'Empath' - Diego Hargreeves/ The Umbrella Academy

1 - When Stars Align

(authors note: this first chapter is basically going to be a scene of how they met and the next chapters will follow the series, i don't want to bore you with too many scenes of how they became friends so i may randomly add some into later chapters)

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on the 12th hour of the first day of October 1989, 43 women around the world gave birth none of these women had been previously pregnant when the day first began

Sir Reginald Hargreeves attempted to adopt 8, but he got 7 and 'number 8' was left behind with her birth parents until they mysteriously died.

her uncle took her to safety and she grew up with him learning how to control her powers every day, she learnt how to heal others injuries and could even mentally inflict pain if she wanted, and she could use her empath sense to feel others emotions.

when her uncle died she was left behind once again.

until she met him...

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empath/ˈɛmpaθ/noun

1. a person with the paranormal ability to perceive the mental or emotional state of another individual.

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Parkers P.O.V.

you walked into the boxing gym locking the door behind you and strolled into the dimly lit gym. you and Al had a deal that if you cleaned and locked up the gym you can use all the equipment for free and he'd pay you a small wage too. You turned on all the lights making the room become bright and dumped some of your stuff next to the boxing ring to clean first. grabbing the trash can you started picking up junk that was thrown on the floor by all the bulky guys from the morning which made you huff in disgust.

you put the now filled up bin to the side and walk towards the backroom which you assumed was a janitors closet. you were wrong. walking in further you noticed a bed and chucked clothes onto the floor as well as random sharp objects on every surface. "does someone live here" you whispered, sighing you picked up some of the clothes and folded them neatly onto the dark bed in the corner. standing up with a sign you turned towards the door but saw a metal shimmer racing towards you cutting the side of your cheek lightly causing it to bleed

"what the fuck" you breathed touching your cheek

"who are you" a huffed voice shouted into the room

"I literally work here you ass, I was just cleaning up, I assume this is your room so your welcome by the way" you exclaimed as you walked out of the room bumping shoulders with the man. as you looked at his face you recognised him and put the knife and the face together. Diego Hargreeves. you felt your powers arise and sensed anger and slight fear which made you smirk

you walked into the small female toilets and looked into the mirror to clean your face. you wiped the blood off your cheek and noticed the wound had already healed leaving a slight scar that could only be seen from up close. you put the tissues you used into the bin and whilst you were in the toilets you changed into the gym gear that you brought with you.

when you stepped out of the toilets you dumped your bag again and walked into the boxing ring which already had a practice dummy in the corner which you started to punch and pace around.