I ran from my house to my best friend's house. I knocked furiously on the door and my best friend, Lana, answered. She saw me and pulled me inside.
"Dena, what's wrong?" she asked worryingly.
I gasped and burst into tears. "Lana…I was visited from someone…who knew the Doctor."
I had told Lana about the Doctor before and she had believed me. Lana swallowed. "Who was it?"
I collapsed in a chair. "A man named the Master. He said he knew the Doctor and demanded to know everything I knew about him. I told him and he threatened me with my life." I looked at my wrist. "He planted a tracking device on my wrist. Help me get it off."
Lana helped me try to pull it off. It didn't work. We continued to try until Lana decided to use a wrench.
"Hold on, Dena," she muttered.
She wrenched the device off my wrist and I rubbed my wrist. I hissed through my teeth. Lana sat down next to me and rubbed my back.
"It's okay, Aridena. It's over now."
Days later, I went to Lana's house after work. I knocked on the door but there wasn't an answer. I went to the back and went through the back door. Her house was a wreck; things were thrown all over the house and glass was shattered on the floor. I heard noises coming from Lana's room and went in. I gasped when I looked.
Lana was tied to a chair with a gag in her mouth. Standing next to her with a gun pinned to her head was the Master. I stepped backwards and shook my head.
"No…please…let her go!" I pleaded.
The Master smirked and muttered, "I told you not to tell anyone."
Before I knew it, the Master pulled the trigger and Lana's lifeless body fell to the floor. I screamed and fell to my knees. I pulled Lana onto my lap and cradled her head.
"NO!" I shouted. I looked up at the Master and yelled at him, "You'll pay for this!"
I attempted to stand up but he just knocked me with the butt of the gun. I fell to the floor, lying next to my dead best friend.
I woke up screaming. Jack ran in and tried to calm me down.
"Aridena! What's wrong?"
I cried in his arms and just muttered, "I'm the one who got my best friend killed!"
Jack cradled me and told me it wasn't my fault. "Shh, Aridena, calm down."
I looked him in the eye. "You weren't there, Jack. Lana's dead because of me."
The Doctor came in and saw me. He sat down on the edge of my bed.
"Tell me what happened."