Chapter 29

chapter twenty-nine BOOMERANG -BURST! I reel back, throwing my arm over my eyes. Another of Quint's patented BOOMerangs—the weapon that goes BOOM!

第二十九章回旋镖——爆裂！我向后退缩，用手捂住眼睛。 昆特的另一项专利回旋镖——一种会爆炸的武器！

The bright light fades and I see everything unfold as if in slow motion. Quint is dashing toward me. Thrull is behind him, knees in the mud, holding his eyes. He jerks from side to side. And in Quint's arms: the bestiary! He stole it back from Thrull! Quint shoves the book under his arm like he's a star running back (first and last time you'll ever hear someone describe Quint that way). The door begins to dim. .e...c. lets out a long, bloodcurdling shriek. The tree shakes and the branches lash out. The door is closing. The energy fading. The light dissipating. Quint slides to a stop as he nears the tree house.

明亮的光线褪去，我看到一切都像慢动作一样展开。 昆特向我冲来。 瑟鲁在他身后，双膝陷在泥里，捂着眼睛。 他左右摇晃。 在昆特的臂弯里：野兽之书！他从瑟鲁那里偷回来的！昆特把书夹在腋下，就像他是一个明星跑卫（这是你第一次也是最后一次听到有人这样形容昆特）。 门开始变暗了。 发出一声长长的、令人毛骨悚然的尖叫。 树摇了摇，树枝纷纷抽打。 门要关了。能量在消退。 光在消散。昆特在接近树屋时滑了下来。

Quint noodles that for about 0.7 seconds, then proclaims it "fantastic news!" A crackling, hissing sound fills the air and a final piercing cry erupts from the portal. And then, with a sizzling SNAP, the portal closes. I breathe a titanic-sized sigh of relief. This world- devouring dude's entry has been halted. A smell hangs in the air—that flowery, earthy smell you get after a summer rain shower. "We did it!" Quint says. "The portal's closed! And we have the bestiary!"

昆特看了0.7秒，然后宣布这是“好消息！”空气中充满了噼里啪啦的嘶嘶声，最后一声刺耳的叫声从入口爆发出来。 然后，随着“啪”的一声，传送门关闭了。 我如释重负地松了一口气。 这个吞噬世界的家伙的进入被阻止了。 空气中弥漫着一股香味，那是夏日阵雨过后你闻到的花香和泥土味。 “我们成功了！”五度音说。“传送门关闭了！”而且我们还有《兽经》！”

"So what do we do with him?" I say, watching Thrull continue to stumble around, covering his eyes. Bardle shakes his head. "I do not believe it is entirely over." Quint eyes Bardle. "Jack, he's on our side now?" "Yes, Quint. Catch up. You miss a lot in two hours when those two hours are the climax of a battle for the future of the world." "Look," Bardle says. We all turn to the tree. There's a soft crackling and a few small bursts of light. The door appears again—just for one quick instant—and the fading, crying voice of .e...c. delivers one final order. "Thrulllll... Finish themmmmm... And retrieve the keyyyy..." And with that, the door blinks away. Thrull no longer looks defeated—no, he looks like he's on his last legs, forced to demonic desperation. He begins laughing. Softly, at first, and then louder. Louder and louder until a cackling, high-pitched, hideous howl fills the forest. He stares at us.

“那我们拿他怎么办？”我一边说，一边看着瑟鲁继续跌跌撞撞地走着，一边捂着眼睛。 巴德尔摇了摇头。“我不认为事情已经完全结束了。” 古灵精怪的眼睛。“杰克，他现在站在我们这边了？”“是的,五胞胎。 迎头赶上。你在这两个小时里错过了很多东西，而这两个小时是为世界未来而战的高潮。” “看，”巴德尔说。我们都转向那棵树。 有一种柔和的噼啪声和几缕小光。 门又出现了——就在一瞬间——然后是渐渐消失的哭声…… 交付最后一份订单。“Thrulllll… 完成themmmmm……把钥匙拿回来……” 说完，门就闪开了。 Thrull不再看起来被打败了——不，他看起来就像他的最后一条腿，被迫陷入恶魔般的绝望。 他开始大笑。起初声音很轻，后来声音更大了。 声音越来越大，直到森林里充满了咯咯的、尖锐的、可怕的嚎叫。 他盯着我们。

No. Not us. Me. Directly at me. "You have not won, Jack Sullivan," he growls. "You have only delayed the coming of .e...c.." Thrull's eyes snap shut. His head raises to the sky. A quick flow of strange, foreign enchantments tumble from his mouth. "......h. un s..n. cosi ńoe r.tornì mài t..." His voice grows louder and louder. "Oh no," Bardle says. His voice is barely a whisper. "What oh no?" I ask. "It is a unification spell. It binds two beings together." "Well, let's stop him!" I spin around, calling to June. "June, more tunes! Something real annoying!" "It is too late," Bardle says. "It is done."

否。不是我们。我。直接对着我。 “你没有赢，杰克·沙利文，”他咆哮道。 “你只是推迟了………………” Thrull的眼睛突然闭上了。他抬头望天。 一股奇怪的、外来的魔力迅速从他嘴里涌出。 “……h。联合国s . . n。Cosi ńoe r.tornì mài t……” 他的声音越来越大。 “哦，不，”巴德尔说。他的声音简直像耳语。 “什么，哦不？”我问。“这是一个统一的咒语。 它把两个人联系在一起。” “好吧，让我们阻止他！”我转过身来，呼唤琼。 “琼，再来点曲子！”真的很烦人！”“太迟了，”巴德尔说。 “搞定了。”

It is never too late. Haven't you ever seen an action movie? Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters, anything? There's always one last thing to be done. Jack, what are you talking about? I don'tkno I may have lost my mind a bit. Thrull's insane incantations finish with a few final words in English. A few final terrifying words: "I, servant of .e...c., wish to join you. TOGETHER, WE WILL RETRIEVE THE KEY AND BRING .E...C. INTO THIS WORLD!" And then, the most horrific thing, well, ever happens. Thrull raises his arms. He cackles like a mad, giggling demon and gives me a final look before his eyes shut and he roars, "TAKE ME!"

永远不会太迟。你没看过动作片吗？ 《夺宝奇兵》《捉鬼敢死队》之类的？ 总有最后一件事要做。 杰克，你在说什么? 我不知道，我可能有点疯了。 瑟鲁疯狂的咒语以最后几句英语结束。 最后几句可怕的话：“我，上帝的仆人……我希望能加入你们。 我们一起去拿钥匙，把他… 进入这个世界！”然后，最可怕的事情发生了。 瑟鲁举起双臂。他像一个疯狂的、咯咯笑的恶魔一样咯咯地笑着，最后看了我一眼，然后闭上眼睛，咆哮道：“带我走吧！”