A few years ago while Alex was away to do a solo mission, the others from the squad were paired off to do other jobs. Emily and Dan were paired off for a mission, where Carlo decided to use Emily, because of her skills as a hacker. Kyle and Dan were who were always the best partners when it came to subjugation missions, since Dan was the strongest melee fighter in the squad, while Kyle was the ultimate long-range specialist. Knowing the good relationship between Dan and Kyle, Carlo thought that Emily would share the same affinity with Dan, which turned out to b true in the end, cause with Emily's support Dan was able to finish the mission quite easily.
Next chapter will be another side chapter.