"Squid?" Brandy whispered.

Everyone in the tent had fallen asleep but Brandy lay awake, her mind was running on over drive, making a plan. The girl's depended on her, she couldn't let them suffer like this, she had to get them out of here asap.

"Hmmmm?" Squid mumbled.

"I love you." Brandy whispered.

"I love you too." Squid said and kissed the top of her head.

"Can you promise me something?" Brandy asked.

"Anything." Squid said, his voice still heavy with sleep.

"If anything ever happens to me, don't do anything you would regret." Brandy whispered, choosing her words carefully.

"I promise." Squid said before he drifted back to sleep.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"WHAT IN GODS NAME!" Mom yelled.

Everyone opened their eyes to see Mom standing by the tent flap, his hands on his hips.

"Morning, Mom." Armpit said sitting up.

"What are you kids doing?!" he yelled.

"Well, we were sleeping." Brandy grumbled.

"Close that smart mouth of yours." Mom shot at Brandy.

"Everyone up, the Warden will be hearing about this." Mom said and marched out of the tent.

They were all more tired then usual from their lack of sleep. They dug slower and talked very little. When Mr.Sir came around to refill their cantines, he was glaring at Brandy.

"Quit staring, I don't do it for money if that is what you are wondering." Brandy said when she couldn't stand Mr.Sir staring any longer.

"Watch you mouth young lady." Mr.Sir growled.

"Young? Yes. Lady? Hell no." Brandy snapped.

By now she had the attention of everyone around. Barely anyone talked back to Mr.Sir.

"You stoll my knife, didn't you?" Mr.Sir asked.

"I didn't steal nothing." Brandy said, glaring at him.

"I know you did and I will get it back real soon." Mr.Sir said.

"Sure, ya will." Brandy said and held out her cantine.

"You will get water when I get my knife." Mr.Sir said.

"Well then I'm not going to get any water." Brandy said, walking back to her hole.

Once she started digging again, X-Ray came over.

"Why don't you just give him the knife before you die of dehydration?" X-Ray asked, kneeling down by her hole.

"Cause I still have to use it for something." Brandy said and kept digging.

"Use it for what?" X-Ray asked.

"You'll see." Brandy said.

X-Ray gave up and went back to his hole, but not before offering her a drink of his water which she declined.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

That day after they finished digging their holes, they were lounging around in the guys tent.

"Your planning something." Mustang said to Brandy who was staring blindly at the ceiling.

"Whatever it is, don't get yourself in anymore trouble." Flame said.

"I thought you guys wanted out of here?" Brandy said, not looking at any of them.

"Well we do, but not bad enough for you to get hurt or anything." Squid said.

"I'm going to get more water." Brandy said and left.

"I hate it when she is like this." Smirk grumbled.

"When you talk to her you can tell her mind is on other things." Jam said.

"Whadda you think she is gonna do?" Twitch asked.

"Something unbelievble." Squid replied.

"Unbelievably stupid, is more like it." Type said glaring.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

That night, they were sleeping soundly in their own tents. Well, 12 of them were. Brandy was outside by the showers. Even though it was late, it was still warm, she had her pant suit tied around her waist and her black tanktop on. Her hair was sticking to the back of her neck so she tied it up in her bandana. Whether it was from heat or nerves, she couldn't tell.

She gripped Mr.Sir's blade tight in her hand. She picked a board of wood and threw the blade.

It hit exactly where she was aiming while a dulled thud. She walked over and wrenched it from the wood and prepared to throw it again.

Meanwhile, back in D-Tent:

"X?" Steel whispered. "X, you gotta wake up."

She pleaded for a few more minutes with the snoring X-Ray and finally chucked one of his boots at him.

"Who ever did that is gonna get the crap beat out of them." X-Ray snarled, sitting up.

"X, its me Steel." she whimpered.

"What's wrong?" X-Ray asked, hearing the pleaing in her voice.

"Its Brandy, she is outside by the showers, with the knife. Hurry, before she wakes someone else up." Steel explained.

X-Ray quickly pulled a shirt on and his boots and woke up the rest of the guys. Steel went back to wake up the girls. When the gang reached the showers, the sight made them stop dead in their tracks.

Mr.Sir and Brandy were standing about 20 feet apart. Brandy with the knife by her side, Mr.Sir with his gun, pointed at her.

"Put my knife down." Mr.Sir growled.

His outstretched arms were shaking slightly while holding the gun. They could tell he was scared. Brandy would not hesitate to throw that knife at him if he provocked her.

"Why?" Brandy asked, her voice was calm, almost bored.

"I said put it down." Mr.Sir yelled.

"What is going on out here?" Mom asked coming out of the councellors tent.

When he caught sight of Mr.Sir and Brandy, he too stopped.

"Brandy, stop playin' and put it down." Squid pleaded, scared what Mr.Sir might do.

"You won't shoot me." Brandy said taking a step forward.

"Stay where you are and put the knife down you out-spoken juvenile delinquent!" Mr.Sir yelled, big mistake.

By now with all of the yelling, people from the other tents were coming to see what was going on.

To everyones astonishment, Brandy just smiled. She drew her arm back and threw the knife.

The sound of a gun being fired cut through the humid silence.