The Tardis landed and the Doctor walked out onto the soft sandy ground of Dilestny. The dark purple sky gleamed brightly around the three moons that orbited the small planet. As he stood there, different species of aliens walked past him; judoon, slitheen and many other rare and unknown creatures. He had a small mechanical device in his hand and it was beeping loudly. "Levi is here...somewhere" he waved it about, straining his ears to hear the slightest change of beep. As he started to walk away from the Tardis the beeping got faster. "I'm getting close" he waved it further to the right and it beeped even faster. He stopped when he saw where it was coming from and gulped. "Well, here we go then" he looked the building up and down. It was falling to pieces, windows cracked and the door was missing, leaving a huge hole in the wall. He shoved the device into his pocket and slowly walked in, biting his lip and flinching at every sound. The bottom floor was just one large room, empty and rotting away. "This place is a mess" he mumbled. "No ones been here in ages, I don't remember this place looking like this" his eyes wavered over a piece of paper that was lying on the floor and he picked it up, holding it shakily between his fingers. It read; 'if you are reading this something has happened, this letter was hidden, no one should know about this...okay, so I really feel like I have changed. I can't sleep but I know what others are thinking, I can enter and control their dreams but I don't know how it happened. It's taking over, I can't keep it back, someone please help me...I'm so alone, lost, scared, help me please.' The Doctor looked at it sadly, who was this person? What 90 had happened? There was a loud crash from the floor above and he jumped in fright. Without hesitating he started towards the stairs at the far side of the room, they were crumbly and looked like they could fall at any moment. "Hello, is anyone up there?" He shouted up the stairs, stopping after the second step, waiting for an answer. "Doctor...go away!" The voice sounded familiar, he thought to himself for a second and gasped when he realised who it was. "Levi...I'm coming up" he climbed a few more steps.
"No, stay away!" She yelled, her voice high pitched and broken.
"I-I'm sorry about before, did I hurt you." He said sympathetically, climbing up the last of the stairs.
"What do you think?...p-please just stay away" the Doctor shook his head and mumbled something to himself before walking into the first room on his left where the crash had came from.
"Go away!" She shouted when he entered the room, Levi was sobbing in the corner, eyes glowing brightly and blood and tear stains on her cheeks.
"D-did you write this?" He studied the room, furniture was scattered over the floor, sheets and curtains torn to shreds. She nodded and looked up at him.
"Do you have any idea how long I've been like this, how long I've suffered?"
"No, but I know how it feels" he bent down beside her. "How long then?" He smiled gently, eyes gleaming in the soft light that beamed from Levi's eyes. "Fifty six years...I have not slept in fifty six years" she sobbed louder, burying her face in her hands which were still red from their prior situation. "I can help" he rested his hand on her knee but she smacked it away. "You are evil, you are a miserable man, I don't want your help!" She jumped up onto her feet and he backed away from her, just managing to avoid falling down the stairs. "Okay, okay...just tell me what happened" he tried to calm her down but it wasn't working, she stretched her arm out towards him. "Just leave me alone! I don't want your help!"
"Okay, okay...are you su-"
"yes! Go away!" She was get angrier by the second, her eyes glowed brighter and she looked like she was about to scream at him, but no. Instead, she fell to the ground clutching her head. He ran over to her, leaning her on his lap. "What, what's wrong?"
"Make it stop, make it stop!" She yelled, tugging at her hair.
"Tell me what's wrong!"
"The voices, in my head. All I hear is the voices!" Her back arched and she groaned, tears pouring from her eyes. The Doctor couldn't handle it, she couldn't let her suffer any more. Without hesitation, he pulled his sonic screwdriver out from his pocket. "Doctor, no, please, no!"
"I-I'm sorry" he pressed the button again and she screamed. After a few seconds, she couldn't handle it anymore, her eyes closed and he stopped. "Levi, Levi?" He was panicking, this wasn't meant to happen. She had stopped breathing, her pulse had stopped. "Levi!" He picked her up in his arms, she was unusually light. He ran out the building and Into the Tardis, laying her down on the floor. "Levi, Levi, I'm sorry" he sobbed over her, what had he done? He had killed her, why did he have to do that, there had to be another option? He closed his eyes tightly but still the tears squeezed through. He could see a soft blue glow through his eyelids and opened them slowly, backing away from Levi. "What? That's impossible, you can't be" Levi's lifeless body was lying still on the floor, a beam of blue light had formed around her hands and face...she was regenerating. After a few seconds she opened her eyes. "No, no, no, no, not again, please no, what have you done? Doctor, no!" She stood up and studied her hands and face in the reflection of the Tardis door window. "Y-you're a Time Lord?" He wasn't expecting this, what had he done?
"Yes, but that was my secret, I'm the same as you...unfortunately." She frowned, she hadn't changed that much, her face was paler and her hair was longer but that was the only difference. "H-how?" He pressed himself against the Tardis wall and stared at her in disbelief. "Please don't tell anyone, please no"
"I-I won't, I promise" he smiled and grabbed her hand.
"I-I am the Dream Killer" she grinned.
"I-I think you should change your name...you're not a bad person, I can help."
"Eh...the Dream Killer will do for now...c-can I travel with you, I won't hurt you this time"
"I-I don't know."
"Please, Doctor I've changed."
"Eh...why not" Levi jumped up excitedly and smiled.
"C'mon, let's go!" She grabbed his hand and pulled him out the Tardis, a day of mystery and excitement ahead of them...
