╗ ╚ 【書名】：Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice – Cross Fire 【作者】：[美] Kogge Michael麥可·科格 【類型】：電影衍生小說 【簡介】： Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice – Cross Fire Cross Fire穿越火線（蝙蝠侠對超人：正義曙光 前傳） Batman flung a Batarang at the drone, knocking it back through the window where it crashed inside. His next Batarang struck the second drone dead center, slicing it in half. Both chunks fell into the weeds. 蝙蝠俠朝無人機扔出一枚蝙蝠鏢，將其擊退並穿過窗戶掉進屋內。他的下一枚蝙蝠鏢正中第二架無人機，將其切成兩半。兩塊殘骸都掉在了雜草叢中。 With the element of surprise gone, Batman didn’t pick the lock of the bay door. He just kicked it down. 既然已無意外因素，蝙蝠俠便沒有去撬開船艙的門鎖，直接將門踢開了。 “Who do we have here?” said a crazed voice. “Could I have woken up Batman?” 「這裡是誰啊？」一個瘋狂的聲音說道。「難道我吵醒了蝙蝠俠？」 The speaker was none other than Doctor Babrius Aesop. Standing at the other end of the factory, he wore a dirty lab coat and lens-less glasses. About thirty more drones hovered around him. The tips of their protruding lasers glowed brightly. 說話的人正是布歷士·艾索普博士。他站在工廠的另一端，身上穿著髒兮兮的實驗室外套，戴著沒有鏡片的眼鏡。在他周圍還有三十多架無人機盤旋著，那些無人機伸出的激光器尖端發著明亮的光芒。 “Order them to switch off, Aesop,” Batman said. “You are ill. I will take you back to Arkham where you will get the help you need.” 「命令他們關閉吧，艾索普，」蝙蝠俠說。「你生病了。我會帶你回阿卡姆，你在那裡能得到所需的幫助。」 “You know what kind of help they give? They lock you up in a cell. Padded, so you don’t hurt yourself. Then they talk to you. They talk and talk and talk, asking questions, trying to figure out what disturbs you. And I tell them. I tell them the only thing that disturbs me is Bruce Wayne. I tell them I’m the way I am because of the way he and his company cronies treated me. How they stole my ideas and discredited me.” 「你知道他們提供什麼樣的幫助嗎？他們把你關在牢房裡。牢房裡有軟墊，這樣你不會傷到自己。然後他們和你談話。不停地談，提問題，試圖弄清楚是什麼在打擾你。我告訴他們。我告訴他們，唯一打擾我的就是布魯斯·韋恩。我告訴他們，我變成這副模樣，都是因為他和他的同夥對我的態度。他們偷走了我的點子，還貶低我。」 “I heard you wanted to commercialize the technology,” Batman said. “Technology that wasn’t ready.” 「我聽說你想將這項技術商業化，」蝙蝠俠說。「但那項技術還沒有準備好。」 “It was ready—and if those buffoons hadn’t gotten in the way, I could’ve made billions! The world would be kneeling before me, Doctor Babrius Aesop, and my drone army.” 「一切都已準備就緒——要不是那些蠢貨攔路，我本可以賺取數十億！全世界都會向我下跪，布歷士·艾索普醫生，還有我的無人機軍隊。」 “Perhaps Mister Wayne did you a favor,” Batman said. “Perhaps he saw your madness and stopped you from doing something terrible.” 「也許韋恩先生幫了你一個忙，」蝙蝠俠說。「也許他看出了你的瘋狂，阻止了你做出什麼可怕的事。」 “He only stoked my wrath, Batman. And he will pay. Bruce Wayne will pay.” 「他只是激怒了我而已，蝙蝠俠。他必須付出代價。布魯斯·韋恩會讓他付出代價的。」 Batman took up a fighting stance. “You’ll have to get past me first, Doctor Aesop.” 蝙蝠俠擺出戰鬥姿勢。「你得先過了我這一關，艾索普博士。」 “I welcome that challenge. My Drone Strike Team needs a quality test.” Doctor Aesop stepped behind the drones and made a cutting gesture at Batman. “Elite Drone One, attack this intruder!” 「我接受這個挑戰。我的無人機攻擊小組需要一場實戰測試。」艾索普博士走到無人機後方，對蝙蝠俠做了個蔑視的手勢。「精英無人機一號，攻擊這個入侵者！」 “Affirmative,” said the lead drone with the red lights. 「確認，」那架帶有紅燈的領導無人機說。 In unison, the drones unleashed their lasers. But Batman was too fast. He jumped atop a workbench and began to leapfrog from bench to bench, hurling Batarangs at the drones. Caught off guard, two more drones met their end. One was propelled into a manufacturing machine, the other sent twirling outside. 無人機們同時發射了雷射光。但蝙蝠俠動作太快了。他跳上工作檯，然後一個工作檯接一個工作檯地跳躍，同時向無人機投擲巴特蘭。措手不及的兩架無人機被擊毀：一架被撞進了製造機中，另一架則被撞飛到外面。 The elite drone rotated itself in Batman’s direction, needing a moment to recharge its lasers before firing again. This shot singed Batman’s cape as he somersaulted in the air. Four more laser beams came at Batman, so close he could feel the heat. He landed on the floor, and rolled, scattering gimbal casings. He scooped up a bunch of axis rings and flung them at the nearest drone. Instead of firing at Batman, the drone and its companions blasted the rings. One of the machines was destroyed in the cross fire. 那架精英級無人機轉向了蝙蝠俠的方向，需要片刻時間為激光武器充能才能再次開火。當蝙蝠俠在半空中翻滾時，激光擊中了他的斗篷。又有四道激光束射向蝙蝠俠，距離近到他都能感受到熱度。他跌落在地面並翻滾著，將無人機的零件甩得到處都是。他撿起幾個軸承環，朝最近的無人機扔去。無人機沒有繼續攻擊蝙蝠俠，反而用激光轟擊了那些軸承環。其中一架無人機在交火中被摧毀了。 This gave Batman precious seconds to run toward Doctor Aesop while the drones’ lasers recharged. 這為蝙蝠俠爭取了寶貴的幾秒鐘，讓他能在無人機的雷射武器重新充能之際，跑向艾索普博士。 Aesop did not flee. He merely chuckled. “You won’t evade them forever. They’ll wear you down. And when I’ve built an army of them, I’ll throw all the other men like you into Arkham Asylum to wail and wither.” 艾索普並未逃跑。他只是輕笑一聲。「你無法永遠躲開他們。他們會把你耗垮的。等我把這些人組建成一支軍隊之後，就會把所有像你這樣的人扔進阿卡姆精神病院，讓他們在那裡哀號、枯萎。」 “You’re mistaken,” Batman said. “There are no other men like me.” 「你搞錯了，」蝙蝠俠說。「沒有像我這樣的人。」 He ducked a barrage of lasers and cast three more Batarangs at the drones. Just one hit a target, but it did the work of three. The struck drone flipped and careened into the drone hovering beside it, which in turn did the same to its neighbor. Entangled, their spinner blades bit into each other, cutting through the poles. The three drones collapsed in a heap. 他躲過了密集的激光攻擊，又向那些無人機投擲了三枚蝙蝠鏢。只有一枚擊中了目標，但效果卻相當於三枚一起擊中。被擊中的無人機翻滾著撞上了旁邊的無人機，後者又對著再旁的無人機做了同樣的事。三架無人機相互纏繞在一起，旋轉槳葉互相砍擊，切斷了機身支架。三架無人機最終一起倒地。 “Do you really want to continue this?” Batman asked. 「你真的想繼續下去嗎？」蝙蝠俠問道。 “Elite Drone One, full fury mode.” 「精英無人機一號，全威力模式。」 “Affirmative.” 「同意。」 The drone’s blades whirled so fast they became a blur. It darted at Batman, up and down, all around him, shooting short precise beams that didn’t require recharging. Batman dived, rolled, and threw Batarang after Batarang. He destroyed a few more drones, but the elite drone was too quick. One of the drone’s lasers lanced Batman’s leg. Another needled him in the side. A third nailed him in the chest. He fell, whacking a table on his way to the ground. Steel filings needled his suit. This time he did more than wince. 無人機的螺旋槳轉動得極快，幾乎看不清輪廓。它在上上下下、周圍各處飛來飛去，發射出無需充電的精確激光束。蝙蝠俠縱身一躍、翻滾著，不斷投擲蝙蝠鏢。他又摧毀了幾架無人機，但那架精英型無人機實在太快了。其中一束激光擊中了蝙蝠俠的腿部，另一束刺中了他的側身，第三束則扎中了他的胸膛。他倒下時撞到了桌子。鋼屑刺入了他的戰衣。這次，他可不只是微微一顫而已。 “Thus ends the mighty Batman,” Aesop said. “Elite Drone One, finish him.” 「強大的蝙蝠俠就此落幕了，」艾索普說。「精英無人機一號，解決他吧。」 Batman lifted his head. The elite drone’s laser was recharging for a powerful blast. Doctor Aesop was grinning. Out of all the criminals he had apprehended, out of all perilous places from which he had emerged alive, was this how it ended? 蝙蝠俠抬起頭。那架精英無人機的雷射正重新充能，準備發動強力攻擊。艾索普醫生露出笑容。在他逮捕的所有罪犯中，在他從所有危險境地中生還之後，事情竟會以這種方式結束？ Batman would not go out like this. He refused. “Always,” Batman muttered, “turn a bad situation … into good.” 蝙蝠俠不會這樣離開的。他拒絕了。「總是，」蝙蝠俠低語道，「把糟糕的狀況……轉變成好事。」 Aesop knitted his brows. “What?” 艾索普皺起了眉頭。「什麼？」 “The moral of your fable,” Batman said, “of the bat and the weasel.” 「你這個故事的寓意是什麼？」蝙蝠俠說，「就是蝙蝠和黃鼠狼的故事。」 Batman crushed a capsule on his Utility Belt. The world suddenly became one of a dense dark black smoke. 蝙蝠俠按下工具腰帶上的按鈕。整個世界瞬間被濃密的黑色煙霧所覆蓋。 出版日期：2016年2月 |
