A/N: Update time! Getting so close to the original children's story!
3.5-2
His footsteps scurry down the path, tripped up by the rubble of apartment buildings. His eyes fasten onto a limp thing left on the ground, its texture squashed by his too-fast feet.
The teenager shudders and looks away. They are not the first corpses he's seen today, in the past few years even, but honestly, he's tired of seeing them again.
His phone rings and he pulls it from his pocket. "You've reached the offices of Katsumi Tatsuya, could I interest you in a new cell phone?"
"Not that I'm the best person to tell you to take something seriously but… really?" The voice on the other end is trying not to laugh.
Tatsuya snickers. "Jem, shut up. I'm doin' the best i can here. Any monsters by you?"
"There were some stomping by about ten minutes ago. We've got our little quaker too. Guess where he was?" Dramatic pause "Beating one with a bat!"
"I'd pay money to see that," he admits, slipping into an alley. "This is so screwed up."
"Think the sir and ma'am are all right?"Her voice gives a worried dip.
He shrugs, though it can't be seen. "We can hope but ya know, that tends to get in short supply and all…. holy shit!"
"What?"
Tatsuya digs his hand into his pant pocket, which has suddenly started smoking. He pulls out a small, glowing object. "Dude… I'm getting signaled."
She groans. "You lucky son of a-"
"My mother is not." They are quiet for a moment, Tatsuya watching the glowing object try to burn a hole in his palm. "I'm gonna follow it."
"You do that. Get back to me."
"Be careful."
Jem rolls her eyes, though he can't see it.. "I should be tellin' you that."
She hangs up and Tatsuya laughs in the empty air. "Got that right." He looks down at his Digivice. "All right, sweetheart, show me the money."
As if waiting for his words, the light spreads into a beam and points. Tatsuya, pulling his dyed hair out of his face, runs to follow it. He doesn't give the weird sky a second glance.
It's not the weirdest thing he's seen in his life, not anymore.