Chapter 3

Kara busted down the door to the apartment to find that both Martians had shifted back into their true form. M'yrnn had his hands on his son's throat while J'onn was doing everything he could to overpower him. Alex was in the middle of it, just throwing punches at both of them.

"What the…" Mon-El raised an eyebrow at the scene completely confused. That only lasted a moment as he and Kara dove into the fight and quickly managed to pull Alex out of the way. Kara then turned and slapped the psychic dampeners on M'yrnn. Just as quickly as everything had started, it stopped.

"What the…" Alex looked around the completely disheveled apartment noticing that Kara and Mon-El were there and that J'onn was shifting back into his human form.

"You guys ok?" Kara gave her sister a hug, glad that they had gotten there in time to stop whatever was going on.

"I think so but I'm not sure how we got here. I mean I got here and Hank let me in and that's all I remember," the redhead said. She was glad that she remembered to use her boss's human name since they weren't able to have a private conversation.

"I'm afraid the troubles have started with me," M'yrnn hung his head. J'onn removed the psychic dampeners before anyone could object. His father shifted back into human form and J'onn quickly put them back on.

"How long have you known Father?" He asked him. Kara looked at Mon-El and he shook his head, having no idea what they were talking about. The blonde then looked to Alex who was just as confused.

"Long enough to know that I should have said something. I started the ancient rituals but it is obvious they are not helping as much as I had hoped. Truth be told though, you knew son. Deep down, I know you knew," M'yrnn gave his son a look.

"Knew what?" Kara finally got up the gumption to ask.

"I am slowly losing the one of the things that every Martian holds dear, my mind, my memories," the elder Martian sighed, not as careful with his words. He had not wanted things to come to this but here they were.

"We can help. Why didn't you say something?" Alex wanted to know.

"You cannot help Alex, though I appreciate your offer. Once the process has begun, the only way to preserve what I know is to give them to my son," he explained.

"So what caused everyone to start beating each other up?" Mon-El inquired.

"The ancient rituals often cause psychic disturbances. Regrettably, I did not even realize it was happening until it was too late. Unlike like the dampener, I cannot shut it off so easily. My anger and fear projected outward and it caused us to fight," M'yrnn heaved a sigh.

"Well we got it under control and I think I owe you a new door," Kara said. The blonde tried to get the door back up and into position but the hinges were completely broken. She couldn't even heat vision them back together given the wooden door jamb. Just then she heard footsteps coming down the hallway and used her x-ray vision to see that it was Maggie. The detective smiled as she entered through the damaged doorway.

"You guys ok up here? If I had known we were having a meeting, I would have been on time," she said, a slight smirk on her face.

"A little psychic mishap. How is the rest of the building?" Alex hoped it wasn't too bad.

"A lot of confusion and some bumps and bruises. Nothing that the NCPD and EMS can't handle. You guys want me to find the landlord and have him fix the door?" Maggie wondered.

"That would be great," J'onn smiled.

"Sure no problem. Catch you later babe?" The woman looked at her fiancée.

"Yes, definitely," Alex smiled at her. They had intended to go out tonight but now it was looking more like they'd be staying in.

"Well, I think it's time we get back to the office. There have been some developments that we need to check on," Kara smiled slightly. She could hear James' motorcycle revving its engine outside. He'd turned his focus back to the DEO as well. Once the police were on scene, there wasn't much he could do.

"Yes, let's get moving. Father, why don't you come with us? Perhaps Winn or Doctor Milo have some ideas on how to help you," J'onn still seemed to be in denial but no one was going to challenge him. As much as they all were family, some things needed to be dealt with by those who could. Still they would all help in any way that they could.

Kara and Mon-El flew back to the DEO as Alex, J'onn, and M'yrnn got into her car. The ride to the DEO was rather silent. Alex had, for all intents and purposes, lost her own father and she knew how hard that was. Still she couldn't imagine losing him in this way. Slowly but surely, everything that made M'yrnn, M'yrnn would disappear and that was harder to fathom. Her phone rang and she quickly answered it via the Bluetooth connection in the car.

"Alex, how far out are you?" It was Winn, though his tone was low, and she wondered what that was about.

"Five minutes tops," she responded.

"Good. I've managed to capture the entire message but I don't want to tell anyone until everyone is here," he said.

"Kara is letting you do that?" The redhead found that hard to believe.

"Yeah, no. I told her I didn't have it all yet so she and Mon-El are changing into their street clothes. Truth is, I don't think she is going to like the message," Winn explained.

"Lights and sirens. Be there in two minutes," Alex told him before hanging up.

To Be Continued…