6 Catch DeLay

Chapter 6 Catch DeLay Think! Rosa told herself desperately. She and Kingsley couldn't hold on for much longer—soon they would tumble out among the clattering wheels and pounding hooves. She knew they had only one chance.

第6章抓住延迟思考！罗莎绝望地对自己说。 她和金斯莱坚持不了多久了，很快他们就会从车轮声和马蹄声中滚出来。 她知道他们只有一次机会。

"Hurry, Kingsley! Your watch!" she shrieked above the noise. "Freeze!" Kingsley flipped up his watch face and pressed a button. Time froze. Immediately, their horses were like sculptures in midgallop. Their chariot had tilted to rest on its axle—a long, strong piece of wood that usually had two wheels attached to it. Now it had just one.

“快点,金斯利!你的表！”她在喧闹声中尖叫。 “冻结!”金斯利掀开表盘，按下一个按钮。 时间冻结了。马上，他们的马就像奔跑中的雕塑。 他们的战车倾斜着靠在车轴上——那是一根又长又结实的木头，通常还连着两个轮子。 现在只剩下一个了。

Rosa glanced around the hippodrome. Spectators stood like statues with wide yelling mouths. Horses' manes and tails were frozen in flight. Rosa and Kingsley scrambled to their feet, brushing sand from their hands and faces. "Wow," said Kingsley, looking around.

罗莎环视了一下竞技场。 观众们像雕像一样站着，嘴巴张得大大的。 马的鬃毛和尾巴在飞行中被冻住了。 罗莎和金斯利爬了起来，掸去手上和脸上的沙子。 “哇。”金斯莱环顾四周，说道。

"I've never done a Freeze before." "Me neither," Rosa said. The Timekeepers could only freeze time once on each mission, and it only lasted a short while. Freezes were risky—if they weren't careful, they could accidentally cause snags in history. They were strictly for emergency use only.

“我以前从来没有做过冻结。” “我也是，”罗莎说。计时员在每次任务中只能冻结时间一次，而且只能持续很短的时间。 冻结是有风险的——如果他们不小心，他们可能会意外地在历史上造成障碍。 严格来说，它们只供紧急情况使用。

Other than the Timekeepers, there was only one other flash of movement—a speck in the sky that grew larger and larger. Tempo! She flew to Rosa's shoulder and nuzzled her cheek with a soft wing. "Cuckoo!"

除了计时员，只有一个闪光的运动——天空中的一个斑点变得越来越大。 节奏!她飞到罗莎的肩膀上，用柔软的翅膀蹭她的脸颊。 “杜鹃!”

"She's glad we're okay," said Kingsley. His head snapped around as he heard a movement. Footsteps crunched on the track. DeLay! "Nice trick," he called to them. "Shame it doesn't work on me!" Rosa and Kingsley groaned. DeLay reached into his pouch for a Time Crunch and flung it at his horses. Tick tick tick... It exploded into a cloud of smoke. To Rosa's dismay, DeLay's horses began moving. They weren't galloping at normal speed—they looked like a video being played in slow motion. But still, Rosa knew DeLay might get away before she and Kingsley could climb through the other chariots and catch him.

“她很高兴我们没事。”金斯莱说。 他听到有动静，猛地扭过头来。 脚步声在轨道上嘎吱作响。 延迟!“好把戏。”他对他们喊道。 “可惜这对我没用！”罗莎和金斯莱呻吟着。 迪莱把手伸进袋子里拿出一粒“时间脆饼”，扔给了他的马。 嘀嗒嘀嗒……它爆炸成一团烟雾。 令罗莎沮丧的是，迪莱的马开始动了起来。 它们并没有以正常的速度疾驰——它们看起来就像一段慢动作播放的视频。 但是，罗莎知道，迪莱可能会在她和金斯利爬过其他战车抓住他之前逃走。