Chaos AU
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Years ago, Lionel Fusco had no choice. To save a young girl’s life, he shot and killed her gun-wielding father in front of her.
Years later, Harold Finch had no choice. To save a teenager’s life — and to keep her out of IFT’s servers — he kidnapped a heroin-addicted hacker and committed her to rehab against her will.
Now the young woman’s own attempts to make good choices have gone terribly wrong, and her Number’s come up. To save her life for a third time, Fusco, Finch, and John Reese will need to examine her choices – and their own.
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- Part 1 of Chaos AU
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Survival instinct. Some people have it in spades. Will Ingram doesn’t have it at all. But his new girlfriend has enough for both of them. Unfortunately, she’s not who he thinks she is. And her Number just came up. If Finch and Reese are going to save a life – and a budding romance – they’ll have to find out who she is, who wants her dead, and why, even after she brutally dumped him, she won’t stop following Will all over the city.
Season 1, before Firewall.
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- Part 2 of Chaos AU
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Finch is safe, but he’s snappish and frankly not very appreciative. Christine Fitzgerald’s back, with a fist-shaped bruise on her face and a not-entirely-convincing story about how she got it. Bear makes his first rescue and obviously expects his master to take care of her. And it’s raining. John Reese is not, in short, having a good day. But it might get better, with a little help from his friends.
A sequel, sort of, to “Backing Up.” Not much drama here, just a massively long vignette about Reese sorting things out in the aftermath of Finch’s kidnapping and rescue. Also, I needed to get the Bear story out of my system. After “Bad Code”, with implied spoilers.
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- Part 3 of Chaos AU
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Special Agent Donnelly is obsessed with finding the Man in the Suit. He's certain that Christine Fitzgerald knows where he is. So the last thing he expects is to end up on a date with her. But sneaking into a theater to watch the 1935 B&W movie version of “Les Miserables” isn’t really a date, is it? Even if there’s popcorn? And hand-holding? And maybe just a kiss or two? It’s still all just about finding the Man, right?
Since this is her third story, I guess the now officially the Chaos AU. This story follows "Backing Up and "Tuesday in the Rain with Bear".
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- Part 4 of Chaos AU
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What would you give up for the ones you love? What should you give up? Reese and Finch understand sacrifice. They’ve both paid dearly to protect those they care about. But when love may cost a teenage girl her future and a teenage boy his life, can they write a better ending for their modern-day Romeo and Juliet?
Casefic, S2 after “Bad Code”. Chaos AU, after “By the Book”.
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- Part 5 of Chaos AU
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Secrets, plots, and lies. For Team Machine, these things are a way of life. But for a few days in December, all the conspiracies are just a little sweeter. And though none of them have a real home, this Christmas, together, they might find something that’s close.
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- Part 6 of Chaos AU
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S2 - Post "Prisoner's Dilemma", Nicholas Donnelly wakes up in a private hospital where no one knows his name. He’s been declared dead. The mysterious Mr. Smith has even thoughtfully provided him with a video of his own funeral. Obviously, Donnelly needs a new identity. A job. And a purpose.
Chaos AU, after "Close to Home" (but really, you only need to read "By the Book")
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- Part 7 of Chaos AU
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If her arrival didn’t disturb the dealers and the junkies, Reese’s certainly did. In his black overcoat and shiny shoes, he moved through the brackish squalor like a shark, and the little fish scattered anxiously before him.
John Reese has always protected people. He has his reasons. Usually his overprotective instincts are an asset. But sometimes they just make things worse. The new Number and his brother need Reese’s help, but only if he can keep from scaring them to death.
Casefic, S2 after “Dead Reckoning” with some spoilers. Adult language and reference to drug use.
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- Part 8 of Chaos AU
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Secrets are dangerous things. Some should never be told. And some should never be kept. The new Number is a detective from Toledo, Ohio who’s learned a devastating family secret. He’s come to New York to find his only living relative – and possibly, to kill him. But he’s not the only who’s surrounded by secrets. As Finch’s carefully separated secretive lives begin to converge, the secrets that are uncovered could end his most cherished relationships.
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- Part 9 of Chaos AU
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Or "How Agent Donnelly Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Machine"
Donnelly thought John Reese had a guardian angel. He's about to meet her. But his path to knowledge is lined with ... fake moose antlers.
Next in the Chaos AU, sorta -- a companion story to "Telling Secrets" and a direct sequel to "Purpose". No S3 spoilers.
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- Part 10 of Chaos AU
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Finch and Reese try to save a thoroughly unlikable young man who may have cried wolf once too often, while the Machine summons its own pack of Bad Wolves – elite human hackers – to help protect the city from an imminent threat.
"Better than any of us. But not better than all of us."
Next in the Chaos AU, after "Asena".
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- Part 11 of Chaos AU
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The Chaos AU collapses into true chaos. Harold’s plans for everyone around him spin off in wildly unexpected directions. John shoots real rats and rescues a street rat for the second time. Carter and Fusco join a task force to help FBI agent Brian Moss identify the people behind the failed terrorist attacks on the city, and the investigation leads Carter to ask ever more questions about the Machine. From behind bars, Elias tries to eliminate potential competition. Reporter Maxine Angelis sinks her teeth into a juicy story about Nathan Ingram’s son Will and Christine Fitzgerald, and even Zoe Morgan’s threats can’t get her to let go. The sprawling Carson family takes over Harold’s Coronet Hotel. Olivia Ingram arrives to help silence vicious rumors about her family – but will she be the Good Witch or the Bad Witch? And of course, the Numbers never stop coming.
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- Part 12 of Chaos AU
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Another murderous attack is launched against New York City. The Machine, nearly crippled by Decima’s virus, needs direct assistance from Donnelly and the Admin as it struggles to save lives. But the threat also strikes very close to home, and Finch may be forced to sacrifice one friend to save another.
Season 2, before “Firewall”. Next in the Chaos AU, after "Fictive Kin".
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“The bright day is done, child, and you are for the dark.” Mark Gatiss, Doctor WhoSeries
- Part 13 of Chaos AU
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The Chaos AU version of what happens immediately after ‘God Mode’. Root is in government custody. Reese takes Finch to Sin City to recover from his second kidnapping. Joss Carter is left to deal with Elias on her own. And the Machine is deciding who it wants to talk to. Gen, Casefic-ish. Chaos AU, Part 14, after “Burning Down”.
There is now no smooth road into the future: but we go round, or scramble over the obstacles. We’ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen. D.H. Lawrence
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- Part 14 of Chaos AU
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“Is your name really Elizabeth Zane?” Finch asked calmly. “Or is it Laurie Webster? Or Liesl Horvath? Or something else entirely?”
When the Machine gives Harold the Number of a small-town teenager spending her summer vacation in New York City, Finch and Reese get caught in the most dangerous place in the world – between a stressed-out soccer mom and her child.
And when that soccer mom turns out to be a former agent who’s still on the run nearly twenty years after she stole the CIA’s most valuable asset, Finch and Reese find themselves working with completely unexpected allies.
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A crossover continuation of Equalizer: The Romanov Stories, Part 16 and Person of Interest: The Chaos AU, Part 15.Series
- Part 15 of Chaos AU
- Part 16 of The Romanov Stories
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Bounce - definition
2. Restarting a Computer
The term "bounce" can also describe the process of rebooting or restarting a computer. For example, a workstation may need to be bounced after installing new software.The Numbers never stop coming. Finch and Reese work to defend the good and defeat the bad when no one is quite what they seem, while the Machine seems determined to never give them a day off.
Meanwhile Christine Fitzgerald returns to NYC and Will Ingram's quest to build a million windmills begins in earnest. People and relationships are changing, and Harold Finch will have to learn how to cope with someone who knows "exactly everything" (almost) about him.
Thanks to CeeBee for the case!
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- Part 16 of Chaos AU
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Harold Finch never expected to get a second chance at love. Now that he has it, he's not going to waste any time tying it up. A library, a dinner party, a surprise for the guests,and one last surprise for Christine -- all before the first snow of winter falls. Next in the Chaos AU, no Number, just ships (finally!) being launched.
“You built me a library,” Christine explained. “Did you really think I wasn’t going to sleep in it at least once?”
She started into the hall. Finch held his ground and pulled her back to him. He kissed her thoroughly. Christine raised a questioning eyebrow at him.
“I built you a library,” Harold explained gently. “Did you really think I wouldn’t want to make love to you in it, at least once?”
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- Part 17 of Chaos AU
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Control’s elaborate scheme to outwit Root and gain access to the Machine goes, predictably, horribly wrong. Once Root escapes, she has her own plans to get to Harold and to her beloved Machine. But the Machine is free now, and it takes action to protect the Admin and those he cares for. In the process, it reveals a secret that no one thought was possible.
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Reese opened his mouth, but for a long moment no sound came out. He felt like he was strangling. All the horrors he’d seen in the world, all the absolute monstrosities – and yet Samuel Weitz’ little hobby was just too. He couldn’t even say too what – just too.What finally came out was, “Where does he get the mice?”
There was silence on the other end of the comm.
And then, “Well, that’s a very good question, Mr. Reese.”
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- Part 18 of Chaos AU