A/N: Well here's another chapter they are coming slowly but surely. Thank you all that are reading and reviewing. POI doesn't belong to me all the mistakes do. Enjoy!
POI Redux Season 309-5 Chapter 10
Shaw put more makeup in the display case and when she looked up she locks eyes with the woman that wanted her, Finch, Reese and Root dead. Shaw's heart begins beating so loud that's all she can hear, she draws in a breath as everything around them begins to move in slow motion, suddenly absolute chaos ensues as Martine raises her weapon and bullets began to fly. Shoppers scatter, screaming as they ran for cover, glass shatters as bullets fly.
Shaw ducked down behind the counter pulling her supervisor with her. He chose this inopportune time to come check on her with his snarky remarks and attitude, she pulls out the weapons she has stashed for just this type of emergency and returns fire. "I'm guessing now would be a good time to ask for that raise, huh?" She winks and smiles at the terrified man as more bullets fly overhead. Adrenalin pumping, she stands to return fire and ducks back down. Samaritan spots the enemy target for Asset Martine directing her to Shaw. All Shaw knows is that she needs to extract herself from the situation before innocent people get hurt she didn't want to hear any lectures from Finch on collateral damage so she shoots out the ceiling cameras to blind Samaritan and quickly makes her way to one of the emergency exits.
Shaw manages to make her way out to the sidewalk and a woman pulls up to the curb on a motorcycle. She recognizes her, its Root! She tosses Shaw a helmet "get on!" Shaw climbs on back and they speed off.
Joss and Zachary sit in the SUV watching the situation inside the department unfold via tablet. Shaw shoots out the ceiling cameras they can't tell everything that's going on but by the reaction of the panicked people fleeing from inside it can't be good. Zachary pulls his weapon in case he has to go in and assist. Joss watches the street outside the department store as a woman drives a sleek motorcycle up to the curb just as a short dark haired woman runs out. Joss flinches as she recognizes her. Memories of Shaw begin to flood Joss' mind, suddenly she's transported to a bar waiting for her.… They are dressed for a night on the town, Shaw pulls a weapon out of purse. "Is that a Nano? Joss asked excited to see it. "Yeah, you can borrow it any time," Shaw grins as Joss examines the gun.
"I appreciate you not telling the guys" Joss sips from her drink as Shaw sits down to share her table and passes her a bag of weapons.
Shaw smiles at her slyly "boys can't have all the toys, you fixing to have quite a party with all this stuff, sure you don't need an assist, that 37-mil can be kinda tricky" Joss squeezes her eyes shut from the pain as another memory washes over her, she's in a nightclub dancing with Shaw and another woman laughing and having fun. Joss manages to cover the pain just as Martine yanks open the car door. "Samaritan is tracking them, let's go!" Zachary peels off In pursuit of Shaw and Root.
Fusco sighs as he sits at his desk back at the precinct. He still has not had his coffee yet and was still struggling with the gruesome homicide scene he just left. He stares at Riley's empty desk wondering what he has managed to get himself into. Lionel puts in a call to the coroner's office to see if there was an update on those prints she pulled from the crime scene. "You know the usual detective there's a backlog and as soon as they come back you'll be the first to know." As he hangs up the phone he notices there's a commotion among the uniformed officers, they are gathering tactical weapons and Kevlar vest, Lionel gets one of the officer's attention. "Hey, what's going on?"
"Didn't you hear a call came in, there's a shootout in one of the department stores uptown." Lionel knows that glasses and company are somehow involved and no sooner the thought forms in his mind his burner phone rings. "Detective we could use your assistance!" Finch gives him the details as Fusco begins to exit the precinct.
The old gangster never ceased to amaze John. Here Elias was on the run from a gang of Dominic's lackeys and he was trying to go see his accountant. Finch let him know that Shaw's cover identity had been blown and that's where he wanted to be helping her get back to the subway safely, especially if Elias wasn't taking the threat from Dominic seriously. John was determined to finish this as quickly as possible and go help out Shaw.
My cover has been blown, how the hell did Samaritan find her? Shaw was still shaken by the shootout in the middle of a crowded department store as they slink along the streets trying to stay out of the sight. It made her realize just what lengths Samaritan and its operatives would go through to destroy them all. She just wanted to get back to the subway so Finch could work his computer magic. Root was able to go thru identities like tissues and she couldn't have a new one, BS!
Martine and Zachary tracked Shaw and Root as far as Samaritan could see them. Blind spots, is it possible Samaritan didn't have eyes everywhere like they thought? She knew Samaritan over looked ordinary criminals because there was an endgame planned for them, but not seeing everywhere had her at a loss.
Joss sat quietly in the backseat rubbing her forehead as the pain intensified in her head, memories were overwhelming her and she wasn't sure how long she could mask the pain. Martine stepped out of the SUV when the signal ended. She got out to survey the situation and found an open moving truck that was stopped in the road. After questioning the driver she put in a call to Greer. "Hello my dear, you have any news?"
"I found Shaw but she escaped"
"I assume with help with from Ms. Groves"
Something else, when I located Shaw Samaritan couldn't see her, like it was blind."
"Blind? That would explain their ability to avoid detection. The question is how are they accomplishing such a thing?"
I found the truck they were hiding in but they're gone. It was pulled over in a dead zone by a detective. I'm looking into it"
"Keep me apprised" Greer signed off the call.
Fusco's day had not gotten any better and now it was late evening. He had to go save Lucy and Ethel from God knows what earlier in the day. He plopped down at his desk "will this day get ever end," he muttered to himself. He thought back to the non DEA agent that came by to pay him a visit earlier. She was fishing for information on the girls but what really got to Lionel was the distress in Finch's voice the dude sounded really anxious. Lionel was worried that whatever they were involved in was….
His attention was pulled back to the present as someone from the coroners office brought him the id from the prints he had been anxiously waiting for. He noticed how sheepish the clerk was "here's the results sir the boss insisted these be hand delivered." Fusco frowned because that was extremely unusual they could have just been emailed. He opened the folder and read the results. The color drained from his face and he growled at the clerk "What the Hell! Is this someone's idea of a joke" he glared at the young man.
"No sir they had been run three times and each time we got the same results."
"This is impossible" Lionel sat back in his chair the file falling from his hand reveling the person who the prints matched. Detective Jocelyn Carter!