Chapter 24

CHAPTER 24 Their ascent halted. The chopper began to shake violently. "What is this malfunction?" the pilot yelled. Roaring with effort, Eisenhower Holt pulled down on the runner, preventing their departure. "It's not a malfunction, it's a Holt!" Dan cried. "Keep flying! He'll have to let go!" "He is too heavy for this altitude!" the pilot insisted. "He wastes our fuel! We must depart now if we are to get home at all!" Still holding on with one hand, Eisenhower swung his ice a? and wedged the sharp point in the gasket between the ultralight and its bubble. Then he pried with all his remaining strength until the Plexiglas popped open. A split second later, his enormous frostbitten, wild-eyed head loomed directly over them.

第二十四章他们的上升停止了。 直升机开始剧烈地摇晃。 “这是什么故障？”飞行员喊道。 艾森豪威尔·霍尔特奋力咆哮着，拉住了赛跑者，阻止他们离开。 “这不是故障，这是霍尔特！”丹哭了。 “保持飞翔!他会放手的！”“在这个高度，他太重了！”飞行员坚持说。 “他浪费我们的燃料！”要想回家，我们现在就得走！”艾森豪威尔仍然用一只手抓着，挥动着他的冰棍。 把尖头楔入垫片，夹在超轻型汽车和它的气泡之间。 然后他用尽全身的力气去撬，直到有机玻璃砰的一声打开。 顷刻间，他那冻伤的、睁大了眼睛的大脑袋就出现在他们面前。

"The clue!" he roared. As Amy sat petrified with fear, her Holt cousin snatched the vial from her nerveless fingers. He backed off, releasing the chopper. He got three steps from that spot. Four Sherpas appeared out of the ice plume and grabbed him, two on each arm. A fifth figure, the space-suited Ian Kabra, staggered up against the wind and wrenched the vial from Eisenhower's glove. What happened next would remain burned in everyone's memory. A blast of wind seized the A- Star and pitched it around. Dan tumbled from his seat, whacking his head on the Plexiglas bubble. Amy was tossed clean out, landing in the snow. The tail of the chopper swung over earth's pinnacle, whacking Ian across his back, knocking him off the summit. He flailed for a handhold, digging the arms of his space suit into a snow cornice. Screaming in horror, he clung to the edge, dangling over the massive Kangshung face, a drop of eleven thousand feet. Amy grabbed for his hand and found herself

“线索！”他吼道。当艾米被吓得呆若木鸡的时候，她的堂兄从她无力的手指上抢过药瓶。 他向后退，松开了直升机。 他离那个地方只有三步远。 四个夏尔巴人从冰羽中出现，抓住了他，两只胳膊各抓了两个。 第五个人影，太空服的伊恩·卡布拉，迎着风摇摇晃晃地站起来，从艾森豪威尔的手套里拧出药瓶。 接下来发生的事情将留在每个人的记忆中。 一阵狂风把“A- Star”号掀了起来。 丹从座位上摔了下来，头撞在树脂玻璃上。 艾米被甩了出去，落在雪地上。 直升机的机尾在地球的顶峰上摇摆，把伊恩打在背上，把他从顶峰上撞了下来。 他拼命想抓住一个支撑点，把宇航服的手臂扎进了雪檐里。 他惊恐地尖叫着，紧紧抓住悬崖的边缘，悬在巨大的康胜山上，从一万一千英尺的高处跌落下来。 艾米抓住他的手，镇定了下来

holding not Ian, but the vial containing the Janus serum. Her first thought was jubilation. I've got it back! But then she looked through the space suit helmet at the terrified face of the teenager inside. Suddenly, the ledge of packed powder that was supporting Ian crumbled under his weight. There was nothing beneath him for nearly two miles.

手里拿的不是伊恩，而是雅努斯血清。 她的第一个念头是高兴。 我把它拿回来了！但她透过太空服头盔看到了里面那个少年惊恐的脸。 突然间，支撑着伊恩的那堆火药在他的重压下崩塌了。 他下面近两英里的地方什么也没有。