4 Stolen!

Chapter 4 Stolen! The Timekeepers ran out of the room. Out on the platform again, Hannah became more aware of how high up they were. She focused her eyes on the stairs so that she didn't get dizzy. Jackson was already heading downward, but Hannah was soon close

第4章被偷了！计时员跑出了房间。 回到站台上，汉娜更加意识到他们站在多么高的地方。 她把目光集中在楼梯上，以免头晕。 杰克逊已经往下走了，但汉娜很快就接近了

behind him. "We know it's you, DeLay!" she shouted to the bearded figure that sprinted ahead of them, his long coat flapping. "Cuckoo!" Tempo called, as she shot out of Hannah's satchel and swooped after DeLay.

在他身后。“我们知道是你，迪莱！”她对那个在他们前面狂奔的大胡子喊道，他的长外套拍打着。 “杜鹃!”Tempo喊道，她从汉娜的书包里跳出来，扑向DeLay。

Jackson managed to run at full speed and grab DeLay's coat belt, but the villain wriggled out of his coat entirely and left the Timekeepers stumbling over it. The jacket he wore underneath was styled with a pocket watch pattern. "Ha, nice try!" DeLay said as he flung his false beard at them. Hannah spotted a roll of paper sticking out of his jacket. "Give back those plans!" she yelled. DeLay slowed. For a moment, Hannah thought he was going to do as she said. But no—DeLay's hands were busy with something. Tempo flew at him, flapping her wings in his face. He batted her away and launched a little parachute out between the iron beams.

杰克逊设法全速奔跑，抓住了迪莱的大衣腰带，但这个恶棍完全挣脱了他的外套，让计时员们踉跄着走过去。 他穿在里面的夹克是怀表图案。 “哈，好样的！”迪莱一边说一边把他的假胡子扔向他们。 汉娜发现他的夹克里露出一卷纸。 “把那些计划还给我！”她喊道。 延迟放缓。有那么一会儿，汉娜以为他会照她说的去做。 但毫不拖延的手正忙着什么。 Tempo朝他飞过来，在他脸上扇动着翅膀。 他把她甩开，在铁梁之间发射了一个小降落伞。

What's he up to? Hannah wondered. She leaned out to see...and gasped. Dangling beneath the slowly drifting parachute were the plans. She could clearly see the red, white, and blue ribbon tied around them. DeLay screeched with laughter and hurtled down the stairs again, spiraling around and around.

他在干什么？汉娜很好奇。 她探出身子去看……倒抽了一口凉气。 在缓慢飘动的降落伞下面晃来晃去的是那些计划。 她可以清楚地看到他们身上系着红、白、蓝三色的丝带。 迪莱尖声大笑，又冲下楼梯，在楼梯上盘旋着。

Tempo flew to Hannah. "Cuckoo?" she squawked. "Yes, Tempo!" cried Hannah. "After those plans!" The cuckoo zoomed out of the tower, while the Timekeepers tried desperately to catch DeLay before he did any more damage. Hannah's legs were wobbly, but she pounded on down the stairs. Though they'd run down hundreds of steps, they were still quite high up. DeLay, a flight ahead of them, fished something from his pocket. "Look out, Jackson!" Hannah called. "It's a Time Crunch! He'll throw it back to slow us down."

节拍飞向汉娜。“杜鹃？”她尖声叫道。 “是的，天宝！”汉娜叫道。 “在那些计划之后！”布谷鸟嗖地飞出了塔，计时员们拼命想在迪莱造成更多伤害之前抓住他。 汉娜的腿摇摇晃晃，但她还是迈着沉重的步子下了楼。 虽然他们跑下了几百级台阶，但他们仍然很高。 在他们前面有一架飞机，他从口袋里掏出了什么东西。 “小心，杰克逊！”汉娜。 “时间紧迫！”他会把它扔回去，拖慢我们的速度。”

But instead, DeLay flung the Time Crunch a few steps ahead of himself. It rolled down the stairs, but Hannah could still hear its tick tick tick. DeLay tore after it, like a wasp chasing an ice cream truck. It burst into smoke just as he reached it, and vanished. The Time Crunch had sped up time around him so he could move super-fast. Chasing him was pointless. He'd escaped. The Timekeepers slowly climbed all the way back to Gustave's apartment. They found the engineer in a terrible panic.

但相反，迪莱把“时间危机”提前了几步。 它滚下楼梯，但汉娜仍然能听到它的滴答声。 迪莱紧追着它，就像黄蜂追着一辆冰淇淋车。 他刚走到那儿，它就突然冒起了烟，消失了。 时间紧缩加速了他周围的时间，所以他可以超快地移动。 追他毫无意义。 他逃脱了。计时员们一路慢慢爬回古斯塔夫的公寓。 他们发现工程师惊慌失措。