9 Fountain of Danger

CHAPTER Nine Fountain Of Danger Splursh! The fiery column spurted again. It was coming from a strange fountain on a small island in the center of the lake. The fountain was formed of craggy, hardened lava. Then Eric noticed something else. Near the top of the fountain, and sheltered from its spray, was a dome of glass. Inside the dome was a strange black object. An armored glove with a red jewel on it. "The Eye of Dawn!" Eric said to himself. "Just like Demither said."

第九章危险之泉喷溅！火柱又喷了起来。 它来自湖中央一个小岛上的一个奇怪的喷泉。 喷泉是由凹凸不平的硬化熔岩形成的。 然后，埃里克注意到另一件事。 靠近喷泉顶部的地方有一个玻璃圆顶，挡住了喷泉的喷水。 圆顶里面有一个奇怪的黑色物体。 一只镶着红色宝石的装甲手套。 “黎明之眼！”埃里克自言自语道。 “就像戴米特说的。”

But the fountain lay in the center of a lake of burning, bubbling lava. He would burn to a crisp if he took one step into it. Then he remembered what else Demither had told them. Cross the Bridge of Ice. Eric circled the shore of the lava lake. Something about the lava's surface seemed strange. Some parts of it didn't move the same as in other places. He bent down at one spot and gazed across the top of the lava. A narrow strip of something clear lay just above the bubbling surface. It looked like a strip of glass, stretching from the shore to the island. "The Bridge of Ice!" he said. Carefully, he stepped onto the bridge. It held him. He took another step. He felt as if he were walking a tightrope. But he kept going. Soon he was halfway across. Halfway to the island. To the stone fountain itself. To the Eye! Splursh! The fountain exploded with a giant spurt of molten rock. Fiery spray shot to the ceiling and showered back down to the giant lake. Tssss! The rocks hit the surface all around him. But Eric kept going. He couldn't turn back. Not until he got what they had come for.

但喷泉位于一个燃烧着、冒着泡泡的熔岩湖的中心。 他要是再往里面走一步，就会被烤焦的。 然后他想起了德米特还告诉过他们什么。 穿过冰桥。埃里克绕着熔岩湖的岸边转了一圈。 熔岩的表面似乎有些奇怪。 它的一些部分不像其他地方那样移动。 他在一个地方弯下腰，凝视着熔岩的顶部。 在冒泡的水面上，有一条狭长的东西很清晰。 它看起来像一块玻璃，从海岸一直延伸到岛屿。 “冰桥！”他说。 他小心翼翼地走上桥。 它抓住了他。他又走了一步。 他觉得自己好像在走钢丝。 但他坚持了下来。很快，他就走到一半了。 去岛的半路上。石头喷泉本身。 眼睛！Splursh !喷泉喷出了一股巨大的熔岩。 火红的水花冲上了天花板，又像阵雨一样落回了巨大的湖面。 Tssss !岩石撞击着他周围的表面。 但埃里克继续前进。他不能回头。 直到他得到他们想要的东西。

"We have to stop Lord Sparr," he said firmly. Splursh! The fountain went off again. Tssss! Eric timed it to see how long he had until the next eruption. "One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four Mississippi—" Splursh! Tssss! "Four seconds," Eric told himself. He took a deep breath, ran to the end of the bridge, and sprang off. He landed at the base of the fountain. One Mississippi… In two quick moves, he was up to the top of the fountain. Using a rock, he broke the glass dome and grabbed the black glove. Two Mississippi… He jumped down to the base of the fountain. But the rocks were covered with a thin layer of ashes. His sneakers slid on them. He tried to steady himself. He hit the ground. "Ooof!" Three Mississippi… Plonk! The glove fell from his hand. "No!" Eric yelled out. He reached out wildly for the glove. His fingers fumbled for it. Four Mississippi! SPLURSH! Molten rocks exploded up from the fountain to the ceiling. Then they began to fall.

“我们必须阻止斯帕尔勋爵。”他坚定地说。 Splursh !喷泉又响了。 Tssss !埃里克计时，看看离下一次喷发还有多久。 “一个密西西比，两个密西西比，三个密西西比，四个密西西比——”Tssss !“四秒钟，”埃里克告诉自己。 他深吸了一口气，跑到桥的尽头，跳了下来。 他降落在喷泉底部。 一个密西西比……两步之后，他就到了喷泉的顶端。 他用一块石头打碎了玻璃圆顶，抓住了黑色手套。 他跳到了喷泉的底部。 但岩石上覆盖着一层薄薄的灰烬。 他的运动鞋滑到了他们身上。 他试图稳住自己。 他摔在地上。“Ooof !”三个密西西比…砰！手套从他手中掉了下来。 “不!”埃里克喊道。他疯狂地伸手去拿手套。 他的手指摸索着找它。 四个密西西比!SPLURSH !熔化的岩石从喷泉里炸到了天花板上。 然后他们开始倒下。

Eric grabbed the glove and pulled it on. The fiery rocks seemed to aim right for him. "Nooooo!" he screamed, throwing his arms up to shield himself from the burning rocks. Suddenly, the Eye of Dawn began to glow. Blam! Blam! Blam! Flashes of red light shot from the glove's fingertips. The molten rocks blasted apart in midair. One after another, the chunks of molten stone exploded to nothing. Eric's hand was going crazy. He couldn't control the Eye. It blew up everything in sight. Blam! Blam! The fountain itself shattered into a thousand pieces. "Whoa!" Eric cried. "Glove, stop! Eye, stop!" But the Red Eye of Dawn wouldn't stop. Eric struggled to his feet and rushed onto the bridge of ice. Then the Eye forced his hand around and blasted the bridge! Ka-whoom! He dived to shore as the bridge exploded into a million little pieces. The walls of the cavern were starting to quake. The volcano floor was rumbling. The lava lake swelled. Waves churned and splashed. "Uh-oh!" he gasped, scrambling up. "I think I started something! And it's not good!"

埃里克抓起手套戴上。 火红的岩石似乎正瞄准他。 “不！”他尖叫着，举起双臂挡住燃烧的岩石。 突然，黎明之眼开始发光。 简直是噩梦!简直是噩梦!简直是噩梦!从手套的指尖射出红光。 熔化的岩石在半空中炸裂。 熔岩块一个接一个地爆炸，化为乌有。 埃里克的手快疯了。 他控制不了圣眼。 它把眼前的一切都炸毁了。 简直是噩梦!简直是噩梦!喷泉本身碎成了一千块碎片。 “哇!”埃里克喊道。“手套,停止!眼,住手!”但黎明的红眼不会停止。 埃里克挣扎着站起来，冲到冰桥上。 然后，天眼用力把他的手扭过来，把桥炸了！轰的一声!当桥炸成碎片时，他跳进了岸边。 洞穴的墙壁开始震动。 火山的地面在隆隆作响。 熔岩湖膨胀起来。海浪翻腾着，溅起水花。 “哦哦！”他喘着气爬了上去。 “我想我挑起了一些事情！”这可不好！”

"Eric!" someone shouted. He turned. It was Keeah, running into the cavern. Behind her were Julie, Neal, Khan, and Max. "I've got the Eye!" Eric shouted to them. "But I can't control it too well!" Blam! Blam! The glove blasted the black walls two feet away from his friends' heads. "We get the idea!" Keeah shouted. She ran over and grabbed Eric's hand. Suddenly, the glove became steady. It seemed as if a power moved through Keeah's hand to his own.

“埃里克！”有人喊道。他转过身来。 是姬娅，她跑进了山洞。 在她身后的是朱莉、尼尔、可汗和马克斯。 “我拿到神眼了！”埃里克对他们喊道。 “但是我控制不了它！”简直是噩梦!简直是噩梦!手套在离他朋友头顶两英尺远的黑色墙壁上炸开了。 “我们明白了！”Keeah喊道。 她跑过去抓住埃里克的手。 突然，手套变得稳定了。 仿佛有一股力量从基厄的手中转移到了他的手中。

"Good work, Eric!" Julie cried. "You did it!"

“干得好，埃里克！”朱莉哭了。 “你做到了！”