Chapter 22

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"HHHHHS...HHHHHS....HHHHHHHS" went the Tardis as it faded into existence at 69bce. It arrived with a jolt and they all toppled over, tumbling onto each other.

Rose, Mikey and Ray burst out laughing, Bill and Ted were at once ready to jump up and explore and Frank and Gerard were too squashed beneath the Doctor's lanky body to say anything.

"Mmmph gerrof!" Said Frank, trying to push the time lord off him.

"Sorry" chuckled the Doctor, picking himself and the others up.

"You good there Gerard?" Asked Frank, pulling himself off of Gerard and sitting up next to him.

"Y-yeah" said Gerard sheepishly, standing up and carefully adjusting his black skinny jeans

Suddenly he felt a vibration from the pocket and his ringtone began to play.

"Is that the teenage mutant ninja turtles theme tune?" Asked the Doctor

"Uhhh yeah" mumbled Gerard awkwardly, flipping open his phone and accepting the call "sorry I'm gonna take this" he grinned apologetically at the others, ducking his head, his hair flopping over his eyes as he walked to the other side of the Tardis.

"I wonder who's calling" mused the Doctor absentmindedly, he turned around and saw with amusement the shocked expressions on both Bill and Ted's faces.

"Dude is that what phones are like in the future?!?!" Squealed Ted

"ITS SO SMALL" Yelled Bill

"That's what she said" giggled Frank, his eyes flitted quickly towards Gerard who wasn't paying them any notice, talking into his phone with a surprised expression.

"Aanyway" said the Doctor clapping his hands suddenly "here we are! Rome, 69BCE. Togas are in, skinny jeans are out" he shot every member of MCR an accusatory look then continued "architecture's pretty big around here too, what's their secret? Volcano ash, but of course archaeologists of your time don't know that yet. Anyway for these people, the closest thing to celebrities have to be gladiators, or I suppose, Emperors. Oh yes, Julius Caesar, he's just become senator! So no stabby stabby for him quite yet. Which is pretty disappointing. Anyway hmm, that's all I can think of for the now so... any questions?"

"Uhhhh" Ted shrugged gormlessly "I mean me and Bill have already been to Ancient Greece so that's like... practically the same right?"

"Totally dude" nodded Bill

"Well there's similarities definitely, but I wouldn't-" the Doctor sighed, not wanting to go off on another tangent

"I have a question" Mikey raised his hand

"Well speak up Mikey boy, you're not in school!"

"How're we gonna, you know, interact with the ancient Romans and all that"

"I mean... I know a bit of Latin" said shrugged Frank "Catholic school" he explained when Rose gave him a quizzical look.

"Are you a Catholic?" She asked

"No, none of us are really religious. I mean Gerard says he feels a 'connection' or whatever but I dunno, in another life he's probably a Priest" he chuckled at the idea of Gerard wearing a priest collar and studying the bible.

"Well, Latin won't be a problem anyway" the Doctor explained "the Tardis has already gotten inside your mind and will translate it all for you"

"Wait- the Tardis is inside our heads? Are we being brainwashed???" Frank exclaimed dramatically

"It's fiiine" said Rose "don't worry about it"

"Yeah cool your beans Frank" agreed Mikey annoyingly.

Frank was about to say something else when he heard Gerard suddenly squeal from the other side of the Tardis.

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