1 A stitch in time

The Tesla Trap by SJ KING

《特斯拉陷阱》作者：SJ KING

Chapter 1 A stitch in time Luke's sewing machine needle had gotten stuck. The fabric he was sewing for the school drama club costumes was thick and stiff, and his machine wasn't happy. He reset the needle and pressed the pedal. Soon, the soothing sound of the clacking needle filled his bedroom again.

卢克的缝纫机针被卡住了。 他为学校戏剧社缝制的服装布料又厚又硬，他的机器很不高兴。 他重新拨好针，踩下踏板。 很快，他的卧室里又响起了针的叮当声。

When he had finished the seam on the jacket he was working on, Luke stretched his arms above his head and rubbed his neck. Outside, seagulls swooped through the gray Aberdeen skies and skimmed the top of the North Sea waves that he could see peeping over the rooftops. The North Sea was always a different color. Today it was a charcoal gray that matched his jeans. The laptop beside him showed images of clothes from the 1890s: suits and shirts,

当他把正在缝的夹克缝好后，卢克把双臂伸过头顶，揉了揉脖子。 外面，海鸥掠过阿伯丁灰色的天空，掠过从屋顶上窥视过来的北海的浪尖。 北海总是一种不同的颜色。 今天是炭灰色，和他的牛仔裤很搭。 他身边的笔记本电脑显示了19世纪90年代的服装图片：西装和衬衫，

dresses and skirts, and aprons. This year's play was The Time Machine, written in 1895 by a writer named H. G. Wells. Luke was beginning to feel like an expert in the fashion from that period: the shape of the suit lapels, the style of the shirt collars, and the bell-shaped skirts with tight waists. It was funny that they were doing The Time Machine, a play about time travel. Luke knew a bit about traveling through time himself. He was a member of the Timekeepers, a secret organization that kept history on track. Whenever the Timekeepers' nemesis, an evil time bandit named DeLay, went back in time to mess up history, it was up to the Timekeepers to make things right.

连衣裙和裙子，还有围裙。 今年的戏剧是《时光机器》，1895年由作家H。 g .井。卢克开始觉得自己是那个时期的时尚专家：西装翻领的形状，衬衫领子的风格，以及束腰的钟形裙子。 有趣的是，他们正在演一部关于时间旅行的戏剧《时光机器》。 卢克自己也知道一点穿越时间的事。 他是计时员组织的一员，这是一个保持历史正轨的秘密组织。 每当计时员的死对头，一个名叫迪莱的邪恶时间强盗，回到过去扰乱历史时，计时员就得把事情纠正过来。

Luke was careful as he moved the fabric through his sewing machine. Then he noticed something. The hands on his special Timekeepers watch were spinning...backward. Luke looked up. Everything had frozen. It was the oddest thing, seeing a seagull hanging in midair outside his window. Time for another adventure! He flipped open the top of his watch. A collection of little buttons winked at him. Luke chose one and pressed it. Rainbow colors swirled through the air, lifting him off his feet. His bedroom

卢克小心翼翼地把布料放进缝纫机。 然后他注意到了一件事。 他那块特制的计时表的指针在向后旋转。 卢克抬起头来。一切都凝固了。 看到一只海鸥悬在窗外的半空中，这是最奇怪的事情。 是时候进行另一次冒险了！他打开手表的表壳。 一堆小纽扣向他眨着眼睛。 卢克选了一个按了一下。 彩虹的颜色在空中旋转，把他抬了起来。 他的卧室

faded away as everything around him turned white. When the light faded, Luke was back at the History Hub. He gazed around at all the historical objects that lined the room, displayed against walls and standing on plinths. It was pretty cool to have an HQ that doubled as a museum. "Luke, here!" he said into the big, echoing space.

随着周围的一切变成白色，他渐渐消失了。 当光线消失时，卢克回到了历史中心。 他环视着房间里排列着的历史文物，有的靠墙陈列，有的立在基座上。 拥有一个兼作博物馆的总部真是太酷了。 “卢克，在这儿！”他对着巨大的回响空间说。