Disclaimer: Power Rangers are not owned by me, 'tis a shame, really.

Upon returning to the SPD compound Kat turned to Boom. "I'm going to go freshen up and slip into something more comfortable. Meet me in the repair bay. That way you can make sure that no one else is there." She ended by nibbling the lobe of his ear.

Boom was in silent shock as he watched her swaying hips as she sashayed down the corridor. Soon she was out of sight and he was still in awed wonder at what was happening tonight. A goofy grin slowly spread across his face as he turned around, bumping strait into Syd.

"Whoa, Boom, what's wrong?" She tilted her head looking closer at him. "Did you ground out the wrong circuit again?"

Boom's nervousness was evident in his speech pattern, "N-No, Syd, I'm just kind of distracted by things that have happened tonight."

"Well, you certainly look nice. Are you going on a… date?" she asked in gossipy curiosity.

"Uh, thanks… I saw something similar in one of the magazines that you left out." Booms slight blush started to spread, "I'm actually getting back from a date. But, please, don't tell anyone. The guys would rib me about it."

"Oh, I won't tell a soul. So, who was it? I bet it was Chelsea from D squad."

"No."

A big grin came on Syd's face, "Rebecca from C Squad?"

"Not even close. Uh, I need to go. There are some things that I need to do."

"Nuh uh, not till you tell me who you went out with." Syd's arms were crossed and a firm, but albeit cute look was on her face.

Sighing, Boom relented, "This is between you and me; it doesn't go any further." Syd nodded. "Pinky pledge," Boom held out his pinky. Syd uncrossed her arms and giggled like a school girl and her pinky locked with Boom's. "Kat and I went to the new restaurant down the way."

Syd squealed as she started to jump up and down. "That is so great. You have to tell me everything."

"Well how about later? I have to do something now."

"Breakfast tomorrow, at the latest."

"Okay," said Boom hurrying towards the Zord repair bay, not seeing Syd's knowing grin.

-

Doctor Katherine Manx entered her quarters and stripped out of her clothes as she headed to her private bath. Sighing she turned on the shower. Tonight had been wonderful so far, and as far as she was concerned in her own mind, it was going to get better. It felt good to lather her body and touch herself. She stopped herself before too long, reminding herself that her Boom was waiting.

Smirking to herself, she stalked out of the shower, grabbed her towel and went to slip something comfortable on. After toweling off, she sniffed the air. She breathed in deep, smelling her own scent. "I can't be smelling myself, I just took a shower," she said shaking her head. She reached down and touched her sacred cup and felt moisture there. Her eyes flew from half open to wide open as she whipped to look at the calendar.

"No," was said quietly as she rushed back to the bathroom and grabbed a bottle from the shelf. It was quickly opened and a pill even more quickly ingested. Slowly the top was replaced and she returned to her bedroom and sat silently on the bed. A small sob escaped her body as she started thinking back.

She pulled herself into a tight ball as she racked the logical portion of her brain. She had been so busy the last couple of days that she had lost track of the date. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, except for one time, now. If she had taken the medicine earlier today like she would have if she wasn't distracted nothing would be the matter.

She growled, yes instincts were running high, she thought. She couldn't believe that she lost track of her heat cycle. A moment's pause was interrupted by a gasp. "What must Boom think of me?"

-

Boom made sure he made noise as he entered the repair bay. Most would have chalked it up to his normal clumsiness, but this time he wanted to make sure that he didn't embarrass anyone. Not that he would tell, but he could understand the uncomfortableness that being 'walked in on' could bring. Surprisingly there was only one couple in the deep shadows of the darkened bay. They saluted as they hurriedly made their way out of the bay in their disheveled uniforms.

Boom chuckled to himself and he raised the lights to just above candle light level. He went to the sound system and smiled to himself. Kat had once balked at having the system installed, but when he presented the facts that music while working could help increase efficiency she had capitulated. Now he was sure that she would be happy that it was installed also.

The music was set low and Boom decided to sit and wait, if his nerves could hold out. Truthfully, with how Kat was acting tonight he almost was scared. Her behavior wasn't like normal. Sure, there were occasional double entendres in the lab late at night, but nothing like this. That small part of his brain that usually didn't come into play unless he was in bed put in its take, 'Shut up and enjoy.'

-

Kat walked through the halls with her memory pulling up what had already happened tonight. She groaned at the thought that she had done everything except present to Boom. The pill had helped balance out her chemistry, but she found that she still had stirrings for the smiling dirty blond man. Sighing she turned a corner, and in her introspective state, she didn't notice the buxom blond that she bumped into.

"Oh, sorry… Syd, I wasn't paying attention."

"That's okay; you seem to have a lot on your mind. Could it have something to do with Boom?"

"WH-what do you mean?"

Syd gave a smile to her, "Boom was standing in the middle of the hall, totally oblivious to the world, and he turned around and bumped into me. I made him fess up. I'm so glad that you two have actually got together."

"Actually got together? What do you mean?"

"You two are the only ones that really understand each other when you go off all technical. We have all seen how each of you look at the other when you don't think anyone is watching. Plus, who else do you think would do uncompensated overtime with you and not complain? He is compensated by being with you for longer."

"And here I thought that Bridge was the psychic," Kat said raising an eyebrow.

"He is psychic, but he doesn't know anything about relationships," sighed Sydney. "Well, I guess you need to head on. Boom is probably freaking out." Syd went around Kat and disappeared down the hall with a definite bounce in her step.

Kat was left alone with the new conjecture that all the feelings that she had felt for Boom tonight wasn't just the sense of the heat in her wanting to mate.

-

Boom had almost given up hope that Kat was going to show up, that the entire night was nothing but a joke. The scene, as it played out in his head had all of his so called friends watching him now while making fun of him. Kat, the only woman he had truly cared for lounging on all of them laughing along with them. A raw powerful scream erupted from his mouth, making an equivalent to his surname in the repair bay. He stood up as the echoes faded and headed to the door, anger beginning to fully replace nervousness and fear.

His mind began to race. Schematics raced through his head. Design concepts he hadn't seen before crept into his brain. He was about to scream again when the door to the bay opened up and in walked a vision of loveliness. Well, at least to Carl Boom she was. Kat was in a long, floor length skirt, and her blouse covered her arms and buttoned to just below her neck.

"Sorry that I took so long… Something came up and… Boom we need to talk."

All thought in Boom's head screeched to a stop. He had done something wrong, and now what never was will never be. He was sure of it.

Kat took him by his hand and walked him over to the chairs by the console. "Boom, did you ever have a cat when you were growing up?" A nod from Boom prompted her to continue. "Was it male or female?"

"Female… I don't see where this is going."

"You will, trust me. Did she ever go into heat?"

"Yes, I still…" Kat put one of her slender fingers up to Boom's lips.

"How did she act?"

"Overly friendly, she wanted to rub up against everyone. One time we had company over and she…" Again, Kat placed her finger to Boom's lips.

"Terran cats and my species are different, but there are some traits that we share. Especially instinctual and in particularly one time a month in females, if medication isn't taken." Kat saw understanding start to come upon Boom's face. "I lost track of the days and well, I didn't take any. I realized it when I went to take a quick shower. Now, it doesn't totally change our thoughts. We don't seek out all available people; it tends to be more focused. More towards someone that there are already feelings for… even if we didn't realize it before hand."

Boom was now looking intently at the floor. Once more Kat's finger touched his face, this time the side of his jaw, her thumb cradled the other side. She guided his gaze to her eyes. He found himself losing himself into the slits in the yellow orbs. "My problem is that I think too much. My body knows that I want to be with you, and my heart does also, but my head is just now starting to wrap itself around that principle.

"I won't deny that I had a wonderful time tonight. And I won't take back anything that I said or did. Just for a while, let's take it slower."

Boom had a sad smile on his face. "I guess that you won't be giving me dance lessons then, huh?"

"I said that I wouldn't take anything back." She smiled and cocked her head, "Are you ready for your first lesson?"

He smiled and sprang to his feet. "So what do I learn first?"

Kat turned to the stereo and made an adjustment. As she walked to him, a soft, slow bluesy song started to play. "I said that we would take this slow for a while." She placed her right hand on his shoulder and took his right hand in hers and guided it up. "Your other hand gets placed at my waist." As he did that, they slowly shuffled to the music. And it was a long time before the stopped.

Author's Notes: And there we have the ending of this episode. To those that don't think Kat and Boom make a good pairing, well, stranger things have happened. Out of the characters on SPD Boom is the only one that I can actually see Kat falling for. From the Boom perspective, I can see him puppy dogging Syd, while maybe, and this is a long shot, misconstruing Z's sisterly concern for something more, but Kat is the only one that I can see a long time match for him.

I am working on a cross-over right now that this may segue into.