SPD The End: Kat & Boom
By: Pink-Green-White-4ever
Last Revised: January 10, 2006
Summary: In response to the challenge on spdrangers of livejournal, Boom and Kat have a conversation on the quietness of the base.
Ships: minor Kat/Boom
Rating: T
AN: Thanks to Chrissy for getting me involved!
--
Fingers flew over the keys of the computer keyboard even as eyes moved back and forth from the paper on the desk to the screen. She'd been updating the cadets' training records for nearly four hours without interruption. When the door to the lab slid open, she welcomed the intrusion.
"Kat?"
Looking up, Kat smiled at Boom. "What can I do for you, Boom?"
"I've finished the modifications to both Sky and Bridge's morphers and their SWAT uniforms and equipment."
"Thank you, Boom. I appreciate the help."
"Not a problem, it was a pretty simple task."
"One that would have taken me a while to get to, considering the paperwork I have to catch up on." Thinking that was all Boom needed, Kat turned her attention back to the files before her. When the door didn't open, Kat looked up again and saw Boom staring at her. "Yes Boom?"
Realizing he'd been caught staring, Boom blushed. "Uh, oh, um well…"
Kat smiled and moved out from behind her desk. "Boom, what's wrong?"
The blonde technician sighed. "I don't know, to be honest. It feels too quiet around here lately, without the gang rushing off to battle Gruumm, Broodwing, or any of their goons."
Kat pursed her lips and folded her arms over her chest as she contemplated that comment. He had a point. "I know. I was just thinking how I'd gone four hours today without and interruption. It seems pretty quiet around here."
"I mean, I don't miss the fighting, or the worrying about the Rangers, but it's an eerie kinda quiet."
"I miss Commander Cruger's constant mood swings," Kat laughed, watching Boom merely lift an eyebrow at her comment.
Smiling, Boom shrugged. "Does seem a lot calmer without him barking at everyone, doesn't it?"
Kat smiled herself. "It's good though. The Commander has his wife back, Jack's doing what he wants in life, Sky's dream came true, and everyone else is content enough."
"What about you?"
The feline thought for a moment. "I'm happy I can finally experiment on things without needed to worry they have to be perfected quickly to use in a war. How about yourself?" Kat asked, moving to clean up a mess on one of the tables that was driving her nuts.
Boom just grinned. He hadn't ever seen Kat antsy before. "I'm happy I don't have to worry about being in the way."
The feline doctor's face hardened as she whirled around to face him. "Boom, you've never been in the way. You were and still are a contributing member of this team. Think about it, how many times have you known the answer to something I didn't, in regards to the equipment the team used?"
Boom looked deep in thought for a few moments before sheepishly stating, "A few times."
Kat grinned. Reaching out, she laid a hand on his arm. "Exactly my point. Don't you dare ever think you're in the way."
Nodding, Boom tried to think of a way to keep the conversation going. He loved talking to Kat, she sounded so smart to him all the time, and besides that, he always got this tiny little warm feeling when he heard her voice, or knew she was talking to him.
"Kat, does it feel empty around here to you?"
She sighed deeply before nodding. "We lost quite a few cadets after the last battle with Gruumm."
"Why did they join SPD if they were going to chicken out and leave after a major battle, which we won by the way?" Boom argued, annoyed that anyone would think of leaving SPD because they were scared, especially after five of his closest friends had put their lives on the line to save the entire universe.
Kat shrugged and moved back behind her desk. "Because after that, they probably realized they weren't cut out to follow in B Squad's footsteps."
That earned a chuckle and a smile from Boom. "Would anyone want to try and fill those?"
A twinkling laugh was Kat's response. "Alright, time to get back to work."
"Would you like some help?" Boom asked, eager to do anything she asked of him.
"Actually, yes. Can you realign the targeting systems on Syd and Z's Delta Enforcers? They were having problems with them during target practice yesterday but I've been so busy updating files I haven't gotten around to it, and they're going to need them tomorrow."
Boom nodded enthusiastically. "You got it!" he announced, moving over to a table in the corner, Kat watching him as he threw himself headlong into the project.
Kat had to smile. Boom had grown on her, a lot, in the last year. He was smart, funny, a little shy, but at the heart of it all, he was a very nice guy. Shaking her head, Kat dove back into the files sitting on her desk, but she let her eyes wander in Boom's direction every so often, admiring the determination she saw on his face.