Training was uneventful for Mike as he was trying to figure out what he was going to say to Emily and the team. The conversation that he had with Antonio earlier this morning was running through his mind, the part that was sticking in his mind was where he was doubting if it's just a one-time dream or not; but he still had a weird feeling in the pit of his stomach.
All of these thoughts were distracting him from his training; it was either causing him to get hit and loose or just zone out altogether. Mike was hoping that the team wouldn't notice him being a little 'off' today, but when he felt a hand on his shoulder, it caused him to jump a little bit.
"Are you okay Mike? You seem distracted today." Emily said.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Mike replied as he turned around to face her, "I didn't a lot of sleep last night."
"Would you like to talk about it?" She asked.
"Maybe later." Mike replied as he brushed his hand in her hair.
"Okay. Just let me know if you want to talk about it. I'm here for you." Emily said as she gave her reassuring smile.
Mike smiled back as she gently turned away to continue training. As he was walking towards one of the benches, he thought about what just took place between them. He wanted to tell Emily right then and there, but now wasn't the time. Training was still going on and he didn't want to worry her right now, he wanted her to be focused and to be the best that she can be.
He sat down and took a deep breath as he looked on to his other teammates either sparring or practicing symbols. He was trying to figure out how he going to explain it to the rest of the team without them judging him or saying that he's making a big deal over nothing and tell him to move on with his life. Mike had to remember that it was his dream and dreaming about a nighlock stealing the one thing that a lot of people take for granted, the gift of voice, away from him was something that doesn't normally happen to a person unless it's serious.
It was a rarity that anyone would dream of something like that, but why Mike. Why did he have the dream and not the rest of the team and why was it bothering him? The more that he thought about the reason why it happened to him, the more confused he was.
Holding his head with his hands, Mike closed his eyes so he can be out of reality for a moment or two. The second he closed his eyes was the second that the dream flashed into his mind, especially the part where his voice was getting stolen, focusing on the transfer that was occurring. The green glow, the painful feel of his neck as his voice was leaving him and the cold hand of the nighlock that was taking it from him. Then it flashed to where Emily was watching it, focusing on the fear that was etched on her face, and then it focused on what the nighlock was saying to him as his voice grew stronger.
"In 48 hours, his voice will be mine….. You have two days to defeat me." It said before disappearing into the gap.
The final flashback was when he tried to speak, but he couldn't. His lips were moving but his voice just wasn't there and how scared he and Emily were as she saw the green mark on his throat. Her voice echoed through his mind again as he saw her wide fearful eyes.
"Mike…" He could hear someone say…
He was so distracted that he couldn't focus on who was talking to him.
"Mike…. Are you okay?" The voice said again, along with the sound of snapping fingers, trying to get him out of his haze.
Mike shook his head and finally snapped out of his trance to see who it was that was speaking to him. He looked up, only to see that it was Antonio looking at him, along with Jayden. They were concerned for their teammate; it wasn't like him to act like this.
It took him a moment to respond to them, a few seconds later, he responded. "Yeah, I'm okay." His voice was dull as he was irritated by the others interrupting his thoughts.
Antonio knelt down to Mike's level to understand him a little more, "Is it something that we talked about this morning?" He asked.
"It's nothing! Don't worry about it!" Mike responded quickly and firmly as he stood up and walked up to Emily to see if he could pull her aside.
There was an awkward moment of silence as Jayden looked at Antonio, "What did you two talk about?" He asked, breaking that silence
Antonio took a deep breath and sighed, "I know what's bothering Mike but he'll has to tell you himself." He replied as the two looked onto Mike talking to Emily, "He wants to tell Emily first; somehow she's involved in what's bothering him."
Then the two saw Emily gently taking his hand and slowly walked off the training field. As this was happening, they saw Mia walking up to Emily asking what was going on. Emily only shrugged her shoulders and told her that Mike wanted to talk to her for a few minutes alone. When Emily and Mike were out of sight, Kevin and Mia walked up to Antonio and Jayden to see if they knew what was going on and see what was causing Mike's rather odd mood.
"Is everything okay with Mike?" Mia asked.
Jayden sighed, "I don't know, but there is something wrong with Mike." He replied.
"He did seem distracted today, and not the normal distraction that is expected from him." Kevin said.
There was a moment of silence. They were worried about their green ranger; Mike did act normal during training, he was also in a trance of some kind, and oddly enough, when he came out of his trance, he was irritated about it. It felt like nothing was adding up with Mike's behavior.
The three looked at Antonio, "Do you know what's bothering Mike?" Mia asked Antonio
"He and I spoke about it this morning. But I can't tell what we spoke about. It's up to him if he wants to talk to you guys about it or not."Antonio replied sadly as turned his head and looked at the door, "From what I can understand, it's not going to be good."
