Chapter 26

chapter twenty-six "Flunk!" Boss calls out, shouting down at the pantsless guard. "You was s'posed to be guardin' 'em!" "I—I know," Flunk stammers. "But she tricked me! Her and her friends! The Wretch!" The Rifters are suddenly shouting. "The Wretch is alive?" one cries. "WHERE?" another shouts. Neon answers that question, exploding out of a huge plastic shark at the sixteenth hole.

第二十六章“不及格！”老板喊道，朝下面那个没穿裤子的警卫大喊。 “你不是应该看守他们的！”“我——我知道，”弗朗克结结巴巴地说。 “可她骗了我！”她和她的朋友们！这个坏蛋!”裂谷人突然大叫起来。 “那坏蛋还活着？”一个人喊道。 “在哪儿？”另一个喊道。霓虹灯回答了这个问题，在第16洞从一个巨大的塑料鲨鱼中爆炸出来。

BOOM He comes crashing down beside us, talons slamming into the green. The Boss Rifter scowls, then jumps off the waterfall ledge. He hits the green—and it quakes. "Perfect." He sneers. "We'll bring Thrull his revenge and his Wretch..." Neon snarls. These are the jerks who tortured him, chased us, and kidnapped me, his friend. Neon isn't going down without a fight. He roars.

砰的一声，他在我们旁边撞了下来，爪子重重地踩在草地上。 Boss Rifter皱眉，然后跳下瀑布的窗台。 他击中果岭，果岭震动了。 “完美。”他冷笑道。“我们要给瑟鲁报仇，让他的可怜虫……” 霓虹堵塞。就是这些混蛋折磨他，追我们，还绑架了我，他的朋友。 Neon不会不战而败的。 他怒吼。

And his roar—usually soft and cute—is loud. I think wow, what a perfect time for him to grow into his roar! He's like Simba! But then I realize, it's the karaoke microphone, turning his ROAR into a— ROAR! Johnny Steve has pressed it against the underside of Neon's throat. The sound is so epic that the Rifters leap back. I get chills. It's like Neon is proclaiming ownership over the Rifters' headquarters and everything in it. The Boss Rifter takes a step back. He must be thinking that this baby has suddenly grown full Wretch. That's a scary deal, wings or no wings. "Quickly!" Boss says, pointing to two Rifters in the back. "Untie the Ogres! Get them over here!" The two Rifters run off, looking very happy to have an assignment that takes them away from the suddenly ferocious-sounding

他的吼声——通常是柔和而可爱的——很响。 我想，哇，这是他成长为咆哮的完美时机！他就像辛巴！但后来我意识到，是卡拉ok麦克风，把他的咆哮变成了咆哮！约翰尼·史蒂夫把它压在霓虹的喉咙下面。 震耳欲聋的声音震耳欲聋，裂谷人跳了回来。 我浑身发冷。这就像Neon宣布拥有裂谷人总部和里面的一切。 Boss rift后退了一步。 他一定在想，这个婴儿突然长大了。 这是个可怕的交易，不管有没有翅膀。 “快!”老大指着后面的两个裂谷战士说。 “放开食人魔！”叫他们过来！”两个裂谷人跑开了，看起来很高兴有了一个任务，可以让他们远离突然响起的凶猛声音

Wretch. They are unchaining the beasts of burden. I see it clearly, because they're lit up by a sudden bright light, almost like headlights in the distance. I gulp. Oh no. Backup Rifters? But no. Wait. Those are actual headlights. And then I hear a new voice. This one booms, too. From Neon's stomach.... Hang tight, buddy. We're nearly there. Globlet shrieks. "NEON ATE JACK!" I do a double take....

可怜的人。他们正在解开驮兽的锁链。 我看得很清楚，因为它们被一道突然的强光照亮了，就像远处的车灯一样。 我吞咽。哦,不。备份裂缝吗? 但是没有。等待。这些是真正的大灯。 然后我听到一个新的声音。 这个也很繁荣。从Neon的胃.... 坚持住，伙计。我们就快到了。 Globlet尖叫声。“霓虹灯吃了杰克！”我看了两遍....

It takes me a split second to realize what's happening— Neon ate the walkie! And the walkie is working again?! "Jack!" I shout, pressing my head to Neon's belly. "Can you hear me!" "Yes, friend!" It's Quint's voice now. "You came into range hours ago! We've been tracking you—and trying to talk to you. But YOU couldn't hear US!" "I can now!" I say. "Johnny Steve, put the mic up to Neon!" There's a long pause, before— "Who's Johnny Steve? What's Neon?" Before I can answer— KA-KLANG! There's a metal smash and the gate enclosing the golf course BUSTS open! Then the sound of action-movie music blasting and Big Mama is suddenly there, exploding

我只花了一瞬间就意识到发生了什么——霓虹把对讲机吃了！对讲机又能用了吗？！“杰克!”我喊着，把头贴在霓虹的肚子上。 “你能听到我说话吗？”“是的,朋友!”现在是昆特的声音。 “你几个小时前就进入射程了！”我们一直在追踪你，想跟你谈谈。 可是你听不见我们说话！”“我现在可以了！”我说。 “约翰尼·史蒂夫，把麦克风给霓虹！”沉默了很长时间，然后——“约翰尼·史蒂夫是谁？” 氖是什么?”在我回答之前-卡-巴朗！金属被砸碎，包围高尔夫球场的大门突然打开了！然后，动作电影的音乐响起，大妈突然出现了，爆炸了

through the Putt-Putt sign and my friends are leaping into action.... Boom, you be you with a vengeance. I was still a V stop, baby. Yeah, feeling lucky, punks. Well, Aria feeling lucky.

通过Putt-Putt标志，我的朋友们开始行动起来.... 砰，你是你的复仇。 我还是个V音停，宝贝。 感觉很幸运，小混混们。 艾瑞亚觉得自己很幸运