Disclaimer: I am not the owner of the Power Rangers franchise. I do this for fun, you know that thing that we had as kids, but seemed to lose at some point? I greedily hold onto mine and you benefit by reading.

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Author's Notes: Boom and Syd forever? Is this a new direction in fan fiction? Will everyone forget about pairing Syd with anyone else? Eh, it's probably just Sisyphus rolling a rock up a hill.

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Cadet Sydney Drew strode to her room where she began stripping out of her uniform upon entering. She paused for a moment and activated the communication system and connected to Carl Boomhauser's room, upon his answering, "Boomy," she said with a smile in her voice, "I am off for the rest of the day, barring attacks. What do you say we go somewhere more private than here and talk?"

Boom grinned at the idea, "You mean like a concert, or ball game?"

The unorthodox response, which was true none the less, elicited a girlish giggle from the womanly blond, "Yeah, something like that, or the park even."

"Let me 'call in' and swing by the infirmary; want to meet me there?"

Syd frowned, there was one reason and one reason alone, or rather one person alone that Boom would be going to the infirmary, "Boom, what would you…"

"Syd, she is my friend, first and foremost. I am kind of the reason she is in there, and what would that say about me as a friend, if I don't go see her. Plus, it will help continue the healing process."

"Continue?"

"Yes, I had a lady in shining armor start the process for me."

Syd smirked as she blushed at the words from the com link, "I don't think they were shining Boom."

"Well, they might not have been shining, but you were all aglow." With that line, Boom shut down the link before he lost his nerve and turned into a stuttering fool. He slowly let out a breath the he didn't know that he was holding.

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Syd looked at her closet, her armoire, and the open drawers in her room trying to decide what to wear for Boom. Each time she thought at something or looked at it, she shook her head. "Boom isn't one for high fashion, though that may need to change in certain situations." She picked up a distressed t-shirt, "He really isn't into the grunge look, though jeans probably would work well for today." She looked around and her face lit up as she saw the pair that she was looking for. A devious smile painted itself on her lips as she descended into her closet and pulled out a baby doll t and a sheer dress shirt. "Wait till he gets a load of me… He may need that healing factor to correct his blood flow."

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Boom stuck his head into the infirmary, and after assuring the staff there that he wasn't there to get treated himself, he walked towards that the bed where Kat was sitting up, surrounded by Bridge, Z and Cruger. It was unfortunate for them that they happened to be in her way. Kat slipped from the bed, used her hands on the shoulder of the two males to provide vertical lift, and pushed off the back of and unsuspecting Z to make it to Boom in one movement. She enveloped Boom in a hug, and then quickly began to inspect him.

"Are you okay? The computer said the blood was probably about four pints worth…"

Boom successfully squirmed from the feline's embrace, "Well, you know it would take a lot more than that for you to worry about me."

"Boom, I didn't think, well, I mean I thought that you…"

"Kat, it is okay, it came as a shock, and you know how well I handle shock. Well, at least emotional shock, but I will be okay. You could have chosen a better way to break the news to me."

"I'm sorry, Boom, but we were keeping things under wraps. Isinia knew she was dying and wanted to make sure Doggie was happy. She sensed the tension between us and said that it was okay."

"And how it happened just happened to make me look like a fool, well, a bigger fool than normal. Is that what you meant to happen? To make sure I would go away?"

"Damn it, Boom, I don't want you to go away. You are my best friend here…" she looked up into his glistening eyes. She knew how much she had hurt him, and knew that her happiness was coming at a large price. "Plus, you are the only person that I can tolerate in the lab with me for an extended period of time."

"I find that hard to believe," said Boom as he glanced towards the Commander.

"Don't, Boom, did I ever tell you why I took you under my wing when you started on as a civilian?"

"Pity comes to mind."

Kat cuffed Boom on the back of the head, "No, don't think that. You remind me of my little brother. He was a lovable goofball, just like you, and also like you, one could sense that underneath it all there was something truly special waiting to bloom." Kat turned Boom's face to hers, "I didn't get the chance to see him bloom, and I wasn't going to run the chance of missing you bloom. Call it me being a selfish old woman."

"Kat, you are not old."

"Boom, I am a hundred and…"

"I know, and I also know that isn't even middle age for your species."

Kat did a half smirk, "So, are we good?"

Boom nodded, "Yeah, we are good."

"That's good; because good is good, unless it is bad, and even then it can be good. There is a twentieth century school of philosophy that used bad for good, and also for bad, and good for good, but not bad, but…" Z shook her head as her hand was planted over Bridge's mouth to stop him from talking.

"Thanks, Z, if Bridge had really gotten started up, then we would never get out of here," came a lilting voice from the doorway.

Jaws dropped and eyes bugged as they recognized Sydney Drew in the doorway in civilian clothes. Gone was the SPD dark grey suit, and in its place was a light pink baby doll t that clung to her upper torso yet showed off her navel and toned tummy, a sheer white shirt, that was obviously for show was over it, and to cap things off was a pair of blue jeans that were struggling to be smaller than her legs, the lacing up the side showed tight toned tanned skin through the leather lacings.

"Cadet Drew! What is the meaning of this?"

"A friend of mine is having a hard day, so I am taking a personal day from all of the ones that I have accrued from all the time I put in here. But don't worry; I will be available in case of attack." She turned strait to Boom and raised his jaw back to its normal position. "Thank you, that was the response that I was going for. So where do you think that we should go first?"

"How about to get something to eat, I haven't had anything today except my supply of protein bars."

"Well, I know a little place that we can start at then," said Syd as she did her best to form onto Boom.