Chapter 11

chapter eleven When I wake the next morning, I'm sore all over. I have aches and pains in places that I didn't even know were capable of producing aches and pains. It takes me a moment to remember why I feel like the last man standing in the Royal Rumble. Oh yeah.... Last night. With the immediate danger of the Hairy Eyeball Monster over, my mind goes to the zombie parade and The Shrieking. That's the scariest thing yet; scary because it felt like something was controlling the zombies. Some sound drawing them in. Some great, evil force at work. My eyes flicker open and suddenly it's me doing the shrieking. Dirk and June are staring at me like I'm some sort of alien who just landed on Earth.

当我第二天早上醒来时，我浑身酸痛。 我的身体有些地方疼痛，我甚至不知道这些地方会产生疼痛。 我花了一点时间才想起为什么我觉得自己是站在皇家隆隆声中的最后一个人。 哦是的…昨晚。随着毛茸茸的眼球怪物的直接危险结束，我的思绪转向了僵尸游行和尖叫。 这是最可怕的事情；可怕是因为感觉有什么东西在控制僵尸。 一些声音吸引着他们。 某种伟大的邪恶力量在起作用。 我的眼睛一闪一闪地睁开，突然发现是我在尖叫。 德克和琼盯着我看好像我是刚登陆地球的外星人。

What happened to you last night?

你昨晚怎么了？

I sit up and wipe drool from my lip. A big patch of saliva shaped like Darth Vader has formed on my pillow. I awkwardly try to prop my elbow over it. Don't need June seeing my Darth Vader drool. "Would you guys believe me if I said we went to a parade?" I ask. Dirk throws one boot-clad foot up on the table and sips from a mug of hot coffee. "No, I would not." "Well, take a look at this," I say, grabbing my camera and tossing it to June. June glances down and her eyes go wide. I'm waiting for her to gasp, exclaim, or express shock somehow—but instead she just bursts out laughing. "Stop, stop, wait!" I say, scrambling out of my little sleep area and yanking the camera from June's hands. I frantically flip past the beyond

我坐起来，擦去嘴唇上的口水。 我的枕头上形成了一大片形状像达斯·维达的唾液。 我笨拙地用手肘撑着它。 我可不想让琼看到我的黑武士流口水。 “如果我说我们去游行了，你们会相信我吗？”我问。 德克把一只穿着靴子的脚放在桌子上，喝了一口热咖啡。 “不，我不愿意。”“好吧，看看这个，”我说，抓起相机扔给琼。 琼向下瞥了一眼，眼睛睁得大大的。 我正等着她喘着气，惊叫，或者以某种方式表达震惊——但她却突然大笑起来。 “停，停，等等！”我说着，从我的小睡眠区爬了出来，从琼的手里抢过相机。 我疯狂地翻过去

embarrassing photos. "Here, this one. Don't click backward. Just forward. Just. Forward." June, still giggling, clicks ahead—and her giggling quickly comes to a halt. Her eyes are wide as she looks at the endless march of zombies. "There are so many of them..." she says softly. "We could have wiped a whole load of them out at once," Dirk growls. "Should have brought me with you." "Dirk, we don't wipe out zombies. Zombies used to be people. We only wipe out the bad monsters. Anyway, you can't tell from the photo, but the zombies were all marching together—like they were going somewhere. Quint can probably explain better..." June hands me back the camera. "Quint's in his workshop." Dirk nods. "I heard three explosions, two bangs, and a bunch of 'gee-golly-willikers.' Kid must be working on something real nuts." I'm not surprised. After what we saw last night, I'm sure Quint's got ideas for about six new gadgets and nineteen possible plans of attack.

令人尴尬的照片。“喏，这个。 不要向后点击。只是前进。 而已。前进。”琼还在咯咯地笑着，她的笑声很快就停了下来。 她睁大了眼睛，看着僵尸无休止的行军。 “他们人太多了……” 她轻声说。“我们本来可以一下子消灭一大群人的。”德克咆哮道。 “你应该带我一起来的。” “德克，我们不消灭僵尸。 僵尸曾经是人。 我们只消灭邪恶的怪物。 不管怎么说，从照片上看不出来，但僵尸们都在一起前进，好像他们要去什么地方。 昆特也许能解释得更好……” 琼把相机还给了我。 “昆特在他的工作室里。” 德克点点头。“我听到了三次爆炸声，两声巨响，还有一群‘哎呀，天哪！’”这孩子一定在搞什么疯狂的东西。” 我并不感到惊讶。经过我们昨晚看到的，我相信昆特已经想出了大约六种新装置和十九种可能的攻击计划。

"Guys," I say after a moment. "We heard that shrieking noise again. It was like that noise was calling the zombies, making them go toward it." June and Dirk exchange worried glances. "Well... where did they go?" "Don't know. We only followed them as far as Main Street. That's when we ran into the Hairy Eyeball Monster." "Excuse me? The what?" June asks. I plop my head back down in the Darth Vader drool and wave at the camera. "Next pic." June clicks and her eyes about pop out of her skull. Dirk leans over, looks at the picture, and cracks his knuckles. "Yeah," I say. "The situation got a little... hairy." I grin. Dirk and June look at me like I'm quite dumb. "That's a great joke! Situation got hairy! A monster that's all hair? C'mon!" Still no one laughs. June shakes her head. "Jack, you shouldn't have gone without us. We're a team, remember?"

“伙计们，”过了一会儿我说。 我们又听到了尖叫声。 就像那个声音在召唤僵尸，让他们朝它走去。” 琼和德克交换了一下忧虑的目光。 “嗯……他们去哪儿了？”“不知道。 我们只跟到了主街。 就在那时，我们遇到了毛茸茸的眼球怪物。” “对不起?什么?”6月问道。 我把头埋进黑武士的口水里，对着镜头挥手。 “下一个照片。”琼咔哒一声，眼睛从脑壳里蹦了出来。 德克俯下身，看着那幅画，掰了掰指关节。 “是的，”我说。“情况变得有点…… 毛。”我咧着嘴笑。德克和琼看着我，好像我很笨似的。 “这是一个伟大的笑话！”情况变得很糟糕！一个浑身是毛的怪物？ 来吧!”还是没有人笑。 琼摇了摇头。“杰克，你不应该丢下我们一个人去。 我们是一个团队，记得吗？”

I shrug. "You were sleeping." Jack. You woke me up at 3 a.m. last week because you needed Sobieone to play Lego Marvel with. But you're felling me you didn't wake me for a parade of undead MONSTEPS? 7, you needed your beauty rest. l, on the other hqnd, am already super handsome. super rest not needed. June looks like she's about to slug me. But I'm saved... Saved by Quint. He's in the yard, shouting. "Friends! Hurry down here, please. I have something to unveil!"

我耸耸肩。“你在睡觉。” 杰克。你凌晨三点把我吵醒了。 因为你需要索比恩和你一起玩乐高漫威 但你告诉我你叫醒我不是为了看一群不死的怪物？ 你需要好好休息一下。 另一方面，我已经超级帅了。 不需要超级休息。琼看起来要揍我了。 但我得救了……由昆特拯救。 他在院子里大喊大叫。 “朋友!请快下来。 我有东西要揭开！”