, Poseidon said water and water's a big deal to that fella. "Hey Calypso, I know it's been a while but I promised I'd come back for you once I've broken your curse. And well here I am. I'm sorry I didn't think this through, I don't even know if you want to leave, but this is a chance and this chance has some serious conditions to it which you have to be informed about so I'll let you know if you do want to leave.' Perfect," I said sarcastically. I've traveled the world, slayed monsters of incredible sizes, became an honorable hero! But this? This talking is still foreign to me. I mean maybe words will come easier when I have another human-err living being to listen to these words I'm spilling out. My feet started moving around the ship "Have you done something new to the Island? It looks different, nice different' Yeah, that could work,"

The sun was rising higher, not much longer I'd assume. I slowly walked back inside, passing the rooms, the dining area and appearing back in the Captain's Room. 8:02, 50 minutes left of safe traveling. I looked at Ogygia from the monitor; arrival time: 9:06.

"Last little push Leo, you can do this."

A/N: I've officially lost track of my updating schedule. But this story will continue with chapters not that far apart. I have part two written but unfished so this is to keep the story going.

Reviews are very much welcomed and accepted in any form! Tell your Caleo shippin' friends about this fic, they'll be together soon.

Reunion almost here! Will he make it in time? Will Ogygia move as soon as they see each other? Find out next time on The Life and Labors of Leo Valdez!

~Writer of Time