Chapter 16

CHAPTER 16 "There they are!" Isabel's voice rang out through the lobby. "Hugo, Anton, quick!" Amy whirled around. The Kabra group had indeed reached the elevator; Ian and Natalie were already inside. The doors slid shut, leaving Isabel with the two men; the floor numbers began to light up, indicating that the elevator was in motion. Nellie turned to Lester. "Run! And whatever you do, don't let them get that box. We'll stall them." Lester seemed about to speak, but Isabel was already striding across the room with her companions in tow. Dan was still holding Saladin. Suddenly, he thrust the cat out toward Isabel and the two men. "STAY BACK!" he yelled, brandishing the cat in front of him. "This cat is dangerous! He has, um

第十六章“他们来了！”伊莎贝尔的声音在大厅里响起。 “雨果，安东，快！”艾米转过身来。 卡布拉一伙确实到了电梯；伊恩和娜塔莉已经在里面了。 门关上了，留下伊莎贝尔和那两个人；楼层号码开始亮起，表明电梯在运行。 内利转向雷斯脱。“快跑!不管你做什么，别让他们拿到盒子。 我们要拖住他们。”雷斯脱似乎要说话，但伊莎贝尔已经跟在她的同伴们后面，大步穿过房间。 丹仍然抱着萨拉丁。 突然，他把猫推到伊莎贝尔和那两个人面前。 “退后！”他喊道，挥舞着面前的猫。 “这只猫很危险！”他有，嗯

—feline— feline spongiform halitosis! It can be fatal to humans!" Saladin cooperated by swiping the air with his claws extended and hissing fiercely. It seemed that he did not appreciate being described as disease ridden, even if the disease didn't really exist. Isabel broke stride, and the two men stumbled into her. She bumped her head on the shoulder of one of the men. Letting out a shriek of pain, she put her hand to her forehead and staggered. It was a delay of only seconds, but it was enough. "Please, Lester!" Amy begged. "Go!" Lester shook his head in bafflement, then edged his way out the door to the restaurant. Moments later, Amy saw him out the window, running through the rain along the beach back toward the excavation hut. Just then, the elevator doors opened. Natalie and Ian stepped out after their ride up a few floors and back down again. Isabel shook her head, as if clearing her vision. "Typical!" she yelled. "Where have you two been?

-猫-猫海绵状口臭！这对人类来说是致命的！”萨拉丁配合着，伸出爪子在空中扫来扫去，发出凶狠的嘶嘶声。 他似乎不喜欢被描述为疾病缠身，即使这种疾病实际上并不存在。 伊莎贝尔停住了脚步，那两个人踉跄着撞上了她。 她的头撞在一个男人的肩膀上。 她发出一声痛苦的尖叫，用手捂住前额，摇摇晃晃。 虽然只耽误了几秒钟，但这已经足够了。 “请,莱斯特!”艾米恳求。 “走吧!”雷斯脱困惑地摇了摇头，然后蹑手蹑脚地走出门去。 过了一会儿，艾米看到他从窗户出来，冒着雨沿着海滩跑回挖掘小屋。 就在这时，电梯门开了。 娜塔莉和伊恩骑上几层楼后走了出来，又下来了。 伊莎贝尔摇了摇头，好像在清理她的视线。 “典型的！”她喊道。“你们俩上哪儿去了？”

Hugo, Anton, you idiots, don't just stand there! Go after the man —he's carrying something— he went that way!" She pointed at the restaurant door. Dan hurriedly deposited Saladin in his carrier. The hotel bellman standing nearby looked alarmed and gave the cat a respectful berth. Then Dan followed Amy as she and Nellie dashed toward the door, with Hugo and Anton on their heels. Hurricane. That was the word that popped into Nellie's head as soon as she set foot in the open– air restaurant. The rain seemed to be coming at her horizontally. Nellie had never seen a hurricane before, except on TV. If this wasn't a hurricane, she didn't ever want to be within a thousand miles of a real one. She ran through the restaurant, where the staff was hurriedly locking things down. At the far end of the terrace were shallow stairs leading to the beach. With Amy and Dan beside her, Nellie took the stairs in a single jump. Within a few strides she was soaking wet.

雨果，安东，你们这帮白痴，别傻站着！去追那个人——他拿着什么东西——他往那边去了！”她指着餐厅的门。 丹赶紧把萨拉丁放在他的轿子里。 站在旁边的旅馆侍者显得很吃惊，恭恭敬敬地给那只猫让道。 然后丹跟着艾米，她和内莉向门口冲去，雨果和安东跟在后面。 飓风。这是内莉一走进这家露天餐厅就突然想到的一个词。 雨似乎是横着向她袭来的。 除了在电视上，内莉以前从未见过飓风。 如果这不是一场飓风，她绝对不想离真正的飓风不到一千英里。 她跑过餐厅，那里的工作人员正忙着把东西锁起来。 露台的另一端是通往海滩的浅浅的楼梯。 在艾米和丹的陪伴下，内莉一口气跳上了楼梯。 没走几步，她就浑身湿透了。

"This way!" she heard Amy scream into the wind. They turned to the right. Far down the beach, they could see a blur that was Lester struggling against the storm. The beach was quite wide because the tide was out, or at least it had been before the storm began. But each wave that crashed in was bigger than the one before it. What was the best way to slow down Isabel's thugs? Nellie risked a quick glance over her shoulder. "HEY!" she hollered. Hugo and Anton were no longer behind them. "They must have gone out the front!" Dan screamed. "They're going to try to head him off!" "We have to get to him first!" Nellie screamed back. They had to scream to be heard over the howling wind. Nellie tried to think. With the rain pummeling down and the wind shrieking, she could hardly hear her own thoughts. They'll be faster, running

“这边！”她听到艾米对着风尖叫。 他们向右转。在海滩的远处，他们可以看到一个模糊的东西，那是莱斯特在与风暴搏斗。 海滩很宽阔，因为退潮了，或者至少在暴风雨开始前退潮了。 但每一波巨浪都比前一波更大。 拖住伊莎贝尔手下的最好办法是什么？ 内莉冒险回头瞥了一眼。 “嘿！”她喊道。雨果和安东已经不在他们后面了。 “他们一定是从前门出去了！”丹尖叫。 “他们会设法阻止他的！”“我们必须先找到他！”内莉尖叫着回答。 他们必须尖叫才能盖过呼啸的风。 内利试着思考。大雨滂沱，狂风呼啸，她几乎听不见自己在想什么。 他们会跑得更快

on the road instead of on the sand. Lester has a good head start. But when he gets to the hut, then what? They'll get there before us…. They raced down the beach. Lester was almost to the hut now. "Come on!" Amy shouted, and pulled ahead. Nellie had thought that she was already running as fast as she could, but seeing Amy's burst of speed made her find one of her own. Up ahead, Lester stopped abruptly. Nellie knew what that meant: He had spotted either Hugo or Anton. Sure enough, Lester reversed himself and began running back toward them. Behind him, Nellie saw one of the thugs. Where was the other one? A few seconds later, she had her answer. The second man emerged on the beach not far ahead of them. Now Lester was caught between the two men, who were rapidly closing in on him. He moved forward a few more yards and then, to Nellie's astonishment, he turned to his right and started running.

在路上而不是在沙滩上。 莱斯特有一个良好的开端。 但当他到了小屋，然后呢？ 他们会比我们先到.... 他们沿着海滩飞奔而下。 雷斯脱现在差不多到了茅屋。 “来吧!”艾米喊道，把车开到前面。 内莉以为她已经跑得最快了，但看到艾米的速度爆发，她发现自己也有速度。 雷斯脱突然在前面停住了。 内莉明白这是什么意思：他不是看见了雨果，就是看见了安东。 雷斯脱果然转过身来，向他们跑去。 在他身后，内莉看到了一个暴徒。 另一个在哪里？几秒钟后，她得到了答案。 第二个人出现在离他们不远的海滩上。 现在雷斯脱被夹在那两个人中间，这两个人正在迅速地向他逼近。 他又向前走了几码，然后，令内莉吃惊的是，他转向右边开始跑。

Toward the ocean. "What's he doing?" Dan yelled. Hugo and Anton thundered after Lester, the Cahill gang right behind them. Through the pelting rain, Nellie could now see what she hadn't earlier. Lester, still hugging the box to his chest, was running on a narrow spit of sand that rose a little higher than the rest of the seabed and stretched far out into the water. Maybe he was hoping that the thugs wouldn't follow him. Who runs out into the ocean during a hurricane? The spit was so narrow that the three of them couldn't run side by side. Amy was in front. Water was splashing around Nellie's ankles, but everything was so wet that she couldn't tell if it was rain or waves. Beyond Amy's shoulder, Nellie saw Lester make a flying leap. He landed and stumbled forward a few steps. Then he turned and looked behind him. Hugo and Anton had been running one after the other, barely two paces apart. Suddenly, they both tripped and fell forward. But what had they tripped on? Nellie couldn't

朝向大海。“他在干什么？”丹喊道。 雨果和安东在莱斯特后面咆哮，卡荷尔一伙就在他们后面。 透过倾盆大雨，内莉现在可以看到她之前没有看到的东西了。 雷斯脱仍然把箱子抱在胸前，跑在一条比海底稍高一点的窄沙上，这沙一直延伸到水里。 也许他是希望那些暴徒不会跟着他。 谁会在飓风的时候跑到海里？ 那道吐槽太窄了，他们三个人不能并排跑。 艾米在前面。水在奈莉的脚踝周围溅起水花，但一切都是湿的，她不知道是下雨还是海浪。 在艾美肩膀后面，内莉看见雷斯脱纵身一跃。 他落地后踉跄着向前走了几步。 然后他转过身来，回头看了看。 雨果和安东一个接一个地跑着，相距不到两步。 突然，他们俩都绊了一下，向前摔倒了。 但是他们被什么绊倒了呢？ 内莉无法