Martin King and the Prison of Ice (Martin King Series) Read Free Page B

about two years ago. She was a young
Axis Lady, the daughter of another alien called Laser Wolf. Fire Opal and Laser
Wolf had been prisoners in the City of Serenity, and had escaped with the other
Axis Lords. However, because of the Axis satellite they hadn’t been able to
escape from the planet.
    Tommy took out
his phone and stared at a picture of Fire Opal. In the photo, she was wearing
human clothes—blue jeans and a pink top. Only her purple eyes and white hair
gave her away as not being human.
    When Tommy had
met Fire Opal in the City of Serenity, he had instantly fallen in love with
her. Amazingly, she had felt the same way about him. Fire Opal had created an
email address after moving to Italy with her father. Although Fire Opal was amused
by how primitive the technology was, they emailed each other nearly every day.
Fire Opal had visited England a few times with Laser Wolf, but Tommy had never
gone to Italy to visit her. But he had finally persuaded his parents to let him
go.
    He had more
than enough money to make the trip. Moonstone, the Axis Lady who had tried to
destroy the Earth, had given Martin a large bag of diamonds right before her
death. The three friends had shared them equally, so they were all now very
rich.
    Tommy stared at
the photograph for most of the flight, wondering what he would talk to Fire
Opal about. Eventually, the plane landed, and Tommy stepped out into Italy.
    H is heart beat heavily as he walked into the baggage area of the
airport. He collected his luggage and made his way towards the main entrance. He
had never been so nervous about meeting a girl before. Fire Opal was so warm,
so beautiful, so special… in his distraction, Tommy walked into an old Italian
man who was heading in the opposite direction.
    “ Scusa ,”
said Tommy.
    Falcon had
given Tommy the power of omnilinguism—the ability to speak and understand every
single language. And that included Italian.
    Tommy stepped
out into the warm Italian sunshine, and he immediately saw her. She had bright
white hair and blue eyes; Tommy knew that if she wasn’t wearing a Deceiving
Necklace her eyes would be purple. Fire Opal ran to Tommy and hugged him. Then
she let go and looked down shyly.
    “Sorry,” she
muttered.
    “Sorry? What
are you sorry for? I want another hug!”
    Tommy hugged
Fire Opal again and they both laughed. She really was the most beautiful girl
Tommy had ever seen. She looked slightly older than the first time they had
met, and even more attractive—if that was possible.
    “It’s so good
to see you again,” said Tommy. “It’s been too long.”
    “Yeah, it has,”
agreed Fire Opal.
    “Well,” said
Tommy. “Well, let’s get a taxi. I’m going to leave my bags at the hotel, and
then you can give me the tour.”
    They climbed
into a taxi. Tommy had spent the whole plane journey worrying about what he
would say to her, but Fire Opal was wonderfully easy to talk to. Besides, they
already knew a lot about each other from their email conversations.
    “How’s your
dad?” said Tommy. “I still remember that time he saved us when we were trapped
in the VDS.”
    Fire Opal
smiled. “He’s fine. He really loves it here in Florence, with all the art and
architecture.”
    “And what do
you think of it here?”
    “It’s nice,”
said Fire Opal. “I get a bit tired of it sometimes though. I’ve spent my life
being trapped in one place. I really want to explore.”
    Tommy reached
out to her hand and slipped his fingers around hers.
    “Well, we can
one day.”
    “Yes, I suppose
we can.”
    Tommy dropped
his bags off at his hotel, and Fire Opal began to show him around Florence. He
had never been to Italy before, and he was astounded by the beauty of
everything.
    “How are your
friends?” said Fire Opal, as they strolled through a large green park.
    “Fine,” said
Tommy. “Martin and Darcy are really happy together.”
    “I’m glad.” She
sighed. “I’m so happy that you came to Florence, Tommy.