The
next day, Mirza brings him over to Marcelloni's place as instructed. Bhalla
seems nervous, and tells Marcelloni that due to recent events, he will no longer
be able to provide them with the arms and materials as he had been doing. He
curses Chander for all of this, but is sorry that he can't work with them any
longer. Bhalla hands Marcelloni a briefcase containing an advance payment on the
next shipment, and apologizes once more.
Marcelloni tells him that it's fine, and he will grant Bhalla freedom forever from their dealings. Bhalla smiles and says goodbye to everyone, then walks away. Before he can get too far, Ninja karate-chops him into the pool next to their meeting area, and Bhalla takes a swim. Somehow this kills him. He bobs on the surface for a bit, twitching and jerking, then he goes under. I would also like to point out to the fellows in the sound booth, you should really stop the dubbing of the man groaning once he's underwater. I don't think we should still be able to hear that.
Marcelloni
then calls Malhotra's place and tells him that he wants a meeting. Malhotra
doesn't realize who he is speaking with, and pleasantly tells Marcelloni that
he's welcome to make an appointment to meet with him during his normal office
hours. Marcelloni says that matters of friendship shouldn't be discussed in an
office, and says that he will come over to his house tomorrow night. Malhotra
says that's fine, and then goodbye. Upon hanging up, Marcelloni then dials up
Ninja and tells him what's going on that week, and to meet him at Malhotra's
place.
Why waste time! We cut to the meeting. As the businessmen meet and greet, we see Ninja working his way through an upstairs window leading to Asha's bedroom. She's passed out on her bed, wearing a modest evening gown. He crouches over her and pulls a long needle out of his gauntlet. He slowly moves it towards the base of her neck, but we cut away before we can see what he's doing. Downstairs, the meeting does not go well. Malhotra realizes that he's talking with an arms smuggler, and he tells Marcelloni that he doesn't deal with private dealers. Everything he makes goes towards the government.
Malhotra grabs the phone and starts calling for the police. Marcelloni tells him that he should get some details from Mirza before doing that, and that Asha's life depends on his actions. Malhotra asks him what he's talking about, but Marcelloni goes outside and gets into his car. In the backseat, we see Ninja holding an unconscious Asha next to him. They drive off as Malhotra wanders around his house calling Asha's name.
We
cut to a briefing room where someone is giving a summary of recent events to
Chander and Dilher Singh. As you may recall, the last time we saw Chander he was
fleeing from the police and hiding out. I suppose it's possible that Malhotra
contacted the police and told them to call off the search, but even then Mirza
would probably have taken some action against him. Ah well, details. For now,
let's assume that he's a hero again and none of that bad stuff is bothering
anyone anymore.
Capt. Obvious tells them that with the recent kidnapping of Asha, that gives Marcelloni's cartel extra leverage to get weapons and supplies from Malhotra's company. If they were to free Asha, then they would be able to alleviate that pressure and ... well that's just what they plan to do. However, since Marcelloni's HQ is outside of their official jurisdiction, they'll have to do this on the sly. That means it is covert ops time for Chander and Dilher Singh. Much to my amusement, they say that people will believe Chander would do such a thing just to rescue his girlfriend, but they do ask that they capture an officer so they can get information on the gang's activities.
But
that's not all! We go through a detailed briefing of the mission. The men have
to get to a remote castle in the mountains. There are only two ways to get there
- either by chopper or by a cable trolley. The helicopter idea is not really
feasible, as the country would likely interpret this as an act of hostility, but
the trolley is also dangerous as there are checkpoints and each passenger is
thoroughly screened.
The boss tells them that their best bet is to go through a club that the officers of the enemy frequent to get nice and sauced before going to bed for the night. They have a contact working for them in this bar, who goes by the name "Zhum Zhum." Chander thinks this sounds familiar, and his suspicions are confirmed - this is the same girl he met as a child. Her father was also slain in the same attack as Chander's. Small world, huh?
