A/N: Sorry it took forever for this story to be updated. I had a lot going on in my life that got hectic. But now here's the next chapter.

Silence.

There was nothing but pure silence as Mike was being examined by mentor. No one has spoken a word to him with what had happened during battle, not even Emily. She knew what happened, but doesn't talk about it as she is in shock.

Everything in his dream came true; from what he told her and from what she saw. It scared her beyond comprehension, it wasn't something that she could just shrug off and say to him that yes, it was just a dream. But since it was a reality, Emily wasn't sure how to react to it.

Mike on the other hand, had no choice but to be silent. With his voice taken from the nighlock; there was not a lot he could do as to how he could communicate with his friends. A lot of thoughts came into his mind in a short amount of time, that he had no way of absorbing it all. All he knew that his gut feeling about his dream coming true was right. Antonio knew about the dream and so did Emily and now, he now knows that it was about time that he had to tell the others.

How he would tell them, he didn't know.

After looking at Mike and looking through the archives, Mentor came to an answer to what happened to Mike. Everyone looked up at him as he walked in.

"The nighlock you encountered is a voice stealer. He steals voices to make his stronger, as he takes them, it leaves a mark on the throat. According to sources, he only stole a few, including Mike's." Mentor concluded.

"He also said that after two days, his voices will be his." Antonio added.

Emily looked at Mike, feeling helpless. Knowing that Mike was feeling more than helpless, she didn't know what he was thinking, nor how he was taking everything in. He looked and pretty much taking it okay, but she didn't know what was going through his mind.

All Mike could do to reassure her that he was okay was to look her in the eyes and smile, but deep down both of them knew that he wasn't. The nighlock took something that many people took for granted and couldn't express how he felt or anything. This frustrated him to the core.

Then his eyes darted to his desk and saw a dry erase pad and a few markers, he went up to get them. This was the only way he could communicate with the others until his voice was returned. As Mike was writing something down on his pad, the others was just looked at him with curiosity.

"Is everything okay, Mike?" Mia asked.

Mike was only focused on what he was writing down, he blocked everything and everyone out. He showed the team what he wrote down.

"I'm okay at the moment. It's about time that I told you what happened."

"What happened?" Kevin asked.

Mike erased what he previously said and started to write more. Again, the teams' curiosity got to the best of them as he was writing away.

"You're not going to believe this, but I had a dream about it."

"A dream?" Jayden asked him.

Mike only nodded, and then turned to Emily, silently giving her permission to tell everyone else what was going on. She held his hand then turned to the rest of the team.

"Mike had a dream about the nighlock stealing his voice. Every bit of his dream came true, from running into the nighlock, to the exact way he stole Mike's voice. He kept it to himself, not knowing if it was just what it was, a dream. Mike had this feeling that this dream was going to come true, but sure how to tell you guys. He told Antonio, and then he told me. He was about to tell you guys but the gap sensor went off. The last thing that the nighlock said was that we only have 48 hours to get it back or else it would be his." Emily explained.

There were a few moments of silence so that everyone could take what Emily said sink in. It was a lot of information that no one else knew about. Mike felt awful about not telling the others before the attack, and now they had to know about it this way, made him feel a little worse.

"Now that we know what's going on, we just got to figure out how get it back before it's gone forever." Jayden said.

"That's the problem." Emily said. "Mike also said that there's something missing. He just can't put his finger on it."

Antonio sighed, "I guess it's something that we need to figure out."

"And fast, we have less than two days to figure this out. And if Mike has another dream that has something to do with solving this problem, we're on our own." Kevin concluded.

Mike wrote something down on his pad. Emily looked on, trying to figure out what he was trying to say. When she read it, she turned to the others.

"I hope so too, Mike." Emily said as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders, pulling him close to her. Their heads leaning towards one another and she closed her eyes.

The team looked at this as their time to leave the two alone. One by one, they filed out silently; knowing that the two need to take everything in as well as for Mike to rest up.

When everyone left, Emily looked at Mike's neck and suddenly felt anger surging through her. She also felt worry, helplessness, and hopelessness go through her body as well. Mike shouldn't be going through this; he shouldn't have had this dream, nor he shouldn't have had his voice taken away, but it did. Now she was worried that she'll never hear his voice again if they couldn't defeat this nighlock, she wouldn't be able to hear him tell her how he felt about her, or just simply saying hi to her.

But she had to be brave for Mike. Emily knew that if he were to speak, he would tell her that. There had to be a way to get Mike's voice back. The problem was that they had to figure it out fast.

While she was absent minded, Mike's eyes felt heavy as he fell asleep. When she noticed that, he became heavy on her shoulder. So she laid him down on the bed, placed a blanket on his body and kissed his forehead. As she was about to walk out, she turned back to the dry erase pad and read what he last wrote.

"I hope that this ends soon. I miss my voice." It read.

Emily put his board down on his desk and turned to Mike's sleeping form.

"I hope so, Mike. I hope so." Was all she said before she left the room, closing the door behind her.