Who are the Regulators?
Bobby prided himself on his daring. Most time travelers just observed, but Bobby fixed things. Gave himself a pep talk when he was 16, which created the the prom night he always wanted. Made sure that mortgage payment didn’t fall through. Little things, sure. But it made his life better. And isn’t that what technology is for?
But Bobby decided to break out, and make things better. Go back to the mid-twentith century and kill Hitler. An obvious choice? Perhaps. But no one had done it yet. Probably because no one had dared.
Bobby did his research, knew when and where Hitler was going to be alone, and jumped through time. He was just about to pull the trigger right in Hitler’s shocked face when a man in black tackled him.
“Who are you?” Bobby managed to squeak out, despite the pressure the man was putting on his windpipe. “Not a Nazi?”
“No,” said the man. “I’m just a Regulator. And we’ve been looking for you for some time, Bobby…”
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Who are the Regulators?
Mark and his gang of friends spent most of the summer doing what kids do: exploring, roughhousing, and generally hanging around. While fun, the summer had been pretty boring. That was until the moon turned to blood and the creatures of the night became real.
None of the adults noticed the sudden spike in kids disappearing, just brushing it off as a weird rash of runaways or something. But Mark knew better. He had spotted the clawed hands of the ghouls in the sewers dragging little Colin Dashley away yesterday, and the mime that ate Gwen Marsh in the park a week ago. And he knows something needs to be done.
Mark and his friends are going to take the fight to them, make them respect the boundries again. Someone needs to regulate the monsters, and Regulators are going to try.
Not sure I understand what has happened to this feed. I’m here for ISBW, which I’ve always found very inspirational and informative. Confused.