Chapter 15
In the darkness, the toxic urchins glowed and sparked ominously. “I want to go home!” Squishy cried.
“On your marks!” the Greek Council vice president said. “Get set!”
Mike glared at Sulley, and Sulley glared right back as all the teams shifted in place, ready to race. The rest of the Oozmas were behind them, but Mike and Sulley didn’t even notice. This was a grudge match between the two of them.
“GO!” the vice president yelled.
“AHHHH!” Art shouted, charging into the tunnel first. Surprised, the Oozmas and the other teams followed. Art immediately hit a glow urchin and screamed as it sparked and shocked him over and over. “Whoa!” Art yelled. His leg began to swell from the stings.
Then Squishy howled as the urchins stung him, and he stumbled. The PNKs leaped over the falling Oozmas and moved up behind Mike and Sulley.
Mike and Sulley were running neck and neck, carefully navigating the stinging urchins. “That as fast as you can go?” Mike yelled at Sulley.
“Just getting started!” Sulley yelled back as they entered the portion of the dark tunnel with hanging blue urchins.
“Uh, guys!” Don called out from the rear. “We’re falling behind a little. FELLAS?”
A swinging urchin hit Sulley’s arm, and Mike gained the lead. But Sulley put his head down and ran forward, taking hit after hit. He caught up to Mike and ran past him. He could see the ROR team ahead.
Just when Sulley reached his former brothers, he stumbled and fell. The RORs left him in the dust. “Later, loser,” Chet said as Sulley got up with a growl.
Mike suddenly ran past Sulley, but Sulley wasn’t about to give up. He barreled through the urchins, taking shock after shock. But it was the RORs who came out of the tunnel first. The crowd cheered as the council president announced, “Roar Omega Roar wins the event!”
Mike and Sulley leaped across the finish line at the same time, still furious at each other. The crowd was laughing. A photographer called out, “Way to blow it, Oozmas!”
“Hey, second place isn’t bad,” Mike shouted back defensively.
Then he heard the council president say, “Second place, Jaws Theta Chi!”
“What?” Sulley cried in disbelief.
One of the fans yelled, “Your whole team has to cross the finish line!”
“Oh no,” Sulley moaned. The last time he’d seen the Oozmas, they were sprawled across the tunnel floor.
“Third place, EEKs,” said the council vice president. “Fourth place, PNKs ... fifth place, HSS ... and in last place, Oozma Kappa!”
“No, no!” Mike gasped, and then turned to see the last of the bruised and battered Oozmas finally cross the finish line.
“Oozma Kappa has been eliminated!” the Greek Council president announced.
Near panic, Mike stepped back and accidentally bumped into Dean Hardscrabble.
This time she gave him a satisfied grin. “Don’t look so surprised, Mr. Wazowski,” she said. “It would have taken a miracle for you to stay in.”
Mike was nodding numbly when the council president suddenly said, “Attention, everyone, we have an announcement! Jaws Theta Chi has been disqualified. The use of illegal protective gel is cause for elimination.”
“What? It’s moisturizer!” said Big Red, one of the Jaws Theta Chi brothers. The crowd watched as a referee wiped a wad of goop off his arm and then poked him with an urchin. Zap! Big Red’s arm swelled up like a balloon.
“It’s a miracle! Oozma Kappa is back in the games!” the vice president announced.
Dean Hardscrabble’s grin vanished. She glared at Mike. “Your luck will run out eventually,” she told him, and stormed out of the sewer.
Mike looked at Sulley. Then he looked at the rest of the Oozmas, who were swollen, bruised, and waving at him pathetically. “This is going to be harder than I thought,” he muttered.
第 15 章
有毒的刺刺球在黑暗中閃爍著不祥的光芒,史乖寶哭喊道:“我想回家!”
“各就各位!”希臘議會(huì)的副會(huì)長(zhǎng)宣布,“預(yù)備!”
所有的隊(duì)伍都已各自就位,準(zhǔn)備出發(fā)。麥克瞪了一眼毛怪,毛怪也馬上回瞪了一眼麥克。OK會(huì)的其他隊(duì)員站在他們后面,可麥克和毛怪都沒有注意他們。這可是一場(chǎng)兩人恩怨的角逐。
“出發(fā)!”副會(huì)長(zhǎng)喊道。
“啊啊??!”阿拱大喊著第一個(gè)沖進(jìn)管道,OK會(huì)和其他隊(duì)的成員都被阿拱嚇了一跳,緊緊地跟在他后面。剛一進(jìn)去,阿拱就碰到了發(fā)光的刺刺球。刺刺球不斷地閃光,不斷地刺到他身上,疼得他“啊哦”大叫起來,他的腿也因?yàn)楸淮痰?,都腫了起來。
接著,史乖寶同樣被刺刺球刺得哇哇大叫,一個(gè)踉蹌摔倒在地上。粉紅美少女隊(duì)躍過摔倒的OK會(huì)隊(duì)員一路向前追去,直逼麥克和毛怪。
麥克和毛怪并駕齊驅(qū),小心翼翼地避開刺刺球。“這就是你的最快速度?”麥克朝毛怪喊道。
“這不過是熱身而已!”毛怪也對(duì)麥克大喊道。他們一邊喊著,一邊跑入了下一賽段,在這一賽段中,藍(lán)色的刺刺球都懸掛在漆黑的管道上方。
“喂!伙計(jì)們!”老唐在后面喊道,“我們有點(diǎn)兒落后了吧,兄弟們?”
一個(gè)蕩來蕩去的刺刺球突然刺到了毛怪的胳膊,麥克暫時(shí)獲得了領(lǐng)先。但毛怪立刻低下頭朝前面狂奔,盡管一路上不斷被刺刺球刺到,最終還是趕超了麥克。他看到精嚇會(huì)隊(duì)就在前面。
眼看著就要追上精嚇會(huì)隊(duì)了,可毛怪突然被絆倒在地上。他一邊怒吼著一邊爬起來,只見精嚇會(huì)隊(duì)揚(yáng)塵而去,他們隊(duì)中的喳喳還扭頭對(duì)毛怪喊道:“再見啦,失敗的家伙!”
麥克突然超過了毛怪,可毛怪不會(huì)就這樣放棄。他飛奔著穿過刺刺球陣,任憑它們一下又一下刺在自己身上。但是,最終還是精嚇會(huì)隊(duì)奪得了第一名。議會(huì)會(huì)長(zhǎng)宣布道:“精嚇會(huì)隊(duì)在本輪勝出!”人群瞬間沸騰起來。
麥克和毛怪同時(shí)躍過了終點(diǎn)線,直到這一刻,他們還在生對(duì)方的氣。圍觀的人群大笑起來,一位攝影師朝他們喊道:“OK會(huì),你們太爛了!”
“嘿,第二名也不錯(cuò)啊。”麥克反擊道。
接著他就聽到議會(huì)的會(huì)長(zhǎng)宣布:“第二名,健將兄弟會(huì)隊(duì)!”
“什么?”毛怪難以置信地大聲喊道。
一位粉絲告訴他們:“你們得整個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)都沖過終點(diǎn)才行!”
“不是吧!”毛怪抱怨道。他想起自己之前看到OK會(huì)的其他成員時(shí),他們都還四仰八叉地躺在下水道地面上。
“第三名,熔巖城隊(duì)!”議會(huì)的副會(huì)長(zhǎng)宣布道,“第四名,美少女隊(duì)!第五名,黑絲絲隊(duì)!最后一名,OK會(huì)隊(duì)!”
“不,不!”麥克倒抽了一口氣。接著,他轉(zhuǎn)過頭,只見最后的幾個(gè)OK會(huì)成員姍姍來遲,總算是越過了終點(diǎn),一個(gè)個(gè)都鼻青臉腫的。
“OK會(huì)隊(duì)被淘汰!”希臘議會(huì)會(huì)長(zhǎng)宣布道。
麥克開始慌了,他往后退了幾步,一不小心撞到了郝刻薄院長(zhǎng)身上。
這一次,院長(zhǎng)對(duì)著麥克滿意地笑了笑,說道:“別這么吃驚,華斯基先生。你們要是能贏,那得是個(gè)多大的奇跡啊。”
麥克麻木地點(diǎn)著頭。突然,會(huì)長(zhǎng)宣布道:“大家請(qǐng)注意!宣布一項(xiàng)通知!健將兄弟會(huì)隊(duì)被取消參賽資格,因?yàn)樗麄冞`規(guī)使用了防護(hù)膠作弊。”
健將兄弟會(huì)的大紅怪反駁道:“什么?那是潤(rùn)膚膏!”眾目睽睽之下,一位裁判走上前,從他的胳膊上刮下了一堆黏糊糊的東西,然后用刺刺球刺了他一下。糟糕!大紅怪的胳膊立刻像個(gè)氣球一樣腫了起來。
“奇跡發(fā)生了!”副會(huì)長(zhǎng)宣布道,“OK會(huì)隊(duì)繼續(xù)參加比賽!”
郝刻薄院長(zhǎng)臉上的笑容消失了,她瞪著麥克說:“你們不會(huì)一直都這么走運(yùn)的。”說完,她怒氣沖沖地離開了下水道。
麥克看看毛怪,又看看OK會(huì)的其他隊(duì)員。他們一個(gè)個(gè)又青又腫,可憐地?fù)]著手。“比賽沒我想象的那么簡(jiǎn)單。”麥克喃喃低語道。