The Path

To Healing

Never Ran Smoothly

Chapter 1

Disclaimer: An idea of mine that crosses over the Lethal Weapon show with Supergirl that I've had in my head awhile now. Though with this, Riggs/Palmer never actually happened but there was some tension there and Murtaugh was actually more sensitive towards Riggs due to his knowledge about the loss of Miranda. For Lethal Weapon, this takes place after the most recent episode but him and Molly were on a very slow burn until Riggs' fears stopped that and for Supergirl, this takes the place of the season 3 episode 'Damage'. Keep in mind though that my knowledge on a lot of the more recent episodes for both shows is somewhat spotty.

"I'll head this way while you two head our guy off from other escapes!" Yelled out Detective Martin Riggs to his friend and partner Detective Roger Murtaugh and their DEA Agent friend, Karen Palmer as the three of them chased a witness that Palmer had been escorting to LA to testify in court until he got scared and ran.

"Don't do anything too crazy, Riggs!" Murtaugh called out after him since they were having the unfortunate luck of being watched by any number individuals with recording devices thanks to his partner having gained a bit of notice after his fender bender with the Deputy Mayor.

And God knows that Santos would use anything Riggs did that was potentially risky and the like as another reason to try and have his career in Law Enforcement be good and over with. As it is, the man was teetering somewhat at the edge and could go over it at any moment thanks to his having removed himself from the stable influence of Molly and Ben thanks to certain fears of his. What those were exactly, Murtaugh hadn't a clue just yet but reasoned Miranda was in some way part of that. Hell, he still remembers how guilty his friend and partner felt when he slept with some Bartender awhile back. "NO PROMISES!"

Murtaugh just sighed and shook his head as he went down an alley while Palmer went down another as Riggs chased after the witness to the rooftop. "Make it easy on yourself and stop!"

"SCREW YOU! I'M RUNNIN' TO MEXICO!"

I am too sober for this shit right now.

Grumbling to himself, Riggs continued the chase. One that saw them jumping from the rooftop to another and then heading down the stairs that was attached to the side of the building. Just as Murtaugh showed up to head the man off, the witness reached the third level of steps and jumped. "My lucky day!" Muttered Riggs as not even Santos could fault him for what was going on!

Deciding to make the jump himself in order to reach his partner as he wrestled with the witness to stop, an odd blue shimmering thing appeared in the air and since he couldn't move out of the way, it ended up swallowing him whole. Much to the horror of Murtaugh as he'd never seen anything like it as he shouted out Riggs' name.

Earth-38

Kara 'Supergirl' Danvers, DEO Agent Alex Danvers, Detective Maggie Sawyer, James 'Guardian' Olsen, several Police Officers, and several DEO Agents were all currently in a shoot out with a gang made up of Humans and Aliens that were all packing Alien weaponry. Weaponry that could even knock Kara down much to her dislike. "I think from now on we should just have date nights at home!" Shouted Maggie to Alex, who merely gave her a strained smile due to the recent issues they were having in their relationship over the fact Maggie didn't want kids while Alex did.

"We need a distraction that'll let us come at them from behind. Supergirl, are your powers back to full yet?"

"No, unfortunately." Groused the Alien Heroine as one of the shots that had been fired at her had somehow managed to reduce her power levels some.

Making it so that her speed in both running and flight was greatly reduced and more likely to be easily hurt. "How many hits do you think your shield can handle from their weapons?" Wondered Alex as she briefly looked over their make shift wall of protection before quickly lowering her head again as a weapon blast came flying over her head.

"Hard to say since its going up against off world weapons fire but I guess there's no time like the present."

Which was kinda scary to James but these guys had to be stopped! Maggie then spoke up. "Then on the count of three, get out there and get as far as you can to our friends with that shield of yours. Hopefully it'll be enough to distract them and let us take advantage of it."

Taking a deep breath, James nodded. "One."

"Two." Kara said next while hoping like crazy that her friend would get through this without any serious problems happening to him.

"THREE!" Shouted everyone and James quickly hopped over the makeshift wall of protection as his shield formed.

"Lets see how well your weapons go against my shield!" Goaded the silver armor wearing man as he ran forward.

Soon beginning to take shots to his shield, the impacts making him grunt as he continued forward. Faintly, he could hear someone to yell out 'return fire' and yells of pain were soon heard. Yells of pain that he hoped was coming from the trouble makers rather then his friends and the additional support they had with them. Taking a cautious peek, James saw that he was nearing the other side and quickly rushed it by jumping over their makeshift protection and clocking one of the gunmen with his shield. Instantly knocking him out and quickly countering any attempts to put him down by those nearby. Soon, the troublemakers were all down for the count and being handcuffed for some jail time. "Well, that was one way to spend the time tonight." Quipped Maggie and despite their issues, Alex couldn't help but smile at the remark.

"I know I'm gonna be icing my arm all night after that."

As even with armor and the shield, that weapons fire hurt! "Speaking of icing, we need to figure out which gun it was that depleted my power levels and make sure it never see's the light of day again."

"And we will, no worries there." Assured Alex to her sister who nodded gratefully.

Just then, a blue swirling portal opened above their heads and a figure landed on top of Alex. Not inclined to leave things as they were, she quickly pushed the figure off of her with a groan and was helped up by Maggie as Kara stared in shock at the portal as it closed. "Ohh man… I don't know what the Hell just happened but I know it was painful." Muttered the male figure as he forced himself up.

The first thing he saw being Kara in her super suit. "Did I somehow interrupt a movie about oddly dressed Cheerleaders while chasing down that witness?" He wondered as the group got a good look at him.

Seeing that he had a pretty decent build, had wild hair, a mustache, and interestingly enough, boots to go with his somewhat unkempt look. Kara just raised her eyebrows at him as he stared at her in confusion. "Umm… No. Can't say you did, Mister…?"

"Riggs. Well, Mar-" Began the man before trailing off as he began to look around and zeroed in on Maggie.

"M-Miranda?" Riggs asked in shock as he stared at her and even took a few steps towards her with his hand stretched out.

But then stopped as he began to wildly look about the area. "No. I, I have to be dreamin' again. Or drugged or drunker then Hell. Please tell me I am as my wife can not be here, right now, in front of me! Not when she's dead and buried!" Spoke Riggs in a manner that was beginning to get alarming for the group.

"S-Sir, just please, try an-and calm yourself." Tried a disturbed Maggie.

Only to find herself tightly hugged by the man as he began to cry while babbling incoherently about her being alive. A sight that Alex honestly wasn't liking as she watched him pull away from her fiance. "Please just tell me this is a dream and that I'll wake up! Please!"

"I… I want too, but I can't. I'm so sorry."

As it wouldn't be right and she and the others could only sadly watch as he stared at her with a tearful but blank look on his face before he fell to the ground, unconscious. Whether it was from how he got here or cause of the emotional toll at seeing someone who looked like his wife they didn't know and it greatly bothered them. "Alex and I… We, we'll take him to the DEO since I know how he got here."

"Y-Yeah, we can do that."

"Keep me posted?" Requested Maggie with a shuddery voice and got a nod from her fiance.

How she looked like this man's lost wife was beyond her and it greatly scared her. And she could tell that the others seemed greatly bothered by it too. Kara hoped he might be from Barry's Earth and once she and Alex got the man to a DEO cell for his own safety as he could be a risk after a scene like that, she'd contact him to make sure. And if he wasn't… Well, they'd go from there if it came to that.

Author's Notes: Man… I really hope I did a decent job with this first chapter.