Lisa grabbed the necessary fishing gear, took hold of Colleen by the elbow, announced to the others that they were going fishing by the rocks until all was ready to go, and gently pushed Colleen to the place, not far from the canoes, she intended. Lisa pulled Colleen down and they sat beside each other out of sight of Amy and Phillip; they could hear Phillip's griping though. Lisa let go of Colleen and began to organize the lures. She handed one to Colleen and suggested Colleen try it and promptly Colleen put it on her line.
Some rocks stuck out above the water line about ten feet from where they were sitting. "Lets cast from there," Lisa said pointing to the largest rock. She, Colleen following her, stepped carefully over the smaller rocks to get there. The lichen on the rocks was slippery in places. On the big rock, they gave each other space so they could cast.
Lisa was thinking to herself, aware of her thoughts, 'I know what I must do. I shouldn't have done what I did to Michael, there was no need as it worked out, but its done now. I'm no longer tied to him like a pet dog who would rather be free. I was playing a role with him and the me behind the mask asserted herself. It was not something that could be prevented. I'd been suppressing the real me for so long that when she burst forth it was with vengeance. Morality is a means of control. I won't ever be caught.'
Colleen asked, "Is this right?" and Lisa looked at her in amazement but then suddenly realized that Colleen was referring to her method of casting.
Lisa replied, "Whatever works for you. It doesn't matter how you cast as long as you get the lure out there." Then after a moment Lisa added, "Legend has it that there are some huge fish in this lake. Stories for believers but stuff of the Loch Ness monster in my opinion. The big one has been caught on many lines but never reeled in."
Continuing in her own mind, Lisa was back at her own thought, reasoning with herself, in a struggle her dark side was easily wining. 'I have to do it and the sooner the better or this will become an overwhelming obsession. If I want to get away from these thoughts, I have to get rid of the cause.'
Colleen jerked forward. "It's the big one," she yelped. The line and the fishing rod were yanked out of her hands and immediately disappeared under water. She lost her balance and while falling forward, instinctively counterbalanced, and in the middle of both actions she fell into the water, knocking the back of her head on the big rock behind her.
At the sound of the splash, Lisa turned sharply towards Colleen. Lisa let her rod fall and jumped into the water after Colleen. Lisa took grabbed hold of Colleen who was underwater, blood suspended around her wounded head and her arms moving passively. No thinking was happening now and Lisa held Colleen underwater until Colleen drifted to the lakebed a short distance below. Lisa surfaced and gulped the air. She climbed back onto the rock and waited until she was sure before starting to scream to attract the others. She splashed back in the water, went under the surface and dragged Colleen to the edge of the big rock where the other two who had arrived, helped pulled Colleen's body out of the water and to the shore where they could lay her down. Amy rolled Colleen's body over and began hitting her between the shoulder blades trying to get Colleen to vomit up the water and start breathing. Some water trickled out of Colleen's mouth. Then Amy moved her onto her back and started mouth-to-mouth resuscitation interspersed with chest compressions, when Amy checked Colleen's pulse and realized her heart had stopped. Amy was frantic and worked to exhaustion. Phillip and Lisa were shocked and stood by not knowing what to do. Amy did not stop until she collapsed in a faint and when she came back to consciousness a few moments later, she tried to resume but Phillip and Lisa stopped her by each holding forcefully one arm.
"She's dead," Phillip kept repeating, "Can't you see?"
Amy was sobbing. Phillip and Lisa had not a dry tear.
