a random POI AU

That I recently remembered and dug out of my notes:

( What if it wasn't Finch who built the Machine and recruited Reese, but Root? )

Sadly that's about all I came up with at the time, and I'm not really sure where it would go -- I think I'm more interested in the question of what could get Root to that point than in what she and Reese would get up to once she did. But it was fun to revisit!