Disclaimer: No, I have not assumed command of the Power Rangers; if I had, you would see strange pairings like Chip and Vida… Wait… Didn't they hint at that…

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Author's Notes: No, I am a Chip and Clare type of guy, but ya know the wanna be goth techno deejay bad girl and the whimsical imagination junkie has so much potential. Anyway, on with the show of the newest ship or the PR line, Boom and Syd…

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Syd had just watched Boom polish of his second double bacon cheeseburger. He looked up sheepishly. True he had eaten the unhealthiest thing that the café had on its menu, but he was neat about it. "Boom, you know that isn't all that good for you don't you?"

"For a normal person, I would agree with you, but with my abilities, any damage that it may cause is eliminated. Also, I needed the amino acids from the beef and pork to continue to rebuild the blood that I lost and repair the muscles that I cut, and the calcium from the cheese for my bones," replied the tech.

"I'm just glad that everyone was so concerned with Kat that they didn't notice the differences in me," he continued.

"You mean the lean mean hard-body that you have now?"

There was a look of shock on Boom's face, "How did you know?"

Syd let out a throaty laugh and leaned forward. "I have had my hands all over you, and I can tell a toned body. There are some guys that go to the gym three times a week that would kill for your build right now."

Boom blushed and hung his head, "It's the process, not me. It burns off fat to help power the effect, if not fat then muscle. So, underneath my safety cushioning of fat, there is lean muscle."

"Then why haven't we ever seen you like this at the base?"

"Kat came up with a high caloric drink that pretty much negates the loss. It doesn't taste THAT bad, but I'll probably need to get a few when I get back."

"Okay," Syd said with a bit of sadness in her eyes.

Boom looked at her, "What's wrong?"

Syd bit her lip before responding, "Well, this is going to sound really shallow, but… Well, I had thought about wanting to show off my hard-bodied boyfriend."

"Oh, well, okay," blandly commented Boom as he looked dejectedly down.

Syd had slid her right foot out of her flat and ran it up the inside of Boom's right leg, paused at his knee and then continued in. The amazing thing was that she didn't even look like she was moving.

"Carl, I mean you," she said tenderly as she reached across the table and raised his face towards hers. While doing this, her foot found its way all the way to the end of Boom's inseam. "We are going to have to work on this confidence thing, aren't we?" She didn't wait for Boom's slight nod before slowly maneuvering her foot on Boom's front.

"Do you think that I would do this to just any one, Boomy?" she asked in a sweet innocent voice. "Do you think that I would dress up like this and hang on someone that wasn't worthy?"

"N-no," was all that the short-circuiting brain in his skull could produce.

She smiled wickedly at him and slid her foot down and back into its shoe. She swirled her finger in the salad dressing still on her plate and looked Boom directly in the eyes, "Who knows, that may be the last time we hear that word today," and then she slowly licked the creamy dressing off of her finger, before sucking it. "So," she continued after dropping her voice into a throaty rasp, "what did you have in mind for today?"

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Boom came out of the Children's Science Museum laughing, and unsuccessfully trying to escape from an irate Syd. "Come back here, Carl Boomhauser! You better come back here, if you know what is good for you!"

Carl collapsed to the ground as Syd grabbed his collar. Her hair was frizzed out and her look was none to happy. "I'm sorry; I thought you knew what was going to happen. It is a classic demonstration." He could tell that his logic was falling on deaf ears, and he knew it was time for a new tactic, "Please, my goddess, have mercy upon this your unworthy worshiper.

Syd suddenly stopped. "Goddess?" she said as she slid to the ground, sitting on Boom's chest. She mussed up his hair, "That is the first time that anyone has called me that. I think that I like it."

Boom smiled up at the blond on his chest. "If I could but worship my goddess how she wishes, I am sure that she would show mercy for her pitiful subject."

Syd grabbed Boom's cheeks with one hand and squeezed, making a fish mouth kiss on the hapless subject. Boom's heart sank when he looked at her face.

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Syd literally bounced out of the spa, while she was followed by a bewildered Boom. "Syd, what was all that they did?"

Syd laughed and pulled his hands to her safe. "Boomy, they just gave you a manicure, and made sure that they are oh," Syd then moaned, "soft for when the touch the skin of your goddess. Now, aren't you glad that you were subjected to it? Or should I say, won't you be ecstatic later."

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Boom sighed after they left the fifth store and he was doing a good imitation of a pack horse. "Syd, is this the later that you were talking about?"

"No, Boomy, the start of that is at the next shop," said Syd as she slipped into another door.

Boom followed her into the shop and didn't notice anything until after the door had closed and he heard, "Please, Sir, allow me to help you with these."

Boom saw a petite brunette come into his view, and felt his load start to lessen. Soon he was completely unencumbered. The brunette went to Syd and gave her a big hug. "I see you have finally taken my advice and found yourself a real guy and not some piece of fluff. Word to the wise, cousin, you don't try to break guys like these."

Syd laughed as she led the brunette over to Boom. "Cecilia, I would like to introduce to you Carl Boomhauser. Boom, this is my cousin Cecilia, she owns this lingerie shop."

Boom took her offered hand and lightly shook it. "A pleasure to meet you." It was then that the rest of what Sydney had said kicked in. "Lingerie shop?" Looking around, he was truly inside a shop filled with lace, silk, satin, and other assorted soft materials. "Um, Syd?"

Cecilia walked Boom to a chair and sat him down. He noticed right away the comfy chair. "You just sit here, relax, and be prepared to enjoy the show."

Boom sighed as relaxed back into the chair. It again took a few moments after Cecilia had led Syd into a door for her words to compute. "Show?"