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Lt. Mouse lets out a high-pitched squeal of triumph, then explodes. The blast sets off the Hailfire's magazines. There is still a second Hailfire, though, so Flinch and Boomy veer off to attack it. These two were a pilot/gunner team during an airspeeder race on Nar Shaddaa (my favorite arc), and the bike they are using is Flinch's custom ride, so they pepper the Hailfire with rockets and mounted repeating blaster. At the same time, the rest of the team is zig-zagging their way towards the objective, weathering fire and taking out some STAPs and B-2s.

The second hailfire explodes, but one of its missiles still whistles down to explode just behind Flinch and Rip, sending their bike spinning wildly, a scant meter over the rocky ground. Flinch fights it back upright and stable, only to look back and see a B-2's wrist rocket slam into Bull and Boomy's bike. Thinking that their teammates are dead (or possibly just hoping!), the still-mobile bikes finish their breakthrough. But wait! Blaster fire from the smoke and dust where the bike crashed. Bull and Boomy are alive! And pinned down.

Flinch groans. He's an officer, yes, but not their leader, not even their friend. The mouse droid, in its brief career, was a better ally to him than these troopers. But he tells Tails and Warlock to take Rip, because he's going back. His bike trails smoke. Boomy fires away with his E-11, while Bull draws his family's vibrosword to hack through a droid that blocks his path. The bots are closing in and the bike can't take another hit, so Flinch explains his plan over comms. He's going to do a power slide, and the stranded troopers need to leap on right before he zips off again. Flinch's bike slides. Boomy leaps at just the right moment. Bull's foot slips on debris, and the bike hits him.

When Bull wakes up, he is on the ground outside the pirate base. His right arm was severed by the impact, but Boomy hauled him onto the bike to escape. They made it through the gauntlet.