Chapter 7

John had finished taking out the other operatives and headed towards Shaw. She had taken out a bunch of other operatives and had her gun drawn on a man. Shaw had clearly hit the man several times because his nose had blood dripping from it.

"Where is Root? Is she still alive?" Shaw shouted at the man.

"You think he has some answers?" John asked as he approached.

"He had bodyguards so he's got to be in charge!" Shaw exclaimed as she shook her gun in the man's face.

John and Shaw interrogated the man and did get some answers. Through the interrogation they did slightly torture him. Shaw mostly punched the man while John played good cop. The man didn't tell them much other than that the woman fitting Root's description had not been captured. However they did get one clue, that she was last seen three days after the missile strike in the abandoned subway base.

"She's still out there!" exclaimed Shaw.

"That was over two weeks ago though," John pointed out.

"She has to be alive! I'm going to find her!" exclaimed Shaw in complete determination.

As they were about to leave the warehouse John got a text from The Machine. The text directed them to a room inside of the warehouse. After they opened the door they saw Brandon, the man who turned on them. Regardless of how evil he was, The Machine had sent John and Shaw to make sure that he stayed alive.

~POI~

After freeing Brandon and allowing him to flee the warehouse, John and Shaw stocked up on weapons. They grabbed a bunch of guns and got out of there before the cops showed up. Shaw knew that they had finally finished off Decima once and for all. Instantly she turned all of her energy into looking for Root. They drove straight to the subway and searched it for clues. Root of course had left a clue in case they were to come looking for her. On a small piece of paper in Root's neat cursive was written "We were a full team like it was meant to be." They had no idea what it meant so they headed back to Shaw's new apartment and unloaded their weapons.

The next morning when Shaw woke up she realized what the clue meant. She got dressed and headed to the location that the clue lead to. Once she arrived at the spot where they all stood two months prior she was flooded with awful memories of thinking that everyone died. Once she collected herself she looked around and found something taped under a bench. Shaw opened the envelope to find a handwritten note from Root.

Dear Sameen,

I am sorry that I had to make you think that I was dead. It was The Machine's only way to save me and luckily I made it out alive. It's been four days since Samaritan was taken offline. The Machine won't tell me exactly what happened or where you are but she assured me that we would get to be together. Sweetie, ask The Machine where to find me.

See you soon,

Root

~POI~

"Where is Root?" Shaw shouted to The Machine.

There was no answer from the AI. Shaw got more frustrated and became more impatient.

"Tell me where Root is right now!" she yelled at the camera.

Shaw pulled out her gun and stared straight into the camera.

"If you won't let me be with Root then I won't be here at all!" she exclaimed.

Shaw's phone began to buzz. She lowered her weapon and pulled out her phone. Shaw had received numerous texts. It was obvious to her that most of them were new numbers except one text was GPS coordinates and another was a time. She went back to her apartment where she decoded the new numbers.

"Hey," Shaw said to John who had just woken up.

"Did you get some new numbers?" John asked curiously.

"Yeah, a bunch of them along with GPS coordinates and a time," Shaw explained quickly so she could continue researching the new numbers.

"So what puts over a dozen people in danger at the same time and place?" John said as he expected only one possible answer.

"Most likely a terrorist attack or something similar."

"Yes but the real question is why are you so interested?" John inquired.

"I asked The Machine for help finding Root and it sent me the numbers."

John finally realized what was going on. There was going to be a terrorist attack but Root was sent to stop it and Shaw is being sent to find Root at that location. He hoped that Root was still alive but wasn't sure how she could be since Fusco had seen her body. Instead of arguing with Shaw again he decided to go along with her plan to prevent the attack and find Root.

~POI~