Gilligan quickly got dressed. What he could get from Major Nelson was that the Admiral was alone in his gig, what the Air Force officer called "little boat", and somehow got lost at sea. Tony had a NASA T-38 ready at Bennett Field, which they would fly to Pearl Harbor. They would then catch a Navy P-2 patrol plane to Admiral Grumby's flagship.
While in the air Gilligan said, "I want to thank you for taking care of all this."
Tony replied, "It was no problem at all. I know if Roger was MIA, I would be half out of my mind, and would need somebody else to take care of the details."
Mentioning Roger made Gilligan think more about the situation he caused with his wishes. When they landed on the aircraft carrier, the Captain met their plane.
"Welcome aboard, Lieutenant, Major," the Captain greeted.
Gilligan got to the point, "What happened to Admiral Grumby."
"OK," explained the Captain, "The Admiral ordered his gig to be lowered, then he ordered his coxswain back aboard the carrier. Admiral Grumby then just sailed off."
Gilligan said, "I think I may be able to find him, can you get as many satellite photos of the area as you can together."
The Captain called for his yeoman, "Chief, get all the recon photos we have of the area, and do it fast… we're losing daylight."
When he got the photos together, Gilligan spread them all out on the floor. Much to Tony and the Captain's surprise, he pranced around the room pretending he was flying around with a jet pack. Gilligan then pointed at an island, and said, "I think he's there."
Both the Captain and Major Nelson looked at each other. Finally the Captain spoke, "Who am I to argue with the Leprechaun. I have a chopper ready on deck, lets go gentlemen."
The chopper landed near a large lagoon on the island Gilligan pointed out. Sure enough, the Admirals gig was docked nearby. Gilligan stepped out of the chopper, walked through the jungle into a clearing where in his memory there were once four huts. And found Admiral Grumby sitting on a log.
"Good Afternoon, Sir," Gilligan said.
Grumby looked up and replied, "I kind of miss being called Skipper. I don't know why I'm here, I was just drawn here. It seems so peaceful. I really don't want to go back, do I have to go back?"
Gilligan answered, "No, Skipper, you don't have to go back."
Gilligan walked back over to the beach where he found the bottle and called out, "Genie!"
The dark haired genie appeared and replied, "Yeah?"
"I want to revoke my first two wishes," Gilligan said.
"Whatever turns your crank, just sign these papers," the genie blinked and a couple scrolls appeared, "so I'm free and not stuck in that bottle another couple thousand years."
While Gilligan was initialing the form in the several places required, he asked the genie, "Will I remember this?"
The genie replied, "No, only I will remember what happened, everybody else's life will return to normal."
Gilligan then said, "I want to thank you for saving me while I was in orbit."
The black haired genie asked, "Whatever are you talking about?"
Gilligan answered, "I was floating off in space, and then a tether magically appeared around me. I looked in the capsule, and saw you next to Major Nelson, but you had blonde hair."
That got the genie's attention. Blonde hair? Looks just like me? Could it be that goody goody sister of mine? If the Blue Gin would have just believed everything was her fault, he wouldn't have doomed me to her fate, the genie in the turquoise harem outfit thought. The genie asked Gilligan, "Is Major Nelson that handsome dark haired man that came with you in the helicopter?"
Gilligan replied, "Yes, that's him"
"Really," the genie asked, "where does this Major Nelson live?"
Gilligan answered, "Cocoa Beach, Florida, why?"
Rather than answering Gilligan, the genie just thought I need to pop into Cocoa Beach. Then she blinked.
Willie Gilligan was walking along the beach and found something shiny. It was a bottle, he grabbed it and ran to the camp. calling out, "Skipper, Professor, look what I found!" The other castaways came out to look at Gilligan's latest treasurer.
"It's a bottle," Gilligan cried, "and there's a note in it."
Mary Ann said, "Read it,"
Gilligan read out loud, "It says, Help, we are the survivors of the SS Minnow, there are seven of us…"
Skipper said, "Gilligan, you nucklehead, that's a bottle you threw out in the ocean three years ago."
Gilligan sheepishly grinned.
