Notes: Adult fear, loss of child, kidnapping
1.
The title of Gym Leader was worthless.
It contained power, yes that was certain, but it did not have the ability to save people. Not the close people, not the ones who mattered.
Giovanni had felt powerless often. Oak had been young when he had become a champion, young enough for Giovanni to idolize him on just growing television screens, young enough to see him go to war and wage it, and watch his mother burn like he wasn't fighting. The War against Orre was a proper noun to anyone his age. He had grown up chasing after power.
And just when he'd obtained it, when he had obtained everything you were supposed to want and need to survive and thrive, it all fell apart.
He woke up to broken windows and a horrible shrieking sound, full of impatience. He woke up to his son's terrified shrieks snapping to silence.
And Giovanni hated as he never had before.
A/N: And one more fic for now! I'm currently in the process of figuring out how Yellow Adoption ends, hence it's lack of updates. In the meantime, enjoy this one off short story!