08 Attack!

CHAPTER 8 ATTACK! Tag paced back and forth. "There has to be a way for us to reach the stone without falling asleep," he said. "We need to block out the nixie's music." "What if the eels have our stone by now?" Skyla asked.

第八章进攻！泰格来回踱步。 “一定有办法让我们在不睡着的情况下到达石头，”他说。 “我们需要屏蔽掉那些白痴的音乐。” “要是我们的石头现在被鳗鱼吃掉了怎么办？”Skyla问道。

"I don't think they can reach it either," Tag said. "You heard what Stanley said— even Thorn's spies cannot resist the nixies' song." "Thorn will be back soon," Skyla said, pointing to the dark cloud of The Shadow in the distance. "I won't let him sneak up on us this time," Tag said. Just then, the friends heard the flap of many wings overhead. Huge, striped creatures circled in the air, snapping their long, sharp beaks.

“我认为他们也做不到，”泰格说。 “你听到斯坦利说的话了——就连索恩的间谍也无法抗拒少女们的歌声。” “索恩很快就会回来的。”斯凯拉指着远处黑影的乌云说。 “这次我不会让他偷偷靠近我们，”泰格说。 就在这时，朋友们听到头顶上许多翅膀拍动的声音。 巨大的、带条纹的生物在空中盘旋，啄着它们又长又尖的喙。

CLACK! CLACK! CLACK! "Tiger bats!" Tag shouted as he pulled out his dagger. The friends ducked behind a willow tree. Suddenly, the lake lit up with hundreds of golden lights. It sparkled brightly as the tiger bats swooped low across the water. "I don't think the tiger bats are looking for us..." Tag whispered.

瓣!瓣!瓣!“老虎蝙蝠!”泰格一边喊一边拔出匕首。 朋友们躲到一棵柳树后面。 突然，湖面上亮起了几百盏金色的灯。 当虎蝠低空掠过水面时，天空闪闪发光。 “我不认为虎蝠在找我们……” 泰格低声说。

"Then what are they doing?" Skyla asked, as she watched the bats land on the shore nearby. One of the tiger bats held something small and bright in its long beak. It shone gold in the darkness. The friends crept closer for a better look. A tiny scream came from the glowing thing. Tag gasped. "I think they've captured a nixie!"

“那他们在干什么？”斯凯拉看着蝙蝠降落在附近的海岸上，问道。 其中一只虎蝠的长喙里衔着一个又小又亮的东西。 它在黑暗中闪闪发光。 朋友们凑近些，想看得更清楚些。 那个发光的东西发出一声微弱的尖叫。 泰格气喘吁吁地说。“我想他们抓住了一个妖精！”