Behring Center Short Story

1236 Words3 Pages

Jake knew that the Smithsonian’s Behring Center should have the information he sought. They had an American Transportation Exhibition right before the event happened. He had family visiting from California and he had taken them to see it. One of the things he remembered seeing was a large locomotive a, Class Ps-4 type steam locomotive of the Southern Railway. At the time he questioned one of the curators about how functional the train was. He was assured that the locomotive was fully functional and well taken care of. He didn’t know if it was still there and almost a year later how functional it still was. Jake arrived at Behring Center at 7am the following morning after meeting with the President; he reasoned that the center no longer …show more content…

He looked through the glass doors but was unable to see if there was anyone around. He knocked hard on the door, still nothing; he banged on the door, not one showed up. Wait! He thought he saw movement, yes definitely he saw movement. There was an older gentleman in security guard uniform making his way to the door, albeit slowly. Jake watched the elderly guard make his way to the door, it was agonizing to watch this, but Jake realized he had no other place to …show more content…

Jake looked at his key ring, he must have had a hundred or so keys, he wondered how the guard would know which is the correct one, but he did. The door was open within two minutes and the guard waived them all in. “I’m Chester Krist, I’m the senior guard here.” “It’s nice to meet you Chester.” said Jake extending his hand to shake it. Both men shook hands. “Are you the only guard here?” “Naw, there’s three others but they’re down stairs sleeping. We don’t get many folks here anymore. In fact you’re the first one in months. “ “How are you getting by?” asked Jake. “There’s a stocked cafeteria and food store here, there’s only four of us and we don’t eat or drink much. We’ve also been able to get out and grab some water from other places and boil it. We get ‘in by.” “That’s great Chester.” said Jake. “Can you give us a tour of the museum?” Chester’s eyes lit up, it’s been a while since anyone had asked him about the museum, he loved it and once of the reasons he and his fellow guards stayed after the lights when out. They felt and obligation, no duty, to stay and guard the museum, it’s what they loved. “Yeah, sure would love to give y’all a tour! Anything particular you’re look ‘in for?” “Yes Chester there is actually, I’m looking for trains, big trains that run and we can

More about Behring Center Short Story

Open Document