双语漫威故事《星爵》 第四章

Chapter　4

第四章

 

Early the next morning, Peter picked up Captain Marvel and they went to see Cosmo at his office. To Captain Marvel’s credit, if she was surprised that the entire space station’s security was the responsibility of a talking Earth dog, she didn’t show it. But then again, she was probably used to seeing a lot of strange stuff during her work with the Avengers.

第二天一大早，彼得带着惊奇队长去了科斯莫的办公室。看到这么大的空间站的安保工作竟是由一条来自地球的狗负责的，惊奇队长内心非常惊讶，但却没有表现出来，也许是这么多年来和复仇者们并肩作战，很多事儿都见怪不怪了。

 

“Nice to make your acquaintance, Carol,” Cosmo said. “May I call you Carol?”

“很高兴认识你，卡罗尔，”科斯莫打着招呼，“我可以叫你卡罗尔吗？”

 

“Uh, yes, feel free,” Captain Marvel responded as she shook Cosmo’s paw.

“嗯，好呀，都行。”惊奇队长握了握科斯莫的爪子。

 

“Thank you. Would you like some kibble?” Cosmo asked as he pushed a little dish of dog food across the desk to Captain Marvel.

“谢谢，要不要来点儿零食？”科斯莫推过一小盘狗粮给惊奇队长。

 

“Oh, no, thank you,” Captain Marvel replied politely.

“不用了，还是谢谢你。”惊奇队长礼貌地拒绝了。

 

“So. How can I help you?” asked Cosmo as he gnawed away on a bone.

“那么，我能为你做些什么？”科斯莫啃着根骨头说。

 

But before Captain Marvel would say anything about the mission, she told Peter to ask his friend a few questions that only the real Cosmo would know the answer to.

在惊奇队长透露任务之前，她让彼得去打听打听，准备几个只有真正的科斯莫才会知道答案的问题。

 

“Where did I get this scratch last week?” asked Peter, pointing to a small abrasion on his arm.

“上周我这儿是怎么划伤的？”彼得指着手臂上的一处小伤口问。

 

“That probably happened when we were forced to give Rocket a bath,” said Cosmo, “on account of those radioactive space ticks that he picked up.”

“可能是我们迫不得已给火箭洗澡那回，”科斯莫说，“他不是长了有放射性的太空虱子嘛。”

 

“It’s true,” Peter confirmed. “Rocket hates baths. He was scratching and biting the whole time.”

“是的，”彼得确认道，“火箭他最讨厌洗澡了，所以一直都在抓啊挠啊咬啊。”

 

“Ask him one more, please,” Captain Marvel requested. “Just to be sure.”

“再问个问题吧，”惊奇队长建议，“以防万一。”

 

“What game do you like to play in the hologram video game system?” Peter asked.

“你最喜欢玩的全息电子游戏是什么？”彼得问。

 

“The one where you get to chase a mailman with rocket-boots,” Cosmo replied.

“就那个用火箭靴去追邮递员的。”科斯莫答道。

 

It was true. Peter had played that game with him before. It was pretty boring. You just chased the mailman, caught him, and chased him again—over and over.

没错。这游戏彼得之前和他玩过几次，其实挺无聊的，就一路追邮递员，追上了抓住他，再接着追——没完没了。

 

“That’s Cosmo for sure,” Peter confirmed.

“这肯定是真的科斯莫。”彼得十分确定。

 

“Now what’s with all the strange questions?” asked Cosmo.

“干吗要问这些奇怪的问题？”科斯莫很疑惑。

 

Captain Marvel filled him in about the missing Skrull agent and the pieces of the Ultimate Nullifier.

惊奇队长赶紧告诉他关于逃走的斯克鲁尔人和终极抹除者碎片的事儿。

 

“So you asked those questions to make sure a Skrull hadn’t taken my shape and was pretending to be me,” Cosmo realized. “Very smart.”

“所以你才问我这些问题，确认斯克鲁尔人没有变成我的模样假装是我，”科斯莫反应过来，“很机智嘛。”

 

Cosmo took the Skrull threat very seriously. He didn’t want to be known as the head of security who let a dangerous criminal get away with one of the most powerful weapons in the universe. How would that look on his résumé? Not very good!

科斯莫很严肃地对待这次斯克鲁尔人的威胁。他可不想做个无能的安全主管，让犯罪分子在眼皮子底下溜走，更何况还携带着宇宙中最危险的一件武器。这一笔要是写进档案可不好，很不好！

 

Cosmo assigned his best security officer, Deputy Yon-Rogg, to work with them. Yon-Rogghad lived on Knowhere for many years and knew everyone who made their home there. If someone was acting strangely, or something was out of place, Yon-Rogg would be able to spot it.

科斯莫马上指派他最得力的助手，副官约恩-罗格协助工作。约恩-罗格在虚无知地上生活多年，对这里的常住居民十分熟悉。如果有人形迹可疑，或者这里多出了什么东西，他定能一眼看出。

 

“We’ll find your dirty Skrull spy,” said Yon-Rogg, who was a member of the alien race known as the Kree. The Kree didn’t usually like the Skrull very much, because there had been a long Kree-Skrull War that left both sides angry and bitter.

“我们一定会把这些可恶的斯克鲁尔间谍找出来。” 约恩-罗格是克里人，和斯克鲁尔人是宿敌，当年克里人与斯克鲁尔人之间的战争旷日持久，给两族人都带来了无尽的愤怒和痛苦。

 

As they set off to search for the spy, Cosmo warned Peter not to tell anyone about their mission. “The only advantage you have is that the Skrull spy probably doesn’t know that you’re looking for them yet,” Cosmo pointed out. “So don’t mention it to anyone. Not even your closest friends, the other Guardians of the Galaxy. Because if word gets around, your Skrull will probably run somewhere else.”

他们出发前，科斯莫提醒彼得千万不要把这次任务透露给任何人。“你唯一的优势就是这个斯克鲁尔间谍可能还不知道你们正在找他，”科斯莫指出，“所以千万别跟任何人说，再亲密的朋友都不行，银河护卫队其他成员也不行。要是走漏了风声，你们要找的斯克鲁尔人很可能就跑啦。”

 

Peter reluctantly agreed. He saw the importance of Cosmo’s advice, but he didn’t like the idea of hiding things from his best friends.

彼得不情愿地答应了。科斯莫的建议很中肯，但是他并不想瞒着他的好朋友们。

 

Star-Lord, Captain Marvel, and Yon-Rogg set out right away, looking for anything suspicious. They searched the restaurants, they searched the stores, they searched the streets. But after hours of hard work, their search of Knowhere was going. . . Nowhere.

星爵、惊奇队长和约恩-罗格立马动身，调查一切可疑事物。他们搜查了餐厅、商店、大街小巷。几个小时后，他们在虚无知地的搜查毫无进展。

 

“Nothing. Still nothing!!”

“没找着，什么都没找着！！”

 

“You must enjoy living here.” said Captain Marvel to Peter as they searched. “It’s such an interesting place.”

“你在这里一定过得很开心吧，”惊奇队长问彼得，“这是个很有意思的地方。”

 

“I do. . . .” replied Peter. “Well, usually I do. Recently I’ve been feeling homesick. It’s been a long time since I left Earth, and sometimes I feel so different from everyone around me.”

“的确是……”彼得说，“大部分时间都很开心。但我最近老想家，离开地球太久了，在这儿有时我会觉得格格不入。”

 

“I know what you mean,” said Captain Marvel.

“我理解你的心情。”惊奇队长说。

 

“You do?” asked Peter, surprised. “But you live on Earth.”

“你理解？”彼得很惊讶，“但你不是生活在地球嘛。”

 

“Yes, but ever since I absorbed alien DNA, I’ve only actually been half human,” explained Captain Marvel. “That’s something some people on Earth don’t understand. When they find out I’m not fully human, they always look atme a little differently, and I don’t always feel like I fit in.”

“对啊，但是自从我体内吸收了外星基因，我其实就只能算半个人类了，”惊奇队长解释道,“这种感觉地球人不能理解。当他们发现我并不完全是人类时，看待我的眼神都不一样了，所以有时我也觉得格格不入。”

 

Before she could finish, Yon-Rogg ran up to the pair of earthlings, interrupting the conversation.

她还没说完，约恩-罗格就跑了过来，打断了他们的谈话。

 

“Star-Lord, Captain Marvel, come with me! I think we’ve found something!”

“星爵，惊奇队长，跟我来！我想我们有线索了！”