Recurring "lucid" dream

Basically once I know I am dreaming, I enter a zone that slightly does reflect me.

It is kind of like a large abandoned building, but cut away so I can see the inside. It reflects the poor areas of the Dominican republic (which I visited on a mission trip, it really impacted me.) It is made up of a collage of modern architecture from pure stone to random bathroom tiling, much like the Dominican. There are stairs and doors everywhere along this passage. Nothing too weird, but there are doors on the floor. Cats are everywhere, meowing. I do like cats a lot so this could be why. A women always screams at the cats, telling them to shut up. I remember my mother screaming this all the time when my cats meowed, probably why the screams are there.

While I am aware I am dreaming, the times I have reached this area (about 4 times) I am too scared to explore. The area is exactly the same so I know I am dreaming. I just feel to scared to explore or do anything. Also note that it is always night time, and there is a very loud light.

Most of the time, I am walking with a good friend joking around, and he simply disappears and I turn the corner to find this place. My general problem is that I know the pattern, I know I am dreaming. Does it mean anything, first of all cuz I did not create it with any "powers" and secondly what should I do to do some different stuff?

Just get over the idea that the dream can control what you'll do, and get over your fears. You are lucid, you can do anything you want, that's your world. A house like that won't stop you :)

Keep this in mind and let's say walk through the wall and get outside of that house. :)

The fact that it is recurring i believe stresses its importance for some reason... I understand that although you can tell yourself you have no reason to be afraid, it can be very scary when you are actually there again. I have had very similar experiences.
If you are to afraid to actually start exploring it, try asking your dream why it keeps taking you there and see what happens.