Chapter 15

chapter fifteen At the end of the school's long side hallway is a metal door. I hold my breath and push on the safety handle. It's nearly pitch black outside. My eyes adjust, and in the moonlight, I see zombies. Zombies everywhere. And Blarg, across the street, staring vacantly into the night. "Okay, crew," I whisper. "Stay quiet. AND NO LIGHT!" "What light would there be?!" Dirk asks. "I dunno—if you're carrying a lightsaber, don't whip it out all of a sudden. Just no light. OK?" They all nod. "I really wish we had a secret handshake or something right now," I say. "Jack, give up on the secret handshake," Quint says. "There are no secret handshakes." "There will be!" I say. "Once we get home alive.

第十五章在学校长长的侧走廊的尽头有一扇金属门。 我屏住呼吸，按下安全把手。 外面几乎一片漆黑。 我的眼睛调整了，在月光下，我看到了僵尸。 僵尸无处不在。而街对面的Blarg茫然地凝视着黑夜。 “好的，船员们，”我低声说。“保持安静。 没有光！”“会有什么光？！”德克问道。 “我不知道——如果你带着光剑，不要突然把它抽出来。 只是没有光。好吗?”他们都点头了。 “我真希望我们现在能秘密握手什么的，”我说。 “杰克，别再秘密握手了，”昆特说。 “没有秘密握手。” “会有的！”我说。“只要我们活着回家。

Now—ready?" We all look at each other. Thinking about what we're about to do. Nervous. Terrified, right down to the bone. But in this together. We all nod our heads yes, then I step out the door. We move very stealthy. Very stealthy, for about seven feet. Seven feet of super Sam-Fisher-Splinter-Cell-style stealthiness before the zombies catch scent of our human stink. The undead monsters moan and roar and open their arms, waiting to greet us with their decaying fingers and sink their teeth into our skin and just straight-up peel the flesh from our bones!

现在准备好了吗?”我们都看着对方。 在想我们接下来要做什么。 紧张。害怕到骨子里。 但在一起。我们都点头同意，然后我走出门。 我们的行动非常隐蔽。非常隐蔽，大约七英尺深。 在僵尸闻到我们人类的臭味之前，我们有七英尺的超级山姆-费希尔-细胞分裂式的潜行能力。 那些不死的怪物呻吟着，咆哮着，张开双臂，等着用他们腐烂的手指迎接我们，把牙齿咬进我们的皮肤，直接从我们的骨头上剥下肉来！

Enough tiptoeing. Time to put a hurt on these undead uylies! Suddenly, all around me, it's freaking crazy zombie-battling action! Fists fly! Bones crunch! Dirk is throwing haymakers. POW! One hard uppercut to a zombie chin.

足够的小心翼翼地。是时候给这些不死人点颜色瞧瞧了！突然间，我周围都是疯狂的僵尸大战！拳头飞!骨头危机!德克正在扔干草。 战俘!一记上勾拳重击僵尸下巴。

June swings her broom-handle spear. KRAK! It slams against zombie skull. Then she whirls, swinging low, sweeping four undeaders off their feet. SMASH! Quint cracks one of his glass tubes against an undead head. He's blinding them with

琼挥动着她的扫帚柄长矛。 KRAK !它猛击着僵尸的头骨。 然后她旋转着，低低地摆动着，把四个亡灵甩了下来。 粉碎!昆特用一根玻璃管砸向一个不死族的脑袋。 他在用

science! We continue forward, battling, fighting, forcing our way to Big Mama. We're getting close, just one final push! Good job, guys. Good effort. Dirk yanks open the door to Big Mama, and then the worst possible thing that could happen—well, it happens.

科学!我们继续前进，战斗，战斗，逼迫我们找到“妈妈”。 我们离目标越来越近了，只剩最后一击了！干得好，伙计们。 好努力。德克猛地打开了大门，然后最糟糕的事情发生了——嗯，它发生了。

Big Mama's headlights flash on. The high beams. They cut across the grass, slicing through the darkness. I follow their path. They're shining directly onto Blarg. His eyes flash and he opens his fanged mouth and he lets out a tremendous "BLARGGGGG!!!!!!" "Jack!" Quint shrieks. "You left the high beams on?!?!?!" He turns them off fast. "Whoops. Look, I said I was a good driver. I never said I was a good dashboard-controller guy." BLARGGGGG!1!!!" Blarg takes a dozen heavy, Earth-quaking steps, and in moments he's towering over Big Mama. His next step shakes the ground and sends us all tumbling back onto our butts. I'm sprawled out, staring up at the fiend. And that's when I see it. Right in front of my eyes: my sneakers. And it hits me! A backup plan! Heroes GOTTA have backup plans! I reach down and—RIP!—yank off the tape

大妈的车灯亮了。 远光灯。他们在黑暗中割草。 我跟随他们的脚步。它们直接照射到Blarg身上。 他眼睛一闪，张开长着尖牙的嘴，发出一声巨大的“BLARGGGGG!!!!!!”。“杰克!”五胞胎尖叫声。 “你没开远光灯？！？！？！”他很快就把它们关掉了。 “哎呦。听着，我说过我是个好司机。 我从来没说过我是一个擅长操纵仪表盘的人。” BLARGGGGG ! 1 ! !”Blarg迈出了沉重的、震天动地的十几步，片刻之间，他的身高就超过了“大妈妈”。 他的下一个动作会震动地面，把我们都摔到屁股上。 我四肢伸开，盯着那个恶魔。 这就是我看到它的时候。就在我眼前，我的运动鞋。 这让我很震惊！后备计划！英雄们必须有后备计划！我把手伸下去，砰！-把带子扯下来