We overhear the little "good!" and "bad!" conversation that the kids had on the rooftop as Romeo looks sorrowfully at Seema's mother. A jump-cut takes us to Seema's place as she stares out over the city, looking a bit miffed. Jango the Pigeon lands next to her, sporting his mail delivery necklace. Curious, Seema takes it and reads the letter inside. The message basically conveys that Romeo is her old pal Ramesh, and that he's ready to help her with her mission if she wants to ask him. It even says that he's there now if she should want to make that request. When Seema turns around, she sees that Romeo is standing a few feet away. They look at each other over the years that have passed, and they both get a little teary-eyed. They take each others' hands (which we get to see four times, in successively closer zooms) as the theme music builds to a roar over the scene.

We cut to the newly reunited friends striding purposefully into Jugran's ballroom lair thingy. Seema announces (in her perky little purple jumpsuit) that she has brought the man that Jugran has been seeking. Jugran is pleased! He compliments Seema's work, and then gets to talking shop with Romeo. They have an odd conversation about their favorite animals (Romeo = pigeon, Jugran = tortoise in case anyone is keeping track) but Romeo would rather get down to business.

They all take a walk to Jugran's little test room to see if Romeo can crack the type of safe in the amount of time allocated. They reveal the safe in question, and it looks very intimidating. It's got all sorts of wheels and gears on the front, but Romeo can't be shaken. He tells Jugran that in the given 15-minute window, he can open that safe three times! Keshav steps in to be the voice of skepticism, but Jugran tells him to shut up. Romeo steps over to the safe and gets to work.

Apparently cracking a safe is only a matter of leaning against it and spitting on your hands, as that's about all Romeo has to do to get it open. Oh, having a snappy safe cracking theme seems to help as well. As promised, Romeo gets the door open. He asks how long he took, and Keshav grunts "five minutes" after checking his watch.

Romeo goads Keshav for a little bit, making such claims as Jango is smarter than he is, and asking Jugran why he keeps such an idiot around. Keshav takes umbrage at this remark and complains to Jugran about Romeo's attitude. Jugran slaps Keshav in the face and once again tells him that he talks too much. Keshav has had it at this point, and says he can't believe Jugran would do this in front of all these people. He says he's out of there, and storms off. Jugran basically tells Keshav to not let the door hit him where the good Lord split him, and gets back to work with Romeo.

A film projector is started up showing the details about the security Romeo will be facing. Romeo will have fifteen minutes to get the boxcar open on the train, as well as cracking the safe. The details on when the train will be making this trip are kept secret in the diamond company manager's safe, so Romeo will also have to break into that so they know when to mount the attack.

Seema pipes in at this point and tells us that they'll need a distraction to be able to get to the manager's safe. Jugran tells them that will be easy. The diamond company is having a party in Jugran's hotel, and everyone will be in attendance. Romeo will have plenty of time to break into the office and get the details they need. Jugran informs Seema that she'll be putting on a show that no one will want to miss, further ensuring that Romeo will be able to work without interruption. With a little reminder to Seema about what's on the line here, they are sent off to prepare.

We find our heroes at the Gateway of India, watching the pigeons. They make little allusions to maybe possibly kind of perhaps having feelings for each other, but before anything can really come of it, Romeo notices that Girdy is waiting a short distance away with some of his thugs. Romeo goes over to speak with him, and asks Seema to wait for him.

Girdy asks Romeo who his "sweet company" is, but Romeo doesn't give much in the way of details. He simply says that she's not associated with any of their business interests, so Girdy lets it drop. He seems glad that Romeo has other outside interests that don't center on their work. He does ask Romeo to take care of another job for him. There is a jewelry exhibition coming to town, and there will be a few pieces that would be most welcome in his collection.

Romeo says that he's good at opening safes, but he's not good at closing the eyes of hundreds of onlookers. He doesn't think he'll be able to get to the jewels without being seen.

At this point we see that Seema has crept up and is eavesdropping on the plans. She says that she might be able to pose as one of the models showcasing the jewelry, and get direct access to them. This idea appeals to Girdy, and he says he likes it so much he's decided not to be mad about her spying! Seema and Romeo seem excited about the idea of working as a team to help out their old orphanage (remember, Romeo always gives his cut to them), and they set off to make the big score!

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