Chapter 8

Chapter 8 Jet led us to the shores of Lake Laogai. "So where are the secret headquarters?" I asked. "Under the water, I think," Jet replied. Toph felt around with her feet. "There's a tunnel right there near the shore." Using Earthbending, she opened the entrance and we slipped inside. Beneath the lake we found a complex filled with hallways, rooms, and prison cells. We passed a group of women all being trained to be Joo Dee! It was definitely one of the creepiest things we had ever seen. "I think Appa's in here," Jet said, when we came to one of the doors. But when we stepped into the room, we didn't find Appa. Instead we found Long Feng and his Dai Li soldiers! Maybe Katara was right to be so wary of Jet. Maybe he did lead us all into a trap! "By breaking into Dai Li headquarters you have made yourselves enemies of the state," Long Feng said. Enemies of the state. I kind of liked the sound of that.

第八章喷气机把我们带到老改湖畔。 “那么秘密总部在哪里？”我问。 “在水下吧，我想。”杰特回答。 拓芙用脚摸索着四周。 “在海岸附近有一条隧道。” 她用御土术打开了入口，我们溜了进去。 在湖的下面，我们发现了一个建筑群，里面有走廊、房间和牢房。 我们路过一群被训练成朱迪的女人！这绝对是我们见过的最令人毛骨悚然的事情之一。 “我想阿柏在这里。”当我们走到其中一扇门前时，杰特说。 但当我们走进房间，却没有找到阿柏。 结果我们找到了龙峰和他的戴笠士兵！也许卡塔拉对杰的警惕是对的。 也许他真的把我们都引入了陷阱！“你们闯了戴笠的总部，就成了国家的敌人。” 国家的敌人。我挺喜欢你这么说的。

"Take them into custody!" That didn't sound quite as good. We battled the Dai Li, and Jet fought against them as hard as we did. There was no doubt that he was on our side. "Long Feng is escaping!" Katara shouted. Aang and Jet took off after him. Toph, Katara, and I stayed and finished off the Dai Li. When we caught up with the others, we found Aang kneeling over Jet, who was hurt. Long Feng was nowhere to be seen. Katara tried healing Jet, but he ordered us to leave, insisting that he would be all right. We didn't want to leave him, but we had no choice. We had to find Appa before it was too late. We hurried to a large cell, hoping Appa would still be in there. But when we got there it was empty. "Appa's gone!" Aang cried. "Long Feng beat us here!" "If we keep moving maybe we can catch up with them!" I said. Toph guided us through the maze of tunnels back up to the shore. There, Dai Li agents closed in on us from every side. "We're trapped!" Katara shouted. Then Momo suddenly got all excited and took off

“把他们抓起来！”听起来不太好。 我们和戴笠作战，杰特和我们一样奋力抵抗。 毫无疑问，他是站在我们这边的。 “龙凤逃走了！”Katara喊道。 安昂和杰特跟着他跑了。 拓芙、卡塔拉和我留下来，喝完了戴笠。 当我们追上其他人时，发现安昂跪在受伤的杰特身上。 长风不见了。 卡塔拉试图治疗杰特，但他命令我们离开，坚持说他会没事的。 我们不想离开他，但我们别无选择。 我们得尽快找到阿柏。 我们赶紧跑到一间大牢房，希望阿柏还在里面。 但当我们到那里的时候，它是空的。 “Appa走了!”Aang哭了。 “长风把我们打到这儿来了！”“如果我们继续前进，也许我们能赶上他们！”我说。 拓芙领着我们穿过迷宫般的隧道回到岸边。 在那里，戴笠特工从四面八方包围了我们。 “我们被困!”Katara喊道。 然后陌陌突然变得很兴奋，跑了

into the sky. "What is it, Momo?" Aang asked. I looked up and gasped. It was Appa! We didn't know how he got free, but we didn't care. We were just glad to see him again. That big furball wasted no time in helping us. He knocked down the Dai Li, then bit Long Feng in the leg and tossed him into the lake. Then we all climbed onto Appa's back and headed up into the sky. It was just like old times. We came to Ba Sing Se for two reasons—to find Appa and to tell the Earth King about the solar eclipse. It was more important than ever that we complete the second part of our mission. "Now's the time to tell the Earth King our plan. We're going to need his support if we want to invade the Fire Nation when the eclipse comes," I said. "And now that we have Appa back, there's nothing to stop us from telling the Earth King the truth about the war and about Long Feng's conspiracy," Aang said. We flew back to the city and battled our way into the king's palace, fighting royal Earthbending guards who were trying to keep us out.

飞向天空。“什么事，莫莫？”Aang问道。 我抬起头，倒吸了一口气。是阿柏！我们不知道他是怎么逃出来的，但我们也不在乎。 我们只是很高兴再次见到他。 那个大家伙毫不犹豫地帮助我们。 他击倒了戴笠，然后咬了龙峰的腿，把他扔进了湖里。 然后我们都爬到阿柏的背上，向天空飞去。 就像以前一样。 我们来永固城有两个原因：一是找阿柏，二是告诉土强王日食的事。 完成任务的第二部分比以往任何时候都重要。 “现在是时候告诉土强王我们的计划了。 如果我们想在日食到来时入侵烈火国，我们需要他的支持。”我说。 “现在阿柏回来了，没有什么能阻止我们告诉土强王关于战争和龙凤阴谋的真相。” 我们飞回城里，一路杀入王宫，与试图阻止我们的御土术皇家守卫搏斗。

It was very strange—we were really on the same side, but we had to fight the guards as if they were the enemies, just for the chance to meet face-to-face with the king. I hoped it was worth it. When we finally did reach the Earth King's throne room we found Long Feng by his side, along with some Dai Li agents and some royal Earthbending guards. "We need to talk with you!" Aang told the Earth King. Immediately Long Feng jumped in. "He's lying! They're here to overthrow you." Overthrow the king? Well, that's really dumb. Why in the world would two people from the Water Tribe, an Earth Kingdom citizen, and the Avatar want to overthrow the leader of the Earth Kingdom? "No, we're on your side. We're here to help," I said. "You have to trust us!" Katara added. "You invade my palace, lay waste to all my guards, break down my fancy door, and you expect me to trust you?" the king replied. "He has a good point," Toph said. It was only when the king learned that Aang was the Avatar that he agreed at least to listen. "There's a war going on right now—for the past

这很奇怪——我们实际上是站在同一边的，但我们却不得不像对付敌人一样与卫兵战斗，只为了有机会与国王面对面。 我希望这是值得的。当我们最终到达土强王的王座室时，我们发现长风在他身边，还有一些戴笠特工和御土术卫士。 “我们需要和你谈谈！”安昂告诉土强王。 龙凤立刻跳了进来。 “他在说谎!他们是来推翻你的。” 推翻国王？那真是太蠢了。 为什么两个来自水族的人，一个是土强国的公民，一个是神通，要推翻土强国的领袖？ “不，我们站在你这边。我们是来帮忙的，”我说。 “你必须相信我们！”Katara补充道。 “你入侵我的宫殿，糟蹋了我所有的卫兵，砸了我华丽的门，你还指望我相信你？”国王回答。 “他说得有道理，”拓芙说。 直到国王得知安昂就是神通之后，他才同意至少倾听。 “现在有一场关于过去的战争正在进行

one hundred years, in fact!" Aang explained. "The Dai Li have kept it a secret from you. It's a conspiracy to control the city and to control you!" The king was really skeptical, but was willing to let us prove the conspiracy theory to him, so we boarded a train for Lake Laogai. And get this, we found out that the king had never been outside the palace before. Never! No wonder Long Feng could keep him in the dark about what was really going on in the world. "Underneath Lake Laogai is the Dai Li's secret headquarters," I explained. "You're about to see where all the brainwashing and conspiring took place." But when we arrived, the headquarters was gone. "Oh, don't tell me!" I cried. Katara and Toph used bending to try to find the opening, but it wasn't there. "There's nothing down there anymore," Toph said. "I SAID 'don't tell me.'" "The Dai Li must have destroyed the evidence," Katara said. "This was a waste of my time!" the king said. We had to think of something else. We finally had the Earth King's attention, but now we had nothing

实际上是一百年！”Aang解释道。 “戴笠家族对你保密了。 这是一个控制城市和控制你的阴谋！”国王很怀疑，但愿意让我们向他证明阴谋论，所以我们登上了开往老改湖的火车。 还有这个，我们发现国王以前从未出过宫。 从来没有!怪不得龙凤把他蒙在鼓里，不让他知道世上到底发生了什么事。 “劳改湖下面是戴笠的秘密总部，”我解释道。 “你马上就会看到洗脑和阴谋是在哪里发生的。” 但当我们到达时，总部已经不见了。 “哦，别告诉我！”我哭了。 卡塔拉和拓芙用弯曲术试图找到开口，但没有。 “下面什么都没有了，”拓芙说。 “我说了别告诉我。’”“戴笠一定毁掉了证据，”卡塔拉说。 “这是在浪费我的时间！”国王说。 我们得想点别的办法。 我们终于引起了土强王的注意，但现在我们一无所有