Though due to the incident the Marine F/A-18s now had all the blackmail material they could ever need. And when they were cleaning up after the party, they let the navy Hornets know it.
"Hey Red, how drunk do you think Blue was last night?" Knight said as the hornets swept.
"I don't think she was Knight. You see how many of these squids went and tried to stop her. I don't think she was drunk at all." Red said as the Marine hornets began to laugh as all the Navy hornets went beet red, and Blue Angel was nowhere to be found in their hangar.
"Heh, looks like the ringleader ain't here, Looks like we're in charge now ya squids." Knight said as the contempt of Navy Vs Marines finally flipped the tables onto the Navy Hornets, letting Red Devil and Black Knight take command of the Hornet's nest.
In reality, Blue was away from the nest, she was trying to come to terms with what she did. Someone she always badmouthed and made fun of, but she wanted to know Strizh better.
So as her luck would have it, Blue accidentally bumped into Strizh outside of KC's bar.
"Oi! Watch where yer goin ya dolt!" Blue said reflexively before she looked up and saw Strizh with his face scrunched up.
"Soundings of problem. You need be taken down peg." Strizh said as his slightly angry face gave way to a very slight smile.
"Oh, it's you. I wanted to ave a word with ya." Blue said as her face went red.
"Da, Guessing you want private." Strizh said to which Blue nodded.
"Follow, but do not talk until I say." Strizh said as he lead her down a partial back road to the old MiG hangar.
Strizh lead Blue down the road towards the abandoned MiG hangar where he used to live, that was until they got upgraded. Blue kept quiet the entire way to the old hangar of which Strizh just pushed the door in and entered the dusty old hangar which wasn't being used for much of anything anymore.
"What did you want?" Strizh asked when the two of them were alone in the hangar.
Blue couldn't think of a decent response so she repeated last night's act. She kissed Strizh much to his amusement.
"Is what you needing to say? How you say "like" Da?" Strizh said as Blue just blushed again and nodded.
Strizh laughed a little at Blue's silence
"Loud mouthed Hornet now have nothing to say. Is amusing, did not think you'd be one to break before me." Strizh said admitting that he did see something in the normally cruel Blue Angel.
Blue just let out a slightly amused laugh and smiled.
"You going say something or I talk all night?" Strizh asked as he was kissed again. No complaints on his part. When they broke apart again, that's when Blue had something to say
"I jus didn't know how ta explain the feeling I ave for ya. Guess it's kinda nice ya feel the same way. Easier when I don't ave those idiots breathin down mah back." Blue said as she was still feeling the embarrassment of last night.
"Is ok. I bothered by other MiGs to ask you out. Seems you did work for me. Come to MiG hangar. We go back way, no hornets will know." Strizh said causing Blue to smile gingerly knowing she'd be humiliated if the Hornets caught her.
"I dunno, I won't hear the end of it if I'm caught." Blue said causing Strizh to smile.
"Nopony will know, other than MiGs. Come on, show trust." Strizh said as he went back towards the door.
"You promise they won't see me?" Blue said as Strizh was standing by the door holding out one of his hooves for her to take.
"Da, Your hornets are stupid. You not so much. Worry about Marine Hornets more." Strizh said as he was correct about the Navy hornets being incompetent.
"Ok, let's go mate." Blue said as she took Strizh's hoof only to confuse him.
"I already mate with you? I no understand." Strizh said
"Bloody hell, it's jus a term I use for friend." Blue said
"Oh, so that what term mean." Strizh said as he lead her the back way to the new MiG hangar to be seen by nopony, not even the Smiths.
 
Sully and Mulder's place. AKA fuel barrel.
"Sully how many times do I have to tell you to not leak in the hangar. I understand you have to carry a fuel drum or six around when you're just sitting around, but this is absurd." Mulder complained to Sully who was just sitting in a puddle of his own fuel, in a special plastic covered chair.
"I wish I could, why do you think I try not to leave this chair, or my bed unless I'm doing something Mulder. Do you think I like leaking all this fuel?" Sully said trying to combat Mulder.
"I just don't want to slip again that's all. I'd say go find something to spy on as there's always something for us to do, but with those Gryphons out of commission and a tentative at best peace with Equestria, we don't have anything to spy on." Mulder said as Sully got an idea.
"Mulder you're the greatest. I need to doccument the Gryphons' reconstruction of their nation, and that should keep them in check from making weapons factories. What would I do without you!" Sully said as he downed 110 Gal of JP-7 and ran out the door and into the skies to go and watch over the gryphons.
"Well, least he won't be leaking in here anymore." Mulder said as she hooked up the chair's pump to put all the fuel back into the 55 Gal drums Sully just emptied.
Both Sully and Mulder hate wasting the very expensive fuel he uses so when Sully's not around Mulder repackages all the fuel into "new" 55 gal drums to trick Sully into using what's leaked out of him. Sully asked her to do it, and she's about the only one who's willing to.
"Now it's just me and the TV. Alone time. Love it as long as I'm not flying." Mulder said as she turned on the TV
Nothing of any interest really goes on inside of the SR-71, U-2 hangar, other than the place being a huge explosion hazard, to which Mulder blissfully ignores by watching TV and sleeping on the couch.
 
VTOL Hangar.
"Lightning you want go for walk?" Sasha asked as she walked past Lighting who was sitting on the couch.
"Sure, where we going?" Lightning asked.
"Is surprise. You will like." Sasha said with a bit of a giggle.
"Heh, alright. If you say I'm going to like it." Lightning said as he very happily got off the couch.
"Da, now come." Sasha said as she looked at him rather lovingly from the door.
"I'm coming sweetie, hang on." Lightning said as he ran to the door to leave with Sasha.
"Did they leave Ludmila?" Sergei asked.
"Yes they left Sergei." Ludmila said as she peeked out of Sergei's room to see if they had gone.
"Good, leaves us time for our business" Sergei said as the two of them went out and into the living room.
 
Elsewhere: Shuttle Hangars
"Buran, Challenger, how are you two adjusting after comin back down?" Sadie asked as both Buran and Challenger were lying on their beds still not having re acclimated to gravity.
"I ok. Little mad satellite I put up was brought down by purple horse." Buran said
"Heh, I heard that was actually a weapon Buran. You put up a device that could have destroyed entire cities in a single shot." Challenger said as Buran attempted to push him but was too weak and just lay in bed instead.
"You lucky still not used to gravity." Buran said as Mriya came in rather happy.
"Buran you make many bits for taking up science and satellite. So many that you can afford another launch." Mriya said with tears in her eyes.
"I can go up again? We have enough to buy more fuel?" Buran asked rather excited at this news.
"Da. Next time it Columbia and Endeavor going up with you." Mriya said as Buran forgot about being mad that the SOLG was shot down at the prospect of knowing he could go up again.
"I need worry about you mama?" Buran asked, to which Mriya shook her head.
"Nyet, I work with C-5, make good money. I take care of self, you made enough for you. Very proud of you." Mriya said as Sadie was tearing up a little hearing that they had solved their financial problems.
"Now ain't that somethin. Looks like movin here was a great idea after all Mriya." Sadie said as she wiped away a couple of tears.
"Da, and have Rex to thank for making us welcome." Mriya said as she turned to her teary eyed friend.
"Ah know it's so wonderful here, we got so many opprotunities." Sadie said as Mriya now started to cry.
"Can we take the mushy crap outside, or at least away from me and Buran? You're freaking us out ma." Challenger said to which Buran added a "Da" to help move things along.
"Well alright. Oh, Challenger, since y'are here, whaddya think about KC?" Sadie asked.
"The Stratotanker?" Challenger asked.
"Yeah."
"What about him mom?" Challenger asked.
"Well, ah just wanted to run it by ya first to hear what you think, you and Columbia are tha oldest afta all." Sadie said as this had Challenger's attention
"Well, I think KC's a nice guy, no more the explosion hazard than we are when we're strapped to our SRBs and EFT." Challenger said still wondering why
"So would it bother ya, if ah said he an I were dating?" Sadie said as Mriya just looked at her in disbelief
"Go ahead, you need someone mom, you can't just focus on us all the time, we can take care of ourselves you know, just not for a week after we land." Challenger said.
"I knew it, I knew you would be dating KC, but no you go and try and hide if from us. Why did you need to do that Sadie? There wasn't any need to." Mriya said as Sadie looked at her not understanding a word coming from her mouth.
"Can Ah get a translation dear?" Sadie said.
"Mom say as challenger say Called it. No need to hide it Sadie." Buran said translating for his mother
"Y'all are nuts you know that right?" Sadie said as Buran laughed
Elsewhere: Raptor & Nora's.
"Raptor, come out." Nora said stretching the o in Raptor's name out.
"No, I... I don't look right." Raptor said embarrassment filling her voice.
"Oh come on Raptor, you can't possibly look any goofier than Osprey in her bridesmaid livery." Nora said, though Nora was a bridesmaid herself, and was still sporting that livery.
"Alright but don't you laugh at me." Raptor said as she walked from her room in a red white and blue (USAF Thunderbird) Livery.
"I think it looks rather nice on you Raptor." Nora said as Raptor was mumbling about how much she'd rather be her standard grey self.
"Yea, well you get to be a nice shade of grey. Why'd Thunderbolt pick such a outlandish color?" Raptor said still rather frustrated that she had to dress up.
"Hey, Thunderbolt said I could bring a plus 1 and that's you ya dolt.That is unless you don't want to go." Nora said playing slightly to her strong suit to make Raptor do things.
"Of course I'm going I just don't want to be dressed up like a show pony." Raptor said to which Nora laughed a little.
"Not laughing at you dear, just the showpony remark." Nora said as Raptor went back into her room to get the livery off.
"Totally not happy Nora." Raptor said when she disappeared.
"Don't be so silly Raptor, you really did look nice." Nora said as there were very few ponies around Avalon's Shadow that were not in invited to the wedding and almost everyone was putting on a flashy livery.
Seriously everyone was getting either a repaint or a water based livery painted over their base coat. Thankfully though you didn't have to do it, which just gave you time to go and buy a tux, which had to be custom made and irritated you with the pricetag.
 
All that's left now, is the big day itself. Which is only two days away. Which means you are stressing out over the most minute details of which your entire family reminds you to relax and take a breath every now and again instead of trying to do everything yourself.
Elsewhere: Sukhoi hangar
All the Sukhoi's went and got a fresh coat of paint, mostly they were a standard blue VVS splinter camo, which you find aesthetically pleasing, even Terminator who had a yellow camo went and got it painted in blue. Almost all the Sukhoi's looked uniform in paint scheme, only oddball was Berkut, as well, he had no need for a military camouflage, he just went and repainted his black paint with white tips. Other than that, they all generally looked the same.
 
Now it's time for the wedding itself. You're standing before what is practically the entirety of Avalon's Shadow, Morgan's with the bridesmaids, still allowed to keep her same color scheme, Falken's behind you having temporarily adopted a solid black paint with what appeared to be a Tuxedo on his chest, with an actual bowtie. Rather amusing as his eyes would focus on the tie, then back out to the crowd, and then back to the tie.
And out in that crowd is your temporary shop assistant, Sunbutt, and Princess Luna. You smile knowing Twilight was recounting the horrors of working under you for the week doing your heavy lifting, especially when Galactus came in for an overhaul. You raced Twilight to rebuild one of his TF-39s, and she had the manual and all parts laid out before her and you still beat her. Nothing beats experience and memory. You were standing up on a large box on the stage, as well you had to, and you also had yourself projected onto a screen behind you so they all could see. And at this point you're really starting to hate Thunder for inviting the entire town. On her side of the crowd there her parents, her mother very happy to see you, and her father who sat there with an indifferent look on his face. Behind them was Raptor who looked wholly unpleased to be in public in the nicer livery.
You take in as much of the crowd as you can before Thunderbolt walks out, in what you assume to be a different livery like the rest of them.
Then the music starts to play, and you take one last look around you before focusing on the hangar where Thunderbolt would be walking from. Beside you stand Falken, KC, Terminator, Ivan, Phantom, and Sergei.
The background music shifted slightly and out come the bridesmaids. Ludmila, Echo, Nora, Morgan and Osprey. You smile when Morgan comes walking down the aisle, cute as a button, a little bow magnetically attached to the right side of her head by her ear. When she looked up at you she smiled before standing where she was supposed to. With everyone now in place, there was only one pony missing, and the current star of the show. Thunderbolt.
 
When she got close enough for you to see her, you stand mouth agape, surpised at, wait, is she actually wearing a veil? And are those bows on her Turbines? Why is she painted in white? The best question is why is there a garter on her right hind leg.
You're in shock at how beautiful she looks, and you hope to all hell the Smiths are recording all of this, just so you'll remember how beautiful Thunderbolt is. You also feel like saying something stupid and formerly internet related, but since you're hooked up to a mic, you don't. Though Morgan knew what you wanted to say and stifled a giggle, as you manage to close your mouth when Thunderbolt gets close.
You get a tiny glimpse out into the crowd, her mother is in tears at her daughter's beauty, her father is actually having an emotional event, her sister is crying too, and Sunbutt, well she looks a little bit jelly at the moment.
When Thunderbolt finally takes her place next to you, you push the mic away from your face and whisper to her, "You really outdid yourself this time Thunderbolt. You're absolutely beautiful. You really are."
Thunderbolt just nods as the B-17 pony in fresh 463rd bombardment group, polished Aluminum bright yellow rudder and wedge Y walks forward to conduct the ceremony.
 
The whole ceremony goes smoothly as you cannot take your eyes off Thunderbolt