Heroes of Olympus: After Gaea

Calypso

"You're supposed to be imprisoned." Calypso said, backing away from her tall dad.

"Look where you are." He laughed satanically.

Calpyso took a deep breath and looked around. Sure enough, she was outside, her dad carrying the sky on his shoulders. Never, however, had she seen her father struggling.

"What do you want?" She spat, disgust evident in her voice.

His laughter boomed once again.

"I'm definitely your favourite person!" He winked.

"Definitely." Calypso said with a monotone. "Now, what the Hades do you want?"

"Feisty," he grinned, "this is why you're my daughter!"

"That's a worse punishment than my prison." She muttered, crossing her arms and glaring at her father. Her anger consumed her that there was no space for fear.

"My power is deteriorating," he complained, a bead of sweat dropping inches away from Calypso, "and I need something built so I can rest."

"You want me to free you?" Calypso laughed. "How many brain cells do you think I have?"

"If I don't rest for a few seconds, I'll have no choice but to drop the sky!" He sulked. Calypso thought hard, thinking of the pros and cons of believing this guy.

"How do I not know that this is a trap?"

"Well, you can check when the sky drops on your head - oh, you'll be dead by then."

Calypso nodded, knowing she needed to take that risk.

"My power will drain in 2 months, so come and save me soon. Make something strong enough to hold it for a few seconds. Because I'm nice, I'm letting you take 3 people with you. Ta ta!"

Calypso woke up, not surrounded by her girls in the Hades Cabin. Instead, she found herself in a workshop, where a small guy with curly hair was constructing something.

"Leo?" She enquired, rubbing her eyes.

"She's awake!" He exclaimed, dropping his screwdriver. He ran up to the lying mortal and grabbed her two arms, dancing with her.

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy, when there is rain..." Leo sang, terribly out of pitch.

"You mean when skies are grey?" She laughed, getting up from her makeshift bed.

"Oh yeah. That." He put one arm round her back, causing them to be in a ballroom dance stance. "Will you help me complete the song, my lady?"

"Certainly." She replied

"I'll always love you
And make you happy
And nothing else could come between
But if you leave me to allow another
You'll have shattered all of my dreams
You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are gray
You'll never know, dear
How much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away."

They sang and danced in an abandoned warehouse, needing to not step on future inventions. The room was cold, Leo's horrendous dancing paired with his voice clashing with Calypso's voice of an angel. They constantly stepped on each other's toes, but it was a day Calypso never forget, when she found out how she truly, truly loved Leo.

*

She woke up to a olive skinned arm around her waist, and a calm breath tingling her neck.

Wait, they didn't-

No, they just slept because they were tired.

Calypso quickly popped a breath mint (unlike Leo, she suffered morning breath) and turned to face Leo. His baby face looked at peace as he slept. He seemed like an innocent child. Two brown eyes opened slowly, followed by a slight smile.

"No nightmares?" A raspy voice asked. Calypso shook her head.

"Your morning voice is so sexy." She smiled. Leo rolled his eyes.

"Oh please. All of me is sexy. 24/7." He raised his one arm that wasn't dead and attempted to flex, but only had energy to raise his arm.

Calypso rolled her eyes, wondering how she was stuck with such an idiot. "Mmhmm." She kissed his nose and got up.

"Calypso, is that all I'm going to get? A kiss on the nose?" Leo sulked. He sat up and rubbed his eyes, hardly awake. Calypso giggled and sat up as well, ready to brush her hair.

"Can't focus on your needs, Leo. I have a quest to fulfil." She told him, loosening her hair.

"Quest?" Leo asked, alert, moving to Calypso on his knees.

Calypso described her dream in detail. Leo looked disgusted.

"I'm 95% sure this is a trap."

"But is that 5% worth the risk?"

Leo pondered, solving a Rubix Cube in the process. He left it next to the bed in case scraps of metal wasn't around.

"Alright," Leo said, "but I'm going with you."

"Well, someone needs to make the thing stronger than my father," Calypso shrugged, "and who's going to build it?"

"Me!" Leo short up his hand with so much enthusiasm he dropped off the bed and landed on his head.

"Ouchhhh." He moaned, rubbing his head.

"Leo," Calypso said firmly, dragging Leo up from the floor, "let's get ready. I need to get everyone ready for the quest."

Calypso started to change into a flowing white dress in fabric like the dresses worn in Ancient Greece.

"Leo, turn around." Calypso scolded, sensing Leo looking at her.

"As if I haven't seen you before." Leo said, before a pyjama top flew in his direction.

"Ah!" He screamed in a girly manner, ducking at the right time. "Fine, fine. I'll stop."

10 minutes later, Calypso left her cabin, Leo not too far behind. Right outside her cabin, she was greeted to a furious Chiron.

"I swear on Leo's life nothing happened." Calypso began, her arms up in the air defensively.

Chiron raised an eyebrow but let it slide. 

"You should sleep in your cabin, Leo," Chiron said, but wasn't mad, "or I will have to assume the worst."

"We understand, Chiron," Calypso said in case Leo was going to say something overly cocky, "but we have been asked to go on a quest. Well, it's mine, but I would like Piper, Leo and Hazel to come with me as well."

"Four?"

Calypso explained exactly her conversation with Leo (except bits she had to leave out, obviously), and Chiron nodded his head.

"Leo's right, it may be a trap, but the risk is too great to ignore. Very well. You can go, but you have to work it out with Percy, Nico, Will and Annabeth."

"Why?" Leo asked.

"Seems like the Seven and other demigods have quests as well."