If the rain coming down on Martin was severe enough to make him stop fleeing Zimmerman in fear for his life, wouldn’t it be raining just as hard on Zimmerman? I know how it sometimes rains on one side of the street and not the other, but I’ve never seen a tropical storm on one person and not the person hot on their heels. If Martin had to take shelter, why didn’t Zimmerman? If Martin was in fear for his life, wouldn’t he have had a stronger motivation to keep moving than Zimmerman?
Martin was running while Zimmerman was calmly talking to 911. This is not a 1970s drive-in movie, where the victim is running for his life at top speed, and the monster is lumbering along at a snail’s pace but still catches the victim.
The only way they could have come together after Martin left the area is if Martin returned to the area. If he never left the area, that blows a whole in the theory that Zimmerman was stalking him and Martin was afraid. If he was running for his life from someone he thought would harm him, the fear of getting wet would not be enough to make him stop running. If it was more than just getting wet, and it turned into a life threatening storm, Zimmerman would have been caught up in the same storm, along with the witnesses who never said a word about it.
Either Martin left the area and then returned because Zimmerman didn’t scare him, or he never left the area because Zimmerman didn’t scare him. Either way, Zimmerman was not the aggressor.
I don't know if Martin felt in fear of his life at that point in time, 'tho obviously he should have. Maybe he felt safe when he saw Zimmerman pass by him and continue on to Retreat View Circle. Remember, Zimmerman thought Martin was heading towards the back entrance. On Retreat View Cirle he would have a clear view of that entrance. On the walkway which ran behind the building, the buildings would block any view of the back entrance. Keeping that in mind, how, why, and when did Zimmerman get onto that walkway? Did Martin run back and drag him to the location of the shooting?