2 months later
"So, what's my role going to be Captain?" Skye asked as she followed Davis into the Celtic Flyer. "I was thinking nose gunner." Davis said as he picked up an empty ammo box. He and the Flyers, as the equestrians now called them, were doing some "spring cleaning" of the B-17. "It'd free ben up so he wouldn't have to scramble from his desk, and down to the nose when bandits appeared. "You should probably get a mane cut at some point. Long hair can affect accuracy if it gets in your line of sight. Skye took note that her mane was getting a tad long. (A/N: Skye's mane looks like Vinyl Scratch's)
Applejack pulled up in her truck full of ammo crates. Benson took notice while cleaning one of the 50. Cal waist guns. "Skipper, Jackie's here with the ammo." He said. Roughly a month after their arrival Applejack had revealed to Benson that she liked him and told him her full name Jacklyn Rose Apple. He gave her the name Jackie due to this. "Hey sweetie." Benson said. AJ smiled. "Good to see you too Sugar." She said giving him a peck on the cheek. "Hey AJ." Skye said exiting the Flyer. "Applejack, have you seen Henderson?" Davis asked. "Last I saw him he was headed to the orphanage with Rainbow." AJ said "they're finally going to adopt Scoots?" Mason said looking up from engine 3. "Seems like it." Every Flyer present smiled. The CMC had become the unofficial mascots for the crew of the Celtic Flyer. In fact, they had the CMC's logo painted on the chin turret. When they learned that Scootaloo was an orphan, it broke their hearts.
"Anyways the ammo came." AJ said heaving one of the boxes out of the bed of the truck. "Why'd you ask for two kinds of ammo?" she asked Davis. Davis opened one box to reveal orange colored bullets. "these are blanks. We use them to train." He said. "The other ones are live ammunition."
Meanwhile
Scootaloo was walking back to the Orphanage with her friends Sweetie belle and applebloom. "So, what do you think of that Cory person that's dating Rainbow dash Scoots?" applebloom asked. "He's ok, but he'll never be like rainbow." Sweetie then heard someone speaking in an alleyway. "Girls." She said gesturing towards the alley.
"So, that earth brat got accepted into the flyers?" the lead earth pony said looking at a pegasus. Said pony nodded. "Well, we can't have that." Another pegasus said grinning evilly. "Tonight, we wreck that machine good." The lead pony said. the CMC's eyes widened. "We've got to warn the Flyers." Scootaloo whispered while Sweetie Belle and Applebloom nodded before they made a break for the Flyer's makeshift airfield
"Alright, lets load the live ammo into the guns." Davis said as AJ handed him an ammo box. "Uncle Davis!" a voice yelled. Davis, AJ, Skye, and the flyers saw the CMC bolting towards them. "Whoa there 'Bloom, what's wrong." The CMC started to catch their breathe. "You know the idiots that bullied Skye?" The Flyers nodded. "They're planning to wreck your plane tonight." The B-17 crew looked at each other. They hadn't sent the blueprints of the B-17 to the princesses so replacement parts could be made to repair any damage the Flyer would obtain if they acted as a gunship once again. "Change of plans, load the blanks in and hide the live ammo." the crew nodded. AJ was shocked. "You ain't planning on shooting them are ya?" she asked her coltfriend whom gave her a look. "Relax the blanks aren't lethal, but they'll leave some serious bruises if they aren't wearing body armor" Kevin said picking up a box. Applejack, though she hated the idea, had to agree. The ponies whom were terrorizing Skye, all because of her dream to fly, needed to be taught a lesson. "Ah'll tell twilight to expect gunfire tonight and why." AJ said bringing out her cell phone
Later that day
Cory and rainbow returned to the Flyer hand in hand. They had officially adopted Scootaloo effectively making her their daughter and a member of the Flyer family as Davis and the crew had begun calling themselves. Their eyes widened as they saw the CMC, AJ, and the rest of the flyers were loading bullets into the guns and inspecting them. "What the hay is going on? Got a call to provide support somewhere?" Rainbow said placing her hands on her hips while hiding the adoption form. "Ya could say that dash." AJ said. "the butt holes who are bullying Skye are gonna try to sabotage our coltfriends' plane. That got rainbow's attention. "Like hell they are." She said as cory rushed to help arm the Celtic Flyer. "Rainbow, what's that?" Scootaloo asked seeing the piece of paper in her hand. "Oh, Cory and I went to a place to get something for you Scoots." This got Scootaloo's attention. "What is it?" she asked as the rest of the mane 6 arrived.
"We got your call AJ. What's going on?" Twilight asked. "Those vermin whom were bullying Skye are planning to vandalize the Flyer." AJ said. "And we're going to show them not to mess with us." Davis said. "the American way" Twilight frowned. She knew what he meant. "Can't you ask them to stop?" she reasoned. "Even if we did they wouldn't." Mason said. "Ah hate to say this Twilight, but I agree with them." AJ said. the mane 6, minus rainbow, looked at her in shock. "Darling, you can't be serious." Rarity said in shock as AJ was the last pony she'd expect to agree with their new found friends. "Besides, we'll be using blanks. They're non-lethal, but will give them severe bruises if they don't wear body armor." Davis said tossing a blank to Twilight. She noticed the bullet tip was completely orange. She inspected it. "They're designed to disintegrate on impact Twilight." Davis continued. She looked at him as cory spoke up. "We'd never use live ammo on ponies ma'am." Twilight sighed. "I understand." She said before noticing the slip of paper in rainbow's hand. "what's with the paper rainbow?" The cyan mare grinned. "I was getting to that." She said before handing it to Scootaloo. "Go ahead Scoots read it."
Scootaloo's eyes widened. "It's from the orphanage I live at." She looked at rainbow as cory joined her. "Go ahead kiddo read it." He said as the Flyers watched on with smiles on their faces confusing the rest of the mane 6, minus rainbow, Rarity, and Applejack. Scootaloo opened it and read out loud. "This form finalizes the adoption of Scootaloo Cloudrunner by…" Scootaloo's eyes widened at the two names that followed and began to cry. She rushed towards Rainbow dash and Cory dropping the letter as she did. Rainbow picked her up as she and cory embraced the crying filly.
Pinkie picked up the letter confused at the filly's sudden outburst. Her eyes widened and grinned. "Twilight read this." The pink pony said practically shoving it in the unicorn's face. Twilight took the piece of paper with an annoyed expression on her face and began to read out loud. "This form finalizes the adoption of Scootaloo Cloudrunner by rainbow dash and Cory Henderson, whom will show love and will cherish her as proud parents." Twilight's eyes widened before smiling with tears, she was followed by rarity, Fluttershy, pinkie, the remaining CMC and AJ whom began to cry as well.
Davis began to clap and one by one the flyers followed. "Welcome to the family Scoots." Cory said. "hey, you know what this calls for right?" Kevin said. pinkie nodded. "A party, but it can wait." She said surprising present company. "That's a first." Rainbow muttered to Cory as she continued to hold a crying Scootaloo. "Why is that?" Fluttershy asked. "They have a plane to defend." Pinkie said gaining a serious demeanor. "To war!" she said. this got a chuckle out of everyone. Twilight was a bit unnerved by pinkie's outburst, but nodded regardless
That night
The Flyers took shelter inside the plane as Skye peeked out the window. "Anything?" Davis asked over the radio. "Not yet. Sides' Scoots will fire a flare when they come." She said ducking back down. Davis was looking out the right waist gunner window with Cory. "So… what's with you and Skye boss?" Cory asked after taking his headset off. "What about her and I?" Davis asked after taking his headset off. "When we defended her from those a-holes two months ago you were pretty defensive." Cory said. "If you're implying that I have feelings for her… you're wrong." Davis said. "Boss, I saw you clench your fists when we saw them beating. "As the saying goes third time's the charm right?" Cory said remembering that Davis had his heartbroken twice.
Suddenly their headsets went off. "We got incoming." Skye said slowly aiming the right cheek gun aimed at the intruders.
"That's it boss." a pegasus said pointing at the B-17. "Well then, lets do some redecorating." The lead pony said with a monkey wrench. Others had spray paint. As the gang approached they failed to notice the chin gun and ball turret were slowly rotating in their direction.
"They're here Scoots." Applebloom said as the orange pegasus loaded a flare. "Hope they like ice baths." She said mischievously before firing the flare.
The gang watched as what appeared to be a flare light up the entire area. That's when they noticed all the guns were aiming at them. "Son of a.." the lead pony said before the guns belched fire. "Run!" a pony said. "Who talked!" he said as some of his gang fell being hit by the blanks. Suddenly he screamed as a bullet hit him in the ass. The bursts of gunfire continued until the remaining gang members left the field. "That'll teach them." Benson said looking past Cory.
The next day
"I demand that those men be imprisoned for what they did to my son." a tuxedo wearing pony said to princess celestia. She had been informed by Twilight about the incident four hours prior to the defense of their plane. Though she was disappointed of the crew's actions, she understood that they had a right to defend what was theirs. "Filthy Rich, may I remind you that your son trespassed on their property that was given to them by my sister and I." Luna said. the pony, Filthy Rich, snorted in annoyance. "That gives them no right to shoot him and his friends." Davis stood up. "Filthy Rich, I understand that you're upset about what happened, but your son and my crew have been butting heads since we first met them two months ago." He said.
The princesses looked towards the captain wondering what he planned to do. "My crew and I encountered him beating a mare, who's now part of my crew, just because she has a dream to fly like a pegasus." Davis said gaining Filthy Rich's attention. "A mare wanting to fly like a pegasus? Is she a unicorn? Surely she could learn a self-levitation spell." He said concerned. Davis shook his head. "No. she's an earth pony." He said. Filthy Rich's eyes widened. He had taught his son to treat every pony fairly, even those who are strange. He looked at Skye Stryker, whom he assumed was the earth pony Captain Davis was talking about.
Sighing, Filthy Rich stood up. "I drop the charges against Captain Davis and his crew." He said suddenly. "I taught my son to treat others fairly. Even respect other people's dreams." He then looks at Davis. "if there's anything I can do to make up for my son's idiocy. Let me know." Filthy Rich held out his hand. Davis nodded shaking the pony's hand. "Thank you sir." He said. "In fact, I know a construction company that could help." The pony said. "Help with what?" Cory said. "well, its painfully obvious that you're using your property to take off and land your machine. I can hire them to build you an airfield as recompence for my son's actions." Filthy Rich said smiling. "And if you do have them build it, we shall assign day and night guards to protect both the airfield and your plane. As a way to repay you for your bravery two and a half months ago" Celestia said.
A/N: chapter 5 in the bag. Skye's bullies have been put in their place. And now the Flyers will get an airfield. Plus, Scootaloo got what she always wanted; a family. Next up is the Gala and Davis has a nice chat with Blueblood.