#do you have 5 minutes to discuss about traitor Sorento?

[zeuse-in-atlantis]

Saintober 5 - Innocence

“What have you done?!”

What was that accusatory tone? He was innocent. He was not the one to blame here!

“Kanon had been-”

“You help them destroy the North Atlantic Pillar!” Charybdis was yelling, ignoring his place. He was below him, how he dared! Still, Sorento remained calm. “This is not what-”

“Atlantis is about to be destroyed, Siren! And you helped them achieve it!” The increasing cosmos in the distance interrupted any thoughts, silencing both. Their god was attacking the Saints. Why? He didn’t want that, didn’t he? Julian, no, Poseidon wouldn’t-

“What the fuck is wrong with you?”

The Austrian raised his eyes to the black-haired man. He was not thinking straight. Baian and Io had been the first to die; obviously, Jasha was blinded by the pain of losing his pupils. He couldn’t see through Kanon’s deceiving acts, through how he had manipulated everything and everyone. 

Calmly, Sorento shook some dust from his Scales, now wrecked. “I don’t have to explain myself to a Cetus. You don’t understand. Move, we need to-”

“No.” That damn Russian. Jasha was not only accusing him, but he was also blocking his way to the main temple.

“Go back to your post or move, Charybdis,” he repeated. “Our god-”

“I don’t take orders from you, Siren. No one has named you our new commander”.

“You stubborn idiot. Kanon has been manipulating us from the very beginning, don’t you see? Poseidon didn’t want this war! Kanon is the one to blame for your disciples’ deaths!” Sorento regretted his words immediately. He had never used that tone or words with anyone before. Was he trembling? 

“So now you’re blaming Kanon for our weakness?” replied Jasha. “Can’t you feel our god’s cosmos trying to kill the Saints, keeping in place what’s left of Atlantis at the same time? Why don’t you go to Poseidon and tell him He doesn’t want to fight Athena?”

Rage ran through his body, along with another feeling. Was that guilt? No. No, Jasha was wrong! Julian didn’t want this war, He would never attack Earth like this! It was all Kanon’s fault! Charybdis was projecting into Sorento his feelings for Kanon. He was innocent!

Another burst of cosmos coming from the Throne Room shook the ground. Atlantis was about to fall. Sorento stared in the distance. “Charybdis, come help-”

“No. We need to evacuate everyone.”

“You don’t understand, Jasha, Poseidon-”

“You’re right. I don’t understand.” Jasha burned his cosmos, furious. “If you’re so right, then why didn’t you go talk directly to Poseidon instead of helping the enemy to destroy our home? Why don’t you go straight to his temple, ask him to stop, and prevent Atlantis from falling? Why aren’t you protecting your people, Siren? Is your trust in our god so small?” Without waiting for an answer, the Cetus turned away, heading to the shelters prepared for the civilians. 

Deaf by his maddened heartbeat, Siren tightened the grip on his instrument. He had to help the Saints; this madness had to stop. Poseidon would listen, of course. He would cease all attacks, but the Mainstay had to fall. 

What if Atlantis was destroyed, anyway? It was a terrible reminder of what Kanon had done. Julian, no, Poseidon didn’t need that. When everything had finished, and every proof of Kanon’s presence and Poseidon’s damage to Earth had disappeared, Juli-no, his god’s cosmos would be much warmer than the one desperately singing from the Mainstay. And then Julian would be free of any guilt, and Jasha and his comrades would realize Sorento was innocent. 

Because he was innocent. He really was. No matter what they said, what they thought. He was innocent. He did not kill anyone. He did not cause the war, but he would stop it instead. 

The blood was on Kanon’s hands, not his. 

Sorento headed to the temple, not daring to look back and face the destruction lying there. He didn’t dare to witness what he had caused. He wouldn’t acknowledge the screams of people in the background nor the burning feeling of guilt consuming his heart, his mind, his whole body.

Because he was innocent.

#Saintober #Siren Sorento #Marinas #do you have 5 minutes to discuss about traitor Sorento? #you could have gone to Poseidon directly dude #but nooooo #you coward #and yes Jasha is projecting #he just had a very bad day okey? :( #Zeuse in Atlantis