Kid was a nice man. He was always happy and was rarely mad at anything. Even when he was mad he got over it quickly and usually ignored whatever bothered him. Usually he was a quiet person keeping to himself not bothering to talk much unless it was necessary.

He had lots of friends and he usually talked to them in his spare time or when he had a day off from work. He enjoyed playing video games of all sorts but particularly like shooters and violent games. When mad he always played violent games to relieve stress. Instead of hurting people in real life he hurt computer opponents in games. It was just harmless fun. One game he liked was the Twisted Metal series. It was one of his favorite game series where you chose a car and battled other cars with the objective of destroying them all and meeting calypso to gain a wish. Kid always won the game. Little did he know that the twisted metal tournament was actually real.

His co-workers usually teased kid a lot and picked on him since he always was talking and thinking about games even on the job. He got yelled at by his boss a few times even though his boss liked games too. Everyone said he was addicted to games but kid didn't care. So what if he liked games a lot it didn't bother him. A few times some of his co-workers even beat up kid and kicked the shit out of him. Kid got pissed off when they did that. He had always wanted revenge and was always thinking of how he would do it.

That day it was pretty hot out and was in the high 80's. Kid had just got off of work. He stopped at his favorite burger join and as soon as he walked in one of the waitresses saw kid and came over to him.

Jane- Hey kid. I take it you want your usual again?
Kid- Yep. That bacon cheeseburger medium well. French fries and coleslaw. This place has some of the best burgers in the world. Oh and a sprite too please.
Jane- Sure thing kid.

Jane smiled as she went in the back and got kid his burger and a glass of sprite. Kid ate the burger and fries rather quickly and drank down the sprite as well as it was his favorite drink and was very refreshing. Jane gave kid his bill which was the usual $6.25. Kid paid the bill and left a tip and walked out to his car, a sleek bright red ferrari. He got in and drove home which was only a mile away.

As he got home he parked the car and then walked outside to check the mail. There was quite a bit of stuff in there. He scanned the letters seing who the sender was to see if it was important.

Kid- Lets see what do we have today. Hmmm a bill, bill, another bill, a few video game magazines, a cooking magazine, oooh that music cd I ordered is here, another bill and....hey what the heck is this?

Kid looked at an odd letter in a plain white envelope. It was the kind used as a special notice yet it said nothing of payment now due or anything like that. It was weird but kid thought the letter was strange. There was no return address which made it much more weirder. Kid walked back inside his house and set the mail on the table and sat down and opened the strange letter. Inside was a message which kid began to read.

" Dear Kidgame,
I have been watching you. I know all about you. I know that you are a quiet man that tends to keep things to yourself. I know that your co-workers at work always tease and pick on you and ebat the shit out of you because you like video games. There is no reason for them to do that. I know you want revenge but you don't know how to get revenge. I can give you the opportunity for revenge but you'll need to do something else first. That is win. Win my competition. I, Calypso, cordially invite you to join this years Twisted Metal Competition. You and your ferrari should be worthy conteders. I'll give your ferrari a special attack as well as some weapons to start. I will tell you the locations of the arenas as the time to battle comes closer. Of course the arenas will be littered with weapons and health pickups as to which you'll need both. You will battle to the death with a lot of fellow competitors in a "friendly" competition. You simply have to destroy all the other cars with your weapons. What do you get for winning? A wish. The winner and there can only be one, gets a single wish anything that they desire. As for the losers, well death shall be their only reward. I know you are tempted to join this competition for revenge. So why don't you join? It's just a friendly little game. So what do you say? Will you join the Twisted Metal Tournament? I will be contacted you and you will join.
Sincerely,
Calypso."

The letter was weird and disturbing. It sounded like something right out of a video game. Was it actually real or just someone playing a prank on him? And if it was real how did this guy know about kid and what happened at work? Twisted metal was kids favorite game but he wondered what kind of twisted joke this was. He was tempted to join and win but if he lost he was dead. Dead in real life or just in the game and be ressurected after the game? Kid was always one to take risks but he disregarded the letter and tossed it in the trash.

Of course the letter was real and Calypso would be contacting kid again by phone and email and perhaps another letter.

Of course calypso himself was at a local car dealer looking at some cars. He was thinking of which ones to buy or take so that they could be used in the tournament. Of course everyone looked at him weird since he was missing his left eye and his face was a little bloody. Someone asked what was wrong but calypso replied by shooting them with a Glock. Calypso took around 25 vehicles for now and used his magic powers to teleport them to his garage for modifying.

It was all over that nights news. Every channel said that calypso had been sighted at the local car dealer looking at cars. He murdered someone and took 25 cars. It was frightening. Everyone seemed scared yet kid didn't understand why.

The next mornings newspapers all talked about the previous days events. They all said that commando was at the car dealer and killed a few people and took 25 cars for his contest. The headlines in the paper were "Twisted Metal: It begins again".