Heero wasn't exactly near the car. His fight was, in fact, across the lot. It hadn't gone terribly well either, which was made all the clearer by the fact that he had to lean against the closest street light to keep from falling over.

His opponent was dead - he'd tried to flee, but Heero shot him in the back the second he got the chance. That much was a positive thing. The Angel did sufficient damage beforehand though - not much of Heero wasn't covered in his own blood. Many of his cuts were deep. Still bleeding. His right eye was swollen shut. His head was spinning, when it wasn't absolutely pounding or for whatever reason telling his ears that they needed to be ringing loudly (which was really the least of his worries - the first being the possibility of bleeding to death. This... was not good.

Maybe if he just closed his eyes for a minute...