Connor and I fired at the creature as it lunged at us, but not one of our bullets seemed to penetrate the thick hide. But it appeared that they did do one thing.

They pissed it off even more.

The snake on steroids did and incredibly fast 180, striking us with it large, spiked, muscled tail. Connor and I flew about 20 feet through the air, until one of the large, metal shelves broke our fall. And let me tell you, they aren't exactly goose down pillows to land on.

I felt my head smack into the shelves, and the air left my body in a whoosh. I felt a horrible burning sensation across my abdomen. The room spun at an incredible rate, and I could not catch my breath. Darkness started to creep at the edges of my vision, but I willed my body to fend off the coming unconsciousness. Losing it now would certainly mean death, and that was not an option, especially since I didn't have a certain winged guardian here to help me out.

Gunshots rang out across the air. Devon and Marcus had arrived, and were trying to get snakezilla off our scent so we could have a few precious seconds to get back on our feet and gain out bearings.

I forced my lungs to take a deep breath of the precious air, and my vision cleared. I looked around, finding Connor 10 feet from me, one of the creatures spines embedded in his right shoulder. I crawled over to him, checking his pulse and his breathing.

He had a strong pulse, and his breathing was a little shallow. But other than the 1 ½ foot spine sticking out of his shoulder, he appeared to be in ok shape.

I looked around the building for Marcus and Devon. They had figured out that bullets didn't work and were now trying to fend the creature off with pipes from the ceiling that had fallen to the floor. It was working well for them, the creature stayed out of the range of the pipes, trying to swipe at the men with its long bony arms.

I felt liquid trickle down the back of my neck, and I reached behind to see what it was.

My hand came back covered in blood, my blood.

The creature stilled its attack and stiffened its posture. I could hear it sniffing the air.

It whirled around and its yellow-green eyes locked onto mine.

"Faaaaallllleeeennn Onnnneee." The creature's voice hissed at me, the sound echoing around the building. Its mouth twisted into what I assumed was a grin. "Wwweeee have been looooooking for yoooouuu."

Fallen one? I asked myself. I looked down at the blood on my hand, and a light bulb went off in my head.

You see, I wasn't technically a fully fledged human, so my blood must smell different from a human.

The creature could smell the angelic sent in my blood. I had been discovered.

I looked over the creatures shoulder at Marcus, who was looking between me and the snake with a mass amount of confusion evident on his face.

"Get Connor out of here and back to the compound, I'll be right behind you!" Ignoring the screaming pain in my stomach and the dizziness, I jumped up and sprinted towards the exit/entrance of the building, hoping the dragon creature followed me instead of staying and finishing off the boys. I could hear Marcus and Devon yelling at me, but I just ignored them and increased my speed as much as I could.

When I reached the doors, I all but flew through them, ignoring the glass cutting into my skin. I jumped on my bike and twisted the key. The bike roared to life. I spared a quick look behind me. The creature had just gotten to the door. I peeled out of the parking lot, heading for the woods to right of the building, hoping the trees would slow down the snake creature.

Of course, as my luck would go, the creature just seemed to make it go faster.

I raced as fast as I dared to, dodging trees and low lying branches as best I could. Which wasn't all that well. I was almost un-seated a couple of times and only my fear of the creature kept me on the bike.

I risked a glance behind, and was shocked to see that the creature was just as agile here in the woods as he was in the store. And it was gaining on me.

I turned my attention back to the trees in front of me, just in time to see a huge tree loom up right in front of me.

I screamed, and turned the bike hard left. I missed the tree, but the momentum threw the bike and me on our side.

And over the steep hill I hadn't seen before.

Luckily the bike rolled away from me, and not on top of me. I continued to roll hard down the hill, every rock and branch I hit adding to the pain in my abdomen and head.

I rolled for what seemed like forever, and just when I started to slow down, I felt the ground drop out from under me.

I screamed and jackknifed my body as best I could, grabbing at anything that would stop my fall off the cliff. My hands caught hold of a large branch, and my already beaten body slammed up against the side of the rock face.

I hung there for a few seconds, eyes closed, slowing my breath and trying to keep my body from slipping into unconsciousness. Once I had calmed down enough, I opened my eyes enough to look around me. I was hanging from a 60 foot cliff, the top just 10 feet above me. I looked down, and saw a large river of water directly below me, rushing by at an incredible speed, the white water crashing against the rocks.

Well, falling into that would have made a bad day even worse. That's because it early November and the water had to be at least 5 degrees below freezing.

I looked up at the top of the cliff, and what I saw almost made me let go and fall into the crashing river below.

The snake creature was trying to find a way down to me, its claws digging into the rocks trying to find a holding. It looked at me and roared.

"Coooome back uuuuuup here!" It screeched, trying to claw its way back up the face of the cliff.

I had to laugh. "Now why would I want to do that? So you can dismember me and eat the good parts? No, I think I'll just stay here, thank you."

The creature screeched again. Rocks started to tumble down the side of the cliff, hitting me in the face and hands. I could feel the branch I was hanging onto snap a little. With every move the snake man made, the more my branch was becoming up rooted.

An idea came to my mind. It wasn't a good idea, but I was running out of time. I braced my feet against the side of the cliff, the muscles in my legs poised and ready for what I was about to do.

Michael, please forgive me for this

"Why don't you come down and get me you over grown pair of shoes! I mean, what kind of scary, demonic creature are you if you can't even kill a fallen Angel! I mean, come on, I can't even defend myself here!"

The creature looked at me with such rage I almost lost my hold on the branch. It pulled back its lips and exposed its long fangs at me. It let out one last, long roar and jumped at me.

I pushed away from the cliff, letting go of the branch and twisting my body around so I could see where I was going to land in the icy water below.

The roar behind me went from one of rage to one of fear. I had tricked it into jumping at me and there for jumping into the river with me.

When I hit the water it felt like I had hit a wall. A wall made of the coldest water and ice you could find. I sunk down below the surface, and the current immediately swept me up.

The shock of the coldness forced the air out of my lungs, and instinct made me try to take a breath. But instead of air, ice cold water filled my lungs. They immediately began to burn. I tried to find the surface of the water, but the current kept twisting me around, disorienting me even more than I already was.

I didn't even know if the snake creature had landed in the water or on the jagged rocks. I didn't know if he was alive, dead, hurt, or just very upset that his prey got a way.

Darkness started to creep up on me, and a strange sense of numbness was en gulfing my body. I could feel myself going limp, and my mind started to get hazy.

A bright light shinned in my vision, and I could have sworn I felt strong, warm arms wrap themselves around my body. The light faded from my sight, and the darkness took my vision completely as I slipped into oblivion.

So, poll time! Who do you think should save our brave yet foolish heroine?

Michael, Gabriel, or another angel such as Raphael or Uriel? Review to let me know!