A/N: I had hoped to get another chapter or two out yesterday but my muse seemed to have suddenly ran away and my plot bunny went and burrowed itself in a hole after I refused to let it write another story. But alas, I have managed to dredge up another chapter for you and I hope you enjoy it. Credit goes to my girl Carla who helped me come up with the idea for this chapter.
"Come on ranger, is that all you've got?" The Nightmare Org chided, twirling the chains around in the air as if they were a lasso then tossing them around Merrick.
Merrick struggled against the chains, gritting his teeth from behind his helmet as he finally managed to break free. "Lunar cue!" he cried, taking a swipe at the org.
The nightmare org just laughed. "Is that all you've got?" he asked again. "Tsk tsk lunar ranger, I thought I knew you better than that. Let's see how you deal with this." The org then started juggling three balls in the air over his head, tossing each one at Merrick which on impact, sent him flying backwards into the nearest tree. "How do you like that?"
"I don't." Merrick responded through gritted teeth, jumping down from the tree. He was about to launch an attack when a blast came from out of nowhere. He turned to see Cole riding in.
"I don't think so Org." Cole called, skidding the bike then jumping off of it. "Get away from him."
"Oh how lovely, you have come to join your friend." The org laughed. "No matter; I'll destroy you too." He twirled the chains around his head like a lasso again but before he could them around the other ranger, he was gone. The org twirled around in confusion. "What? Where did you go?"
"Hey, behind you." Cole called. "I guess you're not as smart as you thought you were. Once again, the human outsmarts the org; one would wonder why you guys haven't given up by now."
"We will never give up until Master Org rules the world!" the Nightmare org called.
"Suit yourself." Cole said, grabbing his crystal saber from his belt and taking a swing at the org.
"You think that pathetic little thing is going to save you?" the org laughed. "Try this one for size." Suddenly a sharp sword appeared in the org's hand. Before either ranger could blink the org swung the sword, aiming it straight for Cole's heart. Before Merrick's eyes the org plunged the sword into Cole's heart.
"COLE!!! NOOOO!!" Merrick screamed, jolting awake and immediately glancing over to the red ranger's bed, breathing a sigh of relief when he found the red ranger still unconscious from his earlier fall into the lake. "That was extremely – odd." he breathed. He swore that Cole had somehow entered his dream but when he glanced over at the bed again, the red ranger was still unconscious. Was his sleep-deprived mind just playing tricks on him? No, he decided. There was another ranger in his dream and he knew that it was Cole. He just had to find out WHY Cole had entered his dream and what it had meant.
Laying his head back, Merrick tried to go back to sleep.