Number Zero; The Witch - Diego Hargreeves x OC *ON HOLD*

Number 30

I sat in the waiting room of the hospital, waiting for anything regarding Diego and his injuries. From the dark purple bruises forming around his chest and rib area, Diego having trouble breathing. He had sure had his ribs broken, probably into pieces.

"Shit" I mumbled to myself. I was so concerned about Diego and what happened, I hadn't phone the other dysfunctionas. Leaving the waiting room, I headed to the nearest pay phone, putting in some coins, dialling the number and listening for the phone to ring.

"The Hargreeves Academy, Pogo speaking" The sound of the chimp speaking through the phone, caught her out of her day dream.

"Pogo, it's Lexi" I spoke through the phone.

"Ah, Miss Lexi, how can I help you?" he asked.

"Is..." I thought about who to contact. Klaus was probably too high, Five wasn't probably in this century, Luther would just say Diego deserved it, Vanya would be in her own world, Allison was probably the best. "Is Allison there, by any chance?" I asked.

"Yes of course, I will get Miss Allison for you, give me a few moments" He spoke leaving the phone. Sighing to myself, I heard a chipper voice down the phone.

"Hey Lexi, what's up?" Allison asked.

"Just providing a small message, Diego is in hospital" I told her.

"Wait, what? What happened?" She asked, sounding generally concerned.

"A fight that got out of control. The fighter looks like he broke Diego's ribs"

"That can't be legal" Allison added.

"Well...I think these fights, things like that can happen and nothing can be done. Once you're in, you're in" I sighed. "I've told Diego's boss that he no longer works for him"

"What's Diego going to do for a job?"

"I'll figure it out, something that doesn't involve a boxing ring" I added. "And, you don't happen to have a lawyer on call, do you?" I asked biting my lip.

"Err...maybe my divorce lawyer, why, what did you do?" Allison asked bluntly.

"Why do you think I did anything?"

"Your tone. Plus, from the condition that Diego sounds like he is in, he doesn't need the lawyer, spit it out, Lexi" she told me.

Sighing, I rubbed my face. "Let's say I may have reacted badly against the fighter who hurt Diego" Hoping it was enough information.

"Lexi...what did you do?" she asked pressing for answers. I sighed, defeated.

"The guy broke Diego's ribs, so I broke his knee cap, but does it count that I didn't actually touch him?"

"What? Now I'm confused" Allison added.

"I used my powers Allison, so technically I didn't actually touch his knee cap, just some glowing red psionics" I added.

"Did anybody see?" She asked.

"If I said the people who came to see the fight, so basically everyone...is that bad?"

"Jesus, Lexi" She sighed "There are witnesses, and if that guy has CCTV, then yeah, it could mean you need a lawyer for sure. But they would be hard to pin it on you"

"Why's that? Though I should be celebrating that fact" I added.

"Because I doubt under assault, psionics are under that. What you can do is"

"Freaky? Weird? Yeah don't I know that" I sighed "So, because assault by psionics might get me out, because it's not listed anywhere, whatever this list is?"

"Yeah, I mean there's assault by great bodily harm, weapons...err rape, and probably a lot more, but I highly doubt psionics is under that list"

I sighed in relief. I hope it was enough.

"Look, I gotta go, tell the others, if they care" she said hanging up the phone before turning around and jumping at the sight of the male doctor behind me. "Jesus!" I sighed, holding onto my heart, not literally.

"I'm sorry, I never meant to scare you...you came in with Diego, is that right?" he asked.

"Yes, I'm his girlfriend, is he okay?"

"He will be, he will need a lot of healing time" he explained "Broken ribs, a lot of them, one rib punctured his lung, but we have fixed everything. He just needs to heal, which means a lot of bed rest, he will be able to walk around, but only when he needs to such as a shower, bath or using the toilet" he explained "A home visit doctor will be assigned to Diego, to visit him every other day"

So, it could take weeks. And we were potentially supposed to be going to Vancouver to see the house, if we get in. "Can I see him?" I asked him.

"Of course, follow me" he smiled gently, walking on, I following him.

Entering the room, I saw a nurse attending to Diego as he woke up.

"Hey gorgeous" he spoke roughly. Heading over to him, I leaned over and kissed him softly.

"No more bloody boxing" I whispered.

"I know, something I agree on. I saw how scared you were at what happened. I never want to see you looking like that again" he told me. Sighing, I stroked his cheek.

"Well, I told your boss you are no longer working for him, he didn't take that too well, but he wasn't going to fight with me, especially after what I did" I mumbled.

"Yeah, I saw that" he sighed.

"Don't worry I've talked with Allison" I assured him. "Assault my psionics isn't exactly on the list"

"List?" Diego asked furrowing his eyebrows confused.

"Assault by deadly weapon, assault by great bodily harm, assault by psionics isn't exactly on that list"

"I see" he said.

"Don't worry about it, you just need to heal" I explained.

"How long is that gonna take?" he asked.

"Could take weeks" I shrugged.

"Shit...the house"

"I'll figure something out" I shrugged at him.

"If they phone, go"

I frowned. "What do you mean?"

"If they phone to say they would like you to see the house, then go. It could be our only choice. I trust you baby, go with Allison, or even Vanya" he shrugged. "That house is our potential future, I'll be okay, believe it or not, I think Klaus could help look after me" he chuckled.

"Only if you're sure" I added.

"Yes, baby, I'm sure" he smiled, before his smile faltered. Turning my head seeing what had dampened Diego's smile.

Allison, Al, and some police officers.

"Fuck" I mumbled. I looked at Allison first. "What are you doing here?"

"Support" she added "In case you needed anything as well" she added.

"What are you doing here?" I asked Al, raising my eyebrow.

"I guess you could say guilt" he admitted "I wanted to see how my boy was"

"He's no longer your boy" I mumbled, before looking at the officers.

"Lexi Hargreeves- "

"That's not my name" I pointed out.

"You're from the Umbrella Academy, aren't you?" One of the officers asked.

"Yes, but I changed my name" I told them.

"First name will be enough. Lexi, you are under arrest for assault on...the Crusher" The police walked over to me, handcuffing me. I turned to look at Allison.

"Might need your lawyer in the end, and look after him until I am out...and Diego...tell her about Vancouver, at this rate, neither of us are going" I explained to him, Allison of course had a confused look on her face. "And you" I looked at Al "Leave" I told him, before feeling myself being pulled from the room.