The footsteps came closer.  It was someone she knew -- the step and smell was familiar -- but Lee couldn't figure out who it was.  They knelt, reached for her, and she knew that as bad as things seemed, everything would be alright.

[i]Live.[/i]

The word resonated through her, and now instead of just peace Lee felt the pain receding.  She could move her fingers, slowly lift her head.  A semblance of rational thought returned.  Had she not been hit as badly as she thought?

[i]First, get out of the street.[/i]

Lee didn't trust her balance just then, so she crawled over to the curb rather than trying to stand.  She seemed to be alright, though she could feel parts of her coat that seemed damaged.  She was shaking rather badly but beyond that, she didn't feel hurt.  She cast around with her senses for the one she thought had just been at her side.  There!  They were strangely hard to make out, and she still had the nagging sense of familiarity, though she couldn't place it.  

"H-hello?" Lee called, her voice shaky and uneven.  "Excuse me... do I know you?"  They'd helped her somehow, she thought, but just how she wasn't sure.  How on earth was she still in one piece?  That couldn't be any one person's doing, she was sure of that, so...was she just lucky?