This is ridiculously short, I know. BUT let me make it up to you with another update after this one. :D And thank you for all the amazing reviews I've been getting recently! They've just been making my life, thank you, seriously. :)

March 18th, 1500. Rome.

The Doctor's demand had been left with silence. He strode into the room and stepped right up to Ezio, who was surprised, but stood his ground.

'You – you look important, what with the hood and the being tall and something about the dark stranger about you. You've got authority, you tell me what's happening.'

Ezio opened his mouth to speak, but the Doctor waved him away. 'No, don't tell me, because I know what's going on here – I'm not on my TARDIS anymore, and the last thing I remember was being there, so someone dragged me out of it. Was it you?'

Ezio held up his hands. 'We had a very good reason, Signore. If you'll just let us explain what happened – '

'I knowwhat happened, we crash landed after being dragged into a merry cowboy DNA yee-ha and bouncing back through time on one single strand of DNA my TARDIS recognised and now we're here in – ' Here he checked his watch. 'Sixteenth century Rome in what looks to be some sort of underground base, no windows, see – ' He spun his finger around the room as if to confirm his deduction to be correct. 'Thismuch I know, but what I want to know is why. Can you tell me that?'

The Doctor and Ezio stared at each other.

'No, alright then. In which case – '

'Your box called to me.'

The Doctor turned around very slowly from where he had turned to face Amy and Rory, and looked at Ezio very carefully. Ezio met the man's eye. Well, he presumed him to be a man. Secretly, he wasn't so sure.

'What?'

'Your box. It was calling to me before it materialised. I felt it pulling me forward, and I had to follow it before it killed me.'

The Doctor was suddenly very quiet. 'And how did it feel like?'

'Like every single particle in my body – '

'Was tearing you apart.' The Doctor finished.

All eyes were on Ezio and the Doctor. Nobody dared even breathe. The Doctor approached Ezio again until they were standing a little way apart.

'Is this the Assassin Brotherhood?'

'Sì.'

'And you are?'

'Ezio Auditore Da Firenze.'

The Doctor tilted his head. 'Tell me, Ezio, do you have a wife?'

Ezio, looking puzzled, shook his head.

'Well, Ezio, I suggest you get your family tree out. A descendant of yours is in a lot of trouble.'

There were footsteps behind them all – they turned, and found Machiavelli standing in the doorway, hands clasped behind his back.

'I always did say that an unwise man sows his seed where he cannot find it later.' He stated, and his eyebrow lifted approximately one millimetre above the average human eyebrow lifting capability, making him look very wise indeed.

Questo è quello che ha detto!

You go put that into a translator. ;) Another update to come tonight guys! :D