"You are not some monster. You are not some-" Skye pauses, "thing. I know. Because you taught me that I wasn't. Please let me do the same for you." On the last sentence her voice breaks. Lincoln looks down at her, eyes bloodshot and exhausted.
"You're wasting your time, caring about me." His voice shakes. The corner of her mouth tilts up into a half smile.
"I can't help it." That seems to be the last straw because then they are in each others arms. Skye presses her soft mouth to his warm one, gently at first. Once he realizes what is happening, he quickly reciprocates, parting his lips and nudging hers open. They pull away, both of them breathless and smiling.
"I'm not agreeing to work with S.H.I.E.L.D. but I'll work with you. Only you." Lincoln presses his forehead to Skye's.
"We'll figure it out together." She responds. Suddenly men in black knock down the door and swarm the room, guns poised. Skye rips away from Limcoln and takes up a fighting stance. She feels a stab of fear slice through her chest as she sees what's behind the soldiers. Mack. Bound and gagged, helplessly unconscious, dragged by two of the men.
"Surrender! You are outnumbered and out gunned. Put forth any and all weapons in your proximity and on your person!" A man yells out. Judging from the accompanying murmurs, he's the boss. Skye and Lincoln don't move. "Now!" He repeats, his voice filled with anger and impatience.
Skye turns to Lincoln. "Stay back until I tell you. Then fight your way to Mack and get the two of you out." She says in a low voice.
"I'm not leaving you here!" The unmistakable panic in his voice makes her want to hold him.
"Don't worry about me. I have a plan to-" she's cut off mid sentence due to shouting.
"I said surrender!" Unmistakable rage fills his voice and Skye knows they won't hesitate to shoot if they don't do something soon. She gives an almost imperceptible nod to Lincoln as she suddenly lunges.
Skue whirls and kicks and punches, sending the occasional solider flying win a shockwave. "Now!" She yells to Lincoln. Her shout snaps Lincoln out of his awed observance. He sends out tendrils of electricity, taking out the rest of the men. He makes a break towards Mack and manages to coach him just as his captors fall to the floor, unconscious. Skye jumps off the balcony as one last solider fires at her. Lincoln can't tell if she's hit or not. He gets Mack to the main floor before he finds out. She's been shot. He reacHes over and gets her comm out of her ear. He does his best to keep his voice from shaking.
"I need medical and an extraction jet immediately!" Limcoln waits for a response for a couple of minutes before he recieves confirmation of help. He tries to stop the bleeding on Skye"s gut wound. How she survived the jump is beyond him. Well, he's going to work with S.H.I.E.L.D after all.