The Eyes held Laura close. A wave of warmth washed over her. She stared up and felt joy. The Eyes whispered to her. The sound was soft and comforting. She could feel her body. It felt like it was fading away. The world was fading away. Nothing in the universe existed but her and The Eyes. Ecstasy filled her.
She started to feel swallowed by The Eyes. A warm, soft womb of eyes. They called her name. They whispered their love for her into her ears. She was home in The Eyes. She was lost in the Eyes.
But something in the back of her mind told her this all was wrong.
"Fight." Laura let out. "Fight."
The Eyes drew her in more, showing her visions of pure bliss and contentment.
"Fight." Laura's voice more certain.
The whispers grew louder, beaconing Laura to crawl inside The Eyes.
"No. I can't. I belong outside."
Laura's body was flooded with the strongest feeling of pure pleasure she had ever known. The Eyes whispered to her to stay with them.
"No. I-I-have to leave."
"Stay." The whispers filled Laura's head.
"I- can't. I need to be outside."
"Stay."
The hold of The Eyes on Laura's body grew tighter. She could feel an ache inside of her.
"Let me go." Laura could feel something dig into her arms.
"You will not leave." The whispers have become growls.
"You-you can not keep me here!" A pain rushed through Laura's spine. A scream escaped her lips.
"You will not leave."
"Yes I will!" Laura was shaking with agony.
"You will stay with us."
"Let. Me. G-go!" It was pain that Laura had never known.
"You will live here. You will feed us. You will not leave."
Laura struggled and twisted. A sensation of nails in her skin covered her body. Laura reached her hand toward The Eyes. The Eyes had turned cold. The calming warm love that lived within them had been replaced with a fury.
"You are to feed us! There is no alternative! We are your master!" The Eyes growled.
Laura's outstretched hand ran along the furious Eyes. "You're not. You're not keeping me here. I'm not living my life in dreams anymore. I want the real! I'm leaving!"
Laura dug her fingers into the eyes and ripped at them, staining her fingertips in blood and tissue. The universe felt like it was quaking as The Eyes howled in pain and anger.

The Doctor felt as though Getz's fingers were swimming in his brain. The pain was immense.
"Your dreams will make my master so happy, Doctor." Getz said, grinning. "Your mental defenses are impressive. The Time Lords have taught you some fascinating things, but ultimately they're worthless. You will be broken. Your mind will feed my master. It will be glorious, Doctor."
The Doctor let out a pained scream. "Getz, you-you're an idiot."
"Even on the edge on slavery, you can't keep quiet can you?"
The Doctor twisted with agony and fell to his knees.

In that moment Laura's eyes shot open and she awoke with a start. She quickly looked around the room and saw The Doctor, being held down by her mother and the other members of her street, crying out and Getz fishing around in his brain. She then saw the mental link signal disrupter sitting on the table next to her.
Getz let out a booming laugh. "My master will have your mind, Doctor. Even if it takes centuries, my master will have the dreams of a Time Lord."
Laura, quietly, but quickly made her way behind Getz. "I'm sorry, Getz, no it won't." Laura said, pressing the button on the device.
Getz pulled his hands off of The Doctor's head and turned around. "SLEEP!" Getz shouted, expecting Laura to fall back into dreaming. But she didn't. He yelled for Laura to sleep, impotently, several more times before he fell to the ground. "I can't hear my master in my head anymore! My master's gone! Master! Master! No! Come back master! Master..."
Getz laid on the floor weeping.
The others under the creature's control began to stir and let The Doctor go as they blinked and looked around in confusion. Laura ran to her mother and embraced her. "Mom! Are you alright?!"
"Yeah...I think. What time is it?" Dianne said, wrapping her arms around Laura.

The Doctor leaned against the side of his TARDIS, holding the mental link signal disrupter in his hands, as Laura stared at her feet. " Getz is back on his planet where he belongs, apparently he was quite a popular fellow with the authorities." The Doctor cleared his throat. "Well, I must be going."
"Where are you going?" Laura said, trying to sound as collected as she could with all she's seen in the last two nights.
"Oh, all of space and time is ahead of me, so I might just pop off somewhere and have a cup of tea, perhaps take a nap." The Doctor said, with a wry smile.
Laura chuckled. "Sounds nice. You travel through space and time in a box?"
"Yes."
"Anywhere? Anytime?"
"Yes."
"Are there always dream eating space monsters?"
"Not always. Sometimes there's just tea." The Doctor put his finger under Laura's chin and gently lifted her head to look her in the eyes. "Laura, thank you so much for what you did tonight. You did splendidly. You were so brave. "
"No. I'm not brave..."
"You're one of the bravest people I've met."
A smile found its way onto Laura's face. "Thank you, Doctor. I should let you go."
"Come with me."
"What?" Laura said, shocked.
"I need someone to travel with. Come with me. It'll be fun! We could meet Rembrandt, Or go see the ultimate chess championship of 3057, that one's a classic! I could show you stars be born and planets die. Every place at anytime is yours. What do you say?"
Laura took a quiet, deep breath and then exploded with excitement. "I'll go pack a bag!"
"Good girl!"
Laura began running back to her house, and then turned around. "You're sure you want me, right?"
"Yes! Now go pack!"

Laura ran into her room and pulled out a suitcase and began throwing underwear and shirts in, when she saw the blue sundress sitting where she had left it the night before. She picked it up and looked at it for a moment and then started to peel off her clothes.

A few minutes later Laura ran to the TARDIS, a suitcase in hand and wearing her sundress. She pushed the door open. "Sorry it took so long, I had to write mom a note, oh, and change."
The Doctor grinned. "You look fantastic. Where to?"
"Uh, before we go I need to tell you something. I lied to you earlier."
"Oh?"
"Yeah. At Getz's house I told you I moved here because of my mom's work. That's not true. I moved here because my therapist recommended I get away and get a fresh start, you know have a change."
"Oh, well, do you think traveling with me to any point in space and time is enough of a change?"
Laura laughed. "Yeah. I guess it might be. "
The Doctor turned to the console and with a fury of switch flipping, lever pulling and button smashing The TARDIS was off.

In Laura's house, a note sat on the kitchen counter reading:

Dear mom,
Heading out with a friend. I'll help you unpack tomorrow.
Love,
Laura.