Chapter 4

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Sometime Later At A Certain Bar

"She… She was the greatest, most wonderful thing to ever, to ever come into my life." Slurred Detective Martin Riggs at a certain Alien bar Kara and her bunch often liked to go too thanks to Maggie Sawyer showing Alex the place once upon a time.

Riggs had been let out of his cell thanks to M'yrnn, who had the belief their frend from another Earth would be fine now with the fact he finally believed what they were telling him. His son and his protege, Alex Danvers had been rather reluctant over it but J'onn had let him out in the end. His troubled friend asked where the nearest bar was and M'rynn, knowing of the one his son and the others frequented, and he himself had been too, had chosen to take him there. Even if J'onn and young Alex had thought it to be a bad idea. Martin had been surprised by the races that were already in the bar when he and M'rynn showed up but he didn't let it stop him any as he came up to the counter and asked for the strongest Alcohol they had. Even bravely trying a few of the non Earth drinks that were safe for a Human to try as he just wanted to get soundly drunk as possible in order to deal with everything going on. Though M'yrnn didn't believe that his young friend's current course of action was a good decision, he let it be as it wasn't his place and more Martin's to stop himself.

And as he got increasingly drunk, Riggs had taken to talking about Miranda. Not giving a damn if anyone in the bar even wanted to hear about her as he talked about his wife. Even crying and laughing as he did so and even causing a few of the women in the establishment to shed tears as well for his heart breaking loss. Some of the men merely bowed their heads in respect of his loss. "She, uhh, was… Was a ray of Sunshine in… In my life. The, w-woman who coulda been momma of my baby. M-My Miranda..." Slurred the man as he held up his shot to the air.

Others did the same, if only to show respect to the grieving man. "FOR MIRANDA!" They all shouted and then drank deeply in sync with the man known as Martin Riggs.

M'rynn did the same with his milk and then spoke. "Though we may not have known Miranda Riggs as we know her husband, Martin Riggs. Her loss is still felt most heavily and it is with hope that she and Martin's baby are in the safe hands of whatever Gods or Gods she believes in." He intoned solemnly.

"HEAR HEAR!"

Just then, one Detective Maggie Sawyer made her way in, not having realized what had occurred moments before. Unfortunately, Riggs had caught sight of her and staggered over to the good Detective. "Hey! Look every-uhh everybody! Its the, the woman who looksss like, like my wife!"

Maggie looked damned uncomfortable as he put an arm around her and chugged down his drink as everybody else stared at her aside from M'yrnn. Who merely closed his eyes and prayed to his Gods that nothing unfortunate would happen. "I thought you were in a cell at the DEO?" Wondered Maggie as she gently extracted herself from the drunken man.

Who just scoffed. "Pssh! Got out for, you… You know, somethin' or other."

"Good behavior?" Tried the Detective with a doubtful expression.

Riggs just pointed at her with a wide smile on his face. "That's, that's the one my wiiiife twin!"

"I think you need to sit down and have a glass of water, alright?" Especially before he got himself hurt.

Another scoff came from him. "Water's not Alcohol!"

"I know, that's exactly the point." Maggie replied dryly.

But he paid it no mind as they went to the counter where M'yrnn still was. "This guy givin' you problems, Jakey?" She asked the bartender.

"Nah, not yet. He was waxing poetic about his wife before you came in here though."

"It was rather touching that it even made everyone here united as respects were given to Miranda Riggs." Added M'rynn as well.

Maggie found herself wishing she had been around for that as she saw several others in the bar nodding in agreement with the Martian Priest. Chuckling could be heard from Riggs as he sloppily chugged down another drink, making her frown. "Alright, let's cut him off for the night, Jakey."

"Way ahead of you on that one."

"What!? That's… That's horribly cruel and unusual punishment!" Protested Riggs unhappily as he moved to try and grab the bottle that Jakey had taken.

Only to end up falling to the ground. "I did that on purpose!"

Rolling her eyes at the drunken Detective, she helped him up. "Sooo… I've got an idea."

"Does it involve you letting M'yrnn here take you back to the DEO to sleep off the Alcohol?" She hoped so as Maggie really didn't want to have to haul him in for public intoxication.

He snorted as he waved that off. "Bourse snot! Brut 'eres plan, k? I 'tay 'ere and youse and I gets murkled. No, burgled. No, that's not it..."

"Married?"

"YES! That! Ball ish smerfect!" Riggs replied with a happy nod.

Maggie just stared at him for a long moment and she wasn't the only one doing that as well. "No offense… But there's just so much wrong with that." She told him bluntly and a few nods of agreement could be seen.

Her reply had him squinting at her as he swayed a little. "'Ow so!? Ish rate plant!" Riggs said in drunken indignation.

"Be gentle, Maggie Sawyer." Lightly warned M'yrnn as he could sense a slight amount of agitation coming from the Human woman.

Taking a deep breath and releasing it, Maggie spoke up. "For one, you're not even from this Earth, secondly, hooking up with a look alike of your wife isn't healthy. At all. And for a third, I'm gay. And possibly about to be without the woman I love more then anything. But that's not related to this at all."

Her heart clenched at the thought of Alex but the good Detective ignored it as best she could in order to focus on the drunken Detective from another Earth. Who was just staring at her with his mouth open, seemingly having trouble understanding what he'd been told. Which… Considering his drunken state, was a good likelyhood now that she thought about it… "You're… Into girls?"

"Yep. Got kicked out of my parents' house when I was a teenager because of it."

Frowns could be seen on the faces of quite a few in the bar as that just wasn't right at all. "Prat's bust fupid. And I nob fupid fen I weeze icks."

Maggie had to blink at him and then turned to Jakey. "He's had Alien Alcohol, hasn't he?"

"Yep." And he was starting to see that that was a huge mistake!

The good Detective just shook her head at that response. "'Old fiquor eely snell!" Protested Riggs as he had an inkling that there was the belief he couldn't.

"I'm sure you can." Maggie told him in false support.

Earning herself a pleased smile from the drunk man. "Why oose girlie whirlie?"

A heavy sigh escaped the woman before she answered. "Cause, I don't want kids and she does."

Neither she, M'yrnn, or anybody else expected Riggs to slam his hand on the table with an angry look on his face. "Rats fupid, Miranda. Eely fupid! Sids are great!"

He then spun around to look at the others in the bar. "Now… Who spunts baaa-oof!" His attempt to move away from the stool had seen his leg get caught up in it.

Helpfully knocking him to the ground and knocking him out in the process with a moan. Which was rather fortunate for Jakey as this meant no bar fight would get started! And the owners of the place wouldn't get pissed about it! Nor would M'gann once she found out! And he thought her anger was a little more scarier then the anger of the owners of the place! Maggie just looked at the unconscious drunk and sighed heavily. "Well… There goes my night of getting drunk to forget about my problems."

"Such a method is not a wise way to deal with a problem, Maggie Sawyer." Piped up M'yrnn.

"Oh, trust me, I know. But its easier to go that way then to face reality at times."

M'yrnn did a silent prayer for the hurting woman as she rolled over Martin. "Alright, lets get him to my car and I'll help you get him back into the DEO." She told him and the good Martian Priest agreed.

Not even bothered by Martin's heavyness as he helped Maggie Sawyer get the troubled man to her car and then into the DEO. Where the good but troubled man would be able to sleep off the Alcohol in his cell. I am beginning to believe that you came to this Earth not by random chance, Martin Riggs, but for a purpose. A purpose to heal. Thought M'yrnn to himself as he stared at Riggs before walking away.

Leaving Maggie on her own to stare at the sleeping man, her heart feeling a deep pang for the man in front of her. You lost the love of your life and now you see me, you deserve so much better.

Lost in thought and sadness, Maggie wouldn't even register Alex coming up beside her and grabbing her by the hand until a short time later as both stared at Riggs. Each lost in their own thoughts of one another and if they could ever become like the broken hearted man in front of them.

Author's Notes: A little on the gut punching side of things me thinks. And probably annoying where the attempts to see drunken speech is concerned.