11 Time for Battle

CHAPTER 11 TIME FOR BATTLE GRRRRRRR! The ice leopards growled as they moved closer to the four friends. Tag could feel their hot breath on his feathers. "Blaze! Coralie! Get behind us!" Tag shouted. He pulled out his dagger. Skyla stood beside Tag, ready to fight. "Time for battle!" she cried.

第11章战斗时间到了！当雪豹靠近这四个朋友时，它们咆哮着。 泰格能感觉到他们的热气吹在他的羽毛上。 “大火!Coralie !到我们后面去！”泰格喊道。 他拔出匕首。斯凯拉站在泰格旁边，准备战斗。 “战斗的时间到了！”

Skyla loaded an acorn into her slingshot. Quick as a flash, she shot it into the left eye of one of the leopards. The leopard fell back and roared. Skyla reloaded her slingshot and aimed it at the other ice leopard. The leopard swiped its claws at Tag, but he ducked just in time. "Stay back!" Tag yelled, waving his dagger at the ice leopard. Skyla shot another acorn. The ice leopard snarled and slunk back.

斯凯拉把一颗橡子装进弹弓。 她像闪电一样迅速地射中了一只豹子的左眼。 那只豹子退了回去，怒吼起来。 斯凯拉重新装好弹弓，瞄准了另一只冰豹。 豹子向泰格伸出爪子，但他及时躲开了。 “退后!”泰格喊道，向雪豹挥舞着匕首。 斯凯拉又射了一颗橡子。雪豹咆哮着，偷偷溜了回去。

GRRRRRRR! The leopards growled. They paced up and down at the end of the path, keeping the four friends penned in on all sides. "Why aren't they attacking?" Coralie asked. "They must be waiting for Thorn," Skyla said with a shudder. We need to find a way out, Tag thought. I won't let Thorn have the Ember Stone—or Blaze. Tag spotted large icicles hanging from the ceiling—right above the ice leopards' heads.

GRRRRRRR !豹子在咆哮。 他们在小路的尽头踱来踱去，把四个朋友围在四周。 “他们为什么不进攻？”Coralie问道。 “他们一定在等索恩。”斯凯拉颤抖着说。 泰格想，我们得想办法出去。 我不会让索恩得到烬之石或烈焰。 泰格发现天花板上悬挂着巨大的冰柱——就在冰豹头顶的正上方。

"Blaze," Tag whispered, "can you hit those with your fire power?" He looked up at the icicles. Blaze eyed the ceiling and nodded. "You can do this, Blaze," Tag told her. "Just bring down those icicles—don't melt the whole cavern!" Blaze flapped her wings. Her feathers grew hotter and hotter until small flames appeared. The ice leopards' jaws dropped. They backed away from Blaze's flaming wings. Blaze aimed at the ceiling.

“火焰，”泰格低声说，“你能用你的火力击中他们吗？”他抬头看着冰柱。 烈焰盯着天花板点了点头。 “你能做到的，布雷兹，”泰格告诉她。 “只要把那些冰柱弄下来——别把整个洞穴都融化了！”烈焰拍打着翅膀。 她的羽毛越来越热，直到出现了小火焰。 冰豹的下巴耷拉下来。 他们向后退，躲开火焰的翅膀。 火焰直指天花板。

"Not again!" Skyla yelled, taking cover. Coralie covered her eyes with her flippers. WHAM! Fire bolts flew out from Blaze's wings. They hit the icicles. Tag held his breath. At first, nothing happened. Finally, there was a loud creak, then a crack. The ice leopards looked up. They yelped as the huge icicles came crashing down!

“不了!”斯凯拉大叫，找了个掩护。 科拉莉用鳍状肢遮住眼睛。 哇!火焰从烈焰的翅膀里飞了出来。 他们撞上了冰柱。泰格屏住了呼吸。 起初，什么也没发生。 最后，传来一声响亮的嘎吱声，然后是啪的一声。 冰豹抬起头来。 当巨大的冰柱轰然落下时，他们尖叫起来！