Chapter 19

chapter nineteen I'm bent over, hands on my knees, trying to stop my heart from exploding. Unfortunately, the horror doesn't stop. "What is it, Seabiscuit?" Globlet calls. I turn. Seabiscuit has lifted one finger and is pointing down the road. I see a cloud of dust on the horizon, then— Wracksaw has found us. I can't believe it.

第十九章我弯下腰，双手放在膝盖上，试图阻止我的心爆炸。 不幸的是，恐怖并没有停止。 “这是什么，海饼干？”Globlet调用。 我把。“海饼干”举起一根手指，指着路的尽头。 我看到地平线上有一团灰尘，那么-锯怪找到我们了。 我真不敢相信。

"No, no," I stammer out. "No! We're so close! We have come too far to just get killed in a stupid, cheap, other-dimensional tourist trap!" We're overpowered and outnumbered. Quint's conjurer's cannon is busted, and the Louisville Slicer is back in the human dimension—we don't even have weapons. I glance away from Wracksaw, down the main road toward the Hidden City. The direction we were going— until we decided to stop here, because of... Thrull. I can almost feel the statue looming over me. Taunting me. "I estimate four minutes," Quint says. "Until the enemy is here." I turn, scanning the site for... what? A last-minute jumbo cannon, hidden away? An army of carapaces coming to our rescue? 101 Wracksaw-hating dalmatians? There's nothing. What would June and Dirk do? What would Rover do?

“不，不，”我结结巴巴地说。“不!我们很接近了！我们走了这么远，不能就这样被愚蠢、廉价、异次元的旅游陷阱害死！”我们势单力薄，寡不敌众。 昆特魔术师的大炮被摧毁了，路易斯维尔切片机回到了人类的维度——我们甚至没有武器。 我把目光从断臂锯上移开，顺着大路朝隐秘之城走去。 我们前进的方向，直到我们决定停在这里，因为… Thrull。我几乎能感觉到雕像正在向我逼近。 嘲笑我。“我估计是4分钟，”昆特说。 “直到敌人来了。” 我转过身，浏览着网站寻找…… 怎么啦？最后一分钟的巨型大炮，藏起来了？ 一群骷髅来拯救我们？ 101只讨厌锯木的斑点狗？ 没有什么。琼和德克会怎么做？ 罗孚会怎么做？

"Guys, why the long faces?" Globlet says. "I mean, Jack, you just happen to have a very long face... But come on, we can do this!" I can't believe that Globlet is now the one rallying us. She plops onto the ground, which is made of what looks like black sand. Globlet uses a finger to start tracing out a plan, and each new line reveals some new color. When she's finished, the ground is a series of green, orange, yellow, pink, and turquoise zigzags. I'm trying to follow what Globlet is suggesting, but it's sort of a blur and I don't really think that's my fault. "Classic pincer maneuver to begin. Jack, you spin around eleven times, then double back for the statue. That's the key, obviously—and that's also the trap. Because while you're on spin number nine, Seabiscuit begins jogging in place. Quint, your bowling shoes will be essential. Dumb question, but I have to ask—" We're all carrying. Get out of jail free cards. Yes, guys, stay with me

“伙计们，为什么拉长着脸？”Globlet说。 “我是说，杰克，你只是碰巧长着一张很长的脸…… 但是来吧，我们能做到的！”我不敢相信Globlet现在是团结我们的人。 她扑通一声落在地面上，地面是由看起来像黑沙子的东西构成的。 Globlet用手指开始画一个计划，每条新线都会显示一些新的颜色。 当她完成后，地面呈现出一系列绿色、橙色、黄色、粉色和绿松石色的锯齿形。 我试着遵循Globlet的建议，但这有点模糊，我真的不认为这是我的错。 “经典的夹击战术开始了。 杰克，你转十一圈，然后绕回来找雕像。 显然，这是关键，也是陷阱。 因为当你在第九圈的时候，海洋饼干开始原地慢跑。 昆特，你的保龄球鞋很重要。 愚蠢的问题，但我不得不问-“我们都带着。 出狱免费卡。 是的，伙计们，听我说

I look to Quint and, for maybe the first time ever, I see that he does not immediately comprehend something. Seabiscuit seems to get it, though, index finger bobbing up and down slowly, like she's in agreement with every detail of Globlet's plan. Stargrove just sways back and forth. "So..." Globlet says, clapping her hands, a cloud of colors puffing out. Seabiscuit sneezes. "What do you think?" I think it is time for you to die.

我看着昆特，也许是有史以来第一次，我发现他并没有立即理解一些事情。 不过，“海洋饼干”似乎明白了，她的食指慢慢地上下摆动着，好像她对环球球的计划的每一个细节都很赞同。 Stargrove只是来回摇摆。 “所以……”Globlet拍着手说，一团颜色的云吹出来了。 奔腾年代打喷嚏。“你觉得怎么样？”我觉得你该去死了。

Wracksaw enters Warrior's Way atop his horribly altered strayfur. It's as big as a horse, with ill-fitting, misshapen legs. I do a double take when I realize that one leg appears to be on backward. It causes me to shiver, and to think back to the carcass pile in Wracksaw's fortress's laboratory. I gulp. He looks very much in command, relaxed and comfortable. But as his strayfur slows to a stop, I notice two of Wracksaw's armacles intertwined, fidgeting— and I get the sense that he's trying really hard to look like a boss monster—albeit one that's mutated, half- melted, and disfigured. I remember Thrull treating Wracksaw like nothing but a minion, coolly striding away once he'd gotten what he'd wanted. And I remember the tantrum that followed. Must have really done a number to Wracksaw's already fragile ego. High in the air, trailing behind him like a storm cloud, are hundreds, maybe thousands of strayfurs. They move at short, sharp angles, staying aloft, ready to attack at any moment. Beside him, Eye-Bulb suddenly perks up. "I see it! The hand vehicle camouflaged with racing stripes! I found it, sir! And now, to find the boy..."

断臂锯骑着他那可怕的变了形的流浪狗进入战士之路。 它和马一样大，腿不合适，畸形。 当我意识到一条腿似乎是向后的时候，我做了一次双重观察。 它让我打了个寒颤，让我想起了在Wracksaw要塞实验室里堆积的尸体。 我吞咽。他看起来很有指挥能力，轻松自在。 但当他的那只走失的狗慢下来停下来时，我注意到他的两只手臂缠在一起，坐立不安——我感觉到他真的在努力让自己看起来像一个boss怪物——尽管是一个变异的、半融化的、毁容的怪物。 我记得Thrull对待Wracksaw就像对待一个仆从一样，一旦他得到了他想要的，就会冷静地大步走开。 我还记得随之而来的愤怒。 这肯定打击了锯怪本来就脆弱的自尊心。 在高空中，像暴风云一样尾随在他身后的，是成百上千只流浪动物。 它们以短而锐利的角度移动，停留在高空，随时准备攻击。 在他身边，“眼球”突然振作起来。 “我看见了！”用赛车条纹伪装的手车！我找到了，先生！现在，为了找到那个男孩……”