Connie was committed to getting the plug open, despite the hands now that were coming up from the bottom of the pool. She thought it was a very nice addition to the special effects of the funhouse but she was in no mood to congratulate them. She was still pretty mad about the holes in her clothes and her boots.<br/><br/>With all her strength, Connie pulled upwards, feeling some suction downward, like a whirlpool as the water in the pool began to empty. She then used her heavy boots to kick off the bottom, thinking she had felt some hands grab at her feet as she did and fired upward like a missile to the surface of the water while holding on to what she could of the plug until she was forced to drop it about halfway up.