Borderlines of Jacinto, Defense
"Ah shit! My gun's jammed!" Keira shouted in frustration, hitting her Lancer as hard as she could. She saw Baird glance at her, before sighing and shaking his head. Returning his attention to the battle at hand. Scowling, Keira managed to unjam the Lancer and fire away at the incoming Locust. Her inner mind wandering to what had happened only several hours ago.
Slipping out of the warm bed, Keira almost fell to the floor due to her ankle. However, she'd managed to catch her balance and she was thankful for that. But her slight noise had awoken someone. "Where you goin'?" He asked sleepily, though using the tone that he often reserved for crawling Locust. She froze, caught in the act of pulling on her panties. Keira slowly turned to face him, pulling the underwear up all the way. "I uh... " She trailed off, seeing him sit up. His intimidating stare fixed on her. "You uh..." Baird mocked, pulling the sheets off himself. Keira had to force her eyes to stay on his face. He stood up, not caring one tiny bit he was still naked. After all, she was the only one in his room. Keira did her best to back away, only to have her back meet a cold plastered wall.
He of course had walked forward until they were face to face. "Thinkin' of sneaking out on me, were you?" He clicked his tongue, smirking as she shook her head fast. Keira quickly pressed her hands onto his leaning chest. "Look, the sex was great and... you were great... but I gotta go..." She whispered, her guilt showing. Baird took her wrists and pinned them above her head, determined. "You're not going anywhere yet, Sullivan... why the hell you lookin' so guilty if I was great?" The curiosity was evident on his face. Keira didn't answer, not looking at him. And then it dawned on Baird. "You think there's something between us now?" He laughed, tightening his grip on her wrists. "And now you're feeling guilty because of your dead husband?" Baird watched her carefully for her reaction; Keira's eyes darkened in anger.
"I told you not to mention Philip," She began. "So I'm right!" Baird interrupted, letting her go. The sneer on his face was enough to hurt her. "Wow... okay, first off. I would never fall in love with someone like you; you're absolutely pathetic personality wise. Secondly, I got a job to do and I'm not gonna let some mushy moronic excuse for a woman distract me. Okay?" He didn't mean to be so harsh, but the thought of falling in love again scared him. Keira's jaw had dropped; though she had enough common sense to shut her mouth, grab her clothes and dress quickly. "First you take advantage of me, then you deliberately put me down?" She protested through clenched teeth, not seeing the logic in that.
"Maybe I just wanted a quick fuck." Baird snapped, climbing back into his bed and watching her. He watched how her lower lip trembled; in anger or hurt, he didn't know. "What is it you're afraid of, Damon?" Keira spoke; regret in her voice. Was she regretting she fucked him? Before Baird could actually reply to her she was out the door in a flash. The blond groaned, rolling onto his stomach and planting his face in the pillow.
"Whoa. You okay?" Dom shook a dazed and snarling Keira slightly, who jumped. Locust grub bodies surrounded their position now. "I'm fine.." She bit out, taking care to avoid Baird's eye. He had been trying to talk to her all morning, but Keira found sufficient excuses to be away from him. Now, she had absolutely nothing to keep from dodging him. "Okay, sorry. My bad." Dom held up both hands, walking away. "What's up wit ya sulky ass this mornin', Baird?" Cole exclaimed at the blond, his enthusiasm for fighting and teasing now returned. Baird growled. "Shut up Cole." He rolled his eyes, spotting Keira crouching behind sandbags.
Now was his chance to talk to her, and by God if he was going to let her ignore him. "Yo Sullivan, we need to talk.." Baird huffed, clearly annoyed at how she'd been avoiding his presence. Warda Squad had basically fallen apart since Chant's death and Melonie and Hatchett being severely injured. So Keira and Armand were now apart of Delta Squad. "More Locust!" Keira yelled, warning the others as Reavers and Grenadiers dropped in. Baird gritted his teeth in frustration, though he poured that emotion out on all the unfortunate Locust who got in his eyesight. Truth was, Baird did feel pretty bad for what he said to her.
Once the battle was all over, and no more Locust were coming, Delta Squad headed back to the courtyard. "Control, this is Delta. Borderlines of Jacinto have been cleared." Marcus informed. "Copy that. Marcus, we've got some bad news. We need you to come up to Command straight away; Colonel Hoffman and the Chairman are here with me." She sighed. Ah shit.. Marcus thought. "Wilco. Delat out." He turned to his waiting squad. "Need to get our asses up to Command." He spoke, beginning to walk.
Keira deliberately shifted herself so that she was walking next to Dom, giving Baird no chance of talking to her. "Bitch.. I give up.." He muttered, following behind Cole as they all headed to the Command room.