Next morning.
Sunny- Rise and shine fellas!
Gaurav- Pull that orchestra out of my head.
Ibis- You had 8 beers last night. What do you expect? Bird calls?
Kush- He smells like the entire bar.
Sunny- Go and get yourself together! We have a lot to discuss.
After an hour,
Sunny- I have something to discuss with you guys that I came up with last night.
Gaurav- You wanna quit?
Sunny- Good guess. Wait. How do you know?
Nancy- On what if I may ask?
Tina- Mr. Deduction and Ms. Manipulator are thinking of having a family together.
Gaurav-It’s about time. Everyone saw back there how H was filling all mushy. Sunny was the only blindfolded person dumb enough not to see.
Sunny- Dumb!
Gaurav- Yeah! The heart throbbing beauty queen is asking you to give your heart so she can make an omelet out of it.
Sunny- Omelet out of the heart? Humor me here.
Gaurav- Go with the feelings, not the words you dumb ass.
Sunny- It’s not my decision. It’s ours.
Gaurav- We already told you that we are together to the gates of hell.
Sunny- For the record being, how do you know? Aren’t you sleeping?
Gaurav- I was drunk but not deaf. I heard the sounds you guys made when you were in bed.
Harsha- I am gonna kill you G(smiles).
Gaurav- What? You were, weren’t you?
Sunny- Okay guys, that’s enough. Let’s make a decision here.
Nancy- I don’t mind.
Gaurav- Bribe me with a case of beer and my vote is yours.
Tina- Last night Gaurav made me realized that love is important. That’s a great idea if you ask me.
Kush- I have enough cash to buy me a home and the things I need for my research.
Ibis- Making a dojo here will cost me a lot. Eventually, I have that ‘lot’ now. I don’t mind.
Harsha- But I do.
Sunny- Wasn’t that your call to call this job of?
Harsha- Yes! But I need the SH that I want not the one I am gonna get. But this job is the last job we pull and then we are off. And get a life for each and every one of us.
Sunny- Ok H. One last job! Everyone out now! Get the supplies and everything else. We meet after 2 hours.
Gaurav- Babe you coming?
Tina- 10 mins! Need to look fabulous.
Gaurav- One hour for that.
Tina- I heard that.
Kush- I need cigarettes. Wanna go out buddy?
Ibis- Yup! Let’s go.
Sunny- Wanna go out?
Harsha- Thought you’ll never ask.
Sunny- These are the keys. Take them with you. And G, find a key maker and make 5 more copies.
Gaurav- Done!
Sunny- Can I have a word with you, T?
Gaurav- You are hitting on her too?
Tina- Shut up!
I gave Tina a letter and asked her to give it to Gaurav when they are completely alone.
Tina- Why not simply text him?
Sunny- Everything happens to have a reason T. We just don’t know it till we know it.
We went out in different groups to explore Delhi and hired a cab to have some privacy to ourselves.
Ibis- What are you planning after we pull this job K?
Kush- I don’t know. I guess settle somewhere. Switzerland maybe! They
respect a man’s privacy there.
Nancy- Not to mention the view and the ice too.
Kush- You mean snow.
Nancy- Call it what you may but frozen water is what you be getting.
Ibis- I can open up a dojo there and N can finally find a partner who can both chew his nails and brains.
Nancy- Very funny Hulk.
Meanwhile,
Tina- AC cab, 5-star restaurant, and French wine. You sure know how to spoil a girl.
Gaurav- Being me has its own privileges. Being my better half may even have more.
Tina- Speaking of which, Sunny asked me to give you this letter when you are not with anyone.
Gaurav- What’s in this?
Tina- I don’t know. It was meant for you.
Gaurav- Ok. Let me take a look.
Tina- So?
Gaurav- So?
Tina- What’s in it?
Gaurav- Conspiracy theories. Don’t mind him. I am the closest among all to him. He likes sharing things with me.
Tina- Are we having food or conspiracy for lunch?
Gaurav- Definitely food.
Meanwhile,
Harsha-What is this place?
Sunny- It’s a mall. A shopping mall.
Harsha- I know but why we are here?
Sunny- You were saying last night that I never lived up to your expectations while we were teens. Let’s fill that void up.
The next 2 hours we completely acting like two teens on their 1st date. We had ice cream till our brain froze. Went to the haunted house where neither of us was scared. Watched a movie in 3D.
Sunny- Enjoyed the day?
Harsha- Nope. I enjoyed your company.
Sunny- Glad I can be of some use.
After 4 hours.
Ibis- You are late.
Sunny- Sorry. We were caught up in our childhood love.
Nancy- Lucky! All we did was stare at some bookshelves with no girls thanks to our evil genius mastermind.
Gaurav- We had fun.
Tina- I now know what a gentleman G is.
Sunny- Pull yourselves together guys. We plan today and start working tomorrow. Give me a moment.
15 minutes later,
Kush- How exactly a moment is described?
Ibis- Here we go again.
Sunny- Serious guys. We need to hit and run before anyone can notice us.
Gaurav- What’s in your mind S?
Sunny- Remember Rajiv? His son lives a few blocks away from here.
Gaurav- So how we gonna get to him?
Sunny- I, you are up. He is a big fan of martial arts so you can get to him easier than any of us.
Ibis- So I am supposed to walk up to him and say that I know martial arts and want to be friends with you?
Sunny- We plan that. We sent you and Tina in.
Tina- Why me?
Sunny- You will know when the time comes.
Gaurav- What’s you plan S?
Sunny- We see how much his accounts hold. Then through him, we make a
stair to his father and wait for a big opportunity. We get it. We grab it.
Ibis- Nice plan! Only one problem in it.
Sunny- What’s that?
Ibis- You said 200 crores. That brat and 200 crores don’t add up.
Sunny- Wait and it will sync in. Take the day off. We start tomorrow.
We spent the whole day enjoying and without any worries. Together we were always happy. But something was bugging me. And my instincts were going fire alarm.
12:45 am,
Tina- You coming, babe?
Gaurav-Yeah! Need to have a chat with our leader.
Tina- Ok. Come quickly while I warm the bed up.
Gaurav- You are naughty. I like it.
Harsha- Easy there. We don’t want the bed to be broken.
Sunny- It’s a steel bed. Where is the rest of the gang?
Gaurav- Those three sleep early.
Harsha- You coming?
Sunny- In a minute their Sweetheart. I guess G has something to discuss with me in private.
Harsha- Ok. I shall leave you love birds alone. Spare some juice in him G. I need some for the entire night.
Gaurav- Don’t worry H. I shall make him a Red bull advertising model before he is with you.
Harsha- Haha. Go easy on those curves. Good night all.
Gaurav- Nah. I am fine with T. I have no interests on his butt crack. Good night.
5 mins later,
Gaurav- Why in letter S?
Sunny- Texts don't leave trails. Letters do.
Gaurav- Ok. That’s a fair point. But why through T? Why not me directly?
Sunny- T is curious. She probably had read it.
Gaurav- You mean they are together?
Sunny- No. If they were, you hadn’t received the letter.
Gaurav- Hm. I guess you are smarter than us all.
Sunny- No. I am just not dumb enough to see a deception.
Gaurav- What now? The job is compromised.
Sunny- No it hasn’t. People don’t usually be the game changer unless you have a motive for yourself.
Gaurav- So we wait?
Sunny- Yes. And when the time comes, we turn the tables.
Gaurav- She can’t be alone. She must have someone.
Sunny- I think I know who. But it doesn’t matter. She’s gonna betray him anyways.
Gaurav- Let’s depart before we create a cloud of suspicion.
Sunny- Fair enough. Good night.
Gaurav- Good night.
Next day,
Sunny- Wake up guys. We are not on vacation.
Nancy- We are up. Say what you want to the others. We are morning person.
Sunny- Speak for yourself N.
Gaurav- I’ll take it from here. Grab something to munch on mate. You already are stressed like hell.
Sunny- Thanks, G.
Gaurav- Okay guys. Rise and shine. Everyone meets up here in an hour.
9:30 am,
Sunny- So, everyone here?
Nancy- Guess so.
Sunny- Kush?
Ibis- He will be here. You know his smoking habits.
Sunny- Okay.
T- There he is.
Sunny- Okay guys. Gather around.
Gaurav- What I am about to say is very important to our plan and everyone has their role to play. Rajiv is not an easy target. We need to be very much careful in order to take him down. He is a very cunning individual. Not to mention, infinitely devious. Tina and Harsha will always be staying with his son. So, they need to rent an apartment there. Ibis needs to save him from a situation. Kush and Nancy will always be giving us direct orders and I shall be your team leader this time, not sunny.
Kush- What?
Nancy- Why not Sunny?
Ibis- We are good friends. All of us but we all know that Sunny is the best leader, not you Gaurav. Your decision can cost us the plan, not to mention our lives.
Sunny- It’s my decision. I asked `him to take my place. I have a role to play this time so I can’t be the leader.
Harsha- What role?
Sunny- To be the Sherlock Holmes.
Tina- What? How?
Sunny- You will know when the time comes.
Gaurav- So it’s done. You report directly to me, even you buddy.
Sunny- Sure boss. Lol.
Gaurav- Sarcastic ass.
Sunny- okay guys. Take the rest of the day off. We start planning tomorrow. Can I have a word with you G?
Gaurav- Over beer?
Sunny- How about a cigarette?
Gaurav- Sounds great. N, this is a list of the things we need. H and T. Find a roof near the victim, savvy?
Tina- Easier said than done. Why aren’t you guys doing anything?
Gaurav- We are. S and I are making sure that you guys do not need to look for your ass. Now, quit complaining and go.
Tina- Fair enough.
20 mins later,
Gaurav- Okay love, what’s your deduction say?
Sunny- Harsha came here because T mentioned me, right? What if I tell you that I am not the reason?
Gaurav- No riddles S. Come clean.
Sunny- Harsha is very clever but her problem is her overconfidence. The day she met me, I saw her looking at the tree outside the place we rented. A few minutes later, I went out saying that I need to bring smoke but in reality, I saw a footstep, number 8, most probably Sports shoe with a little-broken edge. 6 ft tall, approx and he left a trail in a riddle. Call me crazy but the day Harsha picked us up, I saw the same shoe print with that mark in the washroom. Not to mention a peculiar guy following us. Later I saw a sim she was hiding in her mobile. Sound suspicious?
Gaurav- Yes. You are crazy. Coincidence is what I feel. Ok. What’s the message?
S-44233 Bargain.
Gaurav- What? It’s a code but I saw Harsha counting words.
Sunny- Exactly. So, if I am correct which I am it means (your turn to end the bargain).
Gaurav- I don’t get it.
Sunny- Remember the day we took down Sunil?
Gaurav- Ya. What about it?
Sunny- We synced our clocks right?
Gaurav- Yes. So?
Sunny- What time is it in your clock?
Gaurav- 8:34 pm
Sunny- And in your mobile?
Gaurav- 8: 27 pm.
Sunny- How much time we waited for the sun to lit his smoke?
Gaurav- 7 minutes.
Sunny- Who was studying Sunil?
Gaurav- Harsha. You mean she studied the time difference between his smoking habits?
Sunny- Exactly. She told us that he was supposed to meet someone for the deal right?
Gaurav- But we shot him and his guys only and there was no one there.
Sunny- Exactly.
Gaurav- So Sunil is planning all the way through Harsha?
Sunny- No G. its H. She is the one who will betray us all and later kill Sunil and take everything. Sunil is just a pawn who is getting manipulated by her.
Gaurav- How come you are so sure that it’s not Sunil?
Sunny- She changed the time of your watch but kept us synced right?
Gaurav- Yes. Yours and other’s clock seems to run fine.
Sunny- She wanted you to get killed in the action because she cannot manipulate me with you around. Single casualty is nothing if the job succeeds, right?
Gaurav- But how?
Sunny- I mentioned to sync our clocks but later during the operation, I used communicators not deadline. The plan was you to strike first and get killed and later we cover the situation and she kills us all and runs away with the cash. I saw a strange look of disappointment when she picked you up. But she improvised later and now she wants that pot of gold, the 200 crores. She will hand it over to Sunil, kill him and then leave. So, neither Sunil nor Rajiv can follow her. She must have kept it a secret so that if she fails to cover everything up, Sunil becomes the suspect but since he will already be dead, there is none to chase.
Gaurav-That son of a bitch. But how do you know?
Sunny- I asked everyone to quit but she refused but if I remember correctly, it was her call. Her manipulation doesn’t work on me.
Gaurav- What now then?
Sunny- We play by her rule and then surprise her in the end. Let her know she is ahead. Never let her understand that she is way behind.
Gaurav- We change the plan?
Sunny- NO! We do that, she understands everything. Let us give her a good run for the money.
Gaurav- Okay S. Thanks for the call. You saved me back there.
