Headlines in all major newspapers ...

"Shah Family killed"

"The entire Shah family was found dead in Cozumel, Mexico under mysterious circumstances. There are rumors of a secret war between Shah family and a major drug lord. Business associates of the Shah family are trying to contact the board of directors for directions in the absence of Rahul Shah and his family ..."

Vicky, Ria and Alvero were seated around a fireplace in his hideout. Vicky read the news aloud for the benefit of others.

"Now what? I did my part .." Alvero questioned Ria and Vicky.

"I spoke with my father, who is the legal counsel for the Shah family and the business. First thing we will do is convene a board meeting. I will address the board and present prince to them. We have DNA proof that he is Rahul's son. They all know the relationship between me and Rahul. I  will let them know that I and Rahul have a secret son and for the sake of security we have kept him hidden as Ana's son, because situations like these might happen. As prince is the only legal heir left and I as his mom and guardian will take control of the company. My dad will see to it that everyone agrees. We will then fire Sam, Rahul's friend and others who were close to the family and start our rule." Ria explained the broad plan without going into the intricate details of company law.

"Brilliant plan .." Vicky and Alvero clapped as Vicky bent down and kissed Ria.

"Ofcourse, I will give you control and profits of our entire Mexican operations." Ria explained as Alvero stepped forward and kissed her hand.

"It is time for a big party .." Alvero shouted.

Ria couldn't help smiling, happy that she took revenge against the Shah family and got rid of Ana too.

"Ria .. Ria ...Ria .."

She opened her eyes. It was dark and someone was pulling her hand. It was Vicky.

"Put some clothes on .. hurry up. We are being attacked."

Ria took some time to realize she was dreaming and nothing has happened yet. She and Vicky were staying with Alvero at his hideout. They were planning to contact Rahul and family about prince and lure them to  Cozumel and kill them.

"Who is attacking? Our operation was entirely secret. We didn't contact Rahul yet and no one knows we have prince." She demanded pulling her underwear.

"We don't know .. but we need to get out of here."

Meanwhile .....

Exactly after three minutes, one by one, the commandos jumped out. Rahul reached the edge of the door and stared into the darkness below, wondering what prince was doing there. He felt Leo's hand on his back, letting him know they were running out the clock, he closed his eyes and leaped out of the aircraft into the dark abyss below.

Rahul felt the air like a sharp knife piercing his face, as the darkness around  him swallowed his body, at the same time gravity pulled him towards Earth. He saw images of Ana and prince and the love they shared. He tried to remain conscious as the g-forces pulled him down.

Despite his emotional state, his training took over his impulses and he deployed the chute and started navigating his descent towards the rendezvous point. As soon as his legs touched the ground, he took a few steps and quickly rolled his chute and raced to cover, behind the tree line.

One by one all the folks showed up and Tiger took a roll call to make sure all members of the team made it. As per their plan, Tiger introduced Beast to Rahul and Leo.

They broke up into five teams to attack the drug lord's base from all sides, to make sure he doesn't escape. Rahul, Leo and Beast proceeded towards the east wing of the building where prince was most probably being kept as per the cell phone signal.

They reached a closed door with access to the east wing. Beast placed the explosive charges around the bolts and stepped back as they waited for the go ahead signal from Tiger.

Beast pressed the remote, detonating the charges as soon as he got the green signal from Tiger. They heard similar blasts coming from other parts of the building. Soon the entire area was lit with blasts as gunfire erupted all over the place. It wasn't a quiet hideout tucked deep inside a forest anymore, it was a war zone.

Beast, Rahul and Leo stepped inside a corridor waving their their guns to shoot any resistance. The corridor led into other rooms. There were four rooms, two to left and two to right. They quickly exchanged signals with eye and hand movements.

Beast burst into the first room to his right and Leo to left. Rahul ran upto the second room on right side as he heard Beast and Leo exchanging fire with bad guys.

Rahul rolled into room, scanning the room quickly for any assailants or prince, but was disappointed as no one was there.

"Get the boy ... get the boy"

Rahul heard two people shouting and running into the fourth room. He was surprised by his own agility, hearing prince was in the next room, as he burst into the fourth room. 

One assailant was lifting prince from the bed as the other one was guarding him. He was surprised at the speed Rahul burst into room, giving Rahul time to kill him instantly with his gunfire.

The other guard was holding prince with one hand and started firing at Rahul with his other hand. Rahul jumped behind a couch to escape the gunfire.

Rahul was not in a position to fire at the other guy as prince was with him. He was thinking about his next move, when with a burst of gunfire, Leo rolled into the room and joined Rahul behind the couch.

Before Rahul could worry, he told him prince was safe and he didn’t fire in his direction.

"I am going in for hand to hand ... cover me" Rahul told Leo.

Leo quickly rolled from one side to another confusing the assailant, as he fired at Leo, giving Rahul chance to lunge at him.

Prince was awake by now and started kicking and screaming, making it difficult for the assailant to fire at Rahul. Rahul lunged at him, kicking his weapon away with one hand and trying to grab prince with other hand.

The assailant held onto prince and started squeezing him. Rahul, seeing the pain on prince's face, took out his knife and stabbed the assailant. He turned the knife deep making him release prince and he fell to the ground clutching his stomach.

Leo quickly came upto them, covering them, as Rahul took hold of prince. Prince was still screaming and kicking, not allowing Rahul to hold him.

"Rahul, take your mask off, he is not recognizing you." Leo screamed.

"Oops  .. forgot about it." He took his mask off and forced prince to look at him.

"Idata?" Prince asked stopping his rant.

"Yes, I am your Idata" Rahul replied smiling at prince.

"Idata .. Idata .." prince tried to say something, but nothing came out of his throat. He started crying and hugged Rahul, holding him and sqeezing him, afraid to let him go.

"Its ok .. I got you .. Idata is here." He pulled him into his body and then covered him with his overcoat.

"Ok, we need to get out of here." Leo led the way out firing in the opposite direction to give them cover.

Beast was still fighting an assailant in the first room as there were many in the room. Leo went in quickly and subdued the assailant with his knife. Beast came out limping.

"You guys go ahead. I will cover you from behind. Take him to safety." Beast patted prince on his back.

As Rahul and Leo moved towards the tree line, Beast made sure no one followed them. Leo sent a message to Tiger informing him they got prince.

Behind the trees, there was a small clearing. As Rahul and Leo made it to that opening, an Apache helicopter zoomed in and landed on the tiny strip.

More troops disembarked from the chopper as Rahul and Leo jumped in with prince.

Once they were airborne, Rahul opened his jacket and tried to put prince on his lap. He wanted to check him for any injuries, but prince refused to loosen his hold around his neck and digged deeper into his chest.

Just then Tiger's voice broke over the speaker.

"Operation Panda successful. We got Alvero in our custody along with two other Americans, one woman and gentleman, who have refused to identify themselves ......"

Rahul immediately got on the wire and asked Tiger for description of the two Americans arrested. He identified them as Ria and Vicky and explained to Tiger that they might be involved in the kidnapping.

"Tiger, what kind of treatment these two are going to get in your prison for drug running and kidnapping?"

"Oh! The very best! Let me know if you want me add more charges. I am positive, the lady would be able to make it to prince's thirtieth birthday, if she survives."

"Thanks Tiger, please make sure they receive the very best treatment. I owe you for taking care of the last piece in the puzzle." Rahul felt relieved knowing Ria and Vicky will be behind bars for a long time. He caressed prince's head cradling him, feeling sorry for the pain caused to him for being his son.

Soon their chopper landed at the airport and prince was transferred to the waiting ambulance. He was thoroughly checked by specialists to make sure he was ok. Rahul sat by his side holding his hand as prince wouldn't allow anyone to touch him without Rahul in his eyesight. Finally he slept on his shoulder when they gave him a sedative.

Rahul then handed over prince to Cynthia, who along with her boyfriend, cut short her vacation to help Rahul. They all flew back to New York after getting the green signal from doctors.

After they reached New York, Rahul thanked Cynthia for her help in getting back prince.

"Cynthia, I don't know how to thank you for what you did to save prince and help our family. I am very sorry that your vacation was interrupted because of this incident, so the least I can do is let you guys use the plane and fly to any destination in the World and my folks will take care of booking all facilities you need."

"Oh! Mr Shah, please ... you don't have to do anything. I am so glad we were able to help. I love prince and Ana to death and am sure Ana would do the same for me."

"No, please .. I insist. You guys deserve to have your vacation."

Finally Cynthia and her boyfriend agreed. They decided to to Switzerland, their dream destination, which was out of their reach. Rahul asked his staff to take care of their entire vacation.

Prince was still sleeping when they arrived back in the mansion. Mandy and Neha, kissed and hugged Rahul and prince. Mandy couldn't stop her tears and cried holding Rahul for bringing back her grandchild.

They allowed Rahul and prince to spend private time with Ana, who was still sleeping because of the sedatives.

Rahul placed the sleeping prince on her bed. Prince as his habit moved around and stuck to her leg.

Rahul sat on her bed and caressed her cheeks. After few minutes he bent down and placed a kiss her lips. Ana moved in response and opened her eyes. He could sense the happiness in her eyes after seeing him, but then the feeling quickly vanished and sadness took over and soon she started crying.

"Rahul ... prince?"

"I know .. he should be somewhere around." He replied stroking her cheek.

"What?" She started feeling her hands and legs. She quickly bent forward, feeling the weight on her right leg and found her hands touching the familiar head and face.

"OMG prince .. my prince .. my baby" she screamed as she pulled him up.

"Hmmm .. Mommy .. mommy" prince replied groggily and hugged her sleepily.

"Thank you Rahul .. thank you for bringing me back my prince." She put her hand on his cheek and her head on his shoulder. This time she had tears of joy.

They stayed like that for few minutes. She had many questions, but didn't ask him. She wanted to enjoy the moment of reunion.

After few more minutes passed, Mandy and Neha joined and they all hugged each other again.

"You don't look good." Ana asked Rahul holding his face in her hands.

"Nah .. I am happy and good. Just need some sleep."

"Rahul, you should go and take some rest. You didn't sleep in the last forty eight hours." Mandy told Rahul.

"Today is Halloween day, how can I sleep."

"No you should go and get some rest." Ana pushed him towards his bedroom.

Rahul couldn't keep his eyes open anymore. The moment he got into bed, he felt good to be back in his own bed with Prince safe in Ana's arms and Ria in a jail in Mexico.

He still had to tell Ana the truth. "It can wait .." he murmured to himself and slipped into deep sleep.

It was evening time and Rahul was still sleeping. Leo explained to Sam, Mandy and Neha what happened and how it all went down. Ana happened to pass by the room and heard the last part that Ria was behind the whole kidnap drama.

"Rahul wake up .. wake up." Neha shook Rahul hard to wake him up.

"Please Neha .. few more minutes .. " Rahul begged her.

"No .. you need to wake up now. I saw Ana packing bags. I am afraid she is going to leave. You can only stop her." Neha whispered in his ear.

Rahul's eyes flew open and he got off the bed and moved towards Ana's room.

A/N: Sorry for the delay in posting this chapter. It hasn't been edited, so if you see any errors please point them. Also please vote and comment and don't forget to check out my new book 'His Lady Boss'. Cheers!