Chapter 26

CHAPTER 26 "NO-O-O-O!" Amy was shrieking from behind Dan. Dan pulled at the ropes. The propeller was screaming in his ears, a silver blur, the blades coming closer. He smelled the burning motor, the grease. Too tight. Dan jerked his body, trying to tip the chair. Ian Kabra looked queasily from Dan to the propeller. Now the blade was inches from Dan's neck. He leaned back, eyes closed, his mind seeming to detach. He heard a scream and wasn't sure if it was his. But he did feel his chair tilting. And his head hitting something, hard.

第二十六章“不——不——不！”艾米在丹身后尖叫。 丹拉着绳子。螺旋桨在他耳边呼啸，一片银白色的模糊，桨叶越来越近。 他闻到了发动机燃烧的味道，还有油渍。 太紧。丹猛地扭动身子，想把椅子弄歪。 伊恩·卡布拉不安地看看丹，又看看螺旋桨。 现在刀刃离丹的脖子只有几英寸了。 他靠在椅背上，闭着眼睛，他的思想似乎脱离了。 他听到一声尖叫，但不确定那是不是他的。 但他确实感到椅子在倾斜。 他的头重重地撞到了什么东西。

"Get him!" a voice commanded. Isabel. Dan opened his eyes. He saw Amy hurtling across the room, still tied to her chair, ramming her head into Isabel Kabra. Suddenly, he felt himself rolling backward. "Dan! Dan, can you hear me?" a deep voice asked. "Owwww…" Dan's hands were suddenly free. He staggered to his feet. Across the room, Amy was on top of Isabel, pinning her to the floor. A hand shoved him toward the door. "Go. We must not waste time. Make a left and head for Hangar Three. I will join you." Professor Bardsley was pushing him. Three of his students wrestled with the Kabras while untying Nellie and Amy. The propeller was slowing. Dan felt his neck, just to be sure. Then he ran to grab his sister. "Let's go!" They raced to the door, with Nellie close behind. Isabel was shrieking, her voice piercing through the rumble of the slowing blade. "THIS IS AN INJUSTICE!"

“抓住他！”一个声音命令道。 伊莎贝尔。丹睁开眼睛。 他看见艾米还绑在椅子上，冲过房间，用头撞伊莎贝尔·卡布拉。 突然，他感到自己向后翻滚。 “丹!丹，你能听到我吗？”一个低沉的声音问道。 “噢www...”丹的双手突然自由了。 他摇摇晃晃地站了起来。在房间的另一边，艾米压在伊莎贝尔的身上，把她按在地板上。 一只手把他推到门口。 “去。我们不能浪费时间。 向左转，前往三号机库。 我会加入你们的。”巴德斯利教授在推他。 他的三个学生在解开内莉和艾米的绳子时与卡布拉家族搏斗。 螺旋桨在减速。 丹摸了摸他的脖子，想确定一下。 然后他跑去抓他的妹妹。 “我们走吧!”他们跑到门口，内莉紧跟在后面。 伊莎贝尔在尖叫，她的声音穿透了缓慢的刀锋的隆隆声。 “这是不公正的！”

As Amy and Nellie scurried out, Dan ducked back in to get Saladin. Then he ran around to the other side of the propeller and grabbed the vial of green liquid off the shelf. Racing outside, he stuffed the vial into his pocket. He caught up with Amy and Nellie just outside Hangar Three. The door was open, revealing a prop plane under a thick canvas. "Are you okay?" Amy asked. "Oh, my God, Dan, I thought you were going to—" She swallowed the rest of the thought. "What you did to Isabel was awesome," Dan said. Professor Bardsley was sprinting toward them now. "Children, we are leaving," he said breathlessly. "You cannot stay in South Africa any longer. The Kabras can be subdued, but they will not be stopped. And there is someone else—" He glanced over his shoulder. "Who?" Dan asked. But Professor Bardsley ducked into the hangar, calling out, "Hall-ooooo!"

当艾米和内莉匆匆跑出去时，丹又钻了进去，去找萨拉丁。 然后他跑到螺旋桨的另一边，从架子上拿起那瓶绿色的液体。 他跑出去，把药瓶塞进口袋。 他在三号机库外追上了艾米和内莉。 门是开着的，在厚厚的帆布下面露出一架螺旋桨飞机。 “你还好吗？”艾米问。 “哦，天哪，丹，我以为你要——”她把剩下的想法都咽下去了。 “你对伊莎贝尔做的事太棒了，”丹说。 巴德斯利教授正朝他们冲过来。 “孩子们，我们要走了，”他上气不接下气地说。 “你不能再呆在南非了。 卡布拉族可以被制服，但他们不会被阻止。 还有另外一个人——”他回头瞥了一眼。 “谁?”丹问道。但巴德斯利教授却躲进了机库，大声喊道：“嗬——嗬——嗬！”

Two uniformed workers came running. "Do you have flight-path clearance, Professor?" one of them asked. "Please get it for me— ASAP!" Professor Bardsley said. The man ran off as the other worker helped Professor Bardsley unsheathe the plane. Its sides were yellow, with red piping and a name in fancy script: The Flying Lemur. "It's Grace's plane!" Amy exclaimed. "Grace taught me to fly," Professor Bardsley said. "When she knew she was dying, she gave me permission to keep this old girl in business. Now, let's take her for a spin, shall we?" Amy ran around to the other side and jumped into the passenger seat of the cockpit. "Hey! I want to sit there," Dan protested. "Dude, you weren't fast enough," Nellie added, sliding into the rear. Professor Bardsley turned the ignition. The propellers spun. "Go!" the airport worker was shouting. "You have the green light!"

两个穿制服的工人跑了过来。 “你有飞行许可吗，教授？”其中一个问道。 “请尽快帮我拿过来！”巴德斯利教授说。 当另一名工人帮助巴德斯利教授打开飞机时，那名男子跑掉了。 它的侧面是黄色的，有红色的滚边，还有一个花哨的名字：飞行狐猴。 “这是格蕾丝的飞机！”艾米喊道。 “格蕾丝教我飞行，”巴德斯利教授说。 “当她知道自己快死了的时候，她允许我继续经营这个老女人。 现在，让我们开着它兜一圈，好吗？”艾米跑到另一边，跳到驾驶舱的乘客座位上。 “嘿!我想坐在那里。”丹抗议道。 “老兄，你跑得不够快，”内莉补充道，溜进了车的后面。 巴德斯利教授转动了点火装置。 螺旋桨在旋转。“走！”机场工作人员喊道。 “你有绿灯了！”

"They let you cut in front of everybody, just like that?" Nellie asked. Professor Bardsley grinned. "Don't ask questions. Get in, Dan!" Nellie pulled Dan into the backseat. Dan plopped in beside her, fuming. "You guys think I'm not fast enough?" he said. "You think it had nothing to do with the fact that I'm holding Saladin, so maybe it was unfair for Amy to jump in like that?" "Mrrp," said Saladin in agreement. Nellie shrugged. "You could have done rock-paper-scissors for a half hour or so." "Ha-ha. You just yuk it up with my sister." Dan folded his arms and sat back as Amy shrank in her seat. "Dude, where are you taking us?" Nellie asked. "If anything, he will be expecting us to land in Swaziland," Professor Bardsley said. "He?" Nellie asked. "They," Professor Bardsley quickly replied. "Anyone who may be on your tail. So I will take

“他们让你在大家面前插队，就这样吗？”内莉问道。 巴德斯利教授咧嘴一笑。 “不要问问题。上车，丹！”内莉把丹拉到后座。 丹扑通一声走到她身边，气得要命。 “你们觉得我不够快吗？”他说。 “你觉得这和我抱着萨拉丁没有关系，所以艾米这样插嘴可能不公平？”“先生。”萨拉丁同意地说。 内莉耸耸肩。“你可以花半个小时左右的时间来玩剪刀石头布。” “哈哈。你就跟我妹妹开玩笑吧。” 丹双臂交叉，向后坐着，艾米缩在座位上。 “伙计，你要带我们去哪儿？”内莉问道。 “如果有什么不同的话，那就是他会期待我们在斯威士兰着陆。” “他?”内莉问道。“他们。”巴德斯利教授迅速回答。 “任何可能跟踪你的人。 所以我将

you to Mozambique. There you will board a plane to Germany, where I will arrange transport to— wherever it is you need to go next." The plane rolled out of the hangar and taxied onto the runway, propellers whirring. "Why are you doing this for us, Professor Bardsley?" Amy spoke up. "What's going on?" "Because your work is done here," he replied. "Because you have found a clue. Because even though I am not a part of this, I respect that you are doing your grandmother's bidding." "How well did you know Grace?" Amy pressed. "Did you know which branch she belonged to?" As Professor Bardsley yanked back the throttle, the noise was deafening. "What?" he said. The plane lurched forward. "YEEE-HAH!" Nellie shouted. From the backseat, Dan leaned into Amy. "You really think I'm so slow? Well, if I'm so slow, how come I was the one who remembered to hold on to this?" He was shoving something in her face now. The

你去莫桑比克。在那里，你将登上飞往德国的飞机，在那里我会安排交通工具，把你送到你下一步要去的地方。” 飞机滚出机库，滑行到跑道上，螺旋桨呼呼作响。 “你为什么要为我们做这些，巴德斯利教授？”艾米大声说。 “发生什么事了？”他说：“因为你的事在这里已经做完了。” “因为你找到了一条线索。 因为即使我没有参与其中，我也尊重你在执行你祖母的命令。” “你有多了解格蕾丝？”艾米。 “你知道她属于哪个分支吗？”当巴德斯利教授猛拉油门时，声音震耳欲聋。 “什么？”他说。飞机颠簸着向前驶去。 “YEEE-HAH !”内莉喊道。 丹从后座上靠向艾米。 “你真的认为我这么迟钝吗？” 好吧，如果我这么迟钝，怎么会是我记得留着这个呢？”他现在正往她脸上塞什么东西。 的