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The sprawling metropolis of Irondale is always alive, and perhaps not always with the most, well, legal, activity.
Our story will begin at around six 'o clock on a summer day in the city...

"Only six?"

Alan groaned as he checked his watch. He was sitting on the roof of his apartment building munching on a ham sandwich. The sun was killing him, but he didn't want to deal with his douche of a landlord about his late rent. He couldn't pay it on time because he hadn't gotten any good-paying jobs lately. He had a nice view of the city from his perch and gazed over it. Woman with her baby crossing the street, woman selling balloons to children, yada yada yada.

"Why are things so boring lately? Nothing's happened in this crummy city for two weeks!" he exclaimed to no one in particular, taking an angry bite from his sandwich.

"Ham sandwich? What a p****" A voice came from behind him.

Alan jumped and almost fell off the of the roof. He spit his bite of sandwich out of his mouth before getting into a coughing fit.

"What the hell?!" he screamed, causing some nearby birds to squawk and fly away. He held a hand to his chest, trying to slow his sped heart.

"You gave me a heart attack! And ham is delicious, thank you very much!"

"Ham is delicious, thank you very much" She mimicked him, "That's something a p**** would say."

Yuno walked up next to him.

"You should lock your front door from now on. Anyone can get in."

He narrowed his eyes at her.

"I did lock it." he said with a glare.

"Oh. Right" She said, with a shrug and a grin. She had actually picked his apartment door to see if he was there, but seeing that he wasn't, came up to the roof.

"So, what's new Quack?"

"Nothing. Nothing's freaking new. It's been two weeks! Two. Freaking. Weeks!" he said, obviously annoyed.

"My landlords gonna eat my ass alive if I don't pay him sometime soon." he said.

Yuno sat down on the edge of the building next to Alan. "I didn't know your landlord was such a freak. Then again, he did ask me to rub his feet once." She visibly shivered.

"We can rob a store if you're really desperate." Yuno laughed. Robbing stores was an insult to her but Yuno usually joked about it.

Alan pondered it for a moment, putting a hand to his chin. He eventually shook his head.

"Nah, the most we can get from any convenience store is a quick buck. My rent's too big for that. Plus..."

He smirked and looked at her.

"Come on, a store? Really? We're not that desperate yet." he said jokingly.

"Did you really ponder doing it?" She shook her head in disapproval, "We really need to start hanging out more. I was obviously joking Quack!" She said as she gave him a small push.

"Stop calling me that, kid!" he said in reply. He felt a little shameful that he pondered it, but he knew that it was because he was behind on rent that he was willing to take any form of income now.

"There's nothing to do in this crummy city!" he exclaimed angrily, tossing his sandwich down to the bottom. The sandwich landed right onto the head of and old woman, who looked up to see them up there. She shook her fist angrily.

"Hey you stupid kids! Stop throwing stuff of the buildings!"

Alan looked down at her. "Shut up, you stupid old hag!" he replied. The woman turned her cane around and went into the apartment building quickly while mumbling something.

Yuno fell on her back laughing. "Let's bounce before she canes us to death!" This seemed to make her laugh harder.

Tanya had broken into someone's house to get some food, and had gotten sorta caught. Granted, it wasn't the smartest idea, but she was starving. She had managed to get out of the house before the cops got there and went running down the street. She had a piece of bread in her mouth, and a napkin full of food in her hand. She needed to find somewhere to hide, and fast.

Alan broke into laughter and stood up quickly. He helped her up and they began running into the building. They ran to his apartment and went inside right as the woman came up to their floor screaming.

"You stay right there, you little brats! I'll teach you to respect your elders, wait just a minute!" she said. Alan stuck his tongue out.

"By the time you get here, I'll be your age, Fanny Funbags!" he said, gesturing to her large, saggy chest. The woman looked offended, and only shook her cane harder as she made her slow approach to his apartment. He ran inside and slammed the door, laughing the whole time.

Yuno hopped onto his couch. "We have about a millennium before she gets halfway here, so we can just hang out here for now."

Tanya kept running, she could hear sirens in the distance. Not good. Not good at all. She thought as she ran faster. She was desperately looking for somewhere to hide.

Alan snorted and went to his kitchen. He took out two cans of root beer and walked back to Yuno, handing her one.

"A toast. To Grandma Grindstones!" he said as he held out his can.

"To Fossil-face!" Yuno tapped her can against his and grinned as she took a sip.

( okay we'll stop ignoring her)

Suddenly they heard sirens in the distance. Alan was about to take a sip, but put his can down instead when he heard it.

"Yo, something's going down! Finally!" he said almost happily as he ran to his window to see what was happening.