13 Freeing Friends

Chapter 13 Freeing Friends Bruno chewed through Dante's cocoon in a flash. Dante got to his feet. He saw his reflection in the dark window of the office: hair full of sticky webs, face streaked with dust and grime. But he didn't give any of that a second thought. "Good boy! Come on, help me get my cousins free." But then the spiders attacked. The spirit dog leaped at one, grabbing the tooting tarantula in his jaws and flinging it against the wall. BAM! The spider fell to the floor, knocked out. "Okay, new plan. You fight the spiders, I've got this!" Dante turned and banged on the office door.

第十三章 解救朋友 布鲁诺唰地一下就咬断了但丁的茧壳。 但丁站了起来。 他在办公室黑漆漆的窗户上看见了自己的倒影：头发上沾满了黏糊糊的蛛网，脸上全是一道道的灰尘和泥垢。 可他半点都没把这些放在心上。 “好孩子！ 快来，帮我把我的表亲们救出来。” 可就在这时，蜘蛛们发动了攻击。 灵犬朝着一只蜘蛛扑了过去，一口咬住那只咕咕叫的狼蛛，把它狠狠甩到了墙上。 砰！ 那只蜘蛛摔到地上，晕了过去。 “好吧，新计划。 你对付蜘蛛，我来救大家！” 但丁转过身，砰砰地敲起了办公室的门。

"Alba! Give me a hand!" There was no answer. Dante looked around and found a pair of rusty scissors on the desk. He grabbed them and crouched beside Ivan. "Hey, careful with those," Ivan warned. "I don't want to get infected." "Dude," Dante said. "You were just injected with spider venom. A little rust won't hurt you." He sliced through the webs as Bruno fought off spider after spider. The battle was almost finished. "I could probably grab a couple of books without much risk," Ivan said. "Get me out of this cocoon first, you giant bookworm," Malia shouted. A little embarrassed, Ivan helped Dante free his cousin. She stood and pointed at the other two cocoons. "That's got to be Santiago and Rafaela." Dante pulled at the webbing, revealing their

“阿尔芭！ 过来帮我一把！” 没有人回应。 但丁环顾四周，在桌子上发现了一把生锈的剪刀。 他抓起剪刀，蹲到了伊万身边。 “嘿，小心点用那玩意儿。”伊万提醒道。 “我可不想被感染。” “老兄，”但丁说， “你刚才都被注射蜘蛛毒液了。 这点锈伤不到你的。” 他剪开蛛网的时候，布鲁诺正打退了一只又一只蜘蛛。 战斗快要结束了。 “我说不定能顺几本书走，没啥风险的。”伊万说。 “先把我从这茧里弄出去再说，你个大书虫。”玛利亚大喊道。 伊万有点不好意思，赶紧帮但丁把他表妹救了出来。 她站起身，指着另外两个茧。 “那肯定是圣地亚哥和拉斐拉。” 但丁扯掉蛛网，露出了他们的

classmates" faces. Their skin was very pale. Dante pulled out two healing stones, tossing one to Ivan. "On the count of three!" he said, and both boys put the stones on their friends" chests. Malia rolled her eyes. "Y'all are the weirdest boys in any dimension." "One! Two! Three!" her cousins shouted in unison. "Heal up, Shi-PAH-ti!" Santiago's and Rafaela's eyes opened and they gasped for air. "What?" muttered Rafaela. "Where?" "Huh?" asked Santiago. "Who?"

同班同学的脸。 他们的皮肤特别苍白。 但丁掏出两块治疗石，扔了一块给伊万。 “我数到三！” 他说着，两个男孩一起把石头按到了朋友们的胸口上。 玛利亚翻了个白眼。 你们俩真是所有次元里最怪的男孩了。” “一！二！ 三！” 他的表亲们齐声喊了起来。 “好起来吧，西-帕-提！” 圣地亚哥和拉斐拉睁开了眼睛，大口地喘着气。 “怎么回事？”拉斐拉迷迷糊糊地问。 “这是哪儿？”“嗯？”圣地亚哥问道。 “你们是谁？”

Just then, Bruno hurled the last spider against a bookcase with so much force that a set of heavy books tumbled on top of it, knocking it out cold. WHOOSH! Two portals opened in the air. "Quick! Get them free!" Malia ordered. Dante and Ivan rushed to rip the webbing away. Then they pulled the confused kids to their feet. "Which portal?" Dante asked. "It doesn't matter!" Malia said. "Just pick one!" The boys pushed their friends through one of the portals. It winked and disappeared.

就在这时，布鲁诺把最后一只蜘蛛猛地扔向书架，力气大得一摞厚重的书掉下来刚好砸在蜘蛛身上，把它砸得昏死了过去。 嗖！ 空中凭空出现了两道传送门。 “快！ 把他们救出来！” 玛利亚下令道。 但丁和伊万冲过去撕掉蛛网。 然后他们把还晕乎乎的两个孩子拉了起来。 “走哪道传送门？” 但丁问。 “无所谓！” 玛利亚说。 “随便选一个就行！” 男孩们推着他们的朋友走进了其中一道传送门。 传送门闪了闪，就消失了。

"Okay," Ivan said, "now let me grab just one book " Dante shook his head and smiled as his gangly cousin ran toward the bookshelves, right past the pedestal, which was miraculously intact. Ivan's shoulder brushed the tewilot. It lit up like a flash. A woman's face appeared in the crystal sphere!

“太好了，”伊万说，“现在让我拿一本书就好——”但丁摇了摇头笑了，看着他那瘦长的表哥朝书架跑去，刚好经过那个奇迹般完好无损的台座。 伊万的肩膀擦到了特维洛特。 它唰地一下亮了起来。 水晶球里出现了一个女人的脸！