NEW CHANCES, NEW FAMILY & A NEW LIFE
A/N: Thank you for taking your time to look at this: I hope you may enjoy it as much as I enjoy writing it. WizardGirl is the best!
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Chapter 4: getting yourself de-aged =getting weird looks.
As soon as the clinics emergency room was in sight the limo started to slow down Giovanni opened his door and jumped out of the still moving car: with a firm yet gentle grip on the child and both Persians at his heals. After he landed on both feet he took a moment to regain his balance and to allow the world to settle onto its place: this wasn't the first time he jumped out of a moving car, but it was the first time he did so holding a child and hopefully the last. (The momentum added by his charge was quite it: and he wasn't a freaking Persian: no matter how elegant people said he was!) He shook his head to clear it before heading towards the ER.
Once he reached the door: the child was taken from him by some of Victors people and treated like top priority, not only because of his condition but because it was him who brought the child inn. The fact that the boy was attended to immediately relaxed Giovanni a little as he sat down in a plastic chair in the waiting room: he was sure that the boy was in good hands or else Victor would be terribly sorry and he also knew that the nurse to whom he spoke briefly and informed that he found the child in the forest would call the police.
Eric entered the waiting room unsure of what to do, but Giovanni ordered him to sit down: Eric did so at a very respectful distance of his boss and that white monstrous Persian. Both Persians laid on the floor next to his boss happily.
Eric knew why his boss wanted him to stay: as soon as officer Jenny came she would want to have both their statements: separately, ironically they didn't need to make sure their stories would match before hand this time around and the police would press more than the people of the ER had they would ask the same questions again and again… as if they would make a mistake.
As Eric through about how often he had to give the police statements since he started working for his current employer he forgot about the satchel he had found on the limo's floor. And as both men had predicted the police soon arrived, but officer Jenny left them as soon as she came asking where she could talk to victor. This surprised both men, but they answered the question patiently: Giovanni was sure he could talk later with Victor to understand what the hell was going on.
After giving his statement Giovanni asked the police officer if he could fill the necessary documents to become the child's guardian while they looked for his parents. Giovanni was quick to fill the required paperwork, it was much easier done than other he was used to, as soon as the paperwork was filled it was given to the officer who would latter give it to Jenny: the Rocket boss knew how it worked the officer was a simple grunt.
After sending Eric home Giovanni was waiting for information on the child because he was sure that his temporal guardianship would be approved: he was an exemplar citizen after all! There was none like him in all of Kanto: just check the not hacked (sooo done) public records and look for his name. While Giovanni waited hopefully on an update on the boys situation and is his application of the guardianship would be accepted he had a hand on each Persian petting them just in those places making them purr blissfully.
"You know I'm starting to like your trainer Persian: he cares for the cub and….ooohhh…." Purred Ariel before turning into goo under the Viridian Gym leaders knowledgeable and experienced hands, Persian just purred as an answer to his fellow Persian and Pokémon.
Suddenly Giovanni jumped from the plastic seat: startling both Pokemon awake from their pet induced bliss, his eyes trained on Officer Jenny's. She looked beyond mad if her stiff movements, lips pulled into a thigh line and the furry burning in her eye where any indication.
"Mr. Di Angelo?" She asked when she reached him.
"The one and only Ma'am." He answered seriously giving her a nod, she returned the nod and indicated for him to sit down.
"So the rumors are true: you did de-age yourself if by accident." Commented the officer with an amused look and Giovanni could feel his cheeks burn. Damn everything! I forgot that at this age I still used to blush: once in a while at least.
"Oh well freak accidents do happen every once in a while when you're trying to make something else…" Said the tech genus/inventor/businessman/multibillionaire/gym leader. "More so if one is too tired to think straight, caffeine being the only thing keeping you awake and are not willing to listen when they tell you that you should get some sleep." Said Giovanni trying to sound unaffected by his mistake.
"Hmmm. And what might your current age be? Did you de-age yourself mentally too?" Asked Officer Jenny in a business like way, this was something Giovanni knew how to handle with his eyes closed. But he also understood that this was some interview to see if he could handle a young child….mentally because he could cost more than one.
"I'm currently around 27 years old as far as my scientists have been able to determinate: you must understand that it isn't a really exact science, but the closest they could come up with. There have been no ill side effects in these past months as far as we are able to tell. The only way I might have been de-aged mentally would be a strange need to play practical pranks on close friends on occasions." Said Giovanni honestly remembering the times he had pranked: Archer, Proton and Ariana plus the occasional grunt who would run away terrified…. Oh well shit happens.
"Good I thank you for your honesty: not many people with your social status would admit that they have a childish need to prank friends once in a while." Thanked the Officer with a kind smile. "I understand that you have applied to be temporal guardian for the boy while we look for his parents? May I know why?" Asked the Officer.
"That is true I have I would really like to see to it that the boy is as comfortable as possible while you look for his parents. As for the why…well I know it's highly unconventional to leave a child with someone who is famously single instead of a couple, but I would really do my best as I know that I can't have children of my own." Explained Giovanni knowing that everything he told her was confidential.
"Well as you said it is rather unconventional, but I am willing to make you his legal guardian under a few conditions." Said Officer Jenny.
"What do I need to do?" Asked our favorite team boss.
"Firstly I would recommend you some parenting lesions, secondly I would like to change your temporal guardianship to a permanent one; yes that gives you the option to adopt if you both want in the future, third would be child proofing your house and the last thing I ask is you to be patient with him."
"I understand most of what you are asking of me but why would he need a permanent guardian?" Asked the Italian.
"Because we have found sings of severe abuse… So even if we are able to find his parents they would be facing jail time instead of getting their son back. I must leave you now, but I'm sure that a doctor would soon explain the situation in more detailed way to you." With this she left a fuming Giovanni in her wake.
Giovanni sat down on the plastic chair again, but this time he was almost growling: the through of physically hurting such a young child made Giovanni sick, screw that the idea of intentionally harming children was sick in general! And at the same time thinking about parents abusing their son also made his blood boil in anger: he felt fire in his veins instead of blood and both Pokémon could feel the dark aura that he was emitting…
When Giovanni Silviero DiAngelo was truly furious even the bravest Pokémon backed away: no matter if the anger was directed their way or not. Most Rockets asked themselves if humans could have some hidden ability: because if that was so Gio found his…One good aimed glare and even his own Pokémon would flinch, not just those of his opponents.
´Take a deep breath and think about the positive side of all this: you're getting a bambino of your own, you won't allow anyone to harm him again and there is even a chance that you could adopt him.´ These thoughts kept him calm enough for the time being and he continued to wait for Victor while he petted both Persian.
Victor came a while latter and saw his lifelong friend staring into the nothing while was petting two Persians: his friends loyal companion he had expected, but the other monstrosity not! He could make a good guess about what his friend might be thinking so he slowly approached the three of them.
"Giovanni would you please come with me?" Asked Victor snapping Giovanni out of his murderous thoughts: at this Victor gave a small smile and added. "If you ever find them allow me some too." While Victor said this Giovanni was already standing up.
"That bad?" Asked Viridians' gym leader.
"Come with me and you shall see." Said the man while they walked towards his office once they reached said place victor made a motion that indicated Giovanni that he should sit. "Where should I start?"
"What about the begging Victor." Answered Giovanni.
"Well we have esteemed him to be around 8 years old maybe turning 9 somewhere next year." Began Victor, but at the look his friend gave him he decided that this wasn't the things the man wanted to know right now. "As for the abuse it has been severe: a shame one person could do such a thing to a child…" Said Victor showing Giovanni the pictures of the scars that covered the boys back: Giovanni went a little green around the edges, but held himself. "The scared area is mostly the childs back, but we also had the issue of some poor healed ribs and a collarbone: we had to break them again and reset them so that they could heal properly." Victor decided that this was all he would tell about the boys previous injuries because Giovanni seemed ready to blow things up. "The strange thing is that there have been no recent injuries aside from those you found him with so our speculation is that about 2 years ago, maybe a little less, the boy ran away and that his recent injuries came from something else…" Said Victor firmly, he gave his friend a few minutes to compose himself again.
"What are the recent injuries?" Asked Giovanni with a blank face and a steady voice reminding himself that this wasn't Victors fault: the man was unable to hurt a fly much less a child.
"The boy has dislocated his left shoulder, three stitches above his left eyebrow, a hairline skull fracture, but no concussion and following both yours and Eric statements that would be because he fainted and met the road." Said Victor in an attempt at joke, but he saw Giovanni flinch so he knew that his humor hadn't been appreciated.
"He has a very nasty injury on his right forearm: it looks as if a fearow attacked him and took a nice chunk out of his forearm we could see his bones once that one was cleaned. That injury was infected and explains the high fever the boy has. You might not agree with me on this, but I have decided that for the next three weeks he shall remain in a drug induced coma so that his bones can mend without him hurting." Explained and said the doctor very businesslike Giovanni seemed lost in thought.
"His forearm: he should probably have a lifelong claw mark there." It wasn't a question.
"Yes he will. Do you wish to stay with him tonight or….?" Asked Victor unsure.
"I would appreciate staying tonight and a good deal of tomorrow, but after that I will visit for a while every day until you start taking him out of coma: then I will take a sabbatical." At this Giovanni and Victor nodded to each other.
"I hope you understand that he might or mightn't remember anything before you found him don't you? That the brain is able to block traumatic experiences and that he would probably be wary of you in the begining." When his friend nodded his affirmative Victor showed Giovanni his charges room.
A/N: Hope you liked this chapter! Please leave a review. Thank everyone that took the time to read this! Ok so next chapter shall have some Rush (Severus) even if he might not be totally awake and Archer should also make an appearance.
Yours truly: Cyanide4life.