She looked for Tyr next and found him in the gym. "I'd like to talk to you."
Tyr didn't pause from his workout. "I have no interest in hearing what you have to say."
Beka felt angry. He was so arrogant. Well, she was going to make him listen. She strode in and interrupted him. "I don't care. I have things to say and you're going to listen."
Tyr looked at her. "You don't want me angrier at you than I already am, Captain Valentine."
"Oh, you're angry? Good. You have a right to be, I guess. I know what I did was pretty foolish."
"That's an understatement."
"Fine. I'm sorry. Really. But, things can't keep up the way they have been."
"I suppose not. But, can we be sure that you won't go off and do something like this again? Survival doesn't seem to be as high a priority with you as some other things."
Beka sighed. "Look Tyr, contrary to popular belief, I didn't do this to disrupt anyone's life. And almost dying wasn't really a fun experience for me. It was never on my to do list. But, it happened and I learned from it and it won't happen again."
"Yes, it will. You are who you are, Captain Valentine."
"As are you. But, unlike you, I can admit when I was wrong. I was wrong. So, whether you choose to believe me or not is irrelevant. I know I learned. Dylan knows I learned. I'd hoped we could come to an understanding but, I guess not. Sorry if I bothered you Tyr." She turned to go.
"Wait."
She turned back. "What?"
"If you do something like this again and I have to rescue you again, I will not be so pleasant to you afterwards. In point of fact, I will be forced to be even more unpleasant to you. Do I make myself clear?"
Only Tyr would consider his behavior towards her lately as pleasant. He was such a---well, there weren't any words to describe it. "Oh, yes sir. Although, right now, I really could cheerfully kill you."
"You could try but you wouldn't succeed."
"Whatever. Are you going to go back to the wonderfully chivalrous way you treated me before?"
Tyr suddenly grinned. It was a tad disconcerting. "I might be persuaded. After all, you are a function of the ship and as such, an aid to my survival."
"Gee, you really know how to make a girl feel all warm and fuzzy inside."
"Really? A fault I shall be forced to correct. Thank you for pointing it out to me, Beka."
"Oh, my pleasure." She left, fuming, as Tyr's laughter followed her down the corridor. At last, things were settled between them now, no matter how hard that had been. Now there was only Rommie left.