Jonathan was enjoying a delightful taste of a roast chicken leg when some door open to reveal two men who gave off an aura of importance and status as they enter the dining room. One appeared to be some sort of military man. He had the natural dark green uniform with an array of war medals placed neatly on his uniform. His war was aging but it still had the distinct and noticeable military haircut that is sported by most G.I. Joes. The other man was a scientist of some sort but Jonathan recognized him from somewhere. He was very familiar and Jonathan squinted his eyes when looking at him to try and figure out why he has some sort of significance. Jonathan the stopped figuring out and laid back on his chair with great realization. The scientist was Dr Alfred T Frank, the man who invented Time Travel. From just looking at him, he can see flashbacks of himself sitting in front of his TV years ago watching the both the opportunities and controversies that Time Travel had given birth too. It had caused way too much trouble for the U.S government and he remembers the infamous entrepreneur Malcolm Benedict who ran from the law when he after he buggered up a major scientific creation for some big bucks. He disappeared years ago and he remembers seeing his face on the FBI's top ten most wanted list back at his old precinct. The government said that the time machines were destroyed, so why would Dr Frank be here?

The military man revealed himself to be Colonel Van Pelt and he mentioned that he was the commanding officer on the project. This sentence bewildered Jonathan. He couldn't believe the seriousness of what he is doing here. The project must be very serious when a Colonel from the United States military is basically your boss. It must be where all the money is coming from. The food, the cooks, the security, the island, the building etc. It's all coming out of the pocket of Uncle Sam. Many of the others must be quite surprised themselves. They were in the presence of a high-ranking military officer and a Nobel Prize winning scientist. Their mere existence in the room is enough to make anyone truly realize the potential and power of this project. Jonathan isn't a man to be so easily humbled when his curiosity is at all time high. For all he knows it could be a trick. He doesn't like making assumptions based off old perceptions; that's how you get killed. If no one else was going to address the Colonel with what they were all thinking then he'll do it himself.

"I think I speak for everyone when I say thank you for this extravagant meal but the truth is: what are you buttering us up for?" Jonathan didn't care if it sounded cheeky or not because he has a right to know what he is being paid to do. He's never cared about authority since he left the precinct they wouldn't let him handle the case of his mother and they gave it to a couple of newbie detectives. Ever since then he doesn't care about how he spoke to higher ups. It's just a title and a bigger pay to him now. He speaks to them like he would any other person and he knows he is entitled to an answer.