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Hello again everyone. I'm currently sitting after finishing a test doing nothing and listening to a new song, so I figured I would get to work on this chapter. Also, I've started doing a little on my next story, but I won't be publishing it until I finish this story, so I can't wait for that. Please review and I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 8

Leo's POV

Well, that did a good job of shutting me up quickly. I let go of Calypso and she took a few steps back, standing and waiting for something.

"What?" I asked her.

"Now what can I do?" She asked.

I stood there, thinking. I'm really not sure what she could do. She wasn't strong enough to work the bronze, or fire-resistant, so that was out. I had the material I needed to work, the tools I needed were in my belt, there just wasn't much I could have her help with.

"To be honest, there really isn't anything I can think of you can help with unless you suddenly developed a resistance to fire."

She didn't reply to that, pursing her lips.

"Would you like to stay here and talk while I work? I could use the moral support." I said, smiling a bit at her.

She sighed slightly, "Sure."

She walked over and sat down in the sand beside me, looking at me.

"What are you staring at?" I asked, not really sure.

"You still haven't put your shirt back on yet." She said, her face getting a bit red again.

I picked up the ruined shirt and held it up for her, showing her it was burned too badly, "Hey, at least I got the shirt off before my pants caught fire."

There, now her face was really red. I grinned at her. She was cute when she was mad at me.

I looked back at the forge, stirring the coals a bit to get the heat to rise again to work the bronze with.

I picked up my hammer and went to work on the bronze again, swinging my hammer at it, focusing on the shape I needed to make it into. I worked for a few minutes in silence before I glanced over at Calypso to see her staring at me again. I looked back to my work and shook my head a little as I smiled. I don't know what she's so focused on, I'm not much to look at compared to the other guys who have washed up here before me.

I worked for a few more minutes until I finished working the bronze and it was the shape I needed it to be. I pulled it out of the fire and submerged it in the pool of water.

The water steamed and boiled as the metal let off all the heat into it. I held it there for about a minute until I thought it was cool enough. I pulled it out and examined the metal, checking it for imperfections, but it looked good for its purpose.

I set it to the side while I looked over at the other bronze to figure which piece I would use for the next repair when I heard Calypso give a small squeak. I turned around quickly to look at her with an eyebrow raised in question. She was leaning away from the bronze with one hand raised.

I immediately knew I must have touched the bronze to her. I smiled at her reaction.

"I thought it would be hot." Calypso said, looking at her feet in embarrassment.

"Did it touch your hand?" I asked her.

"Yeah," She said, "but it was only warm."

I stood up and walked over to her. I took her hand in mine and kissed her hand like I figured people do to royalty before grinning at her. "All better?"

She just rolled her eyes at me.

I quickly kissed her hand again before looking the bronze over.

"I can probably use this piece now." I said, picking it up. I offered Calypso one hand to help her up, and she took it. We walked to the where the ship still was and I set down the bronze to examine the hull of the ship, deciding the best way to repair the ship.

"I'm going to have to go inside the ship to get some tools that I can't get from my belt." I said.

"I'm coming with you." She said stubbornly, and I immediately knew she wouldn't let me win this one. I led her to the rope that was still attached to the railing. She experimentally grabbed the rope before looking to me.

"How can you climb this?" She asked.

I smiled a bit and jumped onto the rope, climbing a few feet before dropping back down.

"Like that." I said, still smiling.

She rolled her eyes at me. I thought for a few seconds, then reached into my belt and pulled out some gloves with grip on them and put them on while looking at Calypso, biting my lip and thinking. I muttered to myself, "No, she's probably light enough."

"Light enough for what? And why are you looking at me like that?"

I shook my head a little, smiling again. "No, that's not what I'm trying to figure. Climb on my back and put your arms around my neck, but please, don't choke me or this could go very badly for both of us."

She looked confused, but she did as I asked. I walked over to the rope and gripped it tightly, lifting us both and seeing how this would go. I can do this, but it's gonna hurt when I get to the top.

I gave a small jump and held tightly onto the rope, and I immediately felt her tense and start choking me a little. "Relax." I choked out. Fortunately, she listened, relaxing her arms just enough that I could breathe again.

I pulled us up slowly, and I could feel my muscles in my arms start to shake from the use. I pulled slowly, arm over arm up the rope, clenching my jaw from the effort.

After what was probably only 5 minutes of climbing, but felt like hours, we reached the top. I collapsed onto the deck, breathing heavily. "So, was that worth it to come with me?"

"Definitely." She said, smirking as evilly as she could at me, even though I could see her shaking slightly.

I stood up and felt spasms going through my muscles and them shaking from the stress of climbing up.

I took a deep breath and said, "Alright, let's go then."

I led her to the door going into the ship and ignited my hand to light the way. She stood right next to me at the entrance.

I intertwined my free hand with hers and felt her relax a bit, then we walked into the darkness.

We made our way through the halls towards the room that I had made into my work room, since I was the only one on the ship for this trip. I looked at the doors, figuring where we were as we went. After searching for about ten minutes, I found the room I was looking for.

I pushed the door open and saw everything more or less how I left it. I looked around, trying to decide what tools I would need. I found tools I would need to cut the sheet of metal and some welding rods to attach the new bronze to the ship. I didn't think I would need anything else, so I picked up the cutting tools and Calypso picked up the rods.

I started to walk to the door before collapsing to my knees and gasping from the pain.

"Leo?!" Calypso said, dropping the rods and kneeling beside me.

I felt pain rushing through my whole body and heard whispering inside my mind.

You'll never leave this place.

Suddenly, the pain stopped. I slowly stood up. My breathing was a bit jagged, but that was from the shock more than pain.

"Are you ok?" Calypso asked, and I could see from the dim glow of the emergency lights that her eyes were filled with concern.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine."

I picked up the tools again, and she picked up the rods, still looking at me.

We walked side-by-side to the deck and tossed the tools to the sand below before I helped her down the rope back to the ground.

As easy as this repair was going to be, apparently leaving was going to be more of a challenge than I anticipated.

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