The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
Photo copyright Dale Rogerson
Rembrandt Rustlers
No one thought it would ever come to this: an underground art gallery. Underground in both senses of the word: the physical location and secret, hidden from the officials.
The Rembrandt Rustlers fashioned themselves after the Rose Rustlers who search for old roses, risking life and limb to steal a cutting. Only their target was art from galleries and museums shattered by the bombs.
They believed in art as a defining, necessary aspect of civilization; saw themselves in a race to preserve a part of humanity that seeks out joy and beauty. When the dust settled above, they’d be ready.
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It's a long story ... 
The beauty of art is important to the soul. I’m glad someone is protecting it. 🙂
Its a shame it has to be hidden in the first place, let’s hope we don’t return to that in more places around the world.
Hurray for the folks who think ahead! They preserve for the future — coming generations who will hunt for past treasures like we hunt around in antique stores now.
A very creative take on the prompt.
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