"Well, I suppose today is simply filled with bad surprises, eh?" He gave her a slight smirk, as he looked around, "All right, here is what I propose. Take a handful of rocks. I am going to start throwing rocks at the creature from here, to distract it. You run to the next closest high ground, and start throwing rocks at it from there, to draw it's attention away. I shall run to the next highest spot, and begin to throw rocks. First though ..."

He scanned the strange skyline, then pointed. "Smoke, in that direction. That is where we are going to try to get to. Hopefully, there will be some nice people with very large weapons."