"MARTHA!!!" Fetch and Raymond screamed almost simultaneously, and both came rushing to Martha's sides. Raymond was immediately trying to patch her wounds, while Fetch only dove for her hand and squeezed, "J-just wait! It'll be okay! A-an ambulance will be here soon!" Heroes were already calling, some trying to keep the peace. Some gawking at the fact that a /robot/ of all things cared that someone got hurt. Raymond may not have been close with Martha... but he had always wanted to be.
YOU HEAR THAT? THAT’S ANGST
It took Martha a second to register anything beyond the pain. It was suffocating, not even her robotic legs could keep her up after such an impact. How far did she just slide? 20, 30 feet? The asphalt could tell anyone honestly.
Red eyes blinked through blurry vision up at the two figures above her. ..What were they saying, what were they doing? Everything was cold and painful and numb and burning. She opened her mouth to say something, but the only thing that came out was a choked, pained cry. Even if she felt the tears going down her face, she wouldn’t have been able to stop them.
Was she dying? Was this it? Just as she was starting to peek out of her shell, just as she was finally letting someone in.. Just like that, it meant nothing. She’d be gone, just as she was getting a shred of hope, a shred of love.
Martha squeezed Fetch’s hand, shaking and with a fraction of the strength she usually had.
Her vision was going dark, she could feel her heart slow despite her fear. She had to say something, anything, but she couldn’t get a word out. Hardly a sound beyond a cry, or a garbled choke.
In the back of her mind, as consciousness began to fade, she was both glad and horrified that the last people she saw weren’t family, but still cared.
It was ironic in a way, the moment she was desperate to say her piece,
was the moment her pain went to peace.