8 Prisoners!

CHAPTER Eight Prisoners! Clomp! Clomp! The children were marched to a room at the top of another tower. A dozen Ninn warriors in shiny black armor surrounded them. Clang! The iron door was bolted shut. They were prisoners. Lord Sparr paced back and forth before a thick blue curtain that covered one of the walls. "Princess Keeah," he began. "You and your friends spoiled my plans to attack Zorfendorf Castle. And Galen discovered my little raid on Jaffa City. No matter. Having

第八章俘虏！重踏着走!重踏着走!孩子们被带到另一座塔顶的一个房间里。 十几个穿着闪亮黑甲的忍者战士包围了他们。 铿锵声!铁门用螺栓锁住了。 他们是囚犯。斯帕尔伯爵在一面墙上的蓝色厚幕前来回踱步。 “姬娅公主，”他开始说。 “你和你的朋友破坏了我进攻佐芬多夫城堡的计划。 盖伦发现了我对雅法城的突袭。 不管。有

you as a prisoner is far more valuable. Besides, you have something that belongs to me." The princess backed away. "Let us go, Sparr. My father is on his way here right now." Sparr laughed. "Neither your father nor your mother will ever see you again." "My mother died," Keeah said. "And my—" The sorcerer smirked. "Your mother is—" Then he stopped. His eyes flashed. "That leather pouch on your wrist…" "What?" Keeah said. Sparr grabbed the pouch from Keeah. "My mother gave me that!" she cried, trying to take it back. But Sparr held it high. His fins turned inky black. He began to shake. "O jewel, if it be you, show me now your shape so true!" At once, the pouch began to shrink in Sparr's palm. It shriveled to the size of a small egg. Then it turned very smooth. Then it turned red. It began to glow. "No…" Keeah gasped. "No… no!" Sparr howled. "The Red Eye of Dawn! You had it all along! Now I have it. The First Power is mine once again!"

你作为囚犯更有价值。 再说，你有我的东西。” 公主往后退。“我们走吧，斯帕尔。 我父亲正在来的路上。” Sparr笑了。“你爸爸妈妈再也见不到你了。” “我母亲去世了，”Keeah说。 “还有我的——”巫师傻笑着说。 “你妈妈是——”然后他停了下来。 他的眼睛闪闪发光。“你手腕上的那个皮袋……”“什么？”Keeah说。 斯帕从基厄手里抢过袋子。 “那是我妈妈给我的！”她哭着，想把它收回来。 但斯帕尔高高举起。他的鳍变成了墨黑。 他开始发抖。“啊，珍宝，如果是你，现在就向我展示你真实的模样吧！”斯帕尔手里的钱袋立刻缩小了。 它缩成了一个小鸡蛋那么大。 然后它变得非常光滑。 然后它变成了红色。它开始发光。 “不……”姬娅喘着气说。“不……不!”Sparr嚎叫起来。 “黎明的红眼！”你一直都有！现在我有了。 第一力量又归我了！”

"Give it back to her, you smelly fish head!" Eric yelled. He rushed at Sparr, but one of the Ninns grabbed him and pushed him roughly into Julie and Neal. Then the sorcerer spoke words that made their blood turn to ice. "I… know… you… three…." "What?" Julie said. "How could you—" "You are from the Upper World. You have found the stairs. My stairs." Sparr pointed at Eric. "They are… in your house!"

“还给她，你这个臭鱼头！”埃里克喊道。 他向斯帕尔冲去，但其中一个Ninns抓住他，粗暴地把他推到朱莉和尼尔身上。 然后巫师说了几句话，把他们的血都冻成了冰。 “我……知道……你们……三个....” “什么?”朱莉说。“你怎么能——”“你是从上层世界来的。 你找到楼梯了。 我的楼梯。”斯帕指着埃里克。 “他们……在你家里！”

Eric shuddered. "How do you know that?" "I know many things about you," Sparr said. Then he reached back and tore the blue curtain aside. "Uh-oh," Neal whispered. Behind the curtain was a tall display stand. On the stand was a round black-and-white object. "Our soccer ball!" Julie exclaimed. "I have learned much from this object," Sparr said, hovering over the ball. "But not as much as I shall learn… when I am done with you." Suddenly, a voice cried shrilly from the window. "You are done right now, Sparr!" Everyone turned to see a mop of orange hair scurry down the wall. "Max!" Julie cried. "The one and only!" Max jumped to the floor and quickly spun a sticky web of threads around the Ninns' feet. "Haha!" he chittered. "G-g-g-guards!" Lord Sparr sputtered. "Take them all to the dungeon!" His red warriors lunged at the children. And tripped on Max's gooey web! "All right!" Eric cried, leaping for the soccer ball and tossing it high. "Neal! Your famous bad kick! Just like in my basement!"

埃里克战栗。“你怎么知道的？”“我知道你的很多事情，”斯帕尔说。 然后他伸手把蓝色的窗帘扯到一边。 “哦哦，”尼尔低声说。窗帘后面是一个高高的展示架。 证人席上有一个圆形的黑白物体。 “我们的足球！”朱莉喊道。 “我从这个物体身上学到了很多东西，”斯帕尔在球上方盘旋着说。 “不过，等我跟你谈完以后，我就会知道得更多。” 突然，一个声音从窗口尖声喊道。 “你现在完了，斯帕尔！”每个人都转过身来，看到一团橙色的头发从墙上匆匆而下。 “马克斯!”朱莉哭了。“独一无二的！”马克斯跳到地板上，迅速地在Ninns的脚上织了一张黏糊糊的线网。 “哈哈！”他咯咯地说。“G-g-g-guards !”斯帕尔伯爵气急败坏地说。 “把他们都带到地牢去！”他的红色战士向孩子们猛扑过去。 被麦克斯黏糊糊的网绊倒了！“好吧!”埃里克喊着，跳起来抢足球，把它扔得高高的。 “尼尔!你那著名的坏踢！就像在我的地下室一样！”

Neal grinned. "Heads up, everybody!" He jumped at the ball and kicked it hard. "Akkk!" One Ninn groaned. "My nose!" "Serves you right!" Julie shouted. She snuck up and kicked the ball again. This time, it went straight for another Ninn's stomach. He fell back into two others, knocking them to the floor. "Score!" Eric said, diving for the ball. "I'll get the Red Eye of Dawn!" Keeah cried. But Sparr spun around and raised his fist. Kla-blam! A bolt of red fire shot from his hand. He staggered backward as the fire blew past Keeah, punching a hole straight through the wall to the hall outside. "We'll get the Eye later!" Eric shouted. "Everybody out!" He jumped through the hole in the wall with Neal and Keeah. Julie and Max ran after them. They all rushed down the hall. But the Ninns were right on their heels. "This way!" said Eric, tumbling through a narrow door. He tossed the soccer ball to Julie and slammed the door behind them. "Uh-oh," said Neal as he looked around. Dim light from a high window showed that they were in a small room. A very small room.

Neal咧嘴一笑。“大家注意了！”他扑向球，用力踢了一脚。 “Akkk !”一个宁哼了一声。“我的鼻子!”“你活该！”朱莉喊道。 她悄悄走近，又把球踢了一脚。 这一次，它直奔另一个奶妈的肚子。 他倒在另外两个人身上，把他们撞倒在地。 “分!”埃里克说着扑向球。 “我去拿黎明的红眼！”Keeah哭了。 但斯帕尔转过身，举起拳头。 Kla-blam !一道红色的火焰从他的手中射出。 他踉踉跄跄地向后退去，只见大火从基娅身边吹过，在墙上打出一个洞，直通到外面的大厅。 “我们一会儿去拿神眼！”埃里克喊道。 “每个人都出去!”他和尼尔、基娅一起从墙上的洞里跳了出去。 朱莉和马克斯跟在他们后面。 他们都冲过大厅。 但精灵们紧追不舍。 “这边走！”埃里克说着，跌跌撞撞地穿过一扇狭窄的门。 他把足球扔给朱莉，然后砰地关上了他们身后的门。 “哦哦，”尼尔环顾四周说。 高高的窗户透出昏暗的灯光，显示他们在一个小房间里。 一个非常小的房间。