Chapter 22

Chapter Twenty-two "Hey, Quint, buddy—why did you say they closed the theater again?" Quint opens his mouth to tell me, but as he does, something bursts from the ground. Seats fly, ice cracks, and a horrible howl echoes. A rat. A rat the size of a school bus. But it's not simply a vehicle-sized rodent. It's monstrous. Something has happened to it... One leg is gnarled plastic. A chunk of its face is gooey. It's chomping and slurping on— "Oh gross," June says as she realizes. "It's Evie's action figures!" This monster—part rat, part stretched and melted action-figure plastic—stomps toward us, revealing itself fully—

第二十二章“嘿，昆特，伙计——你为什么说剧院又关门了？”昆特张开嘴想告诉我，但就在他开口的时候，有什么东西从地上冒了出来。 座位飞了起来，冰裂了，可怕的嚎叫回响着。 一只老鼠。一只和校车一样大的老鼠。 但它不是简单的汽车大小的啮齿动物。 这是巨大的。它发生了什么事…… 一条腿是粗糙的塑料。 它脸上的一大块是粘稠的。 “哦，真恶心，”琼意识到这一点时说。 “这是伊薇的人偶！”这个怪物——部分是老鼠，部分是伸展融化的塑料人偶——向我们走来，充分展示了自己

GHAZT THE RAT BEAST face is part rat and part melted plastic. It's bar for Rama naar only giant action figure limbs, strange snapping, twitching, tail, cosmically bad intentions. Ghazt's eyes are fully white. Blood-red energy dances over its body. It shakes its head, and bits of electricity fly off it—like a dog drying itself. The monster steps forward. Its mouth narrowly opens, but out comes not a hiss or a growl—but words. Directed at Evie. "WHAT IS THIS AWFUL BODY YOU HAVE PUT ME IN?" Evie staggers back. She reaches for an aisle seat to steady herself. I see her hand tremble. "My master! Ghazt. I—I'm sorry. It is a—ahem—rat. It's a type of rodent. It's, um—it's like the coolest animal on Earth..." "NOPE!" I shout. "EVERYONE HATES RATS!"

鼠兽的脸部分是老鼠，部分是融化的塑料。 这是拉玛·纳尔的酒吧只有巨大的人形四肢，奇怪的撕扯，抽搐，尾巴，宇宙邪恶的意图。 Ghazt的眼睛完全是白色的。 血红色的能量在它的身体上舞蹈。 它摇了摇头，电流从它身上飞了出来，就像狗在烘干自己一样。 怪物向前走了一步。 它的嘴微微张开，但发出的不是嘶嘶声或咆哮声，而是话语。 直指伊薇。“你把我放进这个可怕的身体里是什么东西？”伊薇摇摇晃晃地往回走。 她伸手到靠过道的座位上稳住身子。 我看见她的手在颤抖。“我的主人!Ghazt。 我很抱歉。这是一只哼哼鼠。 它是一种啮齿类动物。它，嗯，它就像地球上最酷的动物……” “不!”我喊。“每个人都讨厌老鼠！”

Ghazt glances my way. I shut up. His head swings back toward Evie. "WHY DID YOU BRING ME INTO THE BODY OF THIS ANIMAL? YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF WORSHIPING .E...C.!" "I am sorry!" she cries. "I didn't mean to disappoint you! It's these lousy kids—" Ghazt snarls, "YOU DID! AND YOU WILL PAY!" June whispers, "Dudes, I think that's definitely our cue to leave." I get Dirk's left arm over my shoulder. June slips underneath his right. The brand-new weapon gift around her wrist keeps Dirk steady. And as Ghazt continues to scream and scold Evie, the failed villain, we race from the theater, out into the hall... The energy, the black lightning—it has brought new power and electricity to the theater. Every movie theater door is open. We hear bits and pieces of movies. The 20th Century Fox theme drums. Dialogue from some action-comedy trailer. And worst of all...

Ghazt朝我这边瞥了一眼。我闭嘴。 他的头朝伊薇转了转。 “你为什么把我带进这个动物的身体里？” 你不值得崇拜……你……”“对不起！”她喊道。 “我不是故意让你失望的！”是这些讨厌的孩子——”加斯特咆哮道，“你干的！你会付出代价的！”琼小声说：“伙计们，我想这绝对是我们该离开的暗示了。” 我把德克的左臂搭在我肩上。 琼从他右边滑了过去。 戴在手腕上的新武器让德克保持稳定。 当Ghazt继续尖叫和责骂Evie，失败的恶棍，我们从剧院跑到大厅…… 能量，黑色的闪电——它给剧院带来了新的能量和电力。 每家电影院的门都开着。 我们听到一些电影的片段。 20世纪福克斯的主题鼓。 动作喜剧预告片里的对白。 最糟糕的是……

Zombies. They are shambling out into the halls. The water is pee-warm around our feet, like racing through a kiddie pool. We must find a safe place for Dirk to dine on the eyeball. Angry, soul-shaking howls chase us down the hallway. "This way!" I shout as we turn the corner. We all tumble and slide down the watery escalators. I

僵尸。他们摇摇晃晃地走进大厅。 我们脚周围的水很热，就像在儿童泳池里赛跑一样。 我们得找个安全的地方让德克吃眼球。 愤怒的、震撼灵魂的嚎叫在走廊里追着我们。 “这样!”转弯时我喊道。 我们都在水里的自动扶梯上跌倒滑下。 我

feel tremendous heat in the air as we turn toward the massive, old-fashioned staircase that leads to the lobby. I take three steps down, then stop. The raging energy has melted the ice that was keeping the zombies stuck. The undead are free! The lobby is fully loaded!

当我们转向通往大厅的巨大老式楼梯时，空气中弥漫着巨大的热量。 我往下走三步，然后停下。 狂暴的能量融化了困住僵尸的冰。 不死族自由了！大厅里挤满了人！

More come stumbling out of the bathroom. They stagger in from the arcade. Dirk hangs over our shoulders. His face is pale, almost see-through, and, to be honest, freaking me out. I totally know you're not supposed to judge people by how they look and that's, like, 110 percent a true and smart thing, but—man—looking at your almost-undead buddy is HARD. Quint says, "He has to eat the eyeball innards!" "I know, I know!" I say. We're surrounded and trapped by horror. A zombie horde in front of us and a monstrous Cosmic Terror just one floor above us. But nothing is more urgent than Dirk eating the insides of that eyeball. I glance down at it. No time to crack it open like a coconut and start feasting. Need a quicker solution... My eyes focus on the spinning Blue Raspberry ICEE sign behind the concession stand. I love those slushy slurpie drinks... And on the counter: a big thing of straws.

更多的人跌跌撞撞地走出浴室。 他们从拱廊摇摇晃晃地走了进来。 德克悬在我们肩上。 他的脸很苍白，几乎是透明的，说实话，他把我吓坏了。 我完全知道你不应该以貌取人这是百分之一百一十的正确和聪明的做法，但是看着你那几乎不死的朋友是很难的。 昆特说：“他必须吃掉眼球的内脏！”“我知道，我知道！”我说。 我们被恐惧包围和困住了。 一群僵尸在我们面前，一个巨大的宇宙恐怖分子就在我们上面一层。 但没有什么比德克吃掉眼球内部更紧急的了。 我低头看了一眼。没时间把它像椰子一样掰开，开始享受盛宴了。 需要一个更快的解决方案… 我的目光集中在小卖部后面旋转的蓝树莓冰饮标志上。 我喜欢那些冰沙饮料…… 柜台上是一大堆吸管。