Nightwatch Novels & Stories

ACCESS DENIED. "I'm going to access her anyway." THEN YOU WILL BE DELETED. Something moved in the shadows between the shelves. Something large. Something that had been waiting for exactly this kind of intrusion. The Watchdog. It wasn't a dog, not really. It was a visualization of protection protocols—an AI designed to guard the network against external threats. In the digital space, it had taken the form of something that Jack's mind could process: a massive, shapeless thing made of teeth and eyes and endless recursive code, its body shifting and morphing as it processed his presence.

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This better be successful because I have everything to loss if this fails, including Natalie. I lay in bed that night hoping, listening for any sound that my human ear can hear. Waiting for there arrival. Slowly the hours tickle away and it is soon approaching dawn before I hear the first roar of the monsters as they all return home. I jump out of bed and race out into the backyard to see a sight I had not expected.

In the heat of finishing the task, she forgot to even look at the clock. She put the file aside and got up on her feet. Sure her legs were numb because of kneeling down for so long but she was happy that all of it was over. She stumbled a bit as her legs were numb but quickly recovered. She picked up the files and placed them back on the table. A small smile spread across her face as she notices all of her efforts. She looked up at the clock and that is when her face paled. It was 12:40, the next morning.