"Rachel! Where are you Rachel?" Adam called, as he saw her towel, but no sign of his sister. He held her towel, and looked out at the lake. What if she drowned, he thought? Dropping the towel, he threw off his shirt and waded into the murky water. --------- Rachel turned away from the thing in front of her, as she heared something enter the water. When she looked back to the thing, it had vanished. She started to swim towards the sound she had heard before, and stopped. To her horror, the monster was only feet away from her brother. ------ Dover stared at the legs that appeared before him. He licked his lips with his forked tongue and bared his teeth. Only inches sperated him and flesh, when he realed backwards from a hard blow to the face. He lay on his back, as he watched the legs run out of the water. He hit the ground hard with tiny fists, and made the murk cover him. ------ Rachel's fist hurt. The scales had pushed through her skin when she hit him. He would not take her brother too. She watched as the murk subsided, and the monster sat staring at her with huge eyes. He looked more angered than hurt, and she hoped he wouldn't come after her again. ------ Dover watched her for a moment, and then looked behind her in fear. The master was coming!!! He wanted to run, but stayed to face death in the face. ------- Rachel felt something grab around her waist, and turn her around. She let out a gasp at the sight before her. If she didn't have gills, she would have drowned for sure. -------- Adam stared out at the lake once again. It must have been a fish that swam past him, he thought. What else could it have been? Maybe Rachel wasn't at the lake anymore, he thought. She was an excellent swimmer, maybe she's back at the Lodge. He turned away, bringing the towel with him.

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