Based on a prompt from tumblr: "What if CT had a conspiracy theory to tell Wash about what happened to Agent Georgia?" Also, please note that FFN has its own Red vs Blue section now, under "Misc". The ability to search by character now makes me full of glee.
Ghost Competition
Every once in a while, Connie would steal the twins' map and ask Wash about Freelancers neither of them knew. "Who's Georgia?" Her finger circled Atlanta.
"I don't know." Wash shrugged. "Must have joined the program before we did. I hear a lot of people got tested out." He was sitting straight up, arms across the back of the course, trying to look nonchalant while she bent over the map on the table.
"You mean killed." She didn't look at him.
"Maybe." Wash sounded deadpan.
"Just like North could have been for using his shield without a link."
"I guess so."
Connie moved on. "They didn't name us from east to west." She brushed across the whole United States. "Did they?"
"I don't know. I never really thought about it."
"You're one of the recent team members, and you're about as far west as you can get."
"Yeah, but Wyoming came after the twins did, right?"
"Yeah. I don't know how it works. If I could figure it out…" She leaned her chin on her hands, her elbows in the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. "For all I know, Georgia was invented to make it seem like there are more of us than there are. Have you ever actually seen a member of the other teams?" She looked at him.
"Yeah, um, I guess?" He was sure he had. Somewhere. "Around. I mean, we all wear helmets so it's hard to tell!"
"Maybe there was no Georgia. Maybe the Director cut out the whole middle of the United States just to make us feel like we had more people to compete against. People do better if they're afraid of something or perceive a threat out in the world."
"But how would he do that? Just spread rumors?"
"I don't know yet." She stood up, rolled the map, made to take it over to the corner library. "Why don't you ask somebody who has answers? If you get the chance, ask Carolina."