司氏姐妹 第六章 ：幼稚計劃

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第六章  幼稚計劃

司家住宅內，燈火通明。從外面看，整棟房子似乎漆黑一團，在黑夜中靜靜地沉睡著，但裡面，法媽和其他司氏姐妹們異常清醒，沒有一絲睡意。

就像前一天晚上一樣， 她們聚集在法媽的卧室。也像前一天晚上一樣，瑪拉不在其中。但這一次沒有人問為什麼。

米娜蜷縮在母親的床上，大滴的淚水流在她的臉上。瑪麗握著她的手，坐在她的身旁，眼睛默默地看著摩根，而摩根在房間里踱著步，偶爾狠狠地一把揪住自己的頭髮，讓那無奈和挫折得以從中發泄。法媽站在角落裡沉默不語，她那長外套的衣擺紋絲不動。她深深地陷在思考中。

最後，她說，「摩根。」

摩根停止走動，看著她的母親。

「摩根，」 法媽又說了一遍。她說：「我需要你告訴我真相。昨晚招待會時是你搞滅了燈？「

「什麼？」摩根走到床邊，一屁股坐在上面。 「當然不是！天哪，為什麼你會認為是我。「

「你是在和托尼小夥子跳舞，」瑪麗說。 「他說的東西可能讓你難過。而你知道在你難過時你會變得怎樣。「

摩根看著她的孿生姐妹，憤忿不平。 「你是當真的嗎？藍托尼才不會讓我難過的做這麼愚蠢的事情！「

「你不記得，你曾喜歡約翰尼，在化學實驗課里當你發現他和埃萊娜約會時你幹了什麼？」瑪麗的聲音沉穩而理性。當時，摩根因為約翰尼而對她的實驗搭檔憤怒地咆哮，對面一盞酒精燈的火焰似乎也追隨著她的憤怒去舔向埃萊娜的頭髮。要不是附近一個燒杯里的水偶然打翻，可憐的小女孩肯定要去醫院治療她燙傷的頭皮了。 「你有時會失去控制你的法力，摩根。特別是當它涉及到男孩。你知道的。「

摩根說：「哦，幫幫忙！」。 「我那時是太不小心了！難道你真的認為我會這麼壞？而且，我也沒有足夠大的法力一次性滅掉所有的燈。如果真的是我，我也會自己感覺到，但是我真的像其他人一樣感到很驚訝。「

米娜坐起來。 「我相信你，摩根，」她說，伸手也抓住摩根的手。 「瑪拉沒有做錯任何事，摩根也沒有。難道你們沒聽見瑪拉怎麼說？還有另外一個人的陰影。一定是他。「

瑪麗看著她的母親，她在問了那個問題后就沒再說話，似乎仍然陷在自己的思想中。法媽開始一邊走，一邊望著窗外，突然轉身對著她的女兒們。 「姑娘們，」她說。 「夠了。我也不認為是摩根。那殺害了格雷厄姆的人也必然是滅燈的人。不管怎樣，我們現在已無法補救了。這是漫長的一天。現在是睡覺的時候了。「

摩根跳了起來，她已從她姐妹的指責中恢復過來。 「但是，瑪拉怎麼辦？難道我們不去把她救出來嗎？天哪，她是無辜的！「瑪麗點點頭。 「我們不能就讓她這樣去，難道我們沒有其他辦法了嗎？」米娜又開始哭了起來。

「夠了！」法媽說，朝床邊走去。她的聲音很輕，但很嚴厲。 「瑪拉選擇了去。正如她選擇嫁給那個男人。我們現在做任何事情，只會使事情變得更糟。「

「但是，」摩根說。

「你不明白！」法媽提高了她的聲音，姐妹們能感覺到牆壁由於緩衝了外面一股強大的壓力而變得更加僵硬。 「有一個非常危險的東西在那裡，我們不知道它要什麼。我們都處於危險之中，除了等待，讓事情變得更加清晰， 我們沒其他辦法。睡覺！馬上！「

法媽把姑娘們拉下床，把她們趕到自己的房間。她站在那裡，看著她的女兒們爬進床，並關掉了燈。

在她們的母親走後，摩根和瑪麗翻身轉向對方。 「我不能讓瑪拉今晚留在監獄，」摩根說。 「如果媽媽是正確的，確實有危險的東西在那裡，難道她不應該在這裡，在我們這個安全的地方嗎？ 她在那裡，誰知道會發生什麼事 ？「

「我知道，」瑪麗說，「但是，我們能做什麼呢？」

「幫幫忙！」摩根說。 「你不會忘記我們是誰，我們能做什麼吧？打開監獄救人出獄有什麼了不起？「

「是的，但像媽媽說的，我們不知道在什麼地方有一樣很危險的東西」

「去媽媽的！她還在為瑪拉給我們家帶來如此多的關注而生氣! 你看，我不知道你如何想，但作為瑪拉的妹妹，如果真有什麼危險的東西，我不希望她呆在那裡。「

」她也不是那樣完全無助，」瑪麗說。

「你知道她不會使用她的法力！」摩根說。 「而且，她傷心欲絕。她剛剛失去了她的丈夫，天哪！「

瑪麗轉過身，想了一會兒。摩根是正確的：瑪拉不會在這種情況下，使用她的法力。在所有的姐妹中，她是最想做一個正常人的。她對法媽有關要周全考慮的警告銘刻在心，而且，尤其是現在，她不會做任何進一步危及家庭秘密的事。即使沒有如何責任，她對格雷厄姆的死有負罪感，她肯定不會做任何事情來添加更多關注。她現在一定是心灰意冷，願意為任何事犧牲自己的一切。

「好吧，」她說：「我們必須迅速採取行動。讓我們先計劃一下。「

摩根坐起來，她把手伸向床邊的蠟燭，蠟燭立即被點燃。當她正開始穿衣服時，門吱的一聲打開了。

這對孿生姐妹立即轉身，心中砰砰作跳。她們看著門，但沒有一個人影。突然，米娜的頭偷偷地冒出來。

「米娜，你幾乎嚇死我們！」瑪麗說。 「你在這裡幹什麼？回去睡覺。「

「我無法入睡，」米娜說。 「我聽到你們在說什麼。我想一起去。「

摩根和瑪麗互相看了一眼，一起轉向她們的小妹妹。

「絕對不能，」她們說。

Chapter 6 – A Hatching Plan

At the Switch residence, lights blazed. From the outside the house looked dark and quiet, but inside Fa and the remaining Switch sisters were all awake, with not a drop of sleepiness in their bodies.

They were gathered in Fa』s bedroom, just like the night before. And, just like the night before, Mara was not there. This time no one asked why.

Mina had curled up on her mother』s bed, fat tears running down her face. Marie sat next to her and held her hand. She looked at Morgan, who was pacing at the end of the room, occasionally grabbing fistfuls of her hair and letting out yells of frustration. Fa stood silent in the corner, the ends of her long jacket completely still. She was deep inside herself, thinking.

Finally, she said, 「Morgan.」

Morgan stopped pacing and looked at her mother.

「Morgan,」 Fa said again. 「I need you to tell me the truth. Did you extinguish the lights at the party?」

「What?」 Morgan walked to the bed and plopped down on it. 「Of course not! Why in the world would you think that I had anything–」

「Well you were dancing with that Tony boy,」 Marie said. 「Something he said upset you. And you know how you can get when you』re upset.」

Morgan looked at her twin, indignant and angry. 「Are you serious? Tony Lane could not upset me enough to make me do something so stupid!」

「Don』t you remember when you liked Johnny and found out that he was dating that Elena during Chemistry lab?」 Marie』s voice was steady and analytical. That time, Morgan had flown into a rant about Johnny to her lab partner, and across the room the bunsen burner』s flame had seemed to reach up and lick Elena』s hair. It was only the fortuitous tipping of a nearby uncapped water bottle that prevented the poor girl from going to the hospital with a scalded scalp.  」You can lose control of your powers sometimes, Morgan. Especially when it comes to boys. You know that.」

「Oh come on!」 Morgan said. 「I was so much more careless then! Do you actually think I would slip up so bad? Plus I』m not nearly powerful enough to take out all those lights at once. And I would have felt it, if it had been me, but I was just as surprised as everyone else.」

Mina sat up. 「I believe you Morgan,」 she said, reaching out her hand to grab Morgan』s hand too. 「Mara didn』t do anything wrong, and neither did Morgan. Didn』t you hear Mara? There was a shadowed man. It must have been him.」

Marie looked at her mother, who hadn』t spoken since asking the question and seemed still to be lost in her own thoughts. Fa walked looked out the window and turned back to her daughters. 「Girls,」 she said. 「That』s enough. I don』t think it was Morgan. Whatever killed Graham must have also extinguished the lights. In any case there is nothing we can do about it now. It has been a long day. It is time to go to bed.」

Morgan jumped up, recovering immediately from her sister』s accusations. 「But what about Mara? Don』t we have to get her out? She』s innocent, for goodness sake!」 Marie nodded. 「We can』t just leave her–isn』t there something we can do?」 Mina began to cry again.

「Enough!」 Fa said, striding toward the bed. Her voice was soft but stern. 「Mara chose to go. Just as she chose to marry that man. Anything we do now will only make things worse.」

「But–」 Morgan began to say.

「Don』t you understand!」 Fa raised her voice now, and the sisters could feel the walls stiffening to muffle it from the outside. 「There is something very dangerous out there, and who knows what it is looking for. We are all in danger, and there is nothing we can do right now except wait for things to become clearer. Bed! Now!」

Fa swept the girls off her bed and marched them to their rooms. She stood and watched as her daughters crawled into bed and turned out the lights.

After their mother had gone, Morgan and Marie turned to each other. 「There is no way I』m letting Mara stay in jail tonight,」 Morgan said. 「If Mom is right, and there really is something dangerous out there, shouldn』t she be here with us where it』s safe? Who knows what will happen to her out there?」

「I know,」 Marie said, 「But how are we supposed to do anything about it?」

「Come on,」 Morgan said. 「Aren』t you forgetting who we are–what we can do? How hard can it be to break someone out of jail?」

「Yeah, but like Mom said there』s something really dangerous out there–」

「Screw mom! She』s still peeved at Mara for bringing so much attention to our family. Look, I don』t know about you, but Mara』s my sister, and if there』s something dangerous out there I don』t want her out there.」

「It』s not like she』s completely helpless though,」 Marie said.

「You know she』s not going to use her powers!」 Morgan said. 「Plus, she』s heartbroken. She just lost her husband, for goodness sake!」

Marie turned on her back and thought for a moment. Morgan was right: Mara would not use her powers under these circumstances. Out of all the sisters, she was the one who wanted most just to be normal. She had deeply absorbed Fa』s warnings about discretion, and, especially now, would not do anything to further jeopardize the family』s secrecy. Even though she was not responsible, she felt guilty for Graham』s death, and she would certainly not do anything to bring even more attention to the matter. She was most likely so devastated that she would willingly sacrifice herself up to whatever was out there.

「Alright,」 she said. 「We have to move fast. Let』s make a plan.」

Morgan sat up and moved her hand over the candle at her bedside, which lit up immediately. She was starting to get dressed when the door creaked open.

The twins turned immediately, their hearts jumping. They looked at the door but there was no one there. Then, Mina peeked her head in.

「Mina, You nearly scared us to death!」 Marie said. 「What are you doing here? Go back to bed.」

「I couldn』t sleep,」 Mina said. 「I heard what you were talking about. I want to come too.」

Morgan and Marie looked at each other and turned to their little sister.

「Absolutely not,」 they said.

• [07/12]The Switch Sisters: Chapter 3, Mara』s Tale
• [07/13]司氏姐妹 第四章：燈滅了
• [07/13]The Switch Sisters Chapter 4: Lights Out
• [07/15]司氏姐妹 第五章：魔蹤潛影
• [07/15]The Switch Sisters: Chapter 5 – Shadows Lurking
• [07/19] 司氏姐妹 第六章 ：幼稚計劃
• [07/19]The Switch Sisters Chapter 6：A Hatching Plan
• [07/22]司氏姐妹 第七章：奔向沼澤地
• [07/22]The Switch Sisters： Chapter 7– To the Swamp
• [07/27]司氏姐妹 第八章：水與火
• [07/27]The Switch Sisters， Chapter 8：Fire and Water
• [08/04]司氏姐妹 第九章：瑪拉的選擇
• [08/04]The Switch Sisters Chapter 9: Mara's Choice

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