The whole family was asleep. Max snuck out of his room and into Annie's.

"Annie! Annie!"he gently shook her awake.

She groaned and said:

"Ugh, Max. Whatever it is, can't it wait until morning?"

She pulled the blankets up over her head. Max continued,

"I want to sneak out."

"But what about our parents? Or Isaline and Flame? They'll notice we're gone."

muffled the form under the covers.

"I put sleeping powder in their drinks at dinner. Didn't you notice how tired they all were?"

"No, you must've put some in mine too."

"Of course not. Like I would make that mistake. I'm not new to this Annie."

"Can you give me some? I want to go back to sleep.",

she rolled over toward the wall.

"NO, we're sneaking out. I want to inspect that cool tower we passed saw by the market."

"Again, WHY can't we go tomorrow, with the group?"

"Because they will want to do boring educational stuff that the dad's pick out. This way we get to do what WE want."

"By we, you mean you?"

"Yes, now come on..."

Max heard a sigh from underneath the covers, then Annie's hand emerged from her warm cocoon.

"Fine. I think this is a horrible idea, but if I don't go then you will go by yourself and that's an even worse idea."

She removed the blankets from her face and continued,

"I'm going to get you back for this, you owe me."

They both changed in their separate rooms and met in the consul room. Annie and Max exited the Tardis and looked around in the dark street ways. They walked for a few minutes in the general direction they had yesterday, until Max spotted the ancient roman tower.

"There it is!" whisper screamed Max.

He grabbed Annie by the hand and pulled her towards the tower. They ran through alleyways and streets until they were standing at the base of the structure.

Max and Annie crept around the side of the looming building, where they heard running footsteps. A group of really official and intimidating looking guards ran past them, appearing to be searching for something.

Annie and Max ran across the street away from the openly exposed tower, and into a nook between two buildings. They were both very tired from the running, but the space wasn't very wide and there was only about a foot between them.

Then Max caught a glimpse of something further down the opening; he slid past Annie and looked closer.

It was the body of a dead boy.

"Annie, come here.", Max said quietly.

She gasped,

"He's.."
"Dead, yes." Max shook his head. The fact that a boy around his age could get brutally murdered in an alley made him wish he never left his bed. He took one of the folds of the dead boy's garment and covered his formerly bleeding face.

"There isn't really anything we can do,"said Annie, "we're going to have to leave him here."

"Yeah," Max was still a little shaken.

"We should go see that tower and get back to the tardis before it gets light."

"Um, yeah, I'll be there in a minute."

Max got up and walked out of the alleyway and cautiously looked around.

Annie lingered in the space between the buildings for a minute, letting herself think about the dead boy lying there. Who was he? Was he important? Who would find his body after them? Did he have parents and a family who would miss him?

She shook her head in an effort to shake the thoughts from her mind, then left the alley. Annie walked toward the tower.

"Max?" she called. "Max?!"

She walked all the way around the tower until she met a wall, then she walked all the way back to meet the same wall on the other side. No Max.

Then she saw him from the dark corner she was standing in. He was walking away from what looked like a closed shop. Annie heard voices from the way she had just came, then running footsteps. The guards from before came running back! They saw Max and ran towards him.

"H, h, hey fellas."

They kneeled before him.

"Oh great and wonderous one, we had thought you were dead."

"Look I.."

"We bear horrible news, your father, the Awesome and most Wonderful Emporer has been murdered, making you..."

"Please, I really think you.."

"The NEW Emporer of the Roman Empire!"

Then four of the guards lifted Max up on their shoulders and carried him toward the palace.

Annie was shocked. She quietly followed the guards to the palace gate, but she couldn't go any farther as the residence was equipped with many guards. She committed the palace front to memory and then walked back to the Tardis.