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Keeping Watch

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Keeping Watch tells the story of Jay Brock a young adult of 22 years old with his friend Andy Dyer, one day when they are leaving a party they will meet a strange stray child.
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Chapter 1 - An Enigmatic Encounter

Before starting the first chapter of Keeping Watch, I would like to point out that this story has been fully translated from French to English thanks to the software DeepL, some of the "jokes" if you can call it that, will unfortunately not come across in English. Anyway, this was just a little aside, enjoy the reading !

It's 2017, Westminster, England, and Jay and his friend, as usual, are coming out of a party.

Jay: See you later!

Party host: Yeah, see you later and have a nice drive haha.

Jay: Hurry up Andy!

Andy: Yeah, I'll be right there.

Jay and Andy get into the car, Jay tries to start it but can't.

Jay: Fuck! Fuck this shitty car, why won't it start!

Andy: Try again, you never know, maybe it will work.

Jay: Hopefully it will.

Jay turns the key a few times and miraculously, it starts.

Jay: Finally! So let's get going, where do you want me to drop you off Andy?

Andy: Drop me off at the pharmacy, I have to pick something up there and it's not far from my house.

Jay: Okay.

Jay sets off and Andy falls asleep because he is exhausted, Jay is on a road in the dark surrounded by a huge forest.

Jay: It's creepy here, isn't it Andy?

Andy: snores

Jay: Andy? Oh great, he's asleep

Jay sees a lonely child crying in the middle of the road, he looked lost, Jay decides to pull over and get out of the car to get closer to him

Jay: Are you ok? What's wrong with you? Where are your parents?

Child: I-I'm sobbing I've lost my parents, I don't know where they are, I'm cold and scared sob

Jay: Come on, come on, no need to cry, we'll find your parents, don't worry, get in the car I'll take you to the nearest police station.

The child got into Jay's car and they continued on their way.

Jay: What did you do before you lost your parents?

The child: We were going hunting like every Friday and-and I got lost in the forest and my parents didn't come looking for me and I found this road and I was waiting for them to come and sob

Jay: Oh man, don't cry I assure you we'll find them, you have nothing to worry about

Minutes and minutes went by, Jay totally forgot about the child and Andy was still sleeping, Jay decides to look at the rear view mirror

Jay: what's that kid doing, I haven't heard him for a long time

Jay saw a blood trail with a mysterious symbol, Jay stopped his car and pulled over in a hurry

Jay: W-w-w-what the fuck, where is the kid! I'm not dreaming, there was a kid there, I'm not crazy, oh shit, if I tell this story people will think I'm crazy, I've got to clean this up quick before they think I'm a murderer.

Jay quickly cleaned up the blood(Author's note: The symbol is the one you see on the cover of this story)Jay arrived in front of the pharmacy and stopped

Jay: Oh wake up Andy we're here

Andy: Ah I slept!

Jay: Well yes you did, anyway we're here so you can come out

Andy: Oh by the way, why is there a bit of blood on the back of the car, what have you done now?Jay: Ahaha it's nothing don't worry, I had a bit of a nosebleed and I went out back to get a tissue but I forgot to clean it up a bit

Andy: Well good night man

Jay: You too

Jay arrived home and went to his room to go to bed

Jay: I wasn't dreaming, there was a fucking kid, there's no way he could have disappeared all of a sudden and what was that weird symbol? I think I'm going mad, it can't be real, it's got to be a dream.

Jay can't sleep all night thinking about that kid and what just happened

End of chapter 1