Person of interest AU. I wrote this awhile ago. It's just a little idea I had for a Shaw/Root fan fiction, but I could never figure out what to write next so now it's a one-shot.

Thirty-six year old Samantha Groves, also known as Root, is in the middle of saving her's and her boss' current number that The Machine gave them when she's suddenly interrupted and the person that was putting her victim in danger is taken out by some other woman.

The perpetrator is shot from behind and falls face first to the ground. Samantha stares in shock and watches as the brunette woman disappears. After a moment, she follows after the mysterious woman.

Her boss, Harold Finch's voice came through Samantha's bluetooth. His voice sounded concerned, "Miss Groves, what's going on? What happened?"

"Some woman just took out our perp, Harry." Samantha told him

"Well come back to base. Maybe we can figure out who she is." Harold stated

Samantha followed the woman and spoke, "I'll be there as soon I can, Harry. I have to take care of something first."

"Miss Groves, please don't follow the woman. We don't know who she is or if she's dangerous." Harold pleaded "Think about Nahla. What will she think if you don't come home? She needs you. If you die, she won't understand. She's only three years old."

"I will just be a minute, Harry. I'll be fine." Samantha replied as she heard Harold sigh.

Samantha shot a warning shot into a tree to the left of the woman. It was just to catch the woman's attention. The brunette woman turned around.

"Hey! What the hell, lady? Are you crazy?" The brunette woman asked

Samantha thought for a minute, "Yeah. Just a little bit. Why did you take out my perp? Who are you? And who do you work for?"

The brunette furrowed her eyebrows, "What do you mean your perp? He was my perp. Who are you? And who do you work for?"

"I asked you first." Samantha replied

"Fine. I'm Shaw. I'm an assassin for hire. Someone hired me to kill him." Shaw introduced

Samantha nodded, "It's nice to meet you, Shaw. I'm Root. An independent."

"Nice to meet you too, Root." Shaw stated

Then Samantha added, "In the future don't interfere with my job."

"I'll try not to." Shaw responded. Then she and Samantha parted ways. 'For a crazy woman, she is kind of hot.' She thought. Then she furrowed her eyebrows and shook her head, 'No. What? I'm not lesbian. What's wrong with you, Shaw?'

Hope you enjoy. Comments are greatly appreciated.

What would you like to see happen next?