*Location: PLAYGROUND Base

"Mack, do you know where Daisy is?" Coulson asked, since he couldn't find her anywhere.

"She's chasing down one last lead on Lincoln. She's still convinced that she can talk him in." Mack said.

"I know this is personal for her, since I'm fairly certain that she's going after him for the reason Fitz had for going after Simmons, but she's taken it too far and is gone too often when she's needed on the base." Coulson said.

"And what reason are you talking about sir?" Mack asked.

"Mack, I know what Daisy said to Lincoln the last time she saw him. The reason I'm talking about is love." Coulson said.

Mack chuckled and then said "I'm guessing that's the real reason you don't want her to go after Lincoln."

Coulson nodded and said "For as long as I've known her, every time Daisy opens her heart up in that way to a guy, they always wind up breaking it and hurting her. I don't want to see her have to go through that again."

"Sir, with all due respect, Daisy is old enough to make her own decisions in regards of her love life." Mack said.

"I know, it's just a stupid overprotective thing I have about her." Coulson replied.

*Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Daisy was positive that Lincoln was here in New Mexico, since it's most likely where she would go if she was in his position, since the city was low key and full of people.

She was currently sitting on a park bench with her laptop, hacking into all security feeds and transaction records every business in the city that have occurred since the last time she saw Lincoln, hoping to find something that would help lead her to him.

And then she found it. About 2 months ago, a man named Winston Sparks had purchased an old flip phone, but when Daisy pulled up a photo of the guy, she saw it looked exactly like Lincoln. So, after getting the phone's number on her laptop, Daisy pulled out her cellphone and dialed it.

"Hello." Lincoln's voice said on the other side of the phone.

"Hey Spark plug." Daisy said with a smile.

"Daisy, how'd you find me?" Lincoln asked.

"Relax, you don't have another tracker planted on you. I found you because I know how to think like you." Daisy said.

"So what's this call about?" Lincoln asked.

"First I wanted to make sure you knew that I had nothing to do with Coulson handing you over the ATCU." Daisy said.

"Relax, I know you had nothing to do with that." Lincoln assured her.

"Good, and I also wanted to arrange a meeting. Just the 2 of us." Daisy said.

"Have you found my address yet?" Lincoln asked.

"Yeah, it just popped up." Daisy said.

"Come on over and we'll talk." Lincoln said.

"Be there in a bit." Daisy said as she hung up her phone.

Lincoln opened his apartment door to find Daisy waiting for him on the other side.

"Hey." He said simply.

"Hey, is it cool if I come in?" Daisy asked.

"Yeah, come on in." Lincoln said, showing her inside.

"Thanks, nice place you got here." Daisy said.

"Thanks, but anyway, what did you want to talk to me about?" Lincoln asked, even though he had a pretty good idea.

"You what I wanted to talk you about." Daisy said as they sat down on his couch.

"Yeah, but I want to know what makes you think you can convince me." Lincoln said.

"Because, once I walk out that door and if you're not there with me, there's a good chance you'll never see me again. Coulson is going to figure out where I keep going." Daisy said.

"Solid point, but you know I can't work with SHIELD after what Coulson did." Lincoln said.

"I'm not asking you to come and work with SHIELD or even with other inhumans." Daisy said.

"Than what are you asking me to do?" Lincoln asked.

"I'm asking you to come and work with me, not SHIELD, me." Daisy said.

"You promise Coulson won't make me work with SHIELD?" Lincoln asked.

"I promise. If I'm ever going to get this Secret Warriors team has me building out of the hangar, we need the candidates to be able to qualify, which means they'll need a transitioner." Daisy said.

"I accept." Lincoln said.

Daisy smiled as she leaned in and kissed him.

When they broke apart, Lincoln said "That's the other reason I'm going to take the job. So I can spend more time with you."

Daisy rolled her eyes and said "Come on, we need to go."

"Just give me a minute to pack my things." Lincoln said.

"Great, I'm gonna call Coulson at HQ, let him know that you're on board." Daisy said, pulled out her phone.

Lincoln nodded as he towards his bedroom to pack up his things.

*Location: PLAYGROUND Base.

When Daisy and Lincoln's quinjet landed at the hangar, Coulson was waiting for them.

"Lincoln, I'm glad to see you agreed to work with us." Coulson said.

"Not you, Daisy. For now at least, I've only agreed to work with Daisy." Lincoln said.

"Well, at least I know you're on our side at least." Coulson said and Lincoln nodded at that.

"I'll help you get settled into your room and then you can see if you can help Joey. His gift would really come in handy." Daisy said.

Lincoln nodded as he picked up his bags and let Daisy lead him out of the hangar.