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Chapter 30
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William drove the dusty white van through the Mojave Desert at close to a hundred miles an hour. The Marshall Mathers LP was playing at maximum volume. William was really pushing it along Route 15, heading toward Vegas, the next stop on their tour.  The van was an ingenious idea. It was a damn bloodmobile with all the requisite1 Red Cross stickers. He and Michael were actually certified2 to take blood from anyone who volunteered to give it.  ‘It’s up ahead a couple of miles/William told his brother, who was sitting with one bare leg out the open window.  ‘What’s up ahead? Prey3, I hope. I’m bored out of my skull4. I need to feed. I’m thirsty. I don’t see anything up there.’ Michael whined5 like the spoiled rotten teenager that he was. ‘Don’t pull any Slim Shady shit on me. I don’t see a thing up ahead.’ ‘You will soon,’ William said mysteriously. “This should snap you out of your funk. I promise it will.’
Minutes later, the van pulled into a commercial parachute center known as a drop zone. Michael sat up, whooped6 loudly and beat on the dashboard with the palms of his hands. He was such a boy.  ‘I feel the need for speed,’ Michael yelled, doing his best imitation of the young Tom Cruise.
The two brothers had been parachuting since they got out of prison. It was one of the best legal highs around, and it took their mind off killing7. They hopped8 out of the van and headed inside a flat-roofed concrete building that had definitely seen better decades.
William paid twenty dollars directly to the pilot for a ride in a Twin Otter9 plane. There were two of them sitting near the tiny runway at the airstrip, but there was only one pilot and no one else at the parachute center.
The pilot was a dark-haired girl not much older than William.  Early twenties at most. She had a tight sexy body but a mean little weasel’s face with badly pocked cheeks. He could tell that she liked his and Michael’s looks, but hey, who wouldn’t?  ‘No boards, so you’re not sky surfing. What are you boys into?’the pilot asked in a strong southwestern accent. ‘Name’s Callie, by the way.’
‘We’re into just about everything!’ Michael volunteered and laughed. ‘I mean that too, Callie. I’m serious. We’re into just about everything that’s worth getting into.’
‘I don’t doubt it,’ Callie said, and held Michael’s eye for a few seconds.’Well, let’s do it then,’she said, and they climbed up into the Otter.
Less than ninety seconds later, the small plane was pounding down the hardscrabble runway. The brothers were laughing and hollering at the top of their voices.
‘You guys really seem pumped up, I’ll give you that. You’re free fallers, right? You’re both certifiable,’Callie shouted over the airplane noise. She had a throaty rasp that William found, frankly10, a little irritating. He wanted to rip a gaping11 hole in her neck, but he resisted the urge.
‘Among other things, yes. Take her up to sixteen thousand/William shouted back to her.
‘Whoa! Thirteen thousand’s plenty. You know, temperature at thirteen thousand feet’s under forty degrees. You lose ‘bout three degrees every thousand feet. Hypoxia sets in at sixteen. Too much for you thin-skinned boys.’
‘We’ll tell you when it’s too much for us. We’ve done this kind of thing before,’ said Michael, a little angry now, his teeth bared, but maybe she took it for a seductive little smile. It wouldn’t be the first time that had happened.
William slid the pilot another twenty dollars. ‘Sixteen thousand,’ he said. ‘Trust me. We’ve been there before.’
‘Okay, you’ll be the ones with frostbitten fingers and ears/ Callie told them.’I warned you/ ‘We’re hot-bodied boys. Don’t worry about us. You an experienced pilot?’
Callie grinned.’Well, we’ll just have to see, won’t we. Let’s just say that I’m probably not losing my cherry up here.’ William watched the gauges12 to make sure she took them high enough. At sixteen thousand feet, the Otter leveled off smoothly13. Not too much wind up there today and a view to die for. The plane was practically flying itself.
“This is not a real good idea, guys,’ the pilot warned again. ‘It’s cold as a motherfucker out there.’
‘It’s a great idea! And so is this
He took her on the spot, biting deeply into Callie’s exposed throat.  He held her neck firmly with his teeth and strong jaw14 and began to drink, to feed at sixteen thousand feet.
It was the height of sado-eroticism. Callie screamed and kicked, struggled fiercely, but she couldn’t get him off. Bright red blood splattered around the cockpit. He was so powerful. She tried desperately15 to get out of her cramped16 pilot’s seat and dislocated her hip17.  Her knees cracked against the instrument panel several times, and then they stopped suddenly. Her brown eyes glazed18 over and became still as stones. She gave in. Both of them drank her blood greedily. They fed quickly and efficiently19, but couldn’t come close to draining the prey inside the cockpit.
William then opened the plane’s door. He was struck with a blast of freezing cold air.’C’moni’he yelled. The two brothers jumped out of the plane - free falling.
It wasn’t an appropriate name for what they were experiencing.
The sensation wasn’t like falling, it was more like flying your body.  When the two of them went horizontal, they were soaring at about sixty miles an hour. But when they went vertical20, they zoomed21 up to over a hundred, closer to a hundred and twenty, William figured.  The thrill was incredible, absolutely amazing to experience. Their bodies trilled like tuning22 forks. Callie’s fresh blood was still pumping through their systems. The rush was otherworldly.
At those speeds, the slightest leg movement to the left jolted23 the body to the right.
They got vertical quickly, and stayed that way. Almost all the way down.
They hadn’t pulled the cords on their chutes yet. That was the best thrill of all: the possibility of sudden, unexpected death.  The wind pushed and pulled incredibly against their bodies.
The only sound they heard was the wind.
This was ecstasy24.
They still hadn’t opened their chutes. How long could they wait?
How long?
The only thing missing, the only thing that kept this from being close to perfect, William was thinking, was the absence of pain. Pain made any experience better. Pain was the secret to pleasure which so few understood. He and Michael did though.
Finally, they pulled the cords, and they couldn’t have waited a second more. The chutes opened, yanked hard at their bodies. The ground was flying up at them.
They landed and rolled, just in time to see the Twin Otter crash and burn, maybe a mile away in the desert.
‘No evidence,’William said smugly, his eyes glazed with pleasure and excitement. “That was such fun.’


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1 requisite 2W0xu     
adj.需要的,必不可少的;n.必需品
参考例句:
  • He hasn't got the requisite qualifications for the job.他不具备这工作所需的资格。
  • Food and air are requisite for life.食物和空气是生命的必需品。
2 certified fw5zkU     
a.经证明合格的;具有证明文件的
参考例句:
  • Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
  • The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。
3 prey g1czH     
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨
参考例句:
  • Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
  • The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。
4 skull CETyO     
n.头骨;颅骨
参考例句:
  • The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
  • He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去,跌裂了颅骨。
5 whined cb507de8567f4d63145f632630148984     
v.哀号( whine的过去式和过去分词 );哀诉,诉怨
参考例句:
  • The dog whined at the door, asking to be let out. 狗在门前嚎叫着要出去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted. 他要是没得到想要的东西就会发牢骚、撅嘴。 来自辞典例句
6 whooped e66c6d05be2853bfb6cf7848c8d6f4d8     
叫喊( whoop的过去式和过去分词 ); 高声说; 唤起
参考例句:
  • The bill whooped through both houses. 此提案在一片支持的欢呼声中由两院匆匆通过。
  • The captive was whooped and jeered. 俘虏被叱责讥笑。
7 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
参考例句:
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
8 hopped 91b136feb9c3ae690a1c2672986faa1c     
跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花
参考例句:
  • He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
  • He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车,向市区开去。
9 otter 7vgyH     
n.水獭
参考例句:
  • The economists say the competition otter to the brink of extinction.经济学家们说,竞争把海獭推到了灭绝的边缘。
  • She collared my black wool coat with otter pelts.她把我的黑呢上衣镶上了水獭领。
10 frankly fsXzcf     
adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说
参考例句:
  • To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说,我一点也不赞成这个主意。
  • Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说,我不反对改革。
11 gaping gaping     
adj.口的;张口的;敞口的;多洞穴的v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的现在分词 );张开,张大
参考例句:
  • Ahead of them was a gaping abyss. 他们前面是一个巨大的深渊。
  • The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 gauges 29872e70c0d2a7366fc47f04800f1362     
n.规格( gauge的名词复数 );厚度;宽度;标准尺寸v.(用仪器)测量( gauge的第三人称单数 );估计;计量;划分
参考例句:
  • A thermometer gauges the temperature. 温度计可测量温度。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The fuel gauges dropped swiftly. 燃料表指针迅速下降。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 smoothly iiUzLG     
adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地
参考例句:
  • The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作,所以工作进展顺利。
  • Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
14 jaw 5xgy9     
n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训
参考例句:
  • He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw.他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
  • A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。
15 desperately cu7znp     
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地
参考例句:
  • He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
  • He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。
16 cramped 287c2bb79385d19c466ec2df5b5ce970     
a.狭窄的
参考例句:
  • The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence. 房子十分狭小拥挤,但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
  • working in cramped conditions 在拥挤的环境里工作
17 hip 1dOxX     
n.臀部,髋;屋脊
参考例句:
  • The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
  • The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
18 glazed 3sLzT8     
adj.光滑的,像玻璃的;上过釉的;呆滞无神的v.装玻璃( glaze的过去式);上釉于,上光;(目光)变得呆滞无神
参考例句:
  • eyes glazed with boredom 厌倦无神的眼睛
  • His eyes glazed over at the sight of her. 看到她时,他的目光就变得呆滞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
19 efficiently ZuTzXQ     
adv.高效率地,有能力地
参考例句:
  • The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
  • Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。
20 vertical ZiywU     
adj.垂直的,顶点的,纵向的;n.垂直物,垂直的位置
参考例句:
  • The northern side of the mountain is almost vertical.这座山的北坡几乎是垂直的。
  • Vertical air motions are not measured by this system.垂直气流的运动不用这种系统来测量。
21 zoomed 7d2196a2c3b9cad9d8899e8add247521     
v.(飞机、汽车等)急速移动( zoom的过去式 );(价格、费用等)急升,猛涨
参考例句:
  • Traffic zoomed past us. 车辆从我们身边疾驰而过。
  • Cars zoomed helter-skelter, honking belligerently. 大街上来往车辆穿梭不停,喇叭声刺耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
22 tuning 8700ed4820c703ee62c092f05901ecfc     
n.调谐,调整,调音v.调音( tune的现在分词 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调
参考例句:
  • They are tuning up a plane on the flight line. 他们正在机场的飞机跑道上调试一架飞机。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The orchestra are tuning up. 管弦乐队在定弦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
23 jolted 80f01236aafe424846e5be1e17f52ec9     
(使)摇动, (使)震惊( jolt的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
  • She was jolted out of her reverie as the door opened. 门一开就把她从幻想中惊醒。
24 ecstasy 9kJzY     
n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷
参考例句:
  • He listened to the music with ecstasy.他听音乐听得入了神。
  • Speechless with ecstasy,the little boys gazed at the toys.小孩注视着那些玩具,高兴得说不出话来。


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