Chapter 21

Chapter twenty-one "Miss me?" I shout as I crash-land on Evie's back. It's a whole hero-villain piggyback situation. My hands grasp her cloak. "Get off!" she howls. She swipes and punches and tries to toss me. But I just hang on tighter. I'm annoying like that. She lurches forward, toward Dirk. I see my friend. His skin has turned gray. He's almost completely undead. As we stagger, Ghazt howls... "HAVE YOU SUMMONED ME TO BRING ME UNTO EARTH SO I MIGHT SERVE .E...C.? IF NOT, YOU ARE A FOOL—AND YOU WILL PAY." Evie squirms. I'm high on her shoulder. She tries to answer the monster. I throw my hand over her mouth to stop her. She gets spit on my palm. Gross!

第二十一章“想我吗？”我在伊薇的背上紧急降落时大叫。 这是一种英雄和恶棍的组合。 我的手抓住她的斗篷。“走开！”她嚎叫着。 她又打又打，还想把我扔出去。 但我只是抓得更紧了。 我就那么烦人。她蹒跚地向德克走去。 我看到了我的朋友。他的皮肤变白了。 他几乎完全是不死的。 当我们摇摇晃晃时，Ghazt嚎叫着…… “你召唤我来是要把我带到人间，好让我侍奉……” 否则，你就是傻瓜，你会付出代价的。” 艾维扭动身体。我高靠在她的肩膀上。 她试图回答怪物。 我用手捂住她的嘴阻止她。 她被吐在我的手掌上。恶心!

YES, I HAVE SUMMONED YOU. I have. No, it was, um-it was just a bud-dial. This whole thing was just one big cosmic. But-dial, You can go home now. Show's over. Theater's closed. We stagger back and forth. Slam into a seat. "Dirk, drop that bat!" I shout. But his nearly zombified brain doesn't hear me. He just continues gripping it tight. Another staggering step, and then—CRUNCH! Evie steps onto one action figure. Then another. "You're destroying your custom figures!" I cry. "IT CAN'T BE WORTH IT!" Evie's lips twist into a smile. "Do you smell it? The energy in the air? You're too late, kid..."

是的，我已经召见你了。我有。 不，那只是个拨号盘。 整个宇宙就是一个大宇宙。 你现在可以回家了。 节目结束了。剧院的关闭。 我们前后摇晃。 猛地坐到座位上。“德克，把球棒放下！”我喊。 但他那近乎僵尸化的大脑听不到我的声音。 他只是继续紧紧抓住它。 又迈出了惊人的一步，然后嘎吱一声！伊薇走到一个人偶上。 然后另一个。“你在破坏你的定制人偶！”我哭了。 “这不值得！”伊薇的嘴唇扭曲成一个微笑。 “你闻到了吗？”空气中的能量？ 你来得太晚了，孩子……”

KA-KA-KRAK! I turn to see black lightning erupting from the screen. It zigzags toward the Louisville Slicer, toward Dirk! "IT'S BEGINNING!" Quint cries, flashing his watch. "Ghazt's essence will travel that stream and into Dirk! WE'RE NEARLY OUT OF TIME!"

KA-KA-KRAK !我转过身来，看到黑色的闪电从屏幕上爆发出来。 球弯弯曲曲地朝着路易斯维尔切刀机，向着德克！“开始!”昆特喊道，亮出他的手表。 “加斯特的精华会穿过那条小溪，进入德克体内！”我们快没时间了！”

I hang on to Evie's back. My hand covers her mouth. "You can go back now, Ghazt! We're all good without you! No more lightning needed!" But the swirling on-screen intensifies. This monster is going to travel into my friend! "Evie," I growl. "When this is all done—if any of us are still here—we're gonna have words! But for now—I gotta handle my buddy!" With that, I leap from her back and race through the theater. Down one row, vaulting over a seat, and then stumbling into Dirk. Black energy and heat radiates from the bat. Stepping toward Dirk is like stepping near a fire. I see it. Up close. My weapon. The Louisville Slicer. It's time to take it back. I throw my hands around the handle and—

我紧紧抓住伊薇的背。我的手捂住了她的嘴。 “你现在可以回去了，加斯特！”没有你我们都很好！再也不需要闪电了！”但屏幕上的旋涡加剧了。 这个怪物要进入我朋友的身体了！“伊薇，”我咆哮道。 “等这一切都结束了——如果我们还有人在这儿的话——我们要好好谈谈！”但现在，我得对付我的朋友！”说着，我从她背上跳下来，飞快地穿过剧院。 走下一排，跳过一个座位，然后撞上了德克。 黑能量和热量从蝙蝠中散发出来。 走近德克就像走近一团火。 我看到了。近距离。我的武器。 路易斯维尔切片机。是时候收回它了。 我用手抓住把手，然后

I need this buddy. And please don't bite me The bat shakes and trembles in my hands. Energy surges back and forth—a single stream that seems to move both ways, energy into the bat, and energy out, into the IMAX. I look to the screen, and I shout, "OK, I have the bat now—and STOP ALL EVIL ACTIVITIES. I CONTROL THE BLADE AND I DECLARE, UM, YOU ARE NOT WELCOME IN THIS WORLD! Also... .E...C. WORDS!"

我需要这个伙计。请不要咬我，蝙蝠在我手里颤抖。 能量来回涌动——似乎是一条双向流动的能量流，能量流入蝙蝠体内，能量流出IMAX。 我看着屏幕，喊道：“好了，我现在有蝙蝠了——停止一切邪恶的活动。” 我控制着刀刃，我宣布，嗯，你在这个世界上不受欢迎！也…… 社会事务部…C。字!”

I don't know any .e...c. words, so instead I just have to literally say, out loud, ".E...C. WORDS." It doesn't work. Energy blasts through the bat! I'm hurled over a seat! And as I am, holding the bat, I pull Ghazt. The energy is like a rope, tugging him from the screen. "Um. Guys," I cry out. "HOW DO I MAKE HIM NOT COME THROUGH?" Evie screams, "STOP, YOU IDIOT BOY!" and she sounds terrified. "If you pull him out of there without a vessel ready to receive him—if Ghazt comes through the portal for real, as himself—the entire world will collapse. It's too much energy transference at once!" "What are you talking about?" I shout.

我不知道任何……单词，所以我只需要逐字逐句地大声说，“. e… 话说。”这行不通。能量穿过蝙蝠！我被扔到座位上了！我拿着球棒，拉着Ghazt。 能量就像一根绳子，把他从屏幕上拽了出来。 “嗯。伙计们，”我喊道。“我怎样才能不让他过来呢？”伊薇尖叫道：“停下，你这个白痴！”她听起来很害怕。 “如果你把他从那里拉出来，而没有准备好接收他的容器——如果加斯特真的像他自己一样穿过传送门——整个世界都会崩溃。 一下子转移的能量太多了！”“你在说什么？”我喊。