When Martha comes back from death, it's not a slow, easy thing.
No, it's violent. While she'd been laid out on an exam table with a sheet covering her for a whole day now, still and lifeless and cold, everything floods back in at once.
Which causes her to shoot up, the sheet falling off of her and pooling in her lap as she lets out something between a gasp and scream. Eyes wide, her gaze darts around as she feels over her chest for any sign of a horrible injury. But everything's fine.
The Doctor's sitting in a chair at her bedside, and while Martha registers that, she's unable to speak for the moment, her heart beating rapidly against her ribcage as if to remind her that it's still there. She's tensed, half-expecting that man in the gas mask to still be nearby, ready to go another round.
She's watched this happen to others. Owen had revived on this very table. And yet Martha's not at all prepared for how disorienting it would be.
She closes her eyes and does everything she can to control her breathing and lower her heart rate. She's fine now, she's safe, and no one is after her. The Doctor's here, she's going to be just fine.
02/13/2014 - Revival Post: The Doctor & Martha Jones
No, it's violent. While she'd been laid out on an exam table with a sheet covering her for a whole day now, still and lifeless and cold, everything floods back in at once.
Which causes her to shoot up, the sheet falling off of her and pooling in her lap as she lets out something between a gasp and scream. Eyes wide, her gaze darts around as she feels over her chest for any sign of a horrible injury. But everything's fine.
The Doctor's sitting in a chair at her bedside, and while Martha registers that, she's unable to speak for the moment, her heart beating rapidly against her ribcage as if to remind her that it's still there. She's tensed, half-expecting that man in the gas mask to still be nearby, ready to go another round.
She's watched this happen to others. Owen had revived on this very table. And yet Martha's not at all prepared for how disorienting it would be.
She closes her eyes and does everything she can to control her breathing and lower her heart rate. She's fine now, she's safe, and no one is after her. The Doctor's here, she's going to be just fine.