Nelson's head was pounding when he woke up. He almost felt like he was hung over, but he only remembered having a cocktail after work and maybe a glass of wine or two with dinner. Maybe he poured his five o'clock martini a little heavy. Tony could smell breakfast burning in the kitchen.

Tony greeted his wife, "Good Morning, Dear"

Melissa Stone Nelson started in right away, "Good morning yourself. One of the burners is out on this stove again. When I married an Air Force officer, I didn't expect to be in swampy Florida for five years. You've been promoted twice thanks to daddy. Isn't there some nice European base we could be stationed at?"

The Colonel sighed, "Dear, I'm the head of space flight at NASA—which is stationed here. While I'm sure General Stone had some influence, I'd like to think I had something to do with my promotions."

The astronaut's wife snorted, "Yeah they were on your own merit. At least you're not out tomcatting with that no good Roger Healey like you were before we got married."

Nelson started thinking about Roger. They were close buddies before he got married Melissa Stone and became the Army Major's boss. Healey now spends a lot of time with Navy Commander Leslie Wingate. Roger and Les will be going to the moon soon, and Nelson will be in launch control. Tony hadn't been in space since his father-in-law and wife put eagles on his shoulders.

Melissa was going on with her usual grievances, but Tony wasn't really listening. When his wife took a breath, Nelson said, "I've got to get to work dear, thanks for breakfast."

Tony actually looked forward to the drive to work. He took a longer route along to coast with the top down. When Nelson arrived at the space center, the airman at the gate crisply came to attention and gave the colonel a smart salute.

Tony's secretary informed him, "Good morning, Colonel. General Schaffer would like you to stop by his office ASAP."

Nelson took the request as it was, an order, and headed down the hall. He didn't get far before he was stopped by Colonel Sidney Freedman, M.D.

The NASA psychiatrist called out after Nelson, "Colonel, you're overdue for your annual check-up!"

Nelson replied, "Sidney, I'll get to it as soon as I'm can. I have a meeting with General Schaffer right now."

The Psychiatrist responded, "Speaking of Generals, Major General Bellows is on my case to get these evals completed. He told me not to take no from anybody… especially an astronaut named Anthony Nelson."

Nelson chuckled at the mention of Dr. Bellows' name. The colonel remembered a simpler time when he and Roger were young captains that owned the world and space, and then Colonel Bellows was always after them to meet their required medical examinations. Now the good doctor was a deputy surgeon general for the Air Force in charge of the branch's mental health services. Tony gave Freedman a thumb's up, and continued to Schaffer's office. The general's secretary motioned for Nelson to go on in.

Upon entering the base commander's office, Nelson saw that Wingate and Healey were already there along with the General. The Army major and Navy commander were laughing it up with a very distinguished, familiar looking British gentleman. There were two women, both were very pretty in their own way. One was an absolutely stunning redhead who also seemed very familiar, the other was a sad looking blonde hiding her beauty behind loose fitting clothes and thick framed glasses. The blonde looked kind of lonely. For a second Nelson thought he saw the unhappy woman looking at him with pleading eyes. Even though he knew he hadn't met the three civilians before, Tony was having a strong feeling of déjà vu.

The General made introductions, "Colonel Anthony Nelson, this is Peter Newkirk, his wife Ginger, and assistant Jeannie. Mr. Newkirk is an actor researching a role at NASA."

Roger, ignoring military protocol as usual, pleaded with the actor, "Say it, Mr. Newkirk… say it!"

Newkirk smiled and said, "Call me Peter, please," The actor quickly then lost all expression, and said in in a deadpan voice, "Bond, James, Bond." Peter then looked at his assistant and ordered, "Jeannie, be a dear and get us some coffee."

The assistant quietly replied, "Yes, master."

Nobody else seemed to notice, but Tony wondered about that 'master' comment.

Schaffer explained the actor's presence, "Mr. Newkirk's production company is updating Ian Fleming's classic novel Moonraker and have asked for NASA's help in putting 007 in space."

The actor added, "I served with Ian back in WWII. It's a great honor bringing his protagonist to life on the silver screen."

Roger gushed, "I'm such a huge fan, Mr. Newkirk!"

Newkirk graciously replied, "Ginger and I are such big fans of yours. "

The Redhead agreed, "Astronauts have been heroes of mine since I starred in 'To Mars with Love.' I've always wonder what it would be like to spend time in a space capsule for real."

Nelson thought the actress just made cat eyes at him, but it was probably his imagination. He figured the déjà vu feeling he had was due to seeing the two actors in the movies. For some reason he associated the redhead with Hawaii… she must have been in one of those tropical movies Melissa dragged him to.

It was that point Major Tony Nelson looked up from view screen the past and future machine. He was in the bottle with Roger and Jeannie. It was less than 12 hours after General Hogan arrived at NASA, and Dr. Bellows' incident of talking in his sleep- over a year before the events he just viewed. Even though he hated the contraption, he had Jeannie bring in the odd projector to show him what it would look like months after the NSA Director arrived and seized the NASA psychiatrist's files.

Nelson whispered, "So that is what it would look like in a year from now, if Hogan has his way."

Jeannie agreed, "The machine foretells the likely outcome."

Roger asked, "How come Tony didn't remember you after Newkirk became your master? More importantly, when did he get married and become a Colonel? Not to mention the fact of Dr. Bellows becoming a general…."

Jeannie replied, "When Mr. Newkirk became master, Master Anthony's life was reset as if I hadn't entered it." Tony and Roger then found themselves outside the bottle.

Nelson looked in the bottle and called, "Jeannie, why are we out here!"

Jeannie pouted, "Master you saw the future. All you have to do is close the bottle. In a year, Master Peter will find me. You will be a married colonel, Dr. Bellows will become a general, and Newkirk will be a movie star. Everybody will be better off."

Nelson thoughtfully said, "No, we wouldn't be better off. In that future, I was unhappy, and you were unhappy. I would miss by best friend Roger, and my best…Jeannie."

Jeannie immediately popped out of the bottle, asking Tony, "You would miss me?!" She ran over and hugged her master.

Nelson looked down at Jeannie and replied. "Of course I'd miss you. Jeannie, I know I don't say it enough, but I do need you in my life. And right now, I think I need you to bring us to Stalag 13 in order to get to the bottom of things."