"Crap, craaap! This is really, really bad!"
Awase's voice came to me through a vague haze. I became aware that he had welded my arm to his; that he was dragging me along with al the effort he could expend, and that we were being chased by the Nomu.
"little kitty"…a rasping voice in the background…
"Yaoyorozu! You still alive?! Hey! You gotta run! They're after us!"
I tried to move - tried to run as he said, but my head - my head -
"I'm sorry, Awase…I-I'm ok…"
When I came to, I was out cold and now - now -
"What the hell is all this? What's going on?" Awase cried as it seemed we got no further from the Nomu with every step. It raised it's arm - Awase threw his arm over my head as if to protect me -
And it stopped. Retreated and retracted.
"What now?" asked Awase. "Why's he leaving?"
My head was working again. Did they accomplish their mission? That means Baukgou is—! Think, Momo. Make a decision. In the worst case, what's our optimal strategy?
And I handed my creation to Awase. "Awake, use your quirk on this. Put it on him!"
"What? A button?" he asked.
"Quickly! He's getting away!" I reminded him, as he laid me down gently.
He did as I said, welding my - our - last hope to beat the villains to the back of the nomu. It didn't turn around, or even stop moving, as he did so, much as the reports had claimed. Nomu couldn't think.
Awase ran back to me, panting.
"It's on him, ok? But no more. This is too scary." He reached to me and picked me up.
"Good. Let's get out of here."