Two chapters in one day! I felt like I was running late with some of this, so I did two chapters to make it up to you guys/ celebrate reaching over 100 reviews! Thanks to you, all my wonderful reader peoples! I hope you enjoy.

"…people won't even notice you unless they're expecting you," the Alpha AI explained to the congregated Freelancers from his holographic pedestal. "So, if you really want to sneak up on somebody or infiltrate a facility, hide where everybody would be least expecting you: right in front of them."

"Are there any questions?" the Director asked. Carolina raised her hand like a dutiful grade-school student.

"Even if I am using my camouflage unit, I have had trouble in past missions where people have been able to detect me from where I am hiding. Would it be useful to use something like hiding in plain sight to disguise myself like the enemy and take them out from behind?" she asked, while some of the other congregated Freelancers rolled their eyes. The Director nodded.

"That is certainly an appropriate application, Agent Carolina, but you are not the first to have suggested it," he responded, and Carolina seemed to deflate slightly. "Many soldiers throughout our forces have suggested a similar strategy with similar technology, and I have yet to see any one of those suggestions provide viable results."

"If you really want to work on something like this," the Alpha offered, "practice on each other. Hide in the one place that everyone knows that you will be, but will never think to look."

Both the Director and the Alpha acknowledged the slightly creepy grins spreading across the faces of the Freelancers.

"Hey, North!" South raced up to her brother, gasping for breath. "Have…you seen…Wash?"

"Not since class earlier," North shook his head apologetically. "I saw him heading for the rec room, but I haven't seen him since then."

"What's all this about our dear Agent Washington?" Wyoming came up behind them, causing North to jump in fright.

"We can't find him anywhere, and he's supposed to join the girls for a chick-flick marathon," South explained, standing up straight.

"I can see why he would want to skip out," North whispered, and South turned sharply to face him. "Nothing!" North protested to his sister's glare. "We'll help you find him. Knowing Wash, he's probably looking at cute kitten pictures in a bathroom stall somewhere."

The three of them began peaking into every single room that they could find and capture the elusive Washington, but to no avail. Even with the help of Florida and York, they couldn't see to find the grey and yellow Freelancer.

"I give up!" York sighed, leaning against a wall and sliding to the floor in the rec room. "We have torn this ship apart trying to find Wash, and no luck at all!"

"Hello…" someone tried to speak up before South exclaimed loudly, "Yeah. I don't know what I was thinking, trying to find Wash when it's obvious he doesn't want to be found."

"Can anyone hear me at-" spoke the disembodied voice again before North exclaimed that they hadn't checked the seventh bathroom on the forward aft section of the ship. The rec room emptied except for one pathetic soul standing in the Corner of Shape.

"I guess the Alpha was right," Wash muttered as he turned to face his corner again, waiting until someone finally decided to notice him. He chuckled slightly to himself as he registered the panic from the other Freelancers trying to find their 'chameleon' companion.

Special thanks for this chapter goes to Galuran-093.