The door to the blue box flung open. Laura and The Doctor ran out into a dark and rain soaked garden. Laura looked back at the impossibly small box that seemed to hold a whole world inside.
"Uh...Doctor...did we just walk out of a box?..."
"Yes."
"It's...small..."
"Yes. Yes. I know. You can be amazed and impressed by me later."
"Okay..."
The Doctor stopped and turned to Laura. "Now, Laura, listen to me. This is going to be very dangerous. I need to be close enough to Getz to use my device, which is very, very close, that means I need you to distract him by going back in and pretending you're still apart of his cult. Can you do that?"
"Yeah. I think so...as long as everyone is safe. My mom, I need to know she'll be safe. I'll do what I have to." Laura said, with conviction in her voice.
"Good girl." The Doctor said, a smile draping his face.
Laura grinned from ear to ear. Even in boy clothes, someone acknowledged that she was a girl.
"Now," The Doctor said. "I'm going to go around the back of Getz's house and try and sneak in and get him by surprise. All it takes is a push of a button and the signal should be gone and we will have saved the Earth." The Doctor turned toward the edge of the garden. "There's a gate?! Why did I jump over the fence the last time? I wish I'd known there was a bloody gate..."
Laura took a deep breath as she knocked on Getz's door. The powerful man opened the door with a stoic and serious expression. "You have returned?"
"Yes."
"What about The Doctor?"
"I don't know. I awoke alone. I love The Eyes so much. I just want to worship."
"Very well. The others are still asleep. You can join them." Getz, said, leading Laura back into the living room filled with the sleeping members of the street. "Your love for The Eyes is strong?"
"Yes. I love The Eyes."
Getz stared intensely at Laura. "I'm sure you do. The Eyes are love"
"The Eyes are love." Laura repeated, watching The Doctor slowly open a sliding glass door behind Getz.
"The Eyes are hope."
The Doctor crept through the door.
"The Eyes are hope."
"The Eyes are our master."
The Doctor slowly made his way across the room, his finger ready to push the button.
"The Eyes are our master." Laura began to to lose focus and world felt far away.
"SLEEP!" Getz shouted as Laura fell to the floor, asleep. At that same moment the others in the room sprung to life and grabbed The Doctor and held him. Getz quickly turned to face The Doctor. "You're a fool, Doctor. Do you think I'm stupid enough to fall for that?"
"I had hoped..." The Doctor said, with a smirk.
"Sorry to disappoint, Doctor. Take the device from him." The gizmo was wretched from The Doctor's hands and given to Getz. "A mental signal link disrupter? Clever."
"Well, I'm a tinker."
Getz slowly paced the room. "Doctor, what is your reason for being here?" he said, placing the disrupter on a table. "Why is a non Earth being interfering with my affairs?"
"I'm very prone to interfering. It's a habit I've been trying to kick, but you know, a dream eating monster from the shadows of the universe holds a street full of people hostage and I can't help but fall off the wagon. I don't understand something, Getz."
"What's that, Doctor?"
"I mean, I understand the feeding on dreams, thousands of species feed on mental energy, and I understand filling them with a sensation of love to make sure they don't fight back during feeding time, but why make them worship?"
"Oh, come now, what is the point of love if there is no worship?" A smirk spread across Getz's face. "Tell me, what are you, Doctor?"
"Time Lord." The Doctor's stare turned cold.
"Ah, a Time Lord. It's unusual for your kind to be so insistent in meddling. Perhaps your coming here is fortunate after all." Getz slowly made his way to The Doctor and placed his hands onto the The Doctor's head. "The dreams of a Time Lord will make my master ever so happy. Unfortunately, your sleep won't be a pleasant one..."
The Screams of The Doctor echoed through the dark and empty night.