Jaune Arc, thirteen years old and newly hired delivery boy at his uncles' butcher shop was confused.

The confusion stems from how he even got to this point.

He had a week of vacation from school and his plans were non-existent. Didn't help that the few friends he had were busy and his sisters had other things to do. There were chores, but they don't count no matter how many times mom says they do. That trick only worked the first few times.

He was sitting on the couch eating a bowl of Pumpkin Pete's special edition cereal, thinking this was going to be the most exciting thing he would be doing that day until his scroll rang.

It was a call from his dad, asking if he wanted to go to Vale. His father said something about helping an uncle, but he was too busy celebrating that he would be going to Vale to notice the rest of the conversation.

Maybe if he had listened back then, he wouldn't be here right now.

It didn't take long before Jaune was on the next train to Vale and what he thought at the time would be a grand adventure.

He should have realized something was wrong when his uncle, who picked him up from the station, looked puzzled when he asked what adventure they were going on.

His expression turned into amusement when he explained to me what he would be doing the rest of the week.

'You're here because I asked your parents for help with my business, didn't they tell you?'

Jaune couldn't believe what he heard, but he couldn't deny that it happened. He can't believe that he traded his vacation for a job delivering food.

When he got the address for the place, a place that turns out to be much further away then the short walk his uncle told him it would be.

A 40-minute bus ride does not count as a short walk.

And now he was at the door. Ringing the doorbell, he waits.

When no one answers for some time, he rings again.

"My un-" Stopping himself, he changes what he was going to say. Saying uncle would sound lame if he's going to work a job like this, he wants to at least sound cool.

"My boss sent me. I am here with your order." He says instead.

He tries to at least since he doesn't even get halfway through his sentence before the door opens suddenly, making him almost jump out of surprise.

Alec Meadows was a member of a small gang that did mostly small crimes. They didn't make much but they made enough and then his boss had to be arrested.

Now he was the leader of the gang since no one else wanted to.

He might have been happy for the promotion if it wasn't for them being in huge debt to other gangs. Some that are much bigger and much more dangerous than them.

How did they get into debt when they supposedly made enough money without it. Turns out that their former boss had a gambling problem and to pay for it he loaned money from people he shouldn't have.

One would think that with him gone, the debt would be gone too but he loaned the money with our names.

The amount of lien they want was more than they could ever make by doing things how they would normally do it. So Alec had to go for something that would bring in more cash.

So far there has been little success with multiple failures and the deadline was quickly approaching.

The last few days he has been sending messages to different groups if they require some extra manpower.

He was about to lose hope when no answer came and find some way to fake his death to escape.

While he was thinking of the easiest way to fake his death, the doorbell rang.

He was hoping it might be someone that was coming with an offer for employment but looking through the peephole it turns out to just be some kid.

Not having the energy to deal with kids right now, he was just going to ignore the kid, when he heard something that made him stop.

"My boss sent me,-" was all he heard before wrestling the door open, to see what might be his salvation.

Sending a kid does seem a little strange but he won't judge how they do things. He only hopes that the pay will be good.