21: Here's another week with a regular update. After this, only 2 more episodes in D0: The Terrible Three. Isn't that exciting?
Sponsor (sarcastically): big whoop...how long have you been working on this project now?
21: ...ummm to be honest I'm not completely sure. Maybe about 2 years.
Sponsor: and all you've got to show for it are 47 lousy episodes?! What have you been doing with yourself?
21: Living
Sponsor: You have a commitment here bub, and I demand more progress!
21 (thinks for a moment, then pulls out a stick): Okay! (starts poking Sponsor)
Sponsor: THIS ISN'T PROGRESSION YOU MANIAC THIS IS REGRESSION!!!!
21: Someone's a little cranky today. I guess it falls to me to do your job...talk about not living up to your commitment...
Sponsor: ...fine, fine, fine! The21stMartian doesn't own digimon, so no suing permitted!
21: Good, and when we're done here, we're going to have a talk about your position. I feel you could be making more progress.
Sponsor: Yes sir, very good sir...
21: Excellent, without further ado, I hereby present one of the final episodes of D0: The Terrible three, namely...
Episode 47: George vs. Humongousmon part 1: A "Little" Problem
(Dan): Humongousmon showed up, and let me tell you he's huge. George and IceAngemon did their best to fight him off while the rest of us were frozen in fear. Unfortunately, the gargantuan robot proved to be too strong, and easily defeated them. He burned George severely, and then proceeded to destroy IceAngemon, but, like Falconmon, he too merged with George, healing him. Now, re-energized, George prepares to battle Humongousmon with everything he [and IceAngemon] has got.
The wind blew across the scarred battlefield, where the Digidestined had just defeated the Granitemon. George, still in the form of IceAngemon hovered overhead staring at the gargantuan robot that was his opponent. For a good five minutes neither of them moved, then, faster than one could blink, George and Humongousmon took off into the air. (Thrusters appeared out of Humongousmon's lower legs)
George started firing volleys of energy at Humongousmon, but they just seemed to bounce off.
"FOOLISH MORTAL," said Humongousmon, "YOU CANNOT DAMAGE ME."
George said nothing, but abruptly stopped attacking and dissolved into water. He reappeared behind Humongousmon and attacked.
"Holy Storm!!!!"
George's attack spiraled in at close range freezing the robot's head before he could react. As Humongousmon began to fall, George continued attacking, victory was his…or so he thought.
Humongousmon's eyes burned a bright orange as a laser heated up and melted the ice that had frozen Humongousmon's head. The same laser nearly decapitated George, who quickly dodged the lethal blast. George barely had time to breath as Humongousmon's fist came crashing down on him, sending him flying to the ground in a highly dazed state. With barely a moment's notice, George snapped out of it and landed on his feet, making sure to continue bending so his impact force was lessened. Humongousmon had flown down, and had shut off his thrusters so he was in free-fall.
"TACKLING CRUSHER!!!!!" shouted the behemoth as he fell towards George and the Digidestined. Once again, George was faced with the problem of defending himself or the others, who were scrambling to get out of the blast vicinity, but would not make it in time, and once again George chose the latter. Pushing the Digidestined to safety, George was left in harm's way, but this time, the Digidestined were not going to let that happen. Although the Digimon were still too weak to digivolve from their battle with the Granitemon, they helped the Digidestined pull George to safety just before the touchdown.
Even though they were out of the direct range of the robot, they were still well within the shockwave radius. As soon as Humongousmon touched down, the massive shockwave (with an approximate radius of 5 miles) ripped up the ground around them. George had to shield the Digidestined from the crashing and falling rocks while trying to see if Humongousmon was on the offense again. To his surprise, the dust cleared to reveal Humongousmon standing over the massive crater he created after his fall. He was still undamaged, not even a single dent despite that fall, but rather dusty. The robot made no attempt to move as George stepped out in front of the Digidestined and prepared to resume the fight. To his surprise, Humongousmon raised a massive hand, indicating that he should stop.
"I DO NOT NEED FOOLISH TRICKERY TO WIN, FOLLOW ME, AND WE WILL FIGHT WHERE THE FOOLS YOU CALL FRIENDS WILL NOT GET IN YOUR WAY," he boomed.
With that, the mechanical tyrant flew into the air, with George hot on his heels. The Digidestined stood dumbfounded until Dan broke the silence.
"Well?!?!?!" he demanded, "aren't we going to follow him?"
"What's the point?" asked Jimmy dejectedly, "You heard Humongousmon, we'd only get in the way…"
"Yeah, you saw how George prioritized saving us over himself, if we were to continue this, George would be killed easily. We provide too much of a distraction," explained Hannah glumly as she recalled George's burned face.
"Well, I'm going after him, the rest of you can stay here if you want!!!" shouted Dan over his shoulder as he as Starpimon went off in the same direction as the combatants. Reluctantly, the remaining Digidestined followed the hotheaded teen towards certain peril.
After a while, the ground began to tremble as the Digidestined came to the foot of Granitemon Mountain. They could hear colossal explosions coming from the top of the mountain, where Humongousmon decided the new battlefield would be.
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George powered up further as his latest series of attacks was deflected by Humongousmon's armor.
"Man," thought the goggled teen, "that's one thick skin, but there has to be a way to break through it."
His thoughts were interrupted by Humongousmon's "Mecha Barrage". As George struggled to dodge the missiles, lasers, and energy blasts, he had one thought on his mind, "If I can just live long enough to figure it out."
"YOU HAVE FOUGHT BRAVELY YOUNG WARRIOR, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU ARE NO MATCH FOR THE GREAT HUMONGOUSMON. I WILL NOW EXTERMINATE YOU AS AN EXAMPLE TO THE OTHER FOOLS WHO DARE TO CHALLENGE ME."
A strange neon green glow began charging in his torso, eventually it took the shape of a hazard sign, which continued to glow brighter and brighter as the tainted energy continued to charge behind it. Eventually, Humongousmon's eyes also glowed neon green, indicating the attack was ready.
"ATOMIC DESTROYER!!!!!!!" shouted the gigantic robot, launching the radioactive blast at the Digidestined's leader.
George knew he couldn't completely dodge the widespread attack, instead he decided to try to deflect it back. He charged up a powerful defensive barrier, which took the brunt of the blow, but began to crack under strain. Using what precious little time he had left, George semi-protected himself with the crumbling barrier as he flew behind one of the great pillars holding up Humongousmon's palace, but he was hit in several places by the deadly energy. Fortunately, the hits were not in vital systems, so it wasn't fatal, unfortunately that didn't prevent it from hurting, and hurt it did. George's new form began to faze in and out of existence as George struggled to remain standing; he failed, miserably.
George crumpled next to the pillar fighting with his fazing form. Humongousmon stomped ever closer. The merciless drone of his massive footsteps could be heard getting louder and louder. By now, George had returned to his normal form, which was bleeding and beaten badly.
"This is it," thought George, "I've failed. This is the end. It doesn't feel so bad. At least I'll be rid of this pain…wait…this pain…this pain is a symbol of my responsibility to the Digidestined and to the Digital World as a whole. I cannot afford to give up now, not when IceAngemon and the whole world are counting on me!"
Suddenly, George's crest glowed and a red-orange light spiraled around him.
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Although they had no idea what was going on, the Digidestined were surprised to see the green glow, which was shortly followed by a red-orange glow. They turned their heads at the brightness. (Dan fell down from the slope as he was trying to climb up and help George.)
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Being a robot, Humongousmon did not have to avert his eyes from the glowing teen, instead, his eyes compensated for the brightness, allowing him to see clearly. What he saw was unanticipated, to say the least. George's broken body began another transformation, this time it grew to a gigantic size. George sprouted massive orange wings and a tail, and instead of feet had two talons. In short, once again George assumed the form of the fallen Sovereign known as Falconmon.
"Ice might not have been able to stop you," said George glowing blue-green once more, "but maybe fire will."
Humongousmon just stood their, assessing the current situation his eyes glowing yellow. This battle was far from over; in fact, it just kept getting more and more interesting.
Narrator: Will George be able to defeat the mechanical menace once and for all, or will he fail miserably? Find out next time on Digimon: Digital Monsters!
21: Okay, now that the episode's done, let's head to our meeting.
Sponsor: yes sir, very good sir...
21: You'll be buying the pizza of course.
Sponsor: yes sir, very good sir.
21: Excellent!
(the two of them exit...a few moments pass)
Sponsor: HEY! WAIT A MINUTE!!!! I'M SUPPOSED TO BE GIVING YOU LECTURES, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!!!!!!