My iMac wont turn off after the recent update

Just installed the recent update couple nights ago (did the update at night, ended up going to bed before it finished). And this morning tried to turn on my iMac and it just goes to the Apple logo with the loading bar screen. After a minute it shuts itself off.
I've tried to command-option-p-r it, that didn't work.
I don't have a disk to reformat it with (the "press C" option).
I have also tried the "press shift" option - doesn't work
My dang serial number on the bottom of the screen has a scratch through it so I'm not too sure what the first couple letter/numbers are... But I did take a picture of it anyways.
I've unplugged my external hard drive to see if it would start without it.
im not to sure what other options are; ive tried calling Apple support but they need my serial number. Which I can't even start it up to get the information.
please help!
-Lara

When I get into the black screen with a bunch of jumbled information I have no idea how to read I typed the in then '/sbin/fsck' thing after #root
and it came up saying..
"the volume mac os x 10.6 could not be verified completely"

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