Chapter 4: The Letter
'I have to do something', I thought to myself as I finished reading the letter. It was addressed to me, Peter A. Colόn, Jr. and it wasn't signed. Now I have no clue as to who it was that kidnapped Tiffanie. I'm sure her family is worried sick.
Tiffanie is the only surviving part of my childhood. We grew up together. I was relieved when I found out that the wrath of Ogre left her untouched. We didn't always keep in touch; I was always busy with the tournaments and so much was happening to me back then. I'd been helping King take care of the orphanage, and that in itself was no easy task.
There was always some excuse, always something in the way of our friendship…and now those reasons just don't seem to stack up anymore.
"I should've been there…" I said aloud to myself. Suddenly, I heard the front door open and slam shut.
"Peter! Did you see what Marduk has done this time!" King yelled out as he stomped into the kitchen. I hid the letter behind my back as I spun around on my chair and nodded slowly.
"He's a jerk, but please don't let him get to you." I said.
"Pete, you know I can't let him just DESTROY Armor King's reputation like that! I HAVE to do something about this. Don't worry, I'm not going to kill him, but I sure will beat some sense into him!" he replied.
I sighed as I was reassured that he would never be that desperate ever again. At least through all this turmoil, I knew that King would never become a murderer.
"King, maybe you should go calm down a bit. Maybe you could work out or something." I said, wanting to get back to my letter.
"Yeah you're probably right. I'm gonna go lift some weights." He replied. I sighed when he left the room and reopened my letter.
'Come to the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 or else Tiffanie dies…' I mentally read the note.
"Hey Pete?" I heard King say. Quickly and in shock, I spun around and hid the letter again. He looked at me funny, like he knew something was up.
"Y-yeah?" I said nervously, kicking myself mentally for being so damn obvious.
"You okay?" he asked me. I smiled and nodded, reassuring him that I was just thinking about something.
"Well, I just wanted to tell you that you can enter the new tournament. I figured I'd get you off my back since you've been bugging me about me letting you enter for the past few days." He told me. I smiled and replied to him.
"Thanks King."
"By the way…what did you want to enter this one for?" King asked.
I smiled to myself deviously as I thought about the letter. "Oh, I'm sure I'll think of a good reason."