Chapter 7

chapter seven Okay, this is it, no playing, no waiting, no putting it off because of something dinky like "being horribly terrified." We're scouring Wakefield for June. Quint says I'm nuts. Quint says it's a long shot. Quint says the odds of one random girl being alive in this town that seems to have very few survivors is infinitely small. But like I tell him, that doesn't explain the feeling in my gut. He tells me the feeling in my gut is probably just gas and I sock him on the arm. I say, getting all serious, that none of his reasoning can explain the look in June's eyes when I saw her go back into the school that day. A look that told me I'd see her again. And not as a zombie. I'd see her alive. And there might even be a hug involved. So we're on the hunt. I'm behind the wheel of Big Mama, cruising down South Street, swerving

好了，就这样，不要玩，不要等待，不要因为“极度恐惧”这样的小事而推迟。 我们在维克菲尔德找琼。 昆特说我疯了。昆特说希望渺茫。 昆特说，在这个几乎没有幸存者的小镇上，随机出现一个女孩活着的几率是无限小的。 但就像我告诉他的，这并不能解释我内心的感觉。 他告诉我，我肚子里的感觉可能只是放屁，我拍了拍他的胳膊。 我一本正经地说，他的任何推理都无法解释那天我看到琼回到学校时她的眼神。 那眼神告诉我，我还会再见到她。 而且不是僵尸。我要看到她活着。 甚至可能还会有一个拥抱。 所以我们在寻找。我开着大妈的车，在南街开着，突然转弯

back and forth across the road to avoid zombies and overturned streetlights and other apocalyptic litter. First stop, Parker Middle School. I've been there five times so far, standing outside, yelling for June. But maybe she just didn't hear me. So today, I climb in the truck bed, grab a megaphone I nabbed from the fire station, and bust out a new strategy. June Del Toro, Are you in there? This is Jack Sullivan, Post-apocalyptic action hero here to rescue you.

来回穿过马路，以避免僵尸和翻倒的路灯和其他世界末日的垃圾。 第一站，帕克中学。 到目前为止，我已经去过那里五次了，站在外面，喊琼。 但也许她只是没听见我说的话。 所以今天，我爬上卡车床，拿起我从消防站抢来的扩音器，想出了一个新策略。 琼·德尔·托罗，你在里面吗？ 我是杰克·沙利文，末日后的动作英雄来救你。

Quint stares up at me from the passenger seat. "Post-apocalyptic action hero?! That's what you're calling yourself?" I shrug. "What? It's accurate." Quint rolls his eyes. "Well, it's better than Jack Sullivan, Cheez-It- Loving Kid in a Tree House!" "Well, then, I want a cool title, too," Quint says. "Quint Baker, Scientific Analyst." "You have the chance to give yourself any title you want and you land on Scientific Analyst?" Quint shrugs. "Scientific analysis is cool, Jack." I shake my head and go back to hollering at the school. We try for another ten minutes. Nothing. "Let's try the mall," I say, slipping back into the seat and putting the truck in gear. "Girls like the mall, right? That's a thing." But as I steer Big Mama up and over the curb and through a mailbox, Quint suddenly screams, "THAT'S IT!!!" "Huh? What? Where?! What's it!?" "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, FRIEND!" Quint exclaims. "You need to learn how to drive." "What are you talking about. I'm a killer driver!"

昆特从副驾驶座上抬头盯着我。 “后世界末日的动作英雄？！”你就是这么称呼自己的？”我耸耸肩。 “什么?这是准确的。”昆特翻了个白眼。 “嗯，这比杰克·沙利文的《树屋里爱吃奶酪的孩子》要好！”“好吧，那我也想要一个很酷的头衔，”昆特说。 “昆特·贝克，科学分析师。” “你有机会给自己任何你想要的头衔，而你却选择了科学分析师？”五胞胎耸了耸肩。 “科学分析很酷，杰克。” 我摇摇头，继续在学校里大喊大叫。 我们再试十分钟。 什么都没有。“我们去商场试试吧。”我说着，滑回到座位上，把卡车挂上档。 “女孩喜欢商场，对吧？” 这是一个问题。”但当我驾驶着“大妈妈”驶上路边，穿过一个邮筒时，昆特突然尖叫起来：“就是这样！！”“嗯? 怎么啦？在哪里? !什么! ?”“我再也受不了了，朋友！”昆特惊呼道。 “你得学会开车。” “你在说什么呀？” 我是一个杀手司机！”

Look, I think I'm doing pretty good for a guy whose total driving experience, up to this point, has been limited to holding an Xbox One controller and just squeezing R trigger as hard as I could. But Quint doesn't think that's good enough.

听着，我觉得我已经做得很好了因为我的驾驶经验，到目前为止，都局限于拿着Xbox One的控制器然后尽我所能地按下R键。 但昆特认为这还不够好。

Two hours later, he's got me down by the docks, driving through cones and practicing three-point turns. Even the zombies are bored. And then Quint starts in on the parallel parking...

两小时后，他把我带到码头边，开车穿过锥形锥体，练习三分转弯。 就连僵尸也觉得无聊。 然后昆特开始平行停车…

0K the curb is set at a thirty-nine-degree angle, So you*LL need to turn the wheel Counterclockwise to ninety—two degrees Finally I say, "ENOUGH! It's time we have a little fun." I gun it across the parking area. The engine roars. Big Mama is rumbling and shaking and the wheel feels gigantic in my hands. "Incoming loading dock!" Quint shrieks. I cut the wheel hard right and Big Mama swerves. We're careening around a corner, when— out of nowhere!—there is something alive in front of us! Whatever it is dives out of the way a moment before I hit it! I slam on the brakes and the tires squeal as we spin to a stop. "I think that was a person," I say. My voice cracks. "We need to get out and look." "Not necessary," Quint says, watching the side

路缘设置成39度角，所以你需要把方向盘逆时针转到92度。最后我说：“够了！是时候来点乐子了。” 我冲过了停车场。 发动机轰鸣。“大妈妈”隆隆作响，摇晃着，车轮在我手里感觉很大。 “即将进入装卸码头！”五胞胎尖叫声。 我把方向盘往右猛撞，大妈突然转向。 我们正急转弯，突然——不知从哪里冒出来！——我们面前有活的东西！不管它是什么，在我撞到它之前，它马上就闪开了！我猛踩刹车，轮胎发出刺耳的声音，车子旋转着停了下来。 “我想那是一个人，”我说。 我的声音嘶哑了。“我们需要出去看看。” “没必要，”昆特边说边看着旁边