The impossible has happened. When I wrote out the plot for Protocol I also wrote out a few short one shots as I didn't know how long I was going to go with this. And today I was really board and looking through FF RVB and saw my story and decided that after four months of being completed I might as well write a one shot.

AU in that all freelancers are still here and not completely crazy yet

Sometime after the end

"So just put her to bed by ten at the latest." Carolina handed CT Allison. She, York, and Geia had a mission and Allison needed a babysitter for the night.

"Agent Carolina please report to bay 8." Phyllis called over intercom

"Coming Phyllis" called Carolina as she jogged out of the rec room. CT looked at her go then down at a sleeping Allison then at Wash and Maine who had also been roped into this.

"Please tell me one of you has had a baby sibling." Both shook their heads.

"Crap." Carefully CT put Allison on the blanket Carolina had brought in along with a bag of baby things. The little girl continued to sleep and the three looked relived. "maybe she'll sleep through the night?" Wash suggested tentively. CT shot him a look, they weren't that lucky he was going to jinx them. Maine huffed and turned back to the TV which was playing grifball at the lowest possible sound.

Just as the three relax thinking maybe that they could handle this Allison woke up crying. "Damn!" CT groaned scooping up the kid. Maine got up "whoa where are you going!" Wash called to him as he dug though the baby bag looking for anything to quiet the little girl. "Maine don't you dare leave or I'll tell Carolina!" CT shouted in a horse whisper looking at Allison in disbelief, she hadn't thought such a small person could make so much noise. Maine growled something and Sigma appeared on a nearby holodeck to translate "He says he's only staying if you can quiet her."

"Found a note! Let me see, don't leaver her on a counter, don't hold her by her limbs, support her head, change her dipper, does she smell? What kind of question is that, Carolina?" Wash clearly knows nothing about babies, CT sighs hoping Allison doesn't need a dipper change but she smells fine. "No she doesn't need her dipper changed what else is on the list?"

"Give her attention, feed her. Is she hungry? Is that the problem?"

"Probably , look for a bottle." CT glares at Maine till he goes over to Wash and helps him put together a bottle before handing it CT. the moment the bottle is in her mouth Allison is quiet. Once she is finished CT passes the bottle back to wash who glances at the sheet to check and see if there are any other instructions but there isn't anything relevant. Maine sits down on the other end of the couch and CT puts Allison in the middle.

Within seconds of being put down she starts crawling towards Maine Wash shadowing her terrified she's going to roll off but Allison reaches Main who looks down at her frowning before ignoring her and going back to grifball. Allison grabs hold of Maine's forearm and pulls herself up. Again Maine looks at her before looking away a little quicker than he did before. Wash, deciding that Allison probably won't fall, sits on the ground resting against the couch. Allison meanwhile adopts a look all freelancers would recognize on her mother and starts the daunting task of climbing Mt. Maine. She makes good progress getting all the way up to his shoulder and standing on his stomach. He makes a slight growl as she inspects the scars at his neck and Wash turns to look at the cause of Maine's distress and laughs out loud, CT grinning as well. Allison mean while looks wide eyed at Maine. At this moment North and South walk in after a long debriefing and find Maine's predicament highly amusing. "Got saddled with babysitting duty?" asked North sitting down on a nearby couch.

"Yup" replied CT. Allison took this moment to start crying again. Maine looked absolutely terrified at the screaming child in his face. North sighed and walked over and took Allison giving her a slight sniff. "Needs a dipper change."

"Do you know anything about babysitting?" CT asked almost desperately neither her nor wash or Maine had ever changed a dipper.

"Sure south and I babysat our cousins when we were younger."

"I changed the last dipper." South put in

"That was ten years ago!"

"Still I changed the last dipper so you change this one."

"Fine." North handed south Allison and quickly rooted through the bag Carolina had left. Pulling out the dipper bag he lay out the mat and south passed him Allison. With quick efficiency North changed Allison and gave her to Wash. "Like riding a bike."

"Thanks man." Said Wash setting Allison on his lap as he sat between CT and Maine. North nodded and packed up the dipper gear before taking wash's old spot. "South come over here!" He called

"Why?"

"Because." North said. South sighed and rolled off the couch and ducked trying not to obscure the TV more than necessary before sitting next to her brother. It was a tight fit with three people and a baby on the couch and two more leaning against what parts of the couch were not covered by legs. They all sat watching the final round of grifball then the next game and the next at some point Allison fell asleep stretched out on Washes lap head on CT's thigh feet on Maine.

2 am

Carolina, York, and Geia were back and ready to take Allison back to their room. Having found none of the three babysitters or Allison in any of their rooms the three had come back to the rec room. "I swear if Allison is still up." Carolina said. "She probably fell asleep and none of them want to move her." Geia assured her. The sight that met them when they entered the rec room was not what Geia had envisioned. Not only was Allison asleep but CT was leaning on Wash who's head was tiled back at an angle that could not be comfortable. Maine was spread out one arm on the back of the couch the other over the armrest leg spread. North was wedged between Wash and Maine's legs with South using his side as a pillow. All five freelancers were dead asleep with Allison in the middle of it all. Geia immediately took a picture and then York and Carolina got behind the couch leaning forward on the back grinning as Geia took a second picture. Then because it was just an amusing sight that no one wanted to mess with York and Carolina just stretch out of the couch that had been vacated by South and Geia takes the one across tuning off the TV as she does so. Needless to say tomorrow morning was going to be amusing for sure. And those pictures could make excellent greeting cards.

Hi People!

So Freelancer's babysitting. This was my way of putting off homework I should be doing. I may eventually add more one shots but don't get your hopes up. If you have a suggestion or comment feel free and of course favs and reviews are loved. I own nothing.

Olivecat