His alarm clock went off at 6:00 am. He got out of bed and went into the bathroom and started up the shower. Kid enjoyed a nice hot shower in the morning since it woke him up. It was relaxing but suddenly the phone rang. It always annoyed kid- the phone always seemed to ring when he was busy. Kid didn't worry about it. If it was an important call the person would leave a message or call back later.

After getting a shower and getting dressed kid went downstairs. He checked his messages but found none were left. He checked the caller ID and surprisingly it said noone had called yet today. The last call was received yesterday around 5pm. Kid ignored it even though it was strange. He went over to the coffee pot and pot some regular coffee beans in the pot and then walked outside to get the mornings newspapers.

The headline was "Twisted Metal- It begins again." Kid gasped and then walked inside and read the article. It mentioned someone named calypso and a picture was also shown. The article continued onwards saying that the man was at the local car dealership in town and had stolen at least 25 cars using his magic ring of power. One of the witnesses was Agent Stone- he was a member of the police force and had known calypso since after all he was in the tournament once according to what the newspaper said. By then the coffee was ready so kid poured a nice big cup of coffee and put in some cream and sugar.

Kid was shocked. Agent Stone knew calypso. Stone had been a good friend of kid's for the past few years. Whenever kid had trouble with someone agent stone took care of it. They had always been good friends but why hadn't stone mentioned calypso or twisted metal before? Kid would have to see agent stone later and ask him about it. Suddenly the phone rang again. Kid walked over to it and picked it up.

Man- "Hello. Is this kidgame? This is important."

Kid- "Yes this is kid game. Now who are you and what do you want and more importantly how did you get my number. I never give out my phone number.

Man- "How I got your number is not important but everything else is. I am calypso. I run the twisted metal tournament. You received my letter in the mail correct?"

Kid- "What? What the hell kind of sick joke is this? Twisted metal is just a video game. It isn't real. I don't know you your trying to fool but is certainly isn't me."

Calypso- "But Kid I am not trying to fool anyone. Twisted metal is completely real. I am the real calypso I hold a tournament each year. If you don't believe me ask agent stone. He's that cop on the police force. He knows all about it."

Kid- "Well I was going to see him later today. But how do you know about agent stone?"

Calypso- "Isn't it obvious? He was in some of my other tournaments. He was one of the lucky ones. He didn't die but he was a good competitor despite his loss. So are you going to join my little tournament?"

Kid- "I don't know. First off I don't have any weapons. Second, I don't even know where this crazy tournament is even at."

Calypso- "I told you in the letter that I would supply you with some weapons and that I would tell you where the battles are held."

Kid- "Well seing as how my life isn't full of excitement I say what the hell. I may as well join. But I'll need weapons and I need to know where the tournament starts."

Calypso- "Very well then. I knew you'd join. Remember that if you win you get a wish. You can have anything such as revenge on your co-workers from the shit they do to you. Don't worry about the weapons. You have more then one vehicle correct? Leave your ferrari home today. Take your Ford Pickup to work today. While your gone some of my friends will stop by and fit your ferrari with some armor, machine guns, and some weapons and missiles."

Kid- "Well as long as you don't damage my ferrari then go ahead put some armor on it and 2 hood machine guns and a bunch of weapons. Don't scratch it though. I don't want to use a damaged vehicle."

At that calypso said goodbye and hung up the phone. Kid was shocked. He still didn't believe it. Was twisted metal actually real or was someone trying to trick him. Kid wanted answers so he called in to work and said he was sick and couldn't come in. Luckily though he had the day off anyways.

Kid got the keys to his Ford pickup and got in and started it up. He took off to the Town & Country Diner. It had some of the best breakfast around and it was also very popular. Agent Stone also ate breakfast there early in the morning and should be arriving there around now. Kid got there at around 7:15 am and got lucky finding a parking spot next to the entrance. Sure enough Agent Stones squad car was also parked up front. It was easy to tell it was his since the license plate read "Stone".