Chapter 5

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The Next Day

After waking up with a Helluva headache thanks to the raging hangover he'd gotten thanks to a crap load of drinking, M'yrnn had chosen to take the Detective from another Earth for a walk at a park he had begun to get familiar with. "Uhh, not to state the obvious or anything, but there's no Alcohol here at all."

"I am aware of this, Martin. Which is why I brought you here considering how well things went last night for you."

Plus, the Hot Dogs sold here were absolutely delicious in the long lived Martian's view. Riggs winced as he recalled how M'yrnn was able to show him that thanks to his powers by providing the scene straight out of his head. Kinda freaky too if you asked him! Sure, it was one thing to be told stories of his antics while drunk, but a completely different thing to actually witness it in full 3-D courtesy of a Martian. It was actually kind of embarrassing and shameful for that matter. "Yeah, I can't tell you how grateful I am for the fact you even showed me that." Replied the good Detective sarcastically.

"You may not appreciate it now, my friend, but perhaps in time, you will. Tell me, how do you think your wife would feel where your drunken exploits are concerned? Or that you have tried time and again to have your own life ended?" Asked M'yrnn in an unusually blunt manner for him.

Earning himself a look of rage from the Human as he pointed at him. "Don't you ever! And I mean EVER! Use her like that against me again!"

Not even Cahill had done that to him! But M'yrnn wasn't even phased by the outburst while some parents decided to take their kids away after that outburst just to be on the safe side. "Are you perhaps ashamed of yourself now that you know how you are when under the influence of Alcohol? As you know that your wife would be as well as she would not want this for you? Nor attempting to use those who look like her to attempt to repair your soul?"

The questions only further served to anger Riggs and in so doing, caused him to throw a punch that the Martian didn't even bother to avoid. Allowing it to hit him and not even feeling the blow due to how much stronger he was then the Human. This only seemed to make Riggs angrier as he started to hit the man even more, screaming out his pain as he did so and completely horrifying those in the park in the process. Unnoticed to him however, tears were coming down his face as he finally released everything he was feeling on the Martian and being completely sober as he did so. "You… You don't… Know anything!" Cried out the man as he dropped to his knees, completely spent.

"Unfortunately, I do know your pain, Martin Riggs. For myself and my son, J'onn, are the only survivors of our people. Like you, I lost the woman I loved to the evils committed by the White Martians. And it is through what I knew of her and what I went through, that I am able to believe your wife would not want you to do as you are. For it only hurts her as she would want you to find a way to live for her and even yourself."

M'yrnn placed a hand on Riggs' shoulder and allowed him to see the family he lost, and in so doing, he was able to see Miranda Riggs and the unborn baby that had been lost as well. And rather then feel violated, Riggs felt like he was connecting with a kindred spirit in a way that no one else could connect with. For they both shared a truly horrible pain of loss where their other halves are concerned. Through their connection, M'yrnn could even see the woman known as Molly Hendricks and the feelings Martin was growing for her. Along with why he had chosen to abandon it but he hoped that perhaps with his experiences here, he would choose to stop doing such a thing. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Riggs told him as he continued to cry and feeling more drained then he'd ever been. But in an entirely good way rather then negative since Miranda's loss.

"More then anything, my friend, you needed this, so no apologies are necessary for striking out against me." M'yrnn replied as he knew that apology wasn't only aimed at him for striking out at him in his pain and anger, but also towards his lost wife for how he had been acting since her loss.

All the while, Maggie Sawyer observed it all with a saddened expression on her face and would be only mildly surprised by the fact that J'onn's father had noticed her with his nod in her direction. And though she knew it was probably a bad idea, she wondered if perhaps she could talk with the man from another Earth. If only to see if there was a way she could use anything from it to try and avoid losing Alex.

Author's Notes: I really hope I handled that well and apologies if I didn't.