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

Number 41

"Baby, what the hell is that?" Diego whispered into my ear, as he sat behind me, my body nestled in his legs.

We continued to stare at the object floating in front of us. Like shards of black glass, moving in sync together, waving in sync together, but somehow, I didn't feel threatened. And it wasn't doing anything to harm us.

But I remembered something, the voices, about releasing them or something like that. My mind hasn't been my own for the past week. This thing floating in front of me, I felt connected to it, like it was a piece of me.

"Lexi...speak to me baby" he touched my shoulder, causing me to snap out of my...daydream.

"I think...it's my new power" I told him, still unsure, but I had never felt so sure in my life.

"What on Earth are you talking about?" he asked me confused, it was wiped across his face.

"The Professor...he extracted, or he tried to extract Lorna's power into me, magnetism and psionics is a powerful bundle, but they are very much alike" I explained "Instead of gaining Lorna's power...I have seemed to developed something else"

"Well...not to be the blunt one, but what is that something else, what are we looking at?" he asked me.

Truthfully, I had no idea.

"Diego...I wish I had the answer, but honestly, I have no idea what I am staring at" I told him "Or what it does, or what use it has for me" I admitted. This time, I wish the voices in my head would give me my answers, but...they were gone. Wait.

"The voices...they have gone" I whispered.

"Voices? What voices?" Diego asked "Baby, what aren't you telling me, because I am very confused" he admitted.

"I started hearing voices after he injected Lorna's powers into me, or what ever he injected, they kept me calm, they were the one who told me to bottle my anger up, then release it at the right time to escape from the Professor, and it worked...then I fell asleep, and they said it was time, something like that" I sighed rubbing my face with my wet hands.

"You've been hearing voices...and you didn't tell me?" he asked, a little hurt.

I turned to face him and raised my eyebrow "Diego, if I had told you I had been hearing voices, you probably would have thought I was crazy, hearing voices in this day and age isn't normal" I sighed.

"Good point, but we need to tell Pogo- "

"No!" I quickly refused, turning to face him properly "Diego, no...because that means more tests and experiments...haven't I gone through enough?" I asked him, sadness all over my eyes.

"Shit, I didn't think about it that way" he admitted, before he wrapped his arms around my body, pulling me close. "I'm sorry, what do you want to do about this...thing?"

"I need to figure it out on my own, find out what it is, what it can do, how I can control it, though...I think I know how to create it, I saw it in my sleep, that's when I woke up and it was there, it's like, wherever I was, it showed me how to create it, just not get rid of it"

"Okay, we can keep that noted" He said before I felt his body shift "Baby, it's gone" he whispered. Turning my head, the floating shards of glass was gone, vanished.

"I didn't do anything...maybe it does it itself after a while?" I suggested.

"Maybe, Lexi, show me how you created it, maybe something will happen this time round, since you are awake?" he suggested. I looked at him and nodded. Remembering the hand gesture, push out, pull in, push out.

As I focused, I remembered the hand movements, the centre of my hand glowing purple, before the thing stood, floating in front of us. Before something different happened.

"Lexi...what is it doing?" Diego asked panicked "Whatever it is doing, it's coming straight towards me" he said panicked. It was true, a lighter shade of purple, in a form of some sort of light beam, focused its target on Diego. But I could sense it wasn't to harm him, the whole thing wasn't harmful.

"Don't worry, trust me" I whispered. As the beam of light drew closure to Diego, it finally latched onto his face, Diego's face glowing a bright light purple, I could see his eyes, shaded white, he was...mesmerized.

"No...don't leave me...I love you...marry me...I do...you make me the happiest man alive" Diego mumbled those words, making me mesmerized by his words, before looking back at the floating shards of glass.

"What are you?" I asked it. Shifting out of his touch, and going to the end of the bath, reaching my hand out, I touched the shards of glass, everything around me went black, like I was nothing in darkness, but colour came to life.

I was...in some sort of other world. It was a grey world, black steps and flooring leading onwards and onwards, like it was an infinite world.

"Thank you for releasing us, now it is our time to help you"

The voice broke out again.

"Who are you?" I asked out, my voice slightly echoing.

"We call ourselves the void, our purpose is to help you, trapping your enemies in a dream-like state for any amount of time you wish"

"Void? Is this where I am?" I asked

"Yes, this is the void, we make your enemies wishes and fears come to life in their dream-like state, like Diego, we are showing his fears and dreams to him"

"How did I...why don't I have Lorna's powers?" I asked myself out loud to...the void voices.

"As you said, magnetism and psionics are very similar, you were chosen, we found an opportunity to find the suitable...body to be in, you are strong and determined, we need someone like you to make us live" The voice continued.

I was officially mind boggled.

"How do you work? How do I know you aren't for evil use?" I asked them

"Because deep down, you can sense us, that we are for good use, can't you?"

It was true. I could only sense good, and helpfulness.

"Answer my other question, how do I use you?"

"We showed you in your dream-like state on how to create the void spirit, yes, it's a spirit of the void, and then we do your job, releasing a mesmerizing beam of...light or spirit, capturing your enemy, or if need be, someone you need in a dream-like state, they will see their dreams, their fears, and even memories while under. You can control how long we keep your enemies under, once you are finished, simply wave your hand in the air, gently, that will cause us to leave your world. It has no limits, one enemy, ten, hundreds, thousands might be pushing it, but we are here to help you, now we must leave you"

I felt myself being sucked from the void world, and my vision becoming clearer. I was back in the bath in the bathroom.

"What just happened?" Diego asked. I turned to look at him, placing a hand on his cheek.

"You're okay...I just...I know what to do" I told him, feeling the weight off my body leaving me, making me able to breath.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"It means, I know what it does, how to control it, and how it helps me, which it will, but right now, my head feels so clear, so I just want to enjoy my bath with my boyfriend" I told him.

"I can't fault that" he chuckled "How about tomorrow...I take you out for the day? We can go to the beach, and just have some relaxing fun"

I think it was something we both really needed. "Yeah, I would really like that" I admitted, relaxing back into his chest.

A smile appearing on my face.