AN: Sorry for the very long wait. I have not really felt motivated to write updates for this story, and above that my computer is all messed up. I will try and update it as often as possible. Again sorry for the long wait.
"This really bites. I have to help them somehow." Adam thought to himself. He and Alpha were the only ones left in the power chamber. After the other rangers left, Zordon mentioned that he had 'things to take care of…' whatever that meant. Adam wondered.
Sighing, he tried to figure out a way to be able to morph and head down to help out his friends. With Zordon gone for the moment he had to think fast on how he was going to get by Alpha. As he thought about this he stared intently at the small robot. Then suddenly an idea came to him. Adam let out a somewhat devious smile, as he slowly managed to stand on his own two feet.
Okay, my injury is not that bad, I can pull this off. No matter what I can pull this off. Adam assured himself. As Adam made his way towards Alpha, he knew he'd have to make amends with the robot after all of this was over.
I hate to do this to Alpha, but I just have to help them. Adam thought as he came closer and closer to Alpha. He was now standing right behind the robot, and to his surprise Alpha had not noticed him yet.
Taking a nervous gulp Adam quickly managed to shut down the robot. Alpha did not even have a chance to react and maybe that was for the best. "Sorry Alpha, but this is something I have to do". Adam whispered to the little robot.
Slowly making his way to the middle of the room, with every so often biting his lip from the pain, he was able to take out his morpher. Glancing one last time at Alpha he sighed sadly at what he did. He knew he'd get into trouble for this later on, but right now his friends needed him.
So, with a deep breath Adam shouted… "It's morphing time! Zeo ranger 4 Green!" As Adam transformed he felt a surge of power flow through him and an instant later he disappeared in a streak of light.
Back down by the school the other rangers were busy trying to get everyone to safety, while at the same time trying to stop the cogs. There were more here than there ever was at any point in time and Tommy knew that because they were rangers short, this fight was not going to be a pretty one.
"Rocky, get those people out of there!" Tommy shouted at Rocky as he saw four students being attacked by cogs. Tommy did not even notice at the fact that he just called out Rocky's name. Rocky nearly stumbled at hearing his own name like that in front of four students he nearly had every class with.
Oh great, thanks a lot Tommy. Rocky thought grimly as he made his was towards his classmates. The four students were speechless and none of them had the guts to ask the blue zeo ranger if he was indeed someone they knew from school.
Instead Rocky started to attack the cogs and eventually managed to hold one back as he shouted at the four students to take off. They all nodded their thanks and ran off. Rocky watched them go as he struggled to keep the cog from following them.
As soon as they were a safe distance away Rocky flipped the cog on its back and destroyed it.
"There's too many of them." Rocky muttered to himself as he ran to help some more students. He tried to stop a cog from hurting two young freshmen, but as he tried to fight them more popped out from no where, Rocky cursed at his luck as he was knocked down. He stared up in shock as the two young students were being dragged away, screaming.
Getting up, Rocky ran towards them, weapon now drawn. "Let them go!" Rocky shouted. But he could not shot, not without risking hurting the kids. He just realized this after he had drawn out his weapon. He was about to put his weapon away when a streak of green light suddenly landed right in front of the cogs and two students. It was Adam.
As Adam grabbed the cogs he easily managed to free the students and have them escape. A moment later and Rocky watched as Adam destroyed the cogs.
"Adam!" Rocky shouted out towards his friend. Adam turned around. He smiled underneath his helmet as he waited for Rocky to join him. Within moments he was by Adam's side. Rocky looked down at Adam's injured leg.
"But you're hurt." Rocky reminded him. Adam shrugged his shoulders. " Yeah well, nothing a little power boost can't fix. Besides, you saw me fight those cogs, I was more than fine." Adam assured him.
"But still…once you demorph…" Rocky began, but Adam only sighed in aggravation. " I said I'm fine. I'll take full responsible to however badly damaged I'll get at the end of this fight okay?" Adam said.
"But admit it, you're glad I showed up." Adam said. Rocky crossed his arms as he looked away. " Just a little…" Rocky muttered. Adam laughed at that. But then Rocky grew serious again.
"You are really risking it, but I guess I could understand why. Just promise me you'll be careful?" Rocky begged. "I'll be careful. I promise." Adam said.
But just as Adam said that he heard a very familiar female voice shout at him.
"Hey! What the hell are you doing here?" It was Aisha. Adam froze. He knew right away who it was before he even saw her. "Aisha…" Adam said in a nervous voice. "Are you crazy! You're hurt! Go back to the power chamber." Aisha demanded sternly.
"Don't worry Aisha he's fine. I just saw him fight some cogs a few minutes ago. His powers will protect him." Rocky said in a calm reassuring voice.
"I don't care, have you seen how many cogs are here? Speaking of which…why aren't you fighting?" Aisha asked Rocky.
"Because Adam showed up and…never mined." Rocky muttered. He then decided to take off as the cogs finally noticed them standing around, they immediately started to fight them.
As Adam started to attack some cogs, he had to momentarily help Aisha, as she was overwhelmed by nearly a dozen of them. After Adam had fought some off of her, Aisha quickly apologized to Adam and decided he was more than capable of holding his own regardless of his injury.
"I told you it was not that bad." Adam said to her. Aisha only shook her head in disappointment as she and Adam had only a moment to catch their breath.
"I'm just worried about you Adam. I don't want anything bad to happen." Aisha said, worry very evident in her voice. Adam sighed.
"Nothing bad will happen Aisha, I promise." Adam assured her. Aisha decided to accept that for now and continued to attack more cogs.
After the rangers destroyed the cogs they finally regrouped. Everyone was surprised to see Adam up and about and even Tommy was speechless. Adam assured them though that his injury was not that bad and he would be fine.
"I guess we can reprimand you for this later. Right now we can use all the help we can get." Tommy said in a very firm voice. Adam did not like the sound of that. He knew Tommy was not happy, but at the same time a little glad he decided to show up.
"So now what? No more cogs, what can they possible send now?" Zack asked. Tommy looked at Zack annoyed at what he said, because just as they thought they got rid of the threat, more bad guys showed up, this time it was the tengas turn.
"Oh right…figures…" Zack muttered as he got into a fighting stance. "Alight guys, lets all spilt up and get rid of these things fast. No more kids to worry about, so hold nothing back." Tommy ordered them. Everyone nodded their heads in understanding as they each partnered up.
Tommy though decided to fight solo. He would lend a hand to the others whenever they needed it, but he was able to fight a good chunk of them off on his own, no problem.
Now being kept busy fighting, the rangers would not even realize just how ugly things were about to get…
As the rangers were busy fighting tengas, Jason was growing more and more anxious and nervous by the minute. He was still trapped in Rita's dark dimension and there had been no sign of the bad guys since Goldar's arrival.
Now alone he felt the palms of his hands grow clammy with sweat. He knew this whole mess was about him. He knew his enemies were working together because that would be the only way to destroy them. He knew that if he did not do something soon, he would regret the day he decided to become a power ranger…