"Gah!" Taylor exclaimed. "I didn't expect him to recover so quickly!"
"Yeah... and this shield, strong though it may be... might not last much... longer..." InfernoGarurumon said, panting. The point-blank shots from earlier had taken their toll, and the energy exerted when Taylor had scanned the cards wasn't helping. Although the shield was powerful, it was nothing in the wake of the Digimon's weakened state and the powerful continuous barrage of Sapph's dual Repulsor Rays. "Get back!" he suddenly shouted at Taylor.
She leapt out of the way right as the shield shattered into digidust, and right as the shots went right into InfernoGarurumon's core. The Digimon flew back and landed next to Taylor, his data already starting to go the way of the shield.
"No!" Taylor screamed. "No! I can't lose you again!"
"It'll be okay... trust me..."
"How can you say that?!? I've already lost you once, I can't go through that a second time!"
JUST LISTEN TO THE GUY ALREADY, OKAY? Sam chimed in.
"You shut up! You don't know what this is like!"
I MAY NOT, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING YOU SEEM TO BE NEGLECTING...
"Just... listen to Sam for a second... he's on to something, okay?" InfernoGarurumon said, gasping for air and clutching his chest.
"Don't talk, you're already low on energy... Now what is it, Sam?"
WELL YOU WERE RATHER RESOURCEFUL THERE TO ESCAPE THAT SHOT SAPPH FIRED INTO THAT HOLE... AND IT WAS QUITE A CREATIVE IDEA OF YOURS TO PAIR THAT ICE PUNCH WITH THAT SHIELD... SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS?
"So I hold the Crest of Creativity, big whoop. What's that have to do with this?"
AT THIS POINT IN TIME YOU ARE ONLY ABLE TO HELP THAT DIGIMON VIA DIGIMODIFY BUT...
"But deep down... I wish I could do more... I wish I could actually fight with him instead of just being on the sidelines, occasionally modifying his data temporarily... I mean, when I got this new Digivice you're in, I was quite thrilled to see this new capability... I could finally help him out more directly... but even that doesn't seem to be enough..." Taylor replied, resignation in her voice as she tried to stifle the tears away. Sapph was starting to stand up and head towards their direction.
JUST THE ANSWER I WAS LOOKING FOR... WHILE I'VE BEEN STUCK IN THIS RATHER CRAMPED PORTABLE TERMINAL OF SORTS, I STUMBLED UPON A FEATURE THAT WAS DORMANT. I STUDIED IT FOR A WHILE, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A FEW SHORT SECONDS IN YOUR TIME. BEING A PROGRAM THAT WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO FIGURE OUT ALL I NEEDED TO... AND YOUR RESPONSE HAS JUST ACTIVATED THIS FEATURE. Sam said matter-of-factly.
"And what feature is that?" Taylor replied. InfernoGarurumon saw Sapph, or rather his armor carrying its unwilling inhabitant, heading towards them, and tried to stand up, falling back down shortly after.
YOU'D TRULY FIGHT WITH HIM, BY HIS SIDE, IN THE FULL CAPACITY AVAILABLE TO YOU IF YOU COULD, TAYLOR? Sam said.
"Y-yeah, I would," she responded, somewhat unsure. She was mildly taken aback by Sam calling her by her actual name and not that damnable nickname that even Zeta had started to use. She looked down to InfernoGarurumon, face wreathed in pain as more data began to fade away into nothingness. Seeing this, seeing him in pain and knowing that this time, there might just be a way to save him... Knowing this, she summoned all the determination she had. "Yes, I would fight with him. I would fight by his side in whatever way I was able. We are partners, and more than that, because of all we have been through... We are family. And family members never abandon each other!"
PERFECT... NOW LET'S SEE... ACCORDING TO THIS SNIPPET OF CODE... YES, THAT SOUNDS RIGHT... BIOMERGE DIGIVOLUTION" Sam said strongly as a large beam of light shot out from the Digivice, engulfing the human and Digimon within it.
Suddenly the aura of light expanded. A metamorphosis was occurring within the light as it cocooned the pair. Within the cocoon, Taylor fell into InfernoGarurumon as he took on a more... mechanical appearance. Metal plating quickly covered his fur, a violet-red hue covering all of it. His hands became lethal long-range weaponry along with various other ammo canisters and rocket launchers appeared across his body. His head and chest were the last to be covered, and though his face was the same purple coloration as the rest of him, his chest and hair were a bright golden color.
The light vanished dramatically, and revealed a much stronger Digimon, one that was somewhat taller that Sapph within his suit, but just as powerful (if not more so).
"MECHAGARURUMON!!!" he said, shouting his name as with all other Digivolutions. Taylor was nowhere to be seen, and yet... When the Digimon spoke, it was with the combined voices of Taylor and HeatGabumon.
"Now... where were we? Ah yes, that's right... BLISTERING BURST!!" he exclaimed, unleashing his entire payload directly into Sapph's armor. "And now to get this party heated up! TRIPLE SCORCHER!!" he shouted, the three barrels comprising his right arm unleashing blistering hot flames right into the target.
(I think that went rather well)