The Machine goes through a series of events and conversations related to Root and her activities. During a prison transfer in Illinois, one of the convicts, Billy Parsons, spots a body on the road and tells the driver to stop. One of the guards steps out to see who it is, and Root reveals herself, using a taser to incapacitate him. She does the same to the other guard and steps in, ignoring the flirtatious inmates and taking Billy with her. At the Maxwell building, Decima reports to Greer that the building's security has been neutralized and that they are ready to take the chip.