Under The Lake

"Get Out Of There"

I'm now able to breathe, I felt a strong sharp chill down my back. Julia was frozen in her tracks, we were two feet from the edge of the water and the lifeless figure rests at the break of water.

"Call Steven" I whispered, as if the body could hear me. I was afraid to move, to even blink. This was all so strange and unreal, three bodies coming from a lake in less than three days? It just doesn't add up. Steven was on his way with a small crew, we wanted to get this one before the police took over. They would leave us with nothing. I realized that for the first time in two years I haven't been able to come to the lake in the morning, I haven't spoke to Nicole.

"Nic, if you're in there somewhere just come to me" I whispered.

Steven pulled up along the gravel and dirt in a snazzy suit with three men who were dressed the same.

"Ben, Julia" He said greeting us by the dock. "Another one?"

"We came here to just look and a few minutes after our arrival the body just floated to the top" Julia's voice was shaking, I rubbed the small of her back in comfort, but then there goes the guilt that stopped me from doing so.

"Alright, Ned call it in and get me the rafter" Steven ordered to one of his guys. They got a large boat like structure and got it in the water to retrieve the body. After Ned brought the body to surface and put it on a carrying device they had, we took a good look at it. It was hard to make out the sex, part of the head was bitten or cut off. Dry and sticky blood covered most of the lower half of the body, and the same marks were on this one too.

"Ned can you-" we turned but Ned wasn't there. Our attention struck to the lake where Ned was on the raft looking in the water, possibly too close into the water. He used a tool and dropped it in, holding the top.

"I got something!" He yelled.

"Ned get out of there! You don't know what's in that-"

Before Steven could finish, our jaws gaped open and the screech of a man (Ned) woke the entire neighborhood.

"Ned!" Steven yelled, but it was too late. The raft began to sink into the lake, sucking Ned into the mysterious water. Whatever he had, was gone, and so was Ned, he sunk into the lake and we couldn't even help him. We all new something was causing this, and now Ned became the next victim.