Unbalanced

You move through the center of the room, adrenaline pumping as the clacking grows ever closer. Positioning yourself behind an overturned table, you steal a glance over in the direction of the sound.

Hunched over a corpse is some sort of skeletal construct, half spider and half snake. Its long tail is coiled around the body of a corpse, and with slender claws it picks at the body, seemingly looking for something. At the moment, it also seems unaware of your presence. You can see the door behind it, only a short distance away.