"Anything new? I've got your text." Shaw walked into the tech office the next morning, coffee cup in one hand and balancing a bag of donuts on top of it.
"Except for a headache, you mean?" Root was alone, working simultaneously on a laptop and a desktop computer.
"You spend the night here?" Shaw untied her coat and closed the door behind her, eyeing Root questioningly. "Can we," Shaw trailed off, pointing with one finger in the air.
"Yes, we can talk," Root nodded tiredly, "we're co-workers now."
"And what are you doing here exactly?" Shaw put down her breakfast and tossed her coat on the empty chair.
"We're testing if Samaritan is picking up anything, on the two of us."
"And?" Shaw raised an eyebrow. "What's your A.I. friend telling you?"
"So far we're good. No sign of Decima agents," Root shrugged, "but She's keeping her eyes and ears open."
"That's good then, right? Have you talked to Harold?"
"Not yet," Root looked defeated. "She thinks it is a better idea to meet up with you first."
"Her idea, huh?" Shaw gazed at her. It was irritating when Root was not flirting.
"Our survival rates were better," Root shrugged, it wasn't even a lie.
"Right. Any new numbers yet?" Shaw could barely hide her desperation, but Root shook her head no.
"Ok, and this?" Shaw gestured to the hardware.
"Recovering and filtering data from that piece of garbage." Root caught a sniff of fresh coffee and her stomach grumbled. Shaw's eyebrow was still raised but she pushed her coffee cup further to the hacker, "You look like you need this more than I do."
"Thanks," Root was momentarily taken aback by the gesture.
"I found this, I guess you can wrap your case up now," Root handed Shaw several sheets of paper, proof for insurance fraud.
Root took a sip of coffee and sighed. She was so exhausted, she didn't even feel tired anymore. While she had found the evidence Shaw was looking for pretty quickly, she had spend the better part of the night following the Machines instructions and used the companies intranet to gather information for a plan that wasn't quite clear to her yet.
Shaw ate one of the donuts and left the other one for Root. "Have to talk to the boss now, she'll be very happy with this." she waved the sheets and left the office.
"Thanks," she leaned back in after a second, nodding at Root. "You sticking around?" Shaw asked hesitantly.
"Got officially transferred here." While the hacker despised most people and could barely tolerate working with them, Shaw was one of the few exceptions. She was smart, tough and very cute when she was mad. Though she wouldn't dare telling that to her face just yet.
"I'll see you around then."
"Absolutely." Root crossed her fingers, holding them up.