Thanks to Todger 65 for the edit.
The first thing Lynn noticed was the quiet. The silence last night was creepy, sure, but this morning, more so.
No birds,
was the thought,
Better look in on the girls.
Lynn, a creature of habit, did her morning ablutions first. She walked down the hall later, scrubbed clean, hair combed, teeth brushed; a woman who disliked unkempt appearances, even before her best friends.
Charlotte and Maria were not in their rooms.
Odd,
but only slightly. Her friends were early risers. No sign of them in the kitchen either.
Strange, they left the door open.
The morning outside was bright and cloudless. The air, warm with little humidity.
Perfect,
Lynn thought,
But damn! It's so quiet.
Her friends were at the pier, sitting. Lynn noticed they were also nude.
Skinny dipping,
she smiled, remembering mischievous nude swims of old. Maria and Charlotte were quietly chatting when Lynn reached them.
"So how's the water?"
"Nice and cool," Charlotte answered.
"We're about to go in again," added Maria.
Her BFF's smiles told Lynn she didn't have to ask further. Off came her white tee and daisy dukes, and Lynn was nude like the others.
Lynn, of the Club, was the most fit. She had the curves, yes, but sported the best muscle tone. Maria thought Lynn would be perfect as a fitness model.
Lynn's skin was also the lightest of the three. Her hair was medium brown, to Maria and Charlotte's glossy black. Her eyes were blue-gray to the others' dark amber.
Lynn was also the shyest, though not more so than her contemporaries. She was comfortable nude around friends and husband but dressed conservatively outside those circles. Still, under certain circumstances such as the present, she could step up and be as adventurous as the others.
Her friends stood by patiently while she stretched. Lynn, in body and personality, was the least curvy and the most demure. Her style was "girl next door", a trait attractive to more than a few. It didn't surprise the others when she became the first to settle down.
"You ready?" smiled Charlotte.
"Just about."
"Hey, let's race to the middle," suggested Maria. "Last one there has to make breakfast."
"Ha! You two better hope I win," laughed Charlotte.
The trio dived in. Charlotte, the best swimmer, won handily. The other two argued, in good humor, over who came second.
"Tell you what. I got here first so both of you treat me to breakfast."
"Oh good grief, Charlotte!" the other two chorused.
The Curvy Club floated in the lake like a trio of water nymphs waiting for an unlucky (or very lucky) fisherman.
"We must be something to look at," Lynn remarked.
"I guess. I know some college boys in Miami who'd like to see these," Maria giggled, glancing at her breasts.
Maria and Charlotte floated close to Lynn, on either side of her. Lynn didn't notice, nor would she think it odd if she had.
"You know Lynn?" Charlotte said, "Me and Maria found something here while you were asleep."
"Here? In the lake? Ooo, what is it? A sunken boat?"
"No," Maria giggled, "It's cooler than that. It's a cave."
"A cave? Damn! You think other people know about it?"
"I don't know," Maria replied.
"We don't think anyone else knows," Charlotte added, "There are things in it. Strange, beautiful things. I think people would make a big noise if they knew."
"Oooo, what kind of things? New creatures? Precious stones?"
"You'll have to see for yourself," Maria whispered.
The waters around the trio began to bubble.
"Uh, girls? Something's happening to the lake. I think we better go."
Charlotte and Maria didn't move, lips curled in enigmatic smiles, which disturbed Lynn.
Something's seriously wrong here.
"Relax Lynn," said Charlotte.
"Yes, relax Lynn. It's part of the beautiful thing we'll show you."
The waters bubbled like a spa. Lynn wasn't relaxed. The Stepford smiles on her friends did not help.
"Okay girls, this isn't funny! I'm getting out of here!"
Charlotte and Maria drew close and grabbed Lynn, hugging her between their bodies.
"What the fuck! What are you doing?!" Lynn squirmed and struggled.
"Relax Lynn," Charlotte breathed in her ear.
"It'll be over soon," whispered Maria in the other.
"Yes it will! 'Cause you two are going to let me go right now!"
Lynn struggled, sandwiched between her friends. The waters churned and swirled. Charlotte and Maria pressed tight, skin to skin, with Charlotte's breasts against Lynn's, and Maria's against her shoulder blades. Lynn could not help but be extremely conscious of their nude bodies against hers, in spite her panic.
What's happened to them!
The wrongness was obvious. Charlotte and Maria were like a pair of hypnotized drones.
The trio, Lynn squirming all the way, began to whirl around together.
"Don't be afraid," Charlotte and Maria said in unison.
"Who . . . the hell . . . are you?!" Lynn grunted. These two couldn't be her friends.
It's like they're pod people!
The two smiled at her like bland mannequins.
The women whirled in the churning water. Lynn just had time to draw in breath before the went under. The waters swirled and bubble for a few moments more, and then settled to placid glass, and once again, the lake was quiet.
Lynn woke in the tunnel. Her memory was a confused swirl of churning water and nude women. She raised her wet body and coughed. Her body swayed dizzily. Lynn waited until the nausea passed then gazed around. Two emotions dominated: confusion and anger.
Where the fuck are those bitches?! We are going to have a talk!