Chapter 7
Mike desperately chased the pig as it bolted through campus. When he finally got close enough, he made a flying leap onto Archie’s back and grabbed the Fear Tech blanket that was strapped around the critter’s body.
“Yeah!” Sulley cheered, watching Mike bounce up and down on Archie’s back. “Ride it to Frat Row!”
Mike winced as Archie barely missed a guitar-playing student, who was crooning a ballad to several girls. Then Sulley crashed through the little group and sent them all sprawling. Laughing, he raced after Archie and Mike, who were heading toward the party lights of Frat Row.
Still at top speed, Mike rode Archie through several fraternity parties of dancing monsters. Sulley grabbed a piece of pizza off a Ping-Pong table in one house as he passed by. “Yeah!” he cheered again as they all raced out the back door.
Mike suddenly saw his roommate, Randy. “Cupcake?” Randy asked. Mike couldn’t stop Archie from smashing into Randy. His cupcakes sailed into the air and splatted down on his head, one by one, spelling out LAME.
Mike and Archie veered around a corner and made a direct hit into a husky monster playing football outside. The impact left Mike gasping on the ground while Archie continued running. Sulley leaped over Mike, chasing the scare pig.
But Archie still had Mike’s hat. Desperate, Mike looked around and noticed a trash can at the end of a row of bikes. Archie was running right by them.
Mike stood up, grabbed the husky monster’s football, and timed his throw perfectly. It hit the first bike and the rest fell like dominoes, knocking the trash can right into Archie’s path. Unable to stop himself, Archie ran into the can. Mike dashed over, picked up the squealing creature, and grabbed his MU hat. “Ha-ha!” he yelled triumphantly.
Just then, Sulley grabbed them both and hoisted them into the air like a trophy. “Fear Tech’s mascot! MU rules!” he shouted to the partying students.
As the crowd cheered, someone slapped an MU sticker over Archie’s Fear Tech blanket. Mike was beginning to feel like a hero as the crowd chanted, “MU! MU! MU!”
Several fraternity brothers headed toward him. “Did you see him catch that pig? You are Jaws Theta Chi material, freshman!”
Mike was so f lattered. “Well, thanks, I didn’t know the —” he started to say, but the fraternity boys walked right past him and over to Sulley.
“No, no,” another fraternity boy said, patting Sulley on the back. “He’s an Omega Howl guy.”
Mike was feeling pretty annoyed, when a voice suddenly called out, “I’ll take it from here, gentlemen!” Everyone turned to see a huge monster with large horns and terrifying fangs step forward from the crowd. He wore a jacket with the letters “ROR” on it.
The horned monster lumbered up to Sulley. “Johnny Worthington,” he said, introducing himself, “president of Roar Omega Roar. What’s your name, Big Blue?”
“Jimmy Sullivan. Friends call me Sulley.”
“Whoa! This guy’s a Sullivan!” exclaimed Chet, another ROR member.
“Chet, calm down,” Johnny said. Then he turned to Sulley. “Any freshman with the guts to pull off a stunt like that has got ‘Future Scarer’ written all over him.”
Sulley nodded smugly. Johnny and the RORs quickly swept Sulley into their fraternity house while Mike trailed along behind. “Did you see me ride the pig? That took guts!” he called after them.
Chet turned and stopped Mike at the door. “Slow down, squirt. This party’s for scare students only.”
Johnny leaned down to Mike’s level. “Sorry, killer, but you might want to hang out with someone a little more your speed. You know, like those guys.” Johnny pointed to a presentation that another fraternity had set up nearby. A group of awkward-looking monsters surrounded a table, which was decorated with kiddie balloons and cake. The sign said OOZMA KAPPA.
Mike looked at them, horrified. One of them yelled, “Oh, hey dere! Wanna join Oozma Kappa? We have cake!”
Mike stared at Johnny in disbelief. “Is that a joke?” he asked.
Johnny sighed with annoyance. “Sulley, talk to your friend,” he said.
“Well,” Sulley replied, “he’s not really my friend, but sure.” He turned to Mike. “You heard him; this is a party for scare students.”
Mike was exasperated. “I am a scare student!”
Sulley shrugged. “I mean, for scare students who actually, you know, have a chance.” The remark cut Mike to the core. His eye narrowed angrily as the RORs laughed.
“My chances are as good as yours!” Mike f ired back. “You just wait, hotshot! I’m gonna scare circles around you this year.”
“Okay,” Sulley said, laughing as he headed into the ROR house with his new friends. “I’d like to see that.”
“Oh, don’t worry,” Mike said as he put on his MU hat and walked away. “You will.”
第 7 章
阿奇在校園里一路狂奔,麥克跟在后面拼了命地追。眼看就要追上了,麥克騰空一躍,一下子騎到阿奇身上,用手死死揪住綁在它身上的那張恐理的毯子。
“耶!”毛怪歡呼道,看著麥克在阿奇的背上彈上跳下,“騎著它去‘兄弟會(huì)街’!”
阿奇一路飛跑,差點(diǎn)撞上一個(gè)彈著吉他、給姑娘們哼唱民謠的怪獸,而麥克騎在阿奇身上,被嚇得齜牙咧嘴。緊接著毛怪也從那一小群怪獸中間沖了過(guò)去,把他們撞得人仰馬翻。毛怪一邊大笑,一邊緊緊追趕著阿奇和麥克,他們正朝著“兄弟會(huì)街”上派對(duì)的燈光沖過(guò)去。
阿奇馱著麥克繼續(xù)全力飛奔,從幾群正在跳舞的兄弟會(huì)成員之間穿過(guò)。毛怪經(jīng)過(guò)一幢房子時(shí),還順手從一張乒乓桌上抓了塊比薩吃。他們沖出后門(mén)時(shí),毛怪又歡呼了一聲:“耶!”
突然間,麥克看到了他的室友藍(lán)道,他正在分發(fā)蛋糕。“來(lái)一個(gè)嗎?”藍(lán)道問(wèn)著。誰(shuí)料阿奇朝著藍(lán)道沖去,麥克根本控制不住。結(jié)果,蛋糕被撞得四散著飛向空中,又一個(gè)接一個(gè)地掉在藍(lán)道頭上,拼出了“跛子”的字樣。
阿奇馱著麥克來(lái)了個(gè)急轉(zhuǎn)彎,迎頭撞上了一個(gè)正在打橄欖球的強(qiáng)壯怪獸。麥克被撞得趴在地上喘粗氣,而阿奇還在往前沖。毛怪直接躍過(guò)麥克,繼續(xù)追趕驚嚇豬。
而阿奇依舊叼著麥克的帽子。絕望之中,麥克四下張望,發(fā)現(xiàn)前方一排自行車的末尾有個(gè)垃圾桶,阿奇正順著那排車跑呢。
麥克站起身來(lái),抄起強(qiáng)壯怪獸的那只橄欖球,精確地計(jì)算了一下時(shí)間,把球擲了出去。橄欖球砸倒了第一輛自行車,其余的自行車就像多米諾骨牌一樣接連倒下,最后撞倒了垃圾桶,正倒在阿奇前面。阿奇速度太快,根本停不下來(lái),一下子就沖到了垃圾桶里。麥克飛奔過(guò)去,拎起那頭正在號(hào)叫的豬,一把奪回了他的“怪大”帽子,勝利地喊道:“哈哈!”
就在那時(shí),毛怪突然像舉戰(zhàn)利品似的把他倆高高舉到空中。“恐理的吉祥物!怪大的老規(guī)矩!”毛怪朝正在參加派對(duì)的學(xué)生們喊道。
大家都?xì)g呼起來(lái),有個(gè)學(xué)生在阿奇那張恐理的毯子上用力一拍,貼上了怪大的標(biāo)簽。大家都在高喊著“怪大!怪大!怪大!”,此時(shí)的麥克開(kāi)始感到,自己就像個(gè)英雄。
幾個(gè)兄弟會(huì)成員朝他走過(guò)來(lái),邊走邊說(shuō):“你看到他抓住那只豬了嗎?你應(yīng)該加入我們健將兄弟會(huì),新來(lái)的!”
麥克高興極了,說(shuō)道:“這個(gè),謝謝,我還不知道……”話還沒(méi)說(shuō)完,這幾個(gè)兄弟會(huì)成員便直接走過(guò)他身邊,朝毛怪走去。
“那可不行,”另一個(gè)兄弟會(huì)的一名成員拍了拍毛怪說(shuō),“他一定得加入歐米茄怒吼社。”
麥克非常生氣。這時(shí)一個(gè)聲音傳來(lái):“先生們,這位兄弟歸我們了!”大家都轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身,只見(jiàn)一只巨大的怪獸從人群中走上前來(lái),他長(zhǎng)著巨大的犄角和恐怖的尖牙,穿著一件印有“精嚇會(huì)”字樣的夾克衫。
這只長(zhǎng)著角的怪獸朝毛怪緩緩走過(guò)來(lái)。“我是強(qiáng)尼·沃新頓,大家都叫我強(qiáng)哥。”他自我介紹道,“我是精嚇兄弟會(huì)的會(huì)長(zhǎng)。你叫什么,藍(lán)色大個(gè)子?”
“詹姆士·蘇利文。朋友們都叫我毛怪。”
“哇!他是蘇利文家的!”精嚇會(huì)的另一名成員喳喳驚嘆道。
“喳喳,冷靜點(diǎn)兒,”強(qiáng)哥說(shuō)。緊接著他又轉(zhuǎn)向毛怪說(shuō)道,“敢這樣惡整恐理的新生,將來(lái)絕對(duì)是‘驚嚇專員’的料。”
毛怪沾沾自喜地點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭。很快,強(qiáng)哥和其他精嚇會(huì)的成員就把毛怪拉進(jìn)了兄弟會(huì)的會(huì)所里,而麥克則跟在他們后面。“嘿!看見(jiàn)我騎那頭豬了嗎?我也很猛的!”他朝前面喊道。
喳喳轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身,將麥克堵在門(mén)口說(shuō)道:“站住,小矮子。這個(gè)派對(duì)只有驚嚇專業(yè)的學(xué)生才能參加。”
強(qiáng)哥彎下腰湊到麥克跟前說(shuō):“抱歉了同學(xué),你應(yīng)該和與你差不多的小伙伴一起玩兒,比如……那幾個(gè)。”說(shuō)著強(qiáng)哥指了指旁邊另一個(gè)兄弟會(huì)的展板。一群看起來(lái)傻乎乎的怪獸圍在一個(gè)桌子旁,上面裝飾著小孩子玩的氣球,還有蛋糕。他們的標(biāo)語(yǔ)上寫(xiě)著“OK會(huì)”。
麥克震驚地看著他們,其中一個(gè)怪獸大聲喊著:“噢,嘿,你好!想加入OK會(huì)嗎?我們有蛋糕哦!”
麥克疑惑地看著強(qiáng)哥問(wèn)道:“你在開(kāi)玩笑嗎?”
強(qiáng)哥不耐煩地嘆了口氣說(shuō):“毛怪,勸勸你朋友吧。”
毛怪回應(yīng)道:“好吧,其實(shí)我跟他算不上朋友,不過(guò),也行。”他轉(zhuǎn)向麥克:“你聽(tīng)見(jiàn)啦,只有驚嚇專業(yè)的學(xué)生才能參加這個(gè)派對(duì)。”
麥克被激怒了,喊道:“我就是驚嚇專業(yè)的學(xué)生!”
毛怪聳了聳肩說(shuō):“我是說(shuō),那些……真正有希望成為驚嚇專員的學(xué)生。”這話戳到了麥克的痛處,他憤怒地瞇起了眼,而精嚇會(huì)的成員們卻哈哈大笑。
“我和你們一樣有機(jī)會(huì)當(dāng)上驚嚇專員!”麥克還擊道,“不信走著瞧!今年我一定把你們嚇得團(tuán)團(tuán)轉(zhuǎn)!”
“好啊,”毛怪邊說(shuō)邊大笑著和他的新朋友們走進(jìn)了精嚇會(huì)的會(huì)所,“我拭目以待。”
“哼,別擔(dān)心,”麥克說(shuō)著,戴上他“怪大”的帽子走開(kāi)了,“你會(huì)看到那一刻的。”