Chapter 20
When Riley’s parents came home, they were surprised to find that she wasn’t there. “I’ll call her cell,” said Mom.
Riley’s cell phone rang as she walked through the streets of San Francisco. She looked down at who was calling.
“It’s Mom. She’s on to us. Where’s my bag?” asked Fear, looking for his paper bag. He felt as if he was about to hyperventilate.
“What do we do?” asked Disgust.
“Riley needs to get core memories. We keep going,” said Anger.
Riley ignored the call, put the phone in her pocket, and continued to walk toward the bus station.
Joy frantically ran through the aisles of Long-Term Memory, searching for Sadness as Family Island began to break apart behind her. “C’mon, Sadness, where are you? Okay. If I was Sadness, where would I be?” Joy looked around and imagined being Sadness. “Ohhh… everything is awful and my legs don’t work and you have to drag me around while I touch all the—” Joy said, imitating her. She slumped to the ground and kicked her leg up in the air. Then she saw something: a trail of blue memories on the bottom shelves! Joy followed the trail.
Meanwhile, Riley had made it to the station and was standing in line to get on the bus. Her cell phone rang. It was Mom again. Her phone read “15 missed calls from Mom.”
“Oh… it’s Mom again,” said Fear. “What do we do?” He began to breathe faster into his bag. BOOM! Family Island rumbled behind them. It was the only island still standing.
“This is madness! She shouldn’t run away,” said Anger.
“Let’s get this idea out of her head,” said Disgust. Fear and Anger agreed, and the three rushed to the console to unplug the idea.
Joy was still searching for Sadness in Long-Term Memory, following the trail of blue memories.
“Sadness!” she called.
Sadness turned around. “Joy?” She was surprised to see her, but she couldn’t face her. She ran away.
“Wait!” shouted Joy.
“Just let me go,” Sadness called, still running. “Riley’s better off without me!”
Joy chased Sadness into Imagination Land. Sadness toppled fries from French Fry Forest into Joy’s path to slow her down.
“Come back!” yelled Joy. Then she used a super long fry to pole vault over the mound of fallen fries.
She tried to follow close behind Sadness but lost her in Cloud Town. Suddenly, a shadow passed over Joy, causing her to look up. Sadness was flying overhead on a chunk of cloud, away from Headquarters. “What? Sadness!” Joy called.
“I only make everything worse,” Sadness cried as she drifted farther away.
“Wait—Sadness! We’ve gotta get you back to…” Joy chased after her, but the cloud was moving too fast.
Joy didn’t know how she was going to catch up with Sadness until suddenly, her eyes fell on the Imaginary Boyfriend generator.
Inside Headquarters, Anger struggled as he tried to untwist the idea bulb from the console. “It’s stuck!” he shouted.
“Oh, great,” said Disgust.
“Whaddaya mean it’s stuck?” said Fear, reaching out to try.
“Now what?” asked Disgust.
Then the console started to shut down! A strange blackness slowly crept across the console, like a dark, scary blob. “What is this?” cried Fear. Nobody knew.
Riley stepped onto the bus.
Thinking the idea bulb was making the console shut down, Fear struggled with it, but it wouldn’t budge. He even tried using a crowbar. As Fear strained to pry it out, he lost control and the crowbar whacked him in the face.
“Make her feel scared!” urged Disgust. “That’ll make her change her mind!”
Fear frantically pushed buttons and pulled levers on the mostly black console, but nothing worked.
“Guys,” he said, turning his gaze to Disgust and Anger. “We can’t make Riley feel anything.”
第 20 章
萊莉的父母回到家,驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)她竟不在。媽媽說(shuō):“我給她打個(gè)電話。”
萊莉正走在舊金山的街道上,手機(jī)響了,她低下頭想看看是誰(shuí)打來(lái)的。
“是媽媽?zhuān)l(fā)現(xiàn)我們了。我的袋子在哪兒?”怕怕一邊問(wèn)一邊開(kāi)始找自己的紙袋子,他感覺(jué)自己就要呼吸過(guò)度了。
“我們?cè)撛趺崔k?”厭厭問(wèn)。
“萊莉必須擁有核心記憶球,我們繼續(xù)向前走。”怒怒回答。
萊莉不理會(huì)來(lái)電,將手機(jī)放進(jìn)口袋里,繼續(xù)朝汽車(chē)站走去。
樂(lè)樂(lè)瘋了似的在長(zhǎng)期記憶存儲(chǔ)庫(kù)的通道里跑來(lái)跑去,尋找憂憂的蹤影,與此同時(shí),她身后的家人島開(kāi)始解體。“拜托,憂憂,你在哪里?好吧,如果我是憂憂的話,我會(huì)在哪里?”樂(lè)樂(lè)環(huán)顧四周,想象自己是憂憂。“噢……一切都可怕極了,而且我走不動(dòng)了,你得拖著我四處走,而我則碰了所有的——”樂(lè)樂(lè)模仿憂憂說(shuō)。她躺在地上,將腿抬到空中。這時(shí)她注意到了:架子底部有一排藍(lán)色記憶球!樂(lè)樂(lè)跟隨著藍(lán)色的痕跡前行。
與此同時(shí),萊莉已經(jīng)來(lái)到汽車(chē)站,正在排隊(duì)等候上車(chē)。她的手機(jī)響了起來(lái),又是媽媽。手機(jī)顯示有15個(gè)媽媽打來(lái)的未接來(lái)電。
“噢……又是媽媽。”怕怕說(shuō)道,“我們?cè)趺崔k?”他開(kāi)始更加急促地朝紙袋里呼氣。“嘣”!他們身后的家人島發(fā)出轟隆的響聲,那是剩下的唯一一座島嶼。
“這太瘋狂了!她不應(yīng)該逃走。”怒怒說(shuō)道。
“咱們讓她改變主意吧。”厭厭說(shuō)道。怕怕和怒怒同意了,他們?nèi)艘黄饹_向控制臺(tái),想要將點(diǎn)子球拔下來(lái)。
樂(lè)樂(lè)還在長(zhǎng)期記憶存儲(chǔ)庫(kù)里追隨著藍(lán)色記憶球的路線,尋找憂憂。
“憂憂!”她喊道。
憂憂轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身:“樂(lè)樂(lè)?”她很驚訝再見(jiàn)到樂(lè)樂(lè),不過(guò)她沒(méi)辦法面對(duì)樂(lè)樂(lè),她跑開(kāi)了。
“等等!”樂(lè)樂(lè)叫道。
“讓我走吧。”憂憂沒(méi)有停下, “沒(méi)有我,萊莉才可以過(guò)得更好!”
樂(lè)樂(lè)追著憂憂進(jìn)了想象之境,憂憂推翻薯?xiàng)l森林的薯?xiàng)l擋住樂(lè)樂(lè)的去路,讓她慢了下來(lái)。
“回來(lái)!”樂(lè)樂(lè)大聲喊道。接著,她用一根超長(zhǎng)的薯?xiàng)l以撐桿跳的方式越過(guò)了滑落的薯?xiàng)l堆。
她努力追趕憂憂,但是進(jìn)了云之城之后就不見(jiàn)了憂憂的蹤影。突然,一個(gè)影子遮住樂(lè)樂(lè),她抬頭望去。憂憂正在上空的一片云上,朝遠(yuǎn)離情緒總部的方向飛去。樂(lè)樂(lè)叫道:“什么?憂憂!”
“我只會(huì)讓一切變得更糟。”憂憂哭了,她越飄越遠(yuǎn)。
“等等——憂憂!我們一定會(huì)把你帶回……”樂(lè)樂(lè)追著她,但是云朵飛得太快了。
樂(lè)樂(lè)不知道怎么才能追上憂憂,直到她突然瞄到想象男友生成器。
情緒總部里,怒怒奮力想要將點(diǎn)子球從控制臺(tái)上擰下來(lái),他叫道:“卡住了!”
“哦,這下可好了。”厭厭說(shuō)道。
“卡住了是什么意思?”怕怕說(shuō)著伸手去試。
“現(xiàn)在怎么辦?”厭厭問(wèn)。
接著,控制臺(tái)開(kāi)始自動(dòng)關(guān)閉!奇怪的黑色在控制臺(tái)上逐漸蔓延開(kāi)去,像一團(tuán)漆黑的、可怕的陰影。“這是什么?”怕怕叫道,沒(méi)有人知道答案。
萊莉登上了汽車(chē)。
怕怕以為是點(diǎn)子球讓控制臺(tái)關(guān)閉了,于是用力地?fù)v鼓,但是點(diǎn)子球紋絲不動(dòng)。他連撬棍都用上了。怕怕用盡全力想要將點(diǎn)子球撬下來(lái)的時(shí)候,他失去平衡,撬棍狠狠地打在他臉上。
“讓她害怕!”厭厭催促道,“那會(huì)讓她改變主意!”
怕怕瘋狂地按下按鈕,推起控制臺(tái)上的控制桿,但沒(méi)有任何反應(yīng),而控制臺(tái)大部分已被黑影覆蓋。
“朋友們,”他將目光移到厭厭和怒怒身上,“我們已經(jīng)無(wú)法控制萊莉的情緒了。”