Morale was low among NPA comrades as many had fallen into the hands of their enemies at grievous cost. Torture and summary executions of captured NPAs were common. Lorie held on tenaciously and even tried to uplift the sagging morale of her comrades but deep inside her spirit was deeply wounded. She was having nightmares and spoke in her sleep of “a whale trying to swallow me." Her fateful end came on 24 March 1976 when the military was tipped of her mountain hideout in Mauban, Quezon just before dawn. A male comrade was said to have pleaded with her to move to another location after a local comrade who knew her whereabouts was feared to have been caught by government soldiers.
Noong naganap naman ang Diliman Commune, isang kilos protesta ng mga mag-aaral ng University of the Philippines (UP) laban sa administrasyon ng unibersidad, “sinakop” ng mga mag-aaral ang kabuuan ng UP at isa si Lory sa mga nangungunang lider sa pagkilos na ito. Nakalulungkot na kasabay ng pagkilos na ito ay ang pagkamatay ni Felix Rivera sa isang pakikibaka sa isang lalawigan sa Hilagang Luson. Habang nagpupulong kami sa unang palapag ng Vinzon’s Hall, napansin kong nagmamadaling umakyat si Lory sa itaas ng gusali. Pagbaba niya ay halatang namumugto ang kanyang mga mata. Napag-alaman ko pagkaraan na nasawi ang kanyang kasintahang si Felix. Nilapitan ko siya upang makiramay ngunit hindi pa ‘ko nakapagsasalita ay tinapik na niya ‘ko sa balikat at nakangiting sinabi na bumalik na kami sa puwestong aming binabantayan.