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Leo twirled the Wii remote. The ship blasted away from the dock. He steered the ship out of the bay, into the sea. He noticed Piper was sitting on a crate marked: DANGEROUS EXPLOSIVES. DO NOT SIT ON. Jason was talking to her, gesturing with his hands.
Leo decided that they would fly for the next part of the ship. He repeatedly pressed A on the Wii remote. The ship rose out of the water, dripping wet. Once Leo deemed the ship high enough, he took out the Xbox controller and pushed the joystick around. He was changing the ship's protection system from sonar to radar. After the Shrimpzilla incident, he was not making the same mistake again.
"Okay Festus. Which engine is broken?" Leo asked the dragon. Creeak.
"Got it." He left the helm and went over to where Piper and Jason were. "I put the ship on autopilot. I have to go down and fix the broken engine again. Are you guys fine up here?"
"Yeah. You go ahead," Piper said. Leo went downstairs to the engine room. He pulled out a screwdriver and wrench from his tool belt and some other supplies from the things he had bought in Preveza, and he went to work.
Half and hour later, he was done. He put away his tools and got out the crystal from Calypso's cave, as well as the astrolabe he had taken from the dwarves. Leo still had to figure out how to put the two items together as a navigation device to lead him to Ogygia. He had made a promise to Calypso, after all, and he fully intended to keep it. He believed that it was possible to return there. He just had to figure out how.
He was still slightly angry at Percy for leaving her behind like that. But then again, he supposed he had no right to be angry, considering he had pretty much done the same thing. He hadn't quite gotten up the nerve to ask Percy about it; he wasn't sure if he ever would.
Time passed quickly. Festus rang the dinner bell. He rolled up the blueprint, put it away, and went to the mess hall. Everybody else was already there. Leo sat next to Jason and Hazel.
"Right. So according to my estimates, we'll be at Athens in about five days. We still don't quite have a plan yet, other than improvising. Any ideas?" Leo asked the group.
"Maybe once we get to Athens, we'll have more of an idea," said Frank.
"I figure basically, we'll need to defeat Porphyrion, seeing as he's the king of the giants. But we're going to need the help of a god to do that. The gods haven't exactly been willing to help so far," Jason said. "Besides, they're still stuck with that multi-personality disorder thing."
"We'll find a way," Piper said simply.
"I hope so," Leo muttered.
"Well, I had a dream that might help," Percy said. He explained his dream.
"Do you know the location of this cave?" asked Piper.
"According to the voices, it's somewhere near here. I know what the mountain looks like. It's near the ocean, and in the distance I could see a highway over the ocean, connecting an island to the mainland."
Leo frowned, trying to remember that map he had been looking at before. "That must've been Highway 42, which connects the island Lefkada to the mainland Greece. It's a little way down the coast from here. The giant was right; we'll reach there in a day or so."
"Do you have any idea of what the crystal does or how we can retrieve it?" asked Annabeth.
"No, all I know is that it's probably inside that tunnel I saw," Percy said.
"Percy, Leo, and I can go and get the crystal. The rest of you should stay and guard the ship," Jason said.
"All right. Where should I set the ship's destination to?" Leo asked.
"Probably somewhere near the highway," said Frank.
"Got it," Leo said as he got up and left. He trudged down the hallway and up the staircase. As soon as he got to the top deck, he said, "Hey, Festus, can you set the ship's destination to somewhere near Highway 42?" Festus blew out a stream of smoke, which Leo took to mean yes. "Thanks."
He figured he might as well sleep until they arrived. He hadn't gotten much sleep last night, trying to figure out a way to Ogygia without asking Percy for help.
Despite being exhausted, it took Leo a while before he finally dropped off to sleep
The next morning, they had arrived at their destination ahead of schedule. Percy and Jason were standing near the railing, looking at the coastline. Leo joined them.
"So, have you figured out which mountain hides the treasure?" Leo asked.
"As far as I can tell, it's one of those," Percy pointed to a trio of mountains slightly down the coastline.
"I think it's the big one nearest to us," Jason added. "It can't be the other one, or else that big mountain would've blocked the view of the highway."
"The big one it is," Leo nodded approvingly. "Just makes it all the harder to climb."
The ship flew in and landed lightly near the chosen mountain. "Time to go," said Percy. The rest of the crew gathered near them. Jason was talking quietly with Piper.
"Are you sure you don't need someone else to go with you?" Hazel asked worriedly. "What if there are giants or something there?"
"What you don't trust us?" Leo joked, pretending to be hurt by her words. Hazel smiled.
"You need a girl in your group, because none of you have any common sense," Annabeth teased.
"Ah, we'll be fine," Leo said breezily. Percy kissed Annabeth.
"Come on, Jason!" Percy called. They waved good-bye and walked onshore.
"You were right, Jason." Percy pointed to a hole clearly visible about one-third of the way up the side of the big mountain.
"We'd better get there as soon as possible," Leo said. The trio set off for the mountain.
Leo trudged up the steep slope. "It may be big, but at least it isn't as hard to climb as Mount Diablo in San Francisco."
"That's actually surprising," Jason commented. "You'd think that Gaea would try even harder to stop us from getting that mysterious crystal."
"You think it's a trap?" Percy asked him.
"We'll just have to very cautious," Jason said. After another hour of long, hard climbing, they finally reached a ledge under the large tunnel mouth.
"Okay, who wants to go first and scout for monsters?" Percy asked. Jason and Percy both looked at Leo.
"Wait what? Not me. I didn't volunteer," Leo backed away.
"Please?" Jason pleaded. "You can use your fire to light the way."
Leo hesitated, then grumbled. "Fine. But next time, you guys are going first." Geez, Leo thought. Just because they're the big famous sons of the Big Three and I'm not, I have to do all the dirty work.
He sneaked up to the tunnel mouth and peered in. "I don't see or hear anything suspicious." He lit a fireball and threw it down the tunnel. No monsters suddenly appeared. "Nothing. It's all clear."
Percy and Jason joined him. "Well that's a relief," said Percy. "Light the way."
Leo lit his hand up and entered the dark tunnel.
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