.Excerpt from The Washington Post, Wednesday, May 31st, 2007

Security Officer Found Dead At Post

By Juliet Oxford

At approximately 7:47 AM on the morning of May 29th, 2007 the body of Bernie Travers, 27, was found dead on the job at the Rutherford Hayes Research Center by his shift replacement, Walt Menson.

"I was just performing my usual rounds, when I realized I hadn't seen (Travers) at the hourly check up." Menson said. "When I went to find him up in Hallway East he was just lying there in some kind of lump, not moving."

Travers, a security guard at RHRC for five years, had apparently signed into work the previous day at 11:45 PM showing no signs of ailment. Travers was not seen again until Menson discovered him eight hours later.

Paramedics were immediately called and were rushed to scene. Unfortunately, all attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced Dead On Arrival by paramedics.

When asked about Travers and his history at the Research Center many people had only the best to say about the late guard.

"Bernie was a great guy, one of the best," said Lloyd Mankowitz, 35, "People around here are going to miss him terribly."

"He was an amazing guard and an amazing friend," said, Davis Willow, Head of Security at RHRC, "my heart goes out to him and his family."

After performing the autopsy on the late security guard, doctors at Our Lady Queen of Peace hospital could only give baffled results.

"There wasn't a thing wrong with him" said Dr. William Erste, PhD, the attending physician during the autopsy, "He seemed to be in perfect condition, aside for some deterioration of the gums from tobacco use, other than that we couldn't find any other ailments."

When asked his professional opinion, the doctor had this to say:

"The best we can figure is that there may have been some issues with (Travers) heart that have since remained unidentified. As of now we cannot comment further on the issue. We can only express our deepest gratitude for Mr. Traver's and his loved ones."

Funeral arrangements for Mr. Travers have been made for the following Sunday, June 4th, at 2:00 PM.

As of right now, no further information of Traver's mysterious demise has been released.

So, this is the Prologue for the sequel of The Things I Never Knew. Originally, I had planned on waiting a little longer for the beginning of this story but, after the less-than-popular reviews I got for the ending of the first installment, I decided to bump of the start of this story ahead in my schedule.

Now, I know this is short but, as I say, it is a prologue. The installments will get much longer in the future. Just consider this a 'preview."

Normally, it is about this time that I say "Oh please, oh please, read and review" but, realistically, I'm not expecting much. At a little over three – hundred words, this story is much to comment on as of yet.

So, until the next installment, I bid you all adieu and wonderful days ahead.

Sincerely,

Everhere Everthere