A/N: Sorry guys….it's been such a long time since I've updated. I have no excuse this time other than my laziness. Hope you guys enjoy this chapter and hopefully, the next chapter would be up soon.

The door opened and they all turned around. Christiana stepped into the room.

" You know, you guy are being awfully foolish. Have you guys not noticed what mother and father did? They've installed a totally new security system, which will go off if there are any guns anywhere near this building," said Christiana, her hand planted on her hit, looking smug.

" But .." started Kyle.

" You know our parents won't do anything to redo it to fit your needs," said Christiana.

Isabella nodded. " Christiana is right. There's no way mother and father will take apart the high tech security systems to suit us."

" Aurora," said Christiana. " I'm disappointed in you. I thought that you would care more for their personality that their status. Besides, your family has only been accepted as one of the elite for only 5 years. You're only new money. The rest of the families can just as easily cast you out of the elite social circle. Your family was voted in with only half the votes since the de Luna heir and heiress weren't there to represent their family. You only have 7 votes out of the 13 casted. But if they find the young de Luna heir and heiress, that vote could easily sway, for the de Luna hold two of the votes since they are the most powerful and richest of us all. That could easily make it 7 to 15 which means your family will be cast out."

" Everyone knows that the de Lunas are dead. It's common knowledge. Richard De Luna disappeared long ago, Marissa De Luna died, Alexander de Luna died and they say Allison de Luna is also dead, " said Aurora shrugging her shoulders.

" Allison de Luna isn't dead," said Kai coldly.

" Prove it," retorted Aurora.

" Believe me, I would prove it if I wanted to, but I'm not going to waste my time or unearth her secrets," replied Kai.

" Aurora, you should watch your step. Allison de Luna is alive," said Tala.

" Then how would you know?" asked Jolene who had been standing quietly.

" Because, I've meet her before and if anyone's scum, it's you," said Tala simply.

" Allison de Luna, alive?" said Maria, " but I thought they said all the de Luna's are probably dead."

" Note the word probably," said Kai dryly.

" Why are you constantly defending Allison de Luna?" asked Christiana.

" Because, I know who she is. She's no where near perfect since everyone has their flaws, but I admire that fact that she's strong, she's not submissive, she knows what suffering is, she has compassion, she has perseverance, she won't let anyone beat her down, she's her own individual and holds respects to all who show her respect," said Kai.

Allison was shocked, but she didn't show it. She had never thought that Kai would think of her as such.

" Those are admiral traits," said Christiana nodding.

" Like I'm going to believe you Kai. I think you're biased. You probably like this girl," Aurora.

" I agree with Kai. She is what he said she is," added Tala, " does that make you think that I like her?"

" Aurora, don't act high and mighty when you aren't," said Kyle.

" And if they really believed that the de Lunas are dead, the de Luna will not be part of the elite anymore. Besides, I would like to meet the de Luna heiress one day," added Isabella.

" I think all of us would like to meet her," said Maria softly.

" Believe me, one day you will," said Tala reassuringly.

" How could you be so sure?" asked Christiana.

" Because, she owes me a favor and she would love to meet you guys once she's out of hiding," said Tala simply.

" And Aurora, your family may be in jeopardy once the De Lunas come back into the picture," said Allison.

" What do you know about the elite anyways? You aren't even one," said Aurora haughtily.

" Don't speak to me in that condescending manner. I know more about the elite that you would probably know," said Allison.

Aurora turned and stalked out of the room.

" I guess Aurora decided to show her true colours," said Maria.

" And we thought of her as a friend," added Enrique, shaking his head.

" I never thought that people would only accept me if I'm rich," said Allison.

" The rest of us accepted you," said Maria, laying a hand on Allison's shoulder, " I'm sorry that I suspected you of poisoning Chisato."

" It's ok," said Allison, smiling weakly, " I mean, who else could you blame? I'm the only one that knows about poison here."

" Besides, this house is guarded like a fortress, so I don't think we need to worry too much about safety, but be on the lookout at night," said Kyle.

" You're right," said Enrique.

" Why don't we spend the rest of the day on something fun and forget about this incident?" said Isabella.

" Where should we go?" asked Maria.

" Hmmmm…..why don't we go to the Serenissima and then we go to Amilcar?" suggested Allison.

" We should go there. It's going to be so much fun going down those waterslides and everything," said Enrique.

" Ok, so we're going to Serenissima, but where's Amilcar?" asked Jolene.

" Amilcar is a fancy restaurant in Marsilikos," said Kai.

" Oh, that new one that opened up last month?" inquired Maria.

" Yes," said Allison.

" Who owns that restaurant anyways? It's said to be the best restaurant in the country," said Kyle.

" De Luna Corporation," said Kai.

" How could De Luna Corporation continue having all these new places when no one is running the company?" asked Maria.

" All the workers from before are still working for that company and all the executives still run that company. Although the de Lunas aren't there, they still continue to run that company to the best of their ability since they are loyal to Marissa de Luna and her children. When the heiress returns, De Luna Corporation will flourish even more under her guidance and decisions," said Kai.

" Wow. You're pretty knowledgeable about the de Luna, their company and the heiress," remarked Isabella.

" Well, shall we go to Amilcar?" asked Allison.

"Sure," said Maria.

" But we'll need reservations," said Allison.

" I think with our names, we could probably get one," said Kyle.

Kai picked up the phone and dialed.

" Hello, I would like to make a reservation for tonight at 7 P.M." started Kai.

" Sorry sir. We are booked full tonight," the person of the phone said.

" I am Kai Hiwatari. My friends and I would like a table tonight," said Kai.

" Sorry Mr. Hiwatari, we are booked full tonight. We are unable to accommodate you."

" Get your manager on the line," growled Kai and he waited.

" Hello?" replied a feminine voice.

" Hello, this is Kai Hiwatari. I requested for a reservation for tonight, except your waiter tells me that your place is booked solid," started Kai.

" Yes, we're book solid tonight. You would need reservations several months in advance," she said.

Allison was tapping him on the shoulder and motioned for him to give her the phone.

" Please hold on for a second, my friend wished to speak to you," said Kai.

The manager sighed. She hated when people tried to use their name to get a table at the restaurant.

" Hello," said a soft feminine voice.

" Hello. I understand that your friend wants a table for tonight, but we're book solid," said the manager.

" Then why don't you open up the presidential lounge and allow us to have dinner there?" asked Allison.

The manager's mouth hung open. No one other than manager of the restaurants knew there was a presidential lounge, reserved for the de Luna if they wished to dine there.

" How did you learn of the presidential lounge?" asked the manager, hoping that her voice was calm.

Allison recognized the voice, for it seemed familiar. It was the voice of her childhood friend, Adara Arumi. Her father was an executive of de Luna Corporation.

" Adara Arumi, is that you?" asked Allison.

" How do you know my name?" asked the 22 year old manager.

" That you don't need to know," said Allison walking away from her friends and into another room, locking the door.

" Who is this?" inquired Adara.

" I'm so hurt Adara. You don't remember who I am, little me always breaking your dolls," said Allison mockingly.

" Allison, is that you?" exclaimed Adara.

" Ya, it's me," said Allison.

" Why didn't you tell me sooner? I could have just given you the lounge without this huge useless conversation and spent time catching up with you," said Adara.

"We can catch up later. I'm just really busy right now and we're going to Serenissima soon and we needed to book a table at Amilcar since we wanted to dine here. And can you make sure that you don't tell anyone who I am and that I'm still alive and back? Also book the lounge under the name of Kai Hiwatari.

" Of course," said Adara.

" Thanks Adara. I owe you," said Allison.

" No problem Allison," said Adara and they hung up.

Allison left the room and entered the one she was in before, except Christiana was gone.

" Well? Did you get the reservation?" asked Enrique.

" Yes. I got us the presidential lounge," said Allison.

" The presidential lounge? How could you get for us? I didn't even know that they had those in restaurants," said Maria.

" Well, the manager owed me a favor, so I requested that she paid back by letting us have that table tonight," said Allison.

" Ok, then let's go to Serenissima. Does everyone want to go?" asked Tala.

" Yes," said everyone and they ran to their rooms to grab their swimwear and some fancier clothes to wear at the restaurant. Allison, Jolene, Kyle and Kai drove the Mercedes while Tala, Maria, Enrique and Isabella drove the BMW.

They soon arrived at Serenissima and placed all their belongings except towels in the locker room and left their towels hanging over chairs. They slide down the waterslides laughing, splashing water at each other, pretty much like reliving their childhood.

" This is so much fun!" exclaimed Maria, her face flushed as she attempted to swim away from Enrique.

" I agree," said Jolene.

Meanwhile, Christiana phoned Boris.

" Hello, this is Christiana."

" Well, well, Christiana, what do you have for me?" said Boris.

" I think tonight will be the best day to ambush them," said Christiana.

" And why is that?" asked Boris.

" They're at Serenissima right now and they're eating dinner at Amilcar. It'll be easier to fight them when they'll all dolled up. And also, they wouldn't expect it anyways. I doubt that they will take precautions," said Christiana.

" Hmmmm…..good job Christiana. I will see what I can do with this situation," said Boris before hanging up, his lips twisting in a smirk as he dialled three numbers, one for his men and the other two for some special guests.

Back in Serenissima, Allison was sitting on one of the lounge chairs wrapped in a towel, water dripping from her hair. Kai hoisted himself out of the pool and walked over to where she was sitting.

" Why don't you go back into the water?" asked Kai.

" I don't want to. I have a strange feeling here, as if we're being watching," said Allison.

Kai looked around, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

" Hey guys, let's leave now. We should get going to Amilcar," called out Kai and the rest of them got out of the water and they all headed towards the change rooms.

Allison was wearing a gorgeous dress of white silk with an orchid tucked in her hair and a simple silver chain at her throat. Maria was wearing a cerulean blue silk dress with a matching wrap, her hair up in a chignon. Jolene was wearing a black silk dress accented with silver embroidery with a ruby necklace while Isabella was wearing a crimson silk dress with gold shot through and a sheer black wrap with a beaded fringe. The guys were also well dressed. They threw their stuff into the cars and left for Amilcar.

One of Boris's men phoned Boris.

" de Luna and friends have left Serenissima for Amilcar," he said, then hung up.

When they arrived at Amilcar, they entered the restaurants in pairs. Kai was with Allison, the black of his shirt, trousers and jacket greatly contrasting with the pure whiteness of her dress. Tala was with Isabella, Kyle was with Maria and Enrique was with Jolene.

" Reservation booked under the name of Kai Hiwatari," said Kai.

" Yes, please wait a minute," said the waiter walking away to get the manager.

Soon after, a woman with auburn hair and hazel eyes, dressed in a cream coloured suit, walked out.

" Hello, I am Adara, the manager of Amilcar. Please follow me," she said and they followed her to the back of the restaurant and opened the door using her voiceprint. They entered the room, which was decorated in rich cream coloured walls, pale pink marble floors, a glass table with some ivory coloured couches and a dining table on the far side. The dining table was by the window with an ocean view with doors opening to a balcony, a chandelier glittering from the ceiling, while the door of the washroom was discreet.

" I hope you enjoy your time in Amilcar in the presidential lounge," said Adara before leaving and closing the door behind her.

" This place is nice," said Maria.

" This room is so much nicer that those tables out there," said Isabella.

Kai walked over to the glass table where there was a list of beverages.

" Should we order something to drink first?" asked Kai.

" I could use a drink," said Tala.

" So can I," added Jolene.

" Is it safe to say everyone wants a drink?" said Kai.

" Yes," everyone else replied.

"Order a Romanée Conti," said Allison as she sank into one of the couches.

Kai pressed a button to send for a waiter. Adara appeared.

" Adara, can you get us a bottle of Romanée Conti please?" asked Allison.

" Right away," said Adara who soon returned with the bottle of expensive wine and dispensed it into the crystal wineglasses before quickly leaving. Everyone took a glass and drank some.

" Hmmm…not bad," said Tala as he sipped it.

" Romanée Conti is a pretty good wine," added Jolene.

" Of course it is," said Allison.

" This place has a nice atmosphere to it, don't you think?" remarked Kyle.

" It feels…. safe," said Allison.

Jolene turned around to look at her oddly.

" Ok, let's have a look at the dinner menu," said Kyle, picking them up from the dining table and brought them over to the couches where everyone was seated.

" They have a pretty good selection of food here," said Tala.

" Let's call Adara to write down our orders," said Allison and Adara soon arrived at the room.

" May I take your orders?" asked Adara respectfully.

" Yes," said Kai.

" I would like a filet mignon.," said Maria.

" A lobster tail please," said Isabella.

" Porterhouse steak for me," said Kyle.

" The salmon please," said Jolene.

" I'll take the lobster tail too," said Tala.

" I would like the baked lobster tail and crab on fettuccine," said Kai.

" And I would like the seven spice crab with ½ a lobster," said Allison, collecting the menus to hand back to Adara.

" Thank you," said Adara and she left the room.

Allison stood up and opened the door of the balcony. She walked over to the rail and rested her elbows on the ledge as a soft ocean breeze combed through her hair, a look of content gracing her lips. Her white dress contrasted with the darkness of the night as her skin glowed ivory under the moonlight. That's how she looked like when Kai came out to call her back in when the food arrived.

" Allison," he murmured as he walked closer.

Allison turned her head and looked inquisitively at him then turning around and stared at the ocean wistfully.

" We don't get to see many nights like these," she said softly.

" That's true," said Kai.

" But I feel like something…bad is going to happened tonight, but I don't know what," said Allison shivering at the thought, but shook her head.

" I'm just being paranoid," she said with a weak laugh.

" No you aren't. You have every right to be paranoid after what has happened to you," said Kai.

" You mean my past and that time Boris captured me?"

" Yes. Who would have known that a lunatic was after you. And also, why didn't you report it to the police?" asked Kai.

Allison laughed bitterly, " You think I've never thought of that? But it's impossible. By reporting to the police, it proves that I'm alive and not only Boris is going to go after me, but many others who want the company and our fortune. Besides, why are you trying to be understanding now? Back at the mansion, when I was a maid under your brother's service even though I didn't really serve him, you hated me, you treated me with disdain and annoyed me," said Allison.

" You provoked me, you got under my skin and I got under yours, although I must admit your drowning episode was most entertaining" said Kai simply.

" I got to thank your pool for that. The water was freezing so I could actually pretend I was drowning and Ray was such an idiot, but at least he isn't around anymore," said Allison.

" I wouldn't be too sure of that if I were you," said Kai.

" Well, let's go in now or our food will get cold," said Allison walking back in with Kai walking behind her at sat at their spots in the dining table.

" You guys were out there for awhile," teased Tala.

" Not as long as you and Chisato making out a few days ago," Allison shot back.

Everyone turned to look at Tala, who was eating his food.

" What?" he said, glaring at them.

" You like Chisato?" asked Maria.

" I never knew that," murmured Isabella.

" Give me the details," said Maria.

" God Allison, look at what you've done.," said Tala, before turning to everyone else.

" No, I did not make out with Chisato like Allison claimed that we had," said Tala calmly.

" Oh, but if I remembered correctly, aren't you betrothed to Chisato," said Allison, a smirk sliding into place.

" How did you find that out?" asked Tala, fuming.

" Oh, I have my ways," said Allison.

Adara knocked on the door and came in, locking it behind her.

" What's the matter Adara?" asked Allison worriedly.

"Maximilian," said Adara, her voice quavering.

Allison snapped up, alert. " Where is he?" asked Allison.

" I don't know, but I heard from my father that he found out," said Adara.

" What's going on?" asked Isabella, but the question was ignored.

" But only the executives know," exclaimed Allison.

" Yes, only the executive know. How did that weasel find out?" asked Adara.

" Boris," they both said at the same time.

" Boris again?" said Kai and Tala muttering.

" Who's Boris?" asked Maria.

" Someone evil who wants to be the richest and most powerful man to walk the earth," said Adara.

" And Maximilian is his henchman," said Allison.

" Ok, what's with all this secrecy?" asked Kyle.

" You'll find out later," said Allison and suddenly, there was an explosion, shaking the ground, the glass shattering, the chandelier crashing on the ground, the lights going out.

" What the hell is going on?" screeched Isabella as Tala clamped his hand over her mouth.

" This isn't good," muttered Adara.

" What's going on?" hissed Kyle.

" Boris," said Allison, knowing that it could only be him.

There was suddenly a hiss and the door to the presidential lounge opened and locked behind them.

" My my, look who we have here, Hiwatari, Valkov, Giancarlo, MacGregor, de Marlowe and…" someone said before facing Allison.

" My my, look who we have here. Just the person I wanted to see," he said in a raspy voice.