As others started following his lead, Cecil put his gun down and bent at the steep edge he stood upon, lending his hands to help up Junker and Diver alike.  He had to bring his hands up to shield himself as the creature burst from the surface, showering the whole field with loose earth and smaller stones.  

When Cecil looked out over the field, he saw one of the Divers working with fire, trying to aim it at the serpent.  The serpent, meanwhile, didn't seem to know where anyone was.  [i]Is it blind?[/i] It was possible, probable even.  What use did such a creature have with eyesight?  

There was also a team of both Divers and Junkers on top of the ATV, messing about with the cannon. 

[i]If they can hit it with that...[/i]  

But it's reaching was a concern, it seemed to be tasting the air, like a regular snake might.  It needed its attention brought elsewhere.  Cecil's mind went back to the curving bullets he had produced during the firefight, and he set about Constructing a new one.  When it was done, he loaded it into his VAD and took careful aim several yards wide of the serpent.  

The bullet curved gently for a distance, soaring past the serpent, but then suddenly spiraling in sharply, so that it hit the creature on the side facing the edge of the rock field, where no one was at the moment.