It was about 11 o'clock and the sun high in the sky. The rays beat down on the young diggers while they dug. Most peoples holes were around three feet while Zero's was closer to four feet. The water truck had been around a few times and too everyones surprise X-Ray gave up his spot in the front of the line to let the girls go first.

Mom was coming up with the water truck again and their lunches would be with him. The girls got their lunches first and sat around Brandy's hole to eat. Jam saw the guys eyeing them and waved them over. They sat around and talking in silence. Type wasn't looking too good.

Her face looked as white as a ghost and her eyes kept sliding out of focus. Brandy nudged her in the shoulder and handed her the second half of her sandwich. Type shook her head but Brandy just shoved it in her mouth.

"Look you got your germs on it, now you have to eat it." Brandy said with sarcasm.

When they were done eating they went back to their holes. Squid stopped and stared for a second when he saw Mustang unbuttoning her jumpsuit. He was discouraged when it turned out she had a tank-top on underneath it.

"Keep dreaming, cowboy." Mustang yelled laughing at him.

In the hours that passed everyone finished up their holes (of course Zero finished first). By three o'clock everyone was done except for Steel and Type. Brandy was not aloud to help them dig even though she was done so she waited for them while they dug.

When Squid finished his shower and got changed, he went back out onto the lake bed to talk to Brandy.

"Hey." Squid said as he approached Brandy.

She looked up and gave him a small smile and a nod.

"Is Type going to be okay?" Squid asked looking at the smaller girl slowly digging her hole.

"Yeah, a week before the well dried up, we found out it was contaminated and most of the girls got sick." Brandy explained "She was one of them but she will be better in a few days."

"What about Steel?" Squid asked looking at the other girl digging.

"What about her?" Brandy asked raising an eyebrow.

"She hasn't said a word to any of the boys and she flinches if we even touch her by accident." Squid said quietly so that the other girl wouldn't hear.

Brandy hesitated for a second and looked from Squid to Steel.

"Come on, we are like tent mates. You can tell me and the D-Tent boys anything." Squid said reassuringly.

"She was attacked by some guy a few months before she was sent here." Brandy said looking down.

"What do you mean attacked?" Squid asked confused.

Brandy looked up at him and rolled her eyes.

"Oh...." Squid said.

"She lived on the streets so she kind of had it coming. She was a pick pocket and that's why she got sent here, she got caught." Brandy said sadly. "What about all of you guys, why were you sent here and how did you come up with those nicknames?"

"Well I was sent here for breaking and entering and the guys call me Squid because my life line is a rubber octopus. X-Ray was sent here or selling drugs and he got his nickname because X-Ray is Rex in Latin or something. Ziggy is here for setting fire to a portable class room and he got his nickname because of his hair. Armpit got sent here for sending two guys to the hospital and his nickname is kind of obvious. Zero was sent here for stealing a pair of shoes and his nickname is obvious. Magnet is here for stealing and his nickname is cause he says his fingers are like little magnets. Twitch was sent here for joyriding and his nickname is cause he never stops twitching." Squid explained and Brandy listened attentively. "Your turn, like I said we are like tent-mates, we tell each other everything."

"Well I was always a trouble maker but they sent me here when I pulled a knife on the teacher, cause he was trying to get fresh with me. My nickname is because I stole a bottle of brandy from the head of our camp the first day I got here. Flame was sent here because he burnt down a house my mistake, her nickname is for three reasons, her hair, her mouth and her love for fire. Mustang is here because she stole six cars in a night and her nickname if because they were all Mustangs. Type was sent here because she hacked into some bank files and transferred a couple hundred thousand dollars to her account, her nickname is because of her skills with computers. Steel you already know why she is here but we had named her Steal because she stole so much but she doesn't know how to spell very well and always wrote S-T-E-E-L instead so it stuck. Smirk is here because she vandalized two dozen buildings before she got caught and her nickname is cause she always smirks. Jam is here for breaking and entering some rich stiffs house and her nickname is cause she rocks at singing and loves her music." Brandy said and it was Squids turn to listen attentively and chew on his toothpick.

The two girls finished their holes soon afterwards and they headed back to camp. They hung out in the wreck room until supper time where they ate quietly. After supper the girls headed out to the showers. Some guys from other tents were hanging out around there but they cleared out when Brandy approached. The word of what she had done to Wink spread quickly.

The guys waited for the girls in the wreck room and they came back after about fifteen minutes. It took them a minute to recognize Brandy. She had her hair down, it went to about her shoulders and it was a thick golden blonde when it dried. After a few minutes Jam stood up from the couch.

"That's it, I can't take any more boy band music, I'm going to grab my CD." she exclaimed and trotted out of the room.