One second everything was normal, he'd just slayed a cyclops, and had run over to Percy to help him and the rest to yank open the doors. The next second, Calypso'd crashed into him haphazardly, sending him and everyone else falling through the doors. His fingers panickedly tangled with Calypso's and everything went supernova, it was a ultrasonic burst of rainbow light, and suddenly just space and the next second he was falling, a blinding light searing and slicing through his consciousness, his eyes barely able to open.

Leo falls to the ground with a concerning audible thud. The surface that he hit was unfortunately solid- and burning hot. He feels as if he'd fell into an oven.

Getting up gingerly, he finds his fingers still laced with Calypso's. He shoots up and looked round at her, his vision obscured by the unnaturally blinding light. He cups his hands over his eyes, and bending down over her; a small trickle of blood spills out of her mouth and onto the dry, cracked, sandy ground.

Heart in his throat, he reaches his hands to her chest, feeling for her heartbeat and scrambling his brain on where they were and what happened.

Still shielding his eyes, he spots Piper and Jason sitting down staring at him confusedly from a few metres away.

He stands up and shouts, "Oi! You two! Where are we?! I need help!"

Jason gets up woundedly, propped up by Piper, and hobbles over to them.

Piper covers her mouth, then bends down and shakes Calypso's shoulders pleadingly.

Calypso stirs, and her eyes open, then she winces, the sun in the sky too bright for her to look up.

Leo rushes over to her side, "Baby are you okay? I was so worried there for a sec,"

Calypso brushes her hand over her mouth to wipe away the blood and nods uncertainly to Leo, then mustering the strength, she flings her arms around him, a tear sliding down her cheek.

Jason murmurs to Leo, "Where are we?"

Leo stares around, only seeing desert, sand, dryness, a sort of settlement in the horizon and the sun- wait no... two suns.

"Oh my gods..." he mutters, "I'm hallucinating,"

"What do you mean Leo?" Piper narrows her eyes.

"I- I see *two* suns," he admits, rubbing his eyes but only achieving getting a few grains of sand in them.

The three of the rest look up, squinting at the sky with trouble.

"You're not hallucinating man," Jason informs him.

Leo lets out a exasperated puff of breath, "I see... well. Let's find shelter, first things first."

"Leo?" Calypso's voice is strained.

Leo turns to her, reaching out to grip her hand hard, "Yeah?"

"I don't feel good," she turns around slightly for them to see a nasty looking splotch of green on her arm. It looked like a burn.

"The cyclops splashed the witches potion on me," she explained weakly, "Then I stumbled into you and accidentally pushed everyone through the doors,"

Everyone groans simultaneously.

Leo runs his hands through his hair, "Must've been a portal. But it's alright, it's alright, let's just... figure out what to do next when we reach that little city in the distance,"

Jason flexes his arm, squeezing his eyes shut in pain as he blurts out, "That gorgon got me got before I killed her. I think I may have pulled a few muscles... or maybe I just broke my arm,"

Piper reaches out and soothingly rubs his arm, "We're all out of shape, sitting ducks in camp was a death wish. Sure it was nice, but did any of us even practice our combat skills?" She points out.

Jason, Leo and Calypso shake their heads sheepishly.

"Well, let's get a move on," Leo says, steadying Calypso. They walked almost single file, Piper, Jason then Leo and Calypso tangled together.

They walk on for a few steps, struggling to find a steady footpath in the sand, and see ahead in the distance.

After a few minutes, Piper stops abruptly, nearly sending everyone tumbling down the sand dune.

"What?!" Jason snaps, miffed at crashing into her and getting sand in his shoes.

Piper turns around, looking spooked, "Wait... if you said that *everyone* fell through the doors- where's Percy, Annabeth, Frank and Hazel?"