Adam Park knew what he had to do. Every since Lord Zedd introduced these creatures, there was only one possible way to defeat them and certainly his street attire wasn't going to do it.
"Time to take care of business," he said in own charismatic tone.
"NinjaTech Battle Ranger, Armor up!" With that being said, he took his left hand and swung it in an arc. Clasping his right hand with it, he extended the index finger of his left hand while doing the same on his right. A jumping of energy commenced and a bright discharge occurred, slightly disorienting the Omegas. Before them now, clad in his Nightstar Battle Armor, NinjaTech Black Ranger stood.
Adam took the precaution of hitting his alarm button on his communicator before he engaged the Omegas. He guessed he would need help, but also for the Rangers to pay extra special attention to anything else going on that Zedd might be trying.
He jumped into the midst of the Omegas, kicking and chopping. They fell like reeds being cut down by a large blade. That's exactly what Adam was. A blade of justice...cutting down the swarming hordes of evildoers that would dare try to take over the universe.
An Omega managed to get a club shot to Adam's back. The armor would protect him from most of the damage. He still winced in pain from the impact.
"Oh, so you wanna play rough, huh?!" Adam shouted as he rolled out of the way. Jumping quickly to his feet, he reached behind his back. From a hidden compartment, his Nightstar manrikiginsari flared into existence. It looked like a long chain with a mace on the end of it. In the right hands, the weapon could do a lot of damage. It was a good thing that Adam's hands were the right ones.
Projecting himself into the air, Adam twisted his body and launched the manrikiginsari from his right hand. It snaked in the air and wrapped around the body of an Omega. He looped the end of the chain around his arm tightly and, taking a firm stance on the ground, picked up the OmegaPutty and started to swing him around.
"Around and around you go," Adam joked, "Where you stop? Who really cares?"
Using his new modified manrikiginsari, he knocked over helpless Omegas. After the last of them had fell, he sent a wave of pure energy into the weapon. The OmegaPutty on the end didn't have enough time to murmur before he was destroyed in a puff of smoke.
Adam looked about at the strewn bodies of the creatures. He did a pretty good job of stopping them.
Then he stopped. He cocked his head to the side slightly.
"Something's not right..."
It was the middle of the summer in Angel Grove. It was well into the mid-nineties yet there was a cold wind blowing. An eerie breeze that was very unnatural. It even made Adam shiver slightly in his armor.
Suddenly, something latched onto his foot. He peered through the eyepiece to see an OmegaPutty clamped tightly to his ankle. He reached out to break it, but another one jumped up and grabbed him from behind. Then another got up and clamped his hand around his throat. Luckily, the armor's mystic metal gorget protected his windpipe, but not for long.
Like the dead arising from an eternal slumber, the Omegas jumped on Adam and started to pound him.
"Get off me!" he screamed. "Nightmare Energy Blast!"
Nothing happened.
Adam looked about in puzzlement. "I said 'Nightmare Energy Blast!'"
Nothing.
His NinjaTech PowerCharge wasn't working. His manrikiginsari was out of his reach since it was knocked out of his hand. He struggled against his adversaries, but there was no leeway. They kept pounding on his armor and his body. His vision began to be rimmed with red.
"Nightmare Energy Blast!"
Nothing.
Adam's knees buckled. He fell into the dust, still trying to fend off the Omegas. This was going to be the end if the other Rangers didn't get there in time.
Suddenly, as soon as the onslaught started, it stopped. There, standing a few feet away from him, were the other NinjaTech Battle Rangers. They began to walk towards Adam, OmegaPutties parting the way.
Adam breathed a sigh of relief as he composed himself. He met them halfway.
"Man, I'm glad you're here. They almost had me."
"Never would've happened, man," Starstorm White Ranger, Tommy, said.
"Yeah," Rocky, the Firesmite Red Ranger, agreed.
Adam looked around at the now immobile Omegas. They just...stood there.
"Wonder what's up with them?" he asked to no one in particular.
"They're, like, waiting," Earthscorch Pink Ranger, Kim, answered.
"For what, I wonder."
"For this," and with that being said, Sean Morissette, the ThunderForce Gold Ranger, blindsided Adam with a right uppercut which knocked his helmet completely off. The force from the blow put Adam into a cartwheel. His body slammed into the ground, the air rushing from his lungs.
"What - what are you guys doing?!" he screamed. He fought to get to his feet.
"We're doing what we should have a long time ago," Windbane Yellow Ranger, Aisha, stated sneeringly.
"You have purposely led us to the very brink of defeat in a manipulative scheme to make yourself look heroic in the eyes of the public," Blightwater Blue Ranger, Billy, explained.
"What?!" Adam asked.
"You heard him," Tommy said and kicked Adam in the solar plexus. Nightstar Black Ranger staggered back, partially in amazement and fear of what his friends were doing to him.
"Time to pay the piper, little man," Sean said and rushed him. Adam grabbed Sean's arms and, dropping to his back, monkey-flipped him over. Sean managed to land on his feet a few feet away from Adam.
"You don't know what you're saying!" Adam tried to explain. "I never..." He was cut off midsentence by a jumpkick from Rocky. He tasted the unmistakable metallic tang of blood in his mouth.
Aisha came in and leg-swept him off his feet. Billy launched his body in to the air and brought a foot down onto his chest. It most assuredly would've caved in if it hadn't been for his armor. Kimberly chopped him across his throat, bending the metal gorget and piercing his windpipe. Adam gurgled slightly from the blood flowing into his lungs.
Tommy walked over to him and looked down at his former compatriot. Adam's eyes shot back to Tommy's.
Why?
"Why, Adam? Well, we need a ranger that won't try to take my leadership. Someone we can trust. Someone that's not you!"
He laughed. An evil cackle which was nothing like Tommy. His vision dimmed. He looked around into the eyes of those that we once his friends. Their faces locked in evil sneers.
Sean walked over to where Tommy was. "May I, Tommy?"
Tommy moved out of the way. The ThunderForce Gold Ranger snatched the Power Morpher from Adam's armor. Adam began to blow blood bubbles from his escaping life's breath. Sean looked at him and cocked his arm back.
"You have caused much destruction and despair. I send you back into the eternal darkness from whence you came!" and the last thing Adam saw was the golden glow of Sean charged fist coming towards his face.