AN: None of the characters belong to me.

Chapter title is from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 1 "Laws of Nature".

"You see, you're the only one who can kill, John." said The Founder. "You're the only one. But since you're so keen on mankind... Perhaps you'd like to join them." He gestured to the doctor standing next to him, who pushed a trolley full of medical equipment over to John. John watched him, knowing what was going to happen, tugging at the restraints, and jumping as The Founder slammed his hands down onto John's knees. They looked each other in the eye. "This is your last chance. Where is he?" John stayed silent then yelled defiantly at him, causing The Founder to step back. "You leave me no choice." John looked up at the doctor, who was now standing beside him. "Hit him."

John turned his head back in front of him and struggled to get free as the doctor grabbed his head with one hand to hold it steady and jabbed the syringe containing the cure into his neck. John screamed as his telekinesis acted in self-defence, causing the doctor to step back. John was floating off the chair, the lights flickered and the trolley shook and tipped over, causing the equipment to fall to the floor.

"Again." said The Founder, as John relaxed back into the chair.

The doctor continued to push the cure into John's bloodstream, but had to step back again and he and the other Ultra agent tried to take cover as the lamp by the chair sparked and fell over. The trolley spun in mid-air and was thrown against the wall, crashing into it and smashing.

"Again."

John's telekinesis was going crazy now as the lights flickered, the objects in the room being thrown around and the room shaking like an earthquake. John glared at The Founder as the doctor pushed the last remaining dose of the cure into him. The syringe was taken out and John yelled out in even more pain, throwing the doctor and the agent into the back wall and affecting everything in the room except for The Founder. John continued to yell until the cure finally took hold and he fell unconscious.

Lincoln woke up with a start, sitting up in bed. The lights briefly flickered on and off before the memory of the nightmare went away. He hadn't had that particular nightmare for a while, not since he had been rescued from HYDRA by Daisy. He subconsciously rubbed the side of his neck where the needle had been jabbed in until he remembered that he had his powers back and he was at S.H.I.E.L.D., not Ultra.

He got up and wandered off to the gym, punching the punch bag when he got there. As he did so, he teleported either side of it, knowing that no one would see him. Memories of his time with Ultra and Jedikiah flashed through his mind, including the pain he had felt when Jedikiah had given him Roger's powers, making him "break out" again. It had also wiped his mind of all memory of Cara, Stephen and Russell, but fortunately those memories had come back after he went through Terrigenesis. Lincoln had at first been confused as to how he could be both a Tomorrow Person and an Inhuman, but he soon came to a simple conclusion: genetics. He was an orphan, so he guessed that one of his parents must have been a Tomorrow Person and the other must have been Inhuman.

Cara. Stephen. Russell. Astrid. Charlotte. Roger. Jedikiah. Killian. The Founder. Cassandra. TIM.

Why are these memories coming back now? he wondered. Nothing had happened recently to trigger it; the only recent thing being the Attack on the HYDRA Castle and trying to get Coulson and Fitz back through the portal. That had been stressful - what with the constant threat from both HYDRA and the all-powerful It coming through the portal plus Simmons having been severely tortured by Ward - but there had been nothing during that situation to make Lincoln remember his previous life.

He heard a noise outside in the corridor and stopped punching and teleporting and listened. He closed his eyes and telepathically reached out. Daisy. She must have either heard him get up or she couldn't sleep herself. Or both. He walked towards the door and leant against the door frame.

"Hey." he said.

"Hey." Daisy replied.

"Couldn't sleep?"

"No." she said, shaking her head. "You?" He shook his head. "Lincoln, it's 2:00 in the morning. Are you seriously hitting a punch bag this early?"

"I've been up this early before." he said. "You get used to it."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Daisy asked.

"No." said Lincoln. "Do you want to talk about it?"

"No." she replied. "You should get back to bed." She held out her hand and he took it, smiling.

"Care to join me?" he asked.

"We'll have to make sure Mom or Dad don't catch us." she said, "Mom" and "Dad" meaning May and Coulson.

"I'm pretty sure they already know we're sleeping together." he said, as they walked back to his room hand-in-hand.

"Of course they do." she agreed.

Arriving back in Lincoln's room, they kissed and fell asleep, Daisy cuddling up against him. As he lay there next to her, Lincoln soon fell asleep himself, forgetting about his worries, but he knew that they would be back.

The next day, Lincoln, Daisy and Mack were busy fighting some military men who were attempting to kill them. They were part of an organisation that had been hunting and capturing Inhumans. The only things they knew about this organisation was that they weren't HYDRA or the ATCU, and they were called Zenith. A month after the events at the HYDRA Castle, the team had noticed that Inhumans were being captured and had figured out pretty quickly that it wasn't HYDRA or the ATCU, but this other organisation.

Lincoln was finding it hard to resist using his telekinesis and teleportation in the fight, but he knew he couldn't. S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't know about the Tomorrow People and he certainly wasn't going to be the one to reveal it, at least not before discussing it with Cara, Stephen and Russell. He knew that the team would be ok with it as they were ok with Inhumans, and how different were the Inhumans and the Tomorrow People anyway? A species of super powered people who had to stay in hiding to avoid being hunted... Lincoln had quickly adjusted to life as an Inhuman, given how similar it was to his life as a Tomorrow Person.

Daisy fired a blast at some of the men and the three of them took cover.

"Whoever these guys are, they're professionals." said Mack. "Tremors, Sparkplug, now would be a good time for you two to let loose." Daisy and Lincoln looked at each other, silently debating it, then back at Mack.

"Probably not a good idea, unless you want a massive earthquake." said Daisy.

"Lincoln?" asked Mack.

"I'd cause as much damage as Daisy would." said Lincoln. He wasn't exactly lying. Both his electromagnetism manipulation and telekinesis could cause the same amount of damage as an earthquake. He remembered the damage he had made when his powers had been removed by The Founder.

Ok, John. Focus. he told himself. He and Daisy nodded at each other, then sprang into action.

They combined their vibration and electricity powers; Lincoln sneaking in some usage of his telekinesis, making sure it was hidden by the two energy blasts. The force of the three blasts knocked the soldiers off their feet, and the ones who had somehow managed to resist it were shot down by Mack's shotgun-axe. The two Inhumans felt exhausted from using so much energy; Lincoln in particular, having used two powers at once.

"Daisy, Lincoln." said Mack. "You ok?" Daisy and Lincoln both nodded, holding onto each other for support. "Ok. Let's get out of here."

Back at base, Lincoln and Daisy joined Fitz and Jemma in the lab. The two scientists were analysing the blood of the missing Inhumans that had been left behind at the crime scenes. Lincoln, being the only medical doctor and Inhuman transitioner on base, which he loved to remind everyone of, helped Jemma with the analysis whilst Fitz and Daisy were working on the weapons of the soldiers that Mack had brought back to base.

"Are you ok, Lincoln?" asked Jemma, quietly. "You look tired. Have you been sleeping?" He smiled.

"Funny, I could say the same thing about you." he replied. "It's been a month since your...ordeal." He didn't want to say the word 'torture'. "You should be resting."

"Lincoln, I'm perfectly capable of working in the lab!" she exclaimed. "Plus, I've got Fitz and Bobbi to take over if I'm feeling tired."

"Of course." he said, nodding. The one thing he didn't enjoy about being a doctor here was that everyone was stubborn; he knew that Bobbi and Jemma had the same problem. Then again, he wasn't exactly the most helpful patient either, especially since his electricity manipulation would play havoc with the base's power grid.

Lincoln and Jemma took a break from the blood analysis and went over to Daisy and Fitz. Fitz had taken the weapons apart and they were both studying them carefully.

"This is amazing!" Fitz told them as they approached, still looking at the weapon in front of him. Jemma stood next to him and Lincoln stood next to Daisy. "It's like nothing we've ever seen before!"

That's not true. thought Lincoln. He recognised the technology, but couldn't remember from where.

He listened to Fitz and Jemma talking to each other non-stop about the technology in the weapons, while he and Daisy looked at each other. The scientists were interrupted by Coulson walking into the lab.

"What have we got?" Coulson asked.

"The technology in these weapons is way beyond what we've seen with S.H.I.E.L.D. or HYDRA." said Daisy, before Fitz and Jemma could start off again. "Whoever these people are, they're professionals in both combat and weaponry."

"Analysing the blood from the missing Inhumans, we worked out how many there are." said Lincoln. "Seventeen." There was a pause as Coulson took this in.

"Seventeen." he said, after a while. "Seventeen missing Inhumans. Who knows where they are?"

"Who knows if they're still alive?" asked Lincoln. Coulson, Daisy, Fitz and Jemma looked at him. "What? I'm just being realistic. This organisation, whoever they are, were able to resist my and Daisy's energy blasts. They've learnt about the Inhumans' abilities and have found a way to combat them."

"Daisy, Lincoln, we'll find them." said Coulson. "We'll find this organisation and the captured Inhumans."

"If they're still alive." said Lincoln.

"Lincoln, I know you've had bad experiences with organisations like this..."

"No, you don't!" Lincoln replied, crossing his arms and glaring angrily at Coulson. Daisy put a hand on Lincoln's arm and she, Fitz and Jemma watched silently. "You're not Inhuman! You don't know what I went through with HYDRA or the ATCU!" Or Ultra. "Besides, you made a deal with the ATCU to hand me over to them, remember?"

"He has a point, Coulson." Daisy agreed. Fitz and Jemma looked between them.

"I just remembered that I need to go and talk to Bobbi about...something." said Jemma.

"Yeah, you're right." said Fitz. The two ran out of the lab, wisely avoiding any brewing conflict. Lincoln and Coulson continued to glare at each other while Daisy kept a gentle hold on Lincoln.

"I'm sorry." Lincoln said, after a while. His glare faded away and was replaced with a sad look. "Organisations hunting powered people are a touchy subject for me."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know." said Coulson, his own glare also fading away and turning to a look of concern. "Do you want to talk about it?" Lincoln shook his head. "Alright. How about you take a break?"

"Sure." said Daisy. She took hold of Lincoln's hand. "Come on. Let's go somewhere private."

"I'm going to ignore the implication that you two are going to go and make out." said Coulson, smiling.

"Oh my God! Dad!" exclaimed Daisy. Coulson and Lincoln laughed.

Coulson must have had a quiet word with Bobbi and May after that, because the two women were acting even more protective of Lincoln than usual. He was glad. With everything that had happened with Jedikiah and Ultra, Lincoln felt more comfortable around Daisy, Bobbi, May and Jemma. They reminded him of Cara, Astrid and Marla. Coulson, Fitz, Hunter and Mack were alright - in fact, Lincoln got on well with the latter three - but his trust and authority issues had stemmed from too many bad experiences with men like Jedikiah, Killian McCrane and The Founder.

Apart from Cara, Stephen and Russell, Lincoln had never had a proper family and the S.H.I.E.L.D. team had made up for that. Coulson and May were the parents, Bobbi was the big sister, he, Mack and Hunter were the big brothers, Daisy and Jemma were the little sisters and Fitz was the little brother.

Right now, Coulson and May had gone into overprotective parent mode and Bobbi had gone into big sister mode with Lincoln. The three of them and Daisy had tried to find out what was bothering him, but Lincoln wouldn't tell them. He had a slight hunch that he knew who this organisation were and he wanted to make sure before telling anyone.

Fitz, Jemma, Hunter and Mack could see that something was going on but wisely stayed out of it. In situations like this, it was usually best for the person involved to open up when they felt like it.

Lincoln had never been one for opening up - he had kept secrets of his time at Ultra from Cara - but neither was May. They had become close friends after the team had found out that Andrew was Lash and May's calming mother-like nature was enough to keep Lincoln's nerves at bay. May had kept quiet about what happened in Bahrain until Daisy had discovered it and thrown it in her face. It was ironic really, May and Lincoln being friends. She was anti-Inhuman and he was anti-S.H.I.E.L.D., like Mack and Daisy, but it was that difference that made both pairs a good team as they both saw things in a different way.

May kept a close eye on Lincoln as the team continued to investigate the Inhuman disappearances and Lincoln continued to have his suspicions about Zenith. She watched him tense up on missions and get the same look in his eyes that he had going after Lash so she knew that, whatever it was, it was serious enough for him to be...almost scared of it. She watched as he carefully, and instinctively, examined every area of the crime scenes, as if he was looking for something, then he would relax in relief at not finding whatever it was he was looking for.

"Lincoln." she said. "You know if you want to talk, Bobbi and I are here."

"I know." Lincoln replied. "But I can't...I can't talk about it."

"Why not?"

"I've got a hunch." he said. "I just hope I'm wrong."