Oath Kept

Chapter 5

I woke up to find that Calypso was still asleep. I carefully got out of bed and dressed into the new magical clothes Calypso had made me. I looked at her sleeping form for a couple of seconds before heading toward the cave exit. I noticed that the invisible servants were already at work cooking breakfast.

Once I'd exited the cave, I let myself fully combust. I'd learned that this was an effective form of showering. The flames burned away all of the dirt, grime, and germs. And seeing as these clothes Calypso made for me clean themselves, I didn't even need to bother getting undressed.

As I'd let the flames die out, I saw Calypso staring at me from the cave entrance.

"I know," I said to her. "I'm hot."

She smirked then made her way around the hill the cave was in and entered a second one, where the bathroom was.

About an hour later, Calypso and I were back in our new workshop drawing up blueprints.

"So what?" I said. "Forty by forty, and thirteen feet high?"

"Leo, this is just one room," Calypso said.

"But it's our room."

"The entire house is ours."

"Exactly! We can make everything as big as we want."

"But that's just excessive. There is such a thing as too big."

"Fine. Say, fifteen by fifteen and eight 6feet high?"

"Sounds good."

Three days later, we'd completely finished the blueprints and planning.

I whistled. "It's beautiful," I said.

"It is," Calypso agreed.

"Now. Want to see an actual model?"

"What do you mean?"

"We'll build it in miniature. Scale it to around an inch per foot?"

"So we're making a version 1/12th the size?"

I beamed. "Exactly!"

"Well I think that's a great idea," said Calypso. "But it can wait."

"For what?" I asked. "I'm not really hungry right now."

"Neither am I," she said before grabbing my hand and leading me out of the workshop.

I hadn't realized how long we'd been inside. The sky was clear and the sun was almost blinding bright.

"Ah!" I said while putting my free hand in front of my eyes. "Sunshine!"

"What?" said Calypso.

"Not you, Sunshine. Sunshine, sunshine. Shine from the sun."

"Oh."

"What are we doing?" I asked.

"We deserve a break."

"Okay," I said slowly, still confused.

She led me into the cave. As soon as we stepped in she wrapped both her arms around my neck and planted her mouth on mine. I just stood there in shock for a couple of seconds before returning the kiss and wrapping my arms around her waist.

Maybe ten seconds passed and she pushed me back onto the bed, separating our lips. Then she did something I hadn't expected. She took her shirt off.

"What are you doing?" I asked. I was now propped up on my elbows. She wasn't wearing a bra.

"I'm not waiting for my first time any longer," was all she said.

"Your first time?" I said. "But in The Odyssey—"

"Nothing in that book is true!" she snapped.

"You know, being yelled at is a real turn on," I said sarcastically.

She scowled. "Look, you want this or not?"

"Sure," I said. "But—"

I was interupted by her throwing herself on me. She put her lips back to mine and her knees were now on either side of me.

"Leo Valdez," I heard a female voice in my head say. It was clearer than my own thoughts. It was unfamiliar to me. It wasn't Gaea, thank the gods.

I pulled away from the kiss. "What was that?" I said.

"What was what?" Calypso looked confused.

"Didn't you hear it?"

"Leo Valdez," said the voice again.

"Who are you?" I said out loud.

"Leo?" Calypso looked concerned.

"I am she who binds," said the voice again.

"What does that mean?" I said.

"Think about what you are about to do," said 'She Who Binds.' "There will be repercussions."

"What kind of repercussions?" Calypso was just watching me in fear. Of what, I don't know.

"I cannot let Calypso leave this island. You, I have no control over. But once the deed is done, you will share her curse. The intimacy you are about to share is binding."

"Who are you?" I asked again.

She Who Binds ignored the question. "You will share both her curse and her gifts from the gods."

"WHO ARE YOU?" I yelled. Calypso backed away from me in fright.

"This will be your eternal prison as well."

"Why can't you let her leave?" Anger was boiling inside of me.

"I swore it upon myself." Comprehension dawned on me.

"Styx?" I said. Her laughter filled my head. It slowly faded until I couldn't hear it anymore and I knew she was gone.

"Leo," Calypso said in barely more than a whisper. She'd put her shirt back on and was still looking at me in fear. I'd never seen her look like that.

"I'm not insane," I said. "Lady Styx just spoke to me."

A/N: Okay, super short chapter today, I know. I'm sorry. And I'm sorry for leaving you off like that. Anyways, hope you enjoy the chapter. Next one will hopefully be up Wednesday or Thursday. With bad luck, Friday.