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A/N: Disclaimer- The Big Bang Theory belongs to CBS, Warner Bros, Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady. This story is meant simply for entertainment purposes. I would also like to apologise for any spelling, grammar or word misuse errors that occur in this story, I have mild dyslexia, and as such despite my best efforts, they maybe such errors in said story.

Okay as I've written several stories now, which are realistic and generally feasible tales I figured it was time to try writing something else altogether. As such I hope you enjoy this work, as its somewhat different to what I've written previously.

I would also like to state before you begin reading that all religious views held, expressed and portrayed throughout this story are simply part of said story, and I hope that they do not alienate certain audiences. If you do not share said expressed views, I would advise you to remember this story is just fiction and only meant to be entertainment. Now on to the story:

Chapter One: Not Lost, and Found

It was a typical Friday night; everyone was eating dinner in Sheldon and Leonard's apartment. Penny hadn't arrived just yet, which was a bit unusual, nor had Raj, but he had called Howard to say he would be a bit late as traffic was bad, so his absence was explained.

Sheldon was calmly sitting in his spot, as usual Amy was by his side, neither talked, both were eating. Amy turned to face her boyfriend; he was calmly eating his food, nothing more or less than what normally happened between them on these nights. She shook her head and smiled before turning back to her food. She didn't notice Sheldon's blue eyes flashing over her the moment she looked away.

Howard and Bernadette were also silently eating, but they were also nuzzled up close to each other. No one was talking everyone was just enjoying their food for the moment. Only Leonard wasn't eating. He was wondering where Penny had gotten to, he knew she had gotten back from work a half an hour earlier, he had seen her. Looking down at his watch, Leonard was starting to get worried, where was she? As if the universe was answering, the door opened and in walked Penny. She was dressed up more than usual, and wearing a tight black dress, that hugged her figure tightly.

"Penny," Leonard said happily, he rushed over to his girlfriend. "What took you…" she silenced him, and taking his hand took him over to near the counter. Before pulling him in close and kissing him. The others rolled their eyes; Leonard smiled, he was so lucky to have Penny as his girlfriend. As they slowly broke off, Sheldon slowly looked up from his food. And just for a second his and Penny's eyes met.

Sheldon's eyes opened wide in horror. He jumped to his feet, "Leonard," he screamed. "What?" Leonard said annoyed at his neurotic friend interrupting his moment with Penny. "Get away from her?" he shouted, as he very slowly walked forward towards them. "Sheldon what are you talking about?" Amy asked worried by her boyfriend's unusual behaviour. "What is the matter with you?" Leonard said. "Trust me," he shouted, "get away from her." Penny uncaringly rolled her eyes. "Have you gone…" Leonard shouted, when suddenly Penny clobbered him in the chest knocking him the ground.

Looking up he saw her smiling down at him coldly, before licking her lips and lunging forward, her hands outstretched and aimed at Leonard's neck. Suddenly Sheldon ran into her, knocking her back into the counter. She pushed back but Sheldon held his ground and wrapped his arms around, holding her in place. Penny snarled and tried to squirm free. Shifting his arms, Sheldon sudden;y hoisted her above his head and held her there like a rag down. He then hurled her forward at the kitchen cupboards. She crashed into them, shattering them all before falling to the floor amongst a pile of broken crockery.

"Penny," Amy screamed rushing forward, but Sheldon grabbed hold of her and held her back; he helped Leonard to his feet before pushing both of them behind him. His eyes turned back to in front of him. "That's not Penny," he replied coldly. Howard and Bernadette watched but neither moved, both were to shocked at this impossible turn of events. Slowly the thing that looked like Penny rose up from the floor, it moved in a strange snake like fashion, slithering and waving its way up in a clearly erotic way. Like some sort of exotic dancer.

Turning to face Sheldon she smiled. "Hi Shelly," she said in an incredibly seductive and sultry voice. Sheldon's eyes narrowed, "how dare you enter my home? How dare you Possess my friend? Get out of her. Get out of here!" The creatures smiled, "I don't know if I will," she said, "I like it in here," she said as she began gently caressing her hands over Penny's body "it's so warm, so snug, and so…" she paused letting her hands slowly caress Penny's breasts, before finishing with "…comfortable." She chuckled, a devilish smile upon her face.

"Get…Out…of… Her!" Sheldon snarled through gritted teeth, "Now!" he shouted. The creature smiled and then cocked her head forward slightly, "okay Shelly, I'll leave, just you agree to come with me, the boss wants to see you. You see he wants to add you to his company, he's says your make an exception addition. I would personally take it as a compliment he is after all a very big figure in his line of work." Sheldon's eyes opened wide again, "never! That is not who I am, and I never will be." he shouted back. The Creature laughed cruelly "come on, you know what I am, and I know what you are. And we both know what that's means. So stop kidding yourself and embrace your destiny, it will be easier for us all in the long run."

"Get out," Sheldon screamed, "I am warning you." The creature smiled, "go ahead give me your best shot, just be careful not damage pretty Penny's pretty face, I no succubus's who will pay through the nose for this body, and they don't take kindly to receiving damaged goods." And with that she laughed coldly again.

Sheldon's eyes narrowed coldly, "You want my best shot, well fine I warned you, Crux sacra sit mihi lux," he shouted, for the first time the creature stopped smiling, "non draco sit mihi dux," Bernadette stared at him, "I know that," she muttered, "its Latin and it's a…" at the point the creature in Penny suddenly dived forward, "you're not getting rid of me that easy." She snarled. But Sheldon fist swung into her chest and sent her flying backwards. She smashed right into the counter splitting the wood. "Vade reto satana, numquam suade mihi vana," Sheldon continued.

The creature was twitching and shaking now, "no," she screamed "no," "Sheldon what are you doing?" Leonard asked worried, as he watched his girlfriend sprawling around the floor. "Suat Mala quae libas." He continued. Suddenly regaining its strength the thing jumped up and grabbed a kitchen knife before plunging it into its own chest. Sheldon stopped, everyone stared wide eyes as it stood there, while the red blood poured out of the wound. "Go ahead," she jeered, "finish it now."

Sheldon shrugged his shoulders, "if you insist, Ipse venena bibas!" Penny shook violently, before stopping suddenly, her pupils constricted and then she just stood there shocked, "wh…wha..What happened?" she mummed. Before slowly looking down, upon seeing the knife stuck in her chest, her eyes opened wide in fear, before she fell backwards onto the ground.

"Penny!" Leonard screamed he rushed forward to her side; he grabbed her arm feeling for a pulse. "She's alive, but she's weak, very weak, we need an ambulance." He screamed. Every erupted into a frenzy and a panic, Amy was basically to shocked to speak, Howard was just staring trying to comprehend what he just saw, Bernadette was frantically trying to call for help and Leonard just crouched there by Penny's side, on the brink of tears. Holding her hand and trying to tell the unconscious woman that everything would be okay.

And through it all Sheldon just stood there. Slowly he took a deep breath, before walking over to Penny. Calmly he knelt by her side, opposite to Leonard. Before reaching forward and grabbing the knife. He gave the blade a single tug and pulled it out of Penny's chest, before turning it over and using it to slice his own palm. Looking down at the cut, he watched as his own blood trickled out, before leaning in and in almost a whisper, speaking to it. "Multus Deus placeo mitto minister Raphael," he paused as if unsure for a second, Leonard looked over, his attention grasped. What was he doing?"Ut sano hic innocens virgo!" Sheldon continued, and with that he blew into his hand.

Leonard began to stare in shock; because Sheldon's blood had started to glow. Attracted by the white glow, the others turned and stared in silence. Sheldon held his glowing hand above Penny before suddenly slamming it down on top of the wound. The second it touched, Penny started shaking like she was being electrocuted. Her body twitched violently and then the glowing stopped and Sheldon removed his hand.

Penny sat up gasping for breath, shocked she suddenly grabbed her dress, ripped it open slightly and frantically searched for the wound. It was gone, completely gone; even the spilled blood had vanished. All eyes stared at Sheldon. "Sheldon…" Leonard said in both awe and shock, "…what did you just do." "What's going on?" Penny suddenly screamed, "how did I get here? Why did I wake up with a knife in my chest? What happened to the wound?"

The others continued to stare at Sheldon, all expecting answers, "no time to explain." He replied, "I've got to get out of here before more turn up." He turned and rushed to the door. Puling it open he was met by three other figures standing there. "Hello Shelly," the man in front of them said. Sheldon backed away in horror. "Who are they?" Penny shouted, "Get behind me," Sheldon replied calmly. "Come on Shelly," the man said coldly. "We aren't going nowhere till you give us what we want." The others backed away, only for another two figures to emerge out of the hallway behind them. "How did they get in there?" Leonard shouted in bewilderment. "Get behind me," Sheldon said again, this time not so calmly.

Amy backed behind her boyfriend, having no idea what was going on, Bernadette rushed behind him, still in shock in shock. "Sheldon," she said scared, "what you said, that was a… that was a…. and that means they are…" Sheldon nodded solemnly, "yes," he said, "they are." Bernadette's eyes opened wide, she clutched to her husband terrified. Penny however was not taking this. "Hey you!" she snapped walking over to the lead member, "I don't know what's going on here, but I'm not going stand by and …" before she could finish, the leader swiped her with the back of his hand. She knocked straight backwards and crashed into the wall. She lay were she landed, her eyes rolling unnaturally. "Penny," Leonard screamed rushing towards her. The Leader rolled his eyes uncaringly before muting coldly, "whore."

The creatures began to advance upon them, the gang watched in horror, what were they? Every one stood there huddled in the corner, with the only thing between the figures and them being Sheldon. He stood there, his eyes darting from one to the other, as if trying to figure out what to do. "Don't even bother trying," the leader of the things laughed, "we all know you're not a fighter, strike one of us and the rest will simply pull you down, you can't defeat all of us, it's hopeless, there is no escape. Now you're going to come with us or else were going to cut your little friends there open and roast there insides." The group shuddered, "you have no choice, no chance and no alternative." The leader gloated. "It sure looks that way," Sheldon admitted. "But then…" he said calmly and then suddenly he jumped forward over the sofa and smashed his fist against a section of the wall, hitting a concealed button. "…Looks can be misleading."

The sprinkler system started. The second the liquid hit the creatures, they began to scream. The others watched in horror, the liquid was literally burning through their skin, like acid. They fell to the floor howling in pain. But the liquid had no effect on anyone else. Taking advantage of this Sheldon reached into the cupboard, grabbed a rucksack and rushed forward for the door. Two of them creatures tried to stop him, by grabbing his legs with their burning hands. Sheldon tripped forward. Spinning round he kicked one of them off, before using his now free leg to kick the other so hard, that he want flying backwards into the book case. He grabbed the other one, hoisted it into the air and hurled it through the window. Before turning and running out of the open doorway.

"Sheldon," Amy screamed running after him, "Amy," Bernadette called rushing after her, Howard ran after her, and Leonard helped the still hurt Penny along after the rest. They all rushed up the stairs after Sheldon, where was he going? What was happening? What were those things? Arriving on the roof, they turned to see Sheldon standing on the edge, poised as if he planned to jump. "No!" Amy screamed, "don't jump," Sheldon spun round. "What are you doing up here?" he screamed. "following you," Howard shot back, "you're not meant to be following me," he shouted, "your meant to be legging it, while I lead those things away, it's me there after not you, go!"

"But Sheldon…" Leonard began. "GO!" he shouted his voice unnaturally loud. The others backed away in shock, "I'll be fine, just go," he said in a much quieter voice, "before it's too late, trust me. Amy gulped, their eyes met, "please," he said in a soft voice, "Trust me." Slowly she nodded, "now hurry," he said. Turning Amy rushed back to the doorway only find another figure standing there. "Hello my pretty," it chuckled coldly.

Amy grabbed the side and slammed the door shut. She turned to run, only for the things hand to suddenly smash through the wooden door and grasp hold of her. She screamed as its cold fingers pulled her against the door. "Amy," the others shouted, rushing forward Penny grabbed her and tried to pull her free, but it did no good. Sheldon dropping his rucksack and dived forward, "don't bother trying," he shouted, "Its stronger than you are, it's stronger than all of you together." Rushing forward he smashed his own fist into the top of the door. It shot through the wood, causing the creature on the other side to go flying.

Pulling Amy way he turned, "that barrel," he shouted pointing towards a water barrel, "bring it here, and hurry". Turning back he kicked the remainder of the door, knocking it straight off its hinges. It collided with another one on the stairs, but nothing short of slow it down. Seeing Sheldon the thing charged and him. Sheldon smashed his fist into its head knocking it backwards into the one behind it. He stood there managing to fend off the multiple arms trying to grab him. Between themselves, Penny, Leonard and Howard managed to carry the full barrel over to the door. Sheldon dived out of the way and violently kicked it over.

The liquid splashed out, hitting the creatures. Each screamed there skin began dissolve, tripping they all fell down the stairs, screaming the entire way. Overcome with curiosity, Leonard bent down and dipped his hand in the liquid; once again nothing happened to him. "What is that stuff?" he asked, "holy water." Sheldon replied uncaringly. He turned and looked down, "we've got about two minutes till they recover to get out of here, looks like your all coming with me." He said the last part with noticeable regret.

"So what are we going to do, fly away?" Howard asked flippantly. Penny ran over to the side, "there's a fire escape," she called we can climb down. The others rushed over, however Amy's eyes remained stuck on Sheldon. "Guys," she called uncertainly. Turning they all stared at what they saw, Sheldon was standing there, hunched over, his eyes closed, his face strained, he looked like he was struggling greatly. "Sheldon?" Leonard asked uncertainly. Suddenly his head snapped up and let out an incredible scream.

The others jumped backwards in shock, Sheldon continued to scream, sweat was pouring down his face. "What's happening?" Amy shouted frantically, "what's wrong with him?" Suddenly the back of Sheldon's shirt split open, he let out another great howl. His screams were getting higher and higher. Two enormous bony structures sprouted out of his back. Blood ran down them. Howard, Bernadette and Leonard took one look, before running over to the side of the building and throwing up.

As they watched the bony structures spread out, unfolding and seemingly growing out of his back. Sheldon was still screaming. The bony structures finally snapped into place by his sides, and it was only then that it became clear what it was, they were wing bones. They were so long they went almost all the way to the ground, and just above Sheldon's head. The blood ran back down the wings but did not fall to the ground. Instead it just carried on down the bones like it was running back into Sheldon's back. The wounds that formed when the bones split their way out were regenerating at an incredible rate, in seconds they had completely vanished.

Out of the bones feathers sprouted, long white feathers. They continued to grow out, until both wings were entirely covered in a long white plumage of feathers. Panting heavily Sheldon straightened up, the wings outspread by his side. He paused for a second as if thinking and then the wings flapped completely open. At this point the white feathers began to glow; Sheldon's eyes were now also glowing, both glowed pure white.

He had stopping panting. Quickly he picked up his rucksack before walking forward and grabbing a stunned Amy with one hand. He continued walking now leading Amy along with him towards the edge, he handed Leonard the rucksack and then grabbed Leonard with his now free hand. Continuing on to the ledge, he casually lifted both of them up and stepped onto the edge, before gently putting them down and turning round to the rest of them who were all staring at him.

"I think your suggestion would work best now Wolowitz," Sheldon said calmly facing Howard, "I'm off now and I'm taking this two with me. Does anyone else want to come along for the ride?" There was a pause and no one spoke, seeing him Bernadette stared in awe, "your…your…your…" she tried to managed, Sheldon shook his head, "no time for that," he said calmly, "we have to go now, the effects of the Holy water will be wearing off and there be a coming."

"So what do you suggest," Howard said still staring in shock, "you fly us all away?" Sheldon turned his to face both his new wings in turn, before turning back to him, "well it was your idea," he replied. There was a great groaning noise. Sheldon's eyes narrowed, "hear that?" he asked, "that's them waking up down there, you've got thirty seconds till they come up here after me, I'm not going to be here so there going to take their anger out on the first thing they see which will be all of you."

The others looked back unsure, "I don't want to leave any of you," Sheldon said worriedly, "but I have only got two arms, I can only hold two of you, the rest of you will have to hold onto me. So basically you can come with me and live or stay here and die." "But what are you?" Penny asked cautiously, staring in shock at Sheldon's new wings. Sheldon shook his head sadly, "I know you've all got a lot of questions and I owe all of you there answers, but right now we don't have time, I promise I'll answer all of them as soon as were safe, but right now you have to trust me." He turned back to face edge, grabbed a still stunned to silence Leonard and Amy, pulled them both in close and crouched slightly so he was ready to jump. He paused and then solemnly said, "I don't want to leave you, please, let me save you."

Bernadette ran forward towards him, climbing on to the edge, she wrapped her arms around Sheldon's torso. Howard looked back before running forward and latching on his arm, behind Leonard. "Penny?" Sheldon asked. Penny continued to stare, she was unsure, she couldn't get 'What was going on?' out of her mind "Come on, hurry" Sheldon said frantically, "come on Penny," Bernadette said joining in "join us,". Penny was about to speak, when Amy suddenly screamed.

Penny spun round; several figures had appeared behind her. Each was snarling like an animal, parts of their skin were still dissolved. Penny took one look before running forward and grasping hold of Sheldon's back. The creatures ran forward after them, but at that moment Sheldon dived off the edge of the building.

There was a great flapping noise, a sudden gust of wind and they were gone. The creatures stood there staring, before they also disappeared into thin air. Leaving the roof empty.

Raj walked up the stairs; he was looking forward to the gang's normal Friday meal and was hoping the others hadn't eaten all the food when he saw the doorway to Sheldon and Leonard's apartment was wide open. Worried, he rushed up the last stairs to the doorway and stared inside. The window was shattered, the apartment was drenched, the counter had been damaged, the bookcase had been tipped over and the kitchen cupboards had been smashed to pieces. He stood there in shock staring at the wreckage, "what did I miss?" he asked the empty room.

Okay I hope you enjoyed this first chapter, like I said its quite different to what I usually write and I guess you've probably got a lot of questions by this point. Well (much like one of my previous stories) I'm not sure how well this story will be received, so I only wrote a (reasonably) short chapter in case you don't like it. I promise I will answer all the questions this chapter raises, in the next chapter. Whether or not I write a second chapter and continue this story is completely up to you, the readers. If the majority of you like this story I will, if you don't I'll scrap it.

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