Min=Mia

Declan leaned against the wall with the glass of wine in his hand. Pre-election parties were never his thing, but like every kid from high society, he had to unfortunately attend them.

I can't believe that Jian Tao's journal got stolen from a vault, and on top of everything else, poor Darcy got accuse of negligence. The deposit box in the bank supposed to be the most secure place to keep the most valuable possessions. I guess now a day's nothing is safe anymore. At least the disks are still there, but I'll have to put each disk to a different bank as a precaution. Thank God for the good lawyer and the security camera that proved Darcy's innocence. I wonder who the girl is that pulled off robbery like that, Declan thought.

"Is your pocket knife closed by now, or still open?" Eli asked, referring to the Declan's outburst, which came and leaned next to Declan.

"It's closed for now," Declan replied, after taking a sip of his wine. "Sorry emo boy, for going off on you like a girl whose on PMS."

"Yeah, moneybag, Eddie is still freaked out. I don't think that he'll be chewing on your socks anytime soon."

"What about you and Fiona? I hope that I didn't hurt your feelings."

"Oh, Declan," Eli teased him, making a voice like a woman, "I' m touched that after all you do care about me," he said, blinking his eyes then added, "Do you want me to give you a hug?"

"Stop making fun of me," Declan demanded.

"I can't help myself when you sound like a girl," Eli said, with his famous smirk on his face.

Eddie came running toward Declan and Eli, barking.

"Oh you got to be shitting me!" Declan said, irritated." Please don't tell me that Fiona let the dog out to attend the pre-election party."

"No," Eli said who all of a sudden got a bad feeling. "We both made sure that Eddie was locked in our room, and Fiona has been sitting next to Laura all this time. I've been keeping an eye on the princess since Bobby and Lilith are here.

"That means someone is snooping upstairs," Declan realized, what Eli was trying to say. "But who could it be?"

"Let go and find out," Eli said who picked top the dog, and carried in his arms.

Declan and Eli, who still held the dog in his arms, walked up the stairs then down the hallway. They both looked around carefully for anything unusual. The first place that they checked was Fiona's room from which Eddie escaped, but everything seemed to be in the proper place.

"Someone must have been here. Eddie couldn't have opened the door on its own. Even though he is one of the smartest dogs, I've ever seen, he cannot unlock it," Eli said.

"Yeah," Declan agreed,"Eddie is smart, sneaky and stubborn just like you, emo boy. Are you sure that both of you are not related?"

"Excuse me, but if I recall correctly, I've never chew on your socks. I promise that I'm not planning to. So, I'm quite sure, Eddie and I are not related," Eli sarcastically answered, and blinked his eyes a few times, "Why don't we split and check the rest of the house."

"Okay, you stay here on the second floor, and I'll go check the third one. Hold on, Eli, and do me a favor, lock the dog back in Fiona's room, so he doesn't run downstairs again. I'll meet you here."

Declan took the stairs to the third floor while Eli checked the rooms down the hallway. After looking into several rooms, he got out of breath. He sat down on a couch, and held on to his left side. It's been awhile, since he got of hospital, but sometimes it would still hurt from time to time.

Man, whoever that girl was that shot me she messed me up well. I still can't put myself together, Eli thought, with his eyes closed.

Min, who was one of the intruders at Declan's mansion, happened to be in the same room as Eli. He stood quietly behind the curtain with his gun in his hand. He saw the teen sitting down with his back facing Min.

I've seen him before somewhere. That's the kid that shot Yoko. Because of him, Yoko ended up in jail doing hard time for six months until Fire got him out. What was his name? Mia thought, making sure to stay unnoticed. I recall now, its Eli. They do say what goes around, comes around. He'll regret deeply that he ever got Yoko in trouble.

Mia put his gun behind his belt. Out of his pocket he pulled out a small bottle with chloroform. He soaked his doily with the liquid. Mia came out from behind the curtain, and sneaked silently over towards the teen that was still sitting with his eyes closed. In one quick motion Mia put the piece of the rug over his mouth and nose, and held it firm. One minute after, Eli blacked out, and lay limp on a couch.