13 A Hero’s Reception

Chapter Thirteen A Hero's Reception "Foggy, can you go back in after him, please?" asked Finn. "Who knows what he's getting up to in there." "On it, young Finn," said Foggy. He started to dive back into the tunnel, when suddenly Jern burst out onto the surface. "Jeez, you jamokes sure like to talk," said the bug. "Flap gums. Chew the fat. Flip the burgers." "Please, Jern," said Abigail. "Get out of the way." "Why, you going after Sergeant-at-Arms Vale Gil?" he laughed. "Yes!" shouted Finn. "Now please move. We need to get in there." "Sure thing," said the beetle. "But you're not getting back in there anytime soon."

“福吉，你能跟着他进去吗？”芬恩问。 “谁知道他在里面想干什么。” “这就去，小芬恩。”福吉说。 他开始往隧道里钻，突然，杰恩跳出来了。 “天啊，你们这些笨蛋真喜欢说话。”虫子说。 ”皮瓣牙龈。咀嚼脂肪。翻转汉堡。” “求你了，简。”阿比盖尔说。 “别挡道。”“怎么，你要去找吉尔中士吗？”他笑道。 “是的！”芬恩喊道。“现在请移动。 我们需要进入那里。”“当然，”甲虫说。 “但你短期内回不去了。”

Following the beetle, one at a time, were ninety-seven of his closest friends, all scurrying out to the surface. Ten minutes went by before the stream finally ended. "Okay, here I go," said Foggy. "No, wait," said Abigail. "Vale could be anywhere in there by now. If you go in, then we'll have lost two of you." "What is that jamoke even doing back in there?" said Jern.

跟在甲虫后面的，是它的97个最亲密的朋友，一个个地向水面跑去。 十分钟过去了，溪水终于停了。 “好吧，我走了。”福吉说。 “不，等等。”阿比盖尔说。“瓦尔现在可能在里面的任何地方。 如果你们进去，我们就会失去你们两个。” “那家伙在后面干什么？”

"No idea," said Finn. "But Abigail is right. The best thing we can do is get back to the pod and get it ready to fly out of here. We can't stand around and wait for Saphrite to notice us again and send her antibodies. We won't leave without Vale, but let's give him time to get himself out of there first." The troop ran back to the explorer pod. The antibody ants had done a number on it. The outside was heavily scratched. But there were no cracks in the windshield, and when Abigail powered on the pod, there was no doubt it would be able to take off. "Let's fly it over to the belly button," said Elias. "So if Vale gets out, we can grab him and go." "You mean, when he gets out," said Finn. But truth be told, they were all worried. Abigail launched the pod and flew it toward the tunnel. But before it got even halfway there, an enormous claw rose from the ground. It swatted at the pod, knocking it off course and bouncing it off the hard ground. Or, off Saphrite's hard hide. The explorers looked up to find Saphrite's giant, yellow eye looking right at them.

“不知道，”芬恩说。但阿比盖尔是对的。 我们现在能做的就是回到舱里，准备好飞出去。 我们不能傻站着等蓝宝石再次注意到我们然后给她送抗体。 我们不会丢下维尔不走，但我们得给他时间，让他先离开那里。” 队伍跑回探险舱。 抗体蚂蚁对它的影响很大。 外面被严重划伤了。 但是挡风玻璃上没有裂缝，当阿比盖尔启动吊舱时，毫无疑问它能够起飞。 “让我们飞到肚脐上，”伊莱亚斯说。 “所以如果维尔出来了，我们就可以抓住他离开。” “你是说，等他出来的时候。”芬恩说。 但说实话，他们都很担心。 阿比盖尔发射了吊舱，飞向隧道。 但还没走到一半，一只巨大的爪子就从地上伸出来了。 它猛击太空舱，把它撞离了轨道，撞到坚硬的地面上。 或者，摘掉蓝宝石坚硬的皮。 探险者们抬起头来，发现蓝宝石那只巨大的黄眼睛正盯着他们。

"She definitely knows we're here," said Abigail. She pulled up on the levers, but Saphrite's claw swiped again, knocking the pod back down to the ground where it skidded to a stop. Abigail tried to lift off again, but Saphrite caught the pod in her paw like a baseball. "What do we do?" said Abigail. "Every time I try to outmaneuver her, she's quicker than our ship." BOOM! Saphrite slammed the pod to the ground, just beside the belly button. The bugs, scared to be caught up in Saphrite's rage, all scattered. "Okay, it's okay," said Elias. "Let's just think."

“她肯定知道我们在这里。”阿比盖尔说。 她拉住操纵杆，但蓝宝石的爪子又一挥，把荚果撞倒在地，它滑了下来，停了下来。 阿比盖尔想再次起飞，但蓝宝石用爪子像抓棒球一样抓住了荚果。 “我们怎么办？”阿比盖尔问。 “每次我试图用战术胜过她，她都比我们的船快。” 繁荣!蓝宝石把荚果摔在地上，就在肚脐旁边。 那些虫子，害怕被萨菲丽特的愤怒所吸引，都散开了。 “好吧，没关系，”伊莱亚斯说。 “让我们想想。”

"Yes," said Foggy. "We just need to put our heads together and puzzle this out." CRACK! Saphrite began to squeeze the pod, pressing it down into the ground. She was trying to crack the pod open like an egg. CRACK! CRACKCRACKCRACK! "That does not sound good," said Finn. "I don't know how much more of this the ship can take!" said Abigail. CRACK! WHOOOOOP! An alarm began to sound on the explorer pod. The ship was going to break open any second. "Think!" Finn said to himself. "Think. There has to be a way out of this." "I don't think there is," said Elias. Suddenly, there was a strange cry from Saphrite's belly button. "BWWWAAAAAIIIINNNNSSSS!" A hand poked out of the belly button. It was followed by an arm, and then another arm. It looked like a zombie climbing out of its grave. "BWWWAAAAAIIIINNNNNNSSS!!" came the voice again.

“是的，”福吉说。“我们只需要集思广益，解决这个问题。” 裂缝!蓝宝石开始挤压豆荚，把它压在地上。 她想把荚果像鸡蛋一样敲开。 裂缝!CRACKCRACKCRACK !“听起来不太好，”芬恩说。 “我不知道这艘船还能承受多少！” 裂缝!WHOOOOOP !探险舱上响起了警报声。 这艘船随时都可能破裂。 “想!”芬恩自言自语道。 ”的想法。一定有办法解决这个问题。” “我认为没有，”伊莱亚斯说。 突然，蓝宝石的肚脐发出一声奇怪的叫声。 “BWWWAAAAAIIIINNNNSSSS !”一只手从肚脐伸出来。 接着是一只手臂，然后是另一只手臂。 它看起来就像一个从坟墓里爬出来的僵尸。 “呜——呜——呜——呜——呜——呜——呜——呜——呜！”那个声音又传来了。

Vale's head poked out of the belly button. And just a second later, he leapt to the surface of the planet. On his back, holding on with all four of his arms, was the alien who had greeted them in the first stomach. "Hey, guys!" shouted Vale. "I'm back. Thanks for waiting. Remember this guy? The zombie guy? Guess what? Turns out his name is Elav. That's like my name backward. Hey, are you guys okay? You look worried. Were you worried about me? Oh, that's so sweet." The explorers were all stunned. They couldn't think of a single thing to say, even as Saphrite continued swatting at their ship. "I'm just kidding," said Vale. "I know you're really worried about the pod. One sec. Elav, give me a hand?"

维尔的头从肚脐里探了出来。 就在一秒钟之后，他跳到了地球表面。 在他的背上，用他的四只胳膊抱着，是在第一个胃里迎接他们的那个外星人。 “嘿，伙计们！” “我回来了。让你久等了。 还记得这个人吗？那个僵尸男？ 你猜怎么着?原来他叫艾拉。 就像我名字的倒过来。 嘿，你们没事吧？你看起来很担心。 你担心我吗？ 哦，那太甜蜜了。”探险者们都惊呆了。 他们想不出一句话说，即使蓝宝石继续拍打着他们的飞船。 “我只是在开玩笑，”瓦尔说。 “我知道你很担心豆荚。 等一下，艾拉，帮我一下？”