Alone at the museum

Must be some mistake, when he read the museum's business hours on the internet this morning, Jesus was certain it closed at 8 pm. The paintings at the corner caught his eyes and attention; neither did he realize the time or it getting dark nor notice he was all alone, all other people having left. This is bad. Gee, his biggest concern an hour ago was being able to proclaim his love to Adele and now that chance is gone. She will be at the café across the street at 8:30 and think he stood her up. She will leave town on Sunday to start college on Monday and he will never see her again. Just his luck, getting locked up in the museum at night. 

Jesus gets his left hand into the pocket of his pant to retrieve his cell phone.

- Who can I call? - he wonders. Finally finds it weird there is no guard in the museum, he needs to make sure not to touch anything, wouldn't want to trigger any alarm device. Bummer, his cell phone just died on him, had he only charged it while looking for the perfect outfit for his date with the girl he loves since the second grande when she moved in to the house next door, exactly where the other girl he loved lived before she was taken away. And now, Adele is also leaving him. 

Suddenly, he hears a noise, he was sure there was no one else with him. Must have imagined it. What could be moving, the sculptures, the people from the paintings he admired for a couple hours?

- Don't be silly, I'm all alone- he says to himself. And then, there it is, a shadow growing closer. Got to be his imagination, right? He's never been afraid of the dark, either. 

- What are we taking, then?- says a man.

- Other than the paintings?- answers a second man.

Jesus runs as silently as he can and goes hiding to the right corner, cautious as not to touch anything or make any noises. Not only is he locked up, but there are some thieves taking those marvelous pieces of art and they might be armed and dangerous. Must survive until Monday morning, when it'll be too late for him to say goodbye to Adele and what will he do about the thieves, he would love to save those paintings. 

- The easiest would be to make the alarm go off- says to himself- I have to look por a control panel or some switch, but carefully enough or they might spot me and hurt me- those men certainly did not plan to stay in the musuem all weekend, if he only had a charger for his phone. 

- Phone, but of course, it just struck me, no body has a landline anymore, but a museum might. 

- I told you, we came for these paintings- says man number 2- however, if you find anything worthy.

- I saw no jewels or anything of value- says man number 1.

- Also, we must be careful with the alarm system, we don't want to get caught- he has found the panel next to the entrance, he takes a piece of paper out of his shirt's pocket and unfolds it, he presses on the panel the numbers written on the paper and there is a beep. He appears to have successfully set the alarm off - there. We have twenty minutes to take whatever we want. 

The men go back to where the paintings are and Jesus has his opportunity to the office upstairs. 

- Just what I thought- says when he picks the phone up to his ear- phone's dead. Of course- those thieves mean business -. Now what do I do. 

He looks around the office, perhaps there is a charger in here, somewhere, seems no. Last hope is gone. He goes back downstairs, could find a charger in the restroom, very unlikely, but he's run out of options. 

- Is anybody in here - asks when he hears what appears to be someone whimpering. And he was right. He finds two men muzzled and with both feet and hands tied, tape on their mouths. He then procees to set the men free. One is a guard, and that's when he realizes the thief which wanted to take more than the paintings is also a guard, Joe reads a name tag.

- The other guy had me write down the passcode to set the alarm off- says the guard once Jesus takes the tape off. 

- Any of you got a phone- asks Jesus.

- Sorry - answers the other man -. They took them.- Should have known.

No way to call 911, they are on their own. Both men probably saw the resolution in Jesus's face.

- They got a gun- says Joe- watch out-. No doubt Jesus had to be brave and fast, very if he wanted to stop the thieves. 

- You staying here? - asks Joe to the other man as he starts following Jesus.

- Name's Tom, I'm coming with. 

The three of them stop suddenly when they hear the thieves getting to the entrance of the museum. They must have what they wanted and be on the leave. It's too late, no chance lf stopping them. Then Jesus hurries up as much as possible, he doesn't want to loose them but wouldn't want to face them either. As they get out of the room and into the hall the thieves open the main door and are about to disappear, Jesus presses the upper button on his cell phone. 

- Here's to hoping - says as he expects his device to come to life for a few seconds, enough to call the cops.

But then, when all hope seemed lost, alas, the police arrives...

- I fooled them, it worked - explains Joe while seeing Jesus's surprised emotion -. I gave them a fake passcode, it sends a silent signal. The new guard was too new and didn't suspect, luckily for us...

Jesus did run out of luck, though. He was too late and couldn't say goodbye to Adele. The thieves taken to jail and the stuff from the musuem was saved and is still there, where Jesus can appreciate it anytime he feels like it. Not everything ended badly. And now, he never leaves home until he's got enough battery on his phone.