Chapter 12

CHAPTER 12 We're the last ones here, Amy thought, gasping for breath as she stepped into the church. It's like we're in last place all over again. Ned and Ted Starling had been out in the cemetery, lurking behind tombstones. Jonah Wizard was crouched down in a pew— oddly without his ever-present, BlackBerry-obsessed dad. Hamilton and the Kabra kids were huddled together against the wall. Mary-Todd, Reagan, and Madison Holt were at the front of the church, staring down at the floor. Sinead Starling and Alistair were whispering together near the altar. They've all teamed up in different ways, leaving us out, Amy thought. They're all solving the clue, and we haven't even seen Shakespeare's tomb yet. "Oh, good!" Dan said cheerfully. "None of the teams have left yet!" "Are you nuts?" Amy asked. "You like seeing

第十二章我们是这里最后的人了，艾美走进教堂时喘着气想。 就好像我们又回到了最后一名。 奈德和泰德·斯塔林一直在墓地里，躲在墓碑后面。 乔纳·奇才蹲在长椅上——奇怪的是，他那一直在身边、痴迷黑莓的爸爸却不在。 汉密尔顿和卡布拉家的孩子们靠墙挤在一起。 玛丽·托德、里根和麦迪逊·霍尔特站在教堂的前面，低头盯着地板。 西妮德·斯塔琳和阿利斯泰尔在圣坛旁窃窃私语。 他们都以不同的方式联合起来，把我们排除在外，艾米想。 他们都在破解线索，而我们甚至还没看到莎士比亚的坟墓。 “哦,好!”丹高兴地说。 “还没有一个队离开呢！”“你疯了吗？”艾米问。 “你喜欢看到

our enemies again after yesterday? After everything that's happened in the clue hunt?" "No," Dan said. "But if they're all still here, that means nobody else has figured out where we're supposed to go next." He had a point. "So where's Isabel Kabra?" Amy asked. "And where's Eisenhower Holt?" Nellie asked. Dan shrugged. For all Amy knew, both Isabel and Eisenhower could be out hunting for the next Clue— the Kabras and Holts still at the church might be decoys. But this way, Amy thought, we don't have to face the worst people who were there the night our parents died. Amy drew in a ragged breath. They still had to face everyone else. Can't let any of the others win, she reminded herself. Can't let any of these terrible people become the most powerful in the world. Because then, even more innocent people will die….

昨天之后又是我们的敌人了？ 在搜寻线索的过程中发生了那么多事情之后？”“不，”丹说。 “但如果他们都还在这里，那就意味着没有人知道我们下一步该去哪里。” 他说得有道理。“伊莎贝尔·卡布拉在哪儿？”艾米问。 “艾森豪威尔·霍尔特在哪儿？”内莉问道。 丹耸耸肩。据艾米所知，伊莎贝尔和艾森豪威尔都可能出去寻找下一条线索——卡布拉和霍尔特还在教堂里，可能是诱饵。 但这样一来，艾米想，我们就不用面对父母去世那晚在场的最坏的人了。 艾美急促地吸了口气。 他们仍然要面对其他人。 不能让别人赢，她提醒自己。 不能让这些可怕的人成为世界上最强大的人。 因为那样的话，会有更多无辜的人死去....

She flashed to remembering Lester's kind, smiling face back in Jamaica. She remembered how completely his smile had been erased. We have to go on for Lester, she thought. For Mom and Dad. For Grace… Amy took one step closer to her enemies, who stood between her and Shakespeare's tomb. This wasn't like back at the Globe, where her enemies had popped up right and left, and all she and Dan could do was run and run. This was harder. Amy had time to think between steps, to remember how much destruction the people in this church had caused, how close so many of them had come to killing her and Dan. And the Madrigals want us all to be friends? she marveled. "Yo! My homies! Amy and Li'l Dan! What's good?" It was Jonah Wizard's famous voice, booming out from across the church. Amy looked down at her brother, who'd palled around with Jonah so happily back in China. Dan was staring straight ahead, his face pale.

她突然想起在牙买加时莱斯特那张慈祥的笑脸。 她记得他的笑容已经完全消失了。 我们得去找雷斯脱，她想。 给爸爸妈妈。为了格蕾丝，艾米向挡在她和莎士比亚墓之间的敌人又近了一步。 这不像在环球剧院的时候，她的敌人到处出现，她和丹能做的就是跑啊跑。 这就更难了。艾美有时间在每一步之间思考，想起教堂里的人造成了多大的破坏，他们中的许多人差点要了她和丹的命。 牧歌想让我们都成为朋友吗？ 她希奇。“哟!我的家人!艾米和丹！好是什么?”那是从教堂那头传来的著名的大法师约拿的声音。 艾米低头看着她的弟弟，他在中国和乔纳相处得很愉快。 丹直直地盯着前方，脸色苍白。

"Yo! Come on, fam, don't hate," Jonah called out. He rushed toward them, speaking more quietly. "Look, maybe I should apologi—" Nellie stepped out to block Jonah's path and threw her arms protectively in front of Amy and Dan. "Shouldn't you be in police custody?" she asked Jonah. "Under arrest for what happened at the Globe? Or— in China? Or Egypt?" She glared at him, her gaze laserlike in its intensity. Amy found herself rethinking her view of Nellie as an "anything goes" au pair. Jonah took a step back. "No, no, those were all… misunderstandings," he gasped. He recovered enough to flash his famous grin. "And the Globe scene— my parents are taking care of that." His grin widened. "What did you expect? I'm Jonah Wizard!" Was it Amy's imagination or were the corners of his grin trembling? Something unusual showed in his eyes, too— worry? Doubt? Fear? From the great Jonah Wizard? Amy thought. Never.

“哟!来吧，兄弟，不要怨恨，”约拿喊道。 他朝他们冲过去，说话的声音更轻了。 “听着，也许我应该道歉——”内莉走出来挡住约拿的去路，伸出双臂保护着艾米和丹。 “你不应该被警察拘留吗？”她问乔纳。 “因为在环球报发生的事而被捕？” 或者——在中国？还是埃及?”她怒视着他，目光像激光一样强烈。 艾米发现自己在重新思考她对内莉的看法，认为她是一个“为所欲为”的互惠生。 约拿往后退了一步。“不，不，那些都是……误解。”他喘着气说。 他恢复了正常，露出了他那著名的笑容。 “还有环球剧院的场景——我父母正在处理。” 他咧开嘴笑了。“你还指望什么？” 我是巫师约拿！”是艾米的想象，还是他的嘴角在颤抖？ 他的眼睛里也流露出不寻常的神色——担心？ 怀疑?恐惧?伟大的约拿巫师吗？ 艾米想。从来没有。

"I thought you said you were quitting the clue hunt," Dan said, speaking up bravely. He stepped out from behind Nellie's protective stance. "Isn't that what you told your mom back in China?" "Word," Jonah said, nodding. "The truth is— yes and no. I have embarked on a new endeavor. A different way of hunting clues, you could say." This didn't even sound like Jonah. Granted, nothing he said had ever made much sense. That was typical. But embarked? Endeavor? That wasn't hip-hop talk. Jonah must have noticed Amy staring at him in amazement because he added, rather halfheartedly, "Yo, yo, yo. Word." Amy didn't have time to figure out Jonah Wizard. She turned away from him.—and immediately bumped into Ian Kabra instead. "Amy!" Ian said, his face lighting up. "I'm so glad to see that you didn't get hurt at the Globe yesterday!" Ian's amber eyes did seem full of concern for her well-being. Oh, no, Amy thought. Those eyes will never

“我记得你说过你要放弃寻找线索，”丹勇敢地说。 他从内莉的保护姿态后面走了出来。 “你在中国不就是这么跟你妈妈说的吗？”“是的，”约拿点头说。 “事实是——是也不是。 我已经开始了新的努力。 你可以说，这是一种寻找线索的不同方式。” 这听起来根本不像约拿。 当然，他说的一切都没有多大意义。 这很典型。但是开始呢? 努力吗?那不是嘻哈语。 约拿一定注意到艾米惊讶地盯着他，因为他半心半意地补充道：“哟，哟，哟。 词。”艾米没时间了解乔纳·奇才。 她转身离开了他。然后马上遇到了伊恩·卡布拉。 “艾米!”伊恩说，他的脸亮了起来。 “我很高兴看到你昨天在环球剧院没有受伤！”伊恩琥珀色的眼睛似乎对她的幸福充满了关心。 哦，不，艾米想。那双眼睛永远不会

fool me again. Amy narrowed her own eyes, trying to channel some of the same cold fury that Nellie had just used on Jonah. Fury was a much better emotion than fear. "Get out of my way," Amy told Ian. "No, please, just listen—" Ian begged. He looked around frantically, wincing slightly at the sight of Nellie and Dan and Jonah standing so close by. "If you'd come with me, so we can talk privately—" "You mean, so you can lure me off to your evil mother? To some trap?" Amy challenged. "How stupid do you think I am?" "This isn't about Mum," Natalie piped up beside Ian. "We're not… I mean, she's not even here. We know how many clues you have, and—" Amy stepped past them. Her heart thudded— she expected Ian to hit her, to grab her, to start another round of nightmarish Kabra torture. Nothing happened. Amy took another step and dared to quickly glance back over her shoulder. Ian wasn't chasing

再骗我一次。艾米眯起眼睛，试图把内莉刚才对约拿用过的那种冷酷的愤怒发泄出来。 愤怒是一种比恐惧更好的情绪。 “别挡我的路，”艾米对伊恩说。 “不，求你了，听我说——”伊恩恳求道。 他疯狂地环顾四周，看到内莉、丹和约拿站在这么近的地方，微微皱起了眉头。 “如果你愿意跟我一起去，这样我们就可以私下谈谈——”“你的意思是，这样你就可以引诱我去见你那邪恶的母亲？ 什么陷阱？”艾米的挑战。 “你以为我有多蠢？”“这与妈妈无关，”娜塔莉在伊恩身边尖声说。 “我们不……我是说，她甚至都不在这里。 我们知道你有多少线索，而且——”艾米从他们身边走过。 她的心怦怦直跳——她以为伊恩会打她，抓住她，开始另一轮可怕的卡布拉式折磨。 什么也没有发生。艾米又走了一步，大胆地回头瞥了一眼。 伊恩没有追