Authors note: ok everyone this is now my second story on the site. And officially the very first Halo and One Piece crossover on the site. And for those of you who have been waiting for one your welcome. Joking aside I would like to say that this story will focus heavily on two OC's so if that bothers anyone, well to bad. This first chapter really won't have any One Piece elements in it primarily because this is to set up the story. It wouldn't make sense if i didn't do this chapter. I will attempt to update the story at least once a month. Oh and before I forget this takes place after the events in Halo 5 so spoiler warning.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece or Halo.

Alarms blared in the bridge of The Infinity. Chaos had broken out within the ship people running back and forth trying to keep humanity's most advanced ship functional. "Sir the Guardian has spotted us" The ship's AI informed the captain.

"I can see that Roland" captain Laskey spoke as another EMP Rocked the ship. "How are our shields holding up?!"

"That last pulse took our shields down to 67% we can't take much more of this." Laskey growled at the blow to their defenses.

"Roland tell me we got Chief and The Arbiter?"

" Yes sir we got the spartans off Sanghelios as well as the Arbiter and some of his men."

"That's the only good news I've gotten all day." he muttered to himself then asked "What's there ETA Roland?"

"It'll be another ten minutes before they reach the Infinity At this rate the ship won't last that long" Another EMP tore through the ship several systems shut off before powering back up. "That just dropped our shields to 35% sir."

Laskey pounded his fist onto the display. "I want all the power we can spare put into the shields ASAP we need to out last this thing." He looked at the metal monstrosity attacking them. Even the Infinty couldn't stand up to the forerunner war machine for long. Their only saving grace was that it was trying to cripple them and not destroy them if it was they would be dead already.

"Roland! How much longer can our shields hold out?"

"5 maybe 6 minutes tops it'll barely be enough time for the them to get aboard."

"That'll have to work prep the slipspace engine we'll need to make a blind jump as soon as they're on board."

Cortana's voice suddenly echoed over the intercom. In an exceedingly calm tone she said "You can't hide from me soon you will be unable to do a thing. And John will see the perfect world I intend to build"

Another pulse slammed into their shields. Causing the entire ship to shake. "Shields down to 17% sir one more hit and the ship is dead."

"Are they on board yet?"

"Yes they just landed in the hangar."

"Than get us out of here before they shoot us down."

The ship turned and began flying away from the Guardian the familiar void of slipspace appearing in front of them. As they accelerated through the portal they heard a distressed scream came from the intercoms. "NO! You can't take him away from me" The Guardian charged a massive laser before firing at the fleeing ship. The weapon tore through the Infinity's remaining shields and obliterated the primary engines. The Infinity was sent hurtling into the rift.

"Shit! Roland! Damage report now!"

"That last attack rendered most of our systems useless and completely destroyed our engines. To make things worse we are now hurtling through slipspace completely helpless. Until the Slipspace drive can be brought back online we'll be stuck here."

"How long do you think that will take."

"I already have Halsey and our best men working on it shouldn't be more than an hour. Though when it does come back online there is no telling where we'll exit at."

"Which means we could end up in another forerunner installation for all we know." Laskey finished for the AI "Cortana and her Guardians would be on us in seconds if that were the case." Laskey looked at the black void out the viewport. He sighed he was running out of options. " Roland get Blue team and Osiris up here as soon as possible. They need to know about our predicament." He seemed to consider something for a brief moment before making another request. " Have the Arbiter meet me in my office I need to discuss our options with him."

Roland replied "right away sir"

Laskey nodded and exited the command center.

" Hey V you in there." The 8 foot Sangheili growled as his peaceful mood was disturbed. His mandibles flared out slightly in annoyance.

"Yes I'm in here Alex though must you insist on calling me that."The door to the room opened revealing a six foot ODST standing in the doorway decked out in his black combat armor while holding his helmet by his side.

"But of course my dear friend V is so much easier to pronounce than Vykan after all."

"When we first met you only called me that because you couldn't say Vykan Rafamai: my actual name. Now you insist on calling me that because it irritates me" he replied dryly. While turning back to his work on his blade.

Alex waved off the comment and made a rather sarcastic remark of his own. "Oh Vykan! I would never do such a thing." The two shared a short laugh before moving on to a more serious subject. Alex seemed to turn serious which was a drastic contradiction to his usual carefree attitude. "Anyway I came down to tell you that the ship will be stuck in slipspace for the time being. At least until they can fix the drive."

Vykan turned to his friend " I'm going to assume that that is the least of our worries. Based on your expression."

Alex snorted "You could say that again that last attack rendered the engines useless. And Roland estimates that depending on where we drop out it could take anywhere from a year to several years of repairs and that's just if we don't land in the middle of a forerunner stronghold."

The two looked distressed at the news. Alex eventually shook himself out of it before addressing Vykan once again. "Anyway that's all I came down here for I knew you wouldn't hear the announcement down in the cargo hold." A teasing smile took its place on his face. "Honestly do you have to come down here sulk every time we lose a fight. Why don't you come up and socialize with us instead."

The Sangheili's equivalent of a smile appeared on his friends face. " and why would i do that when i have all of the crates down here to keep me company." The solemn mood now broken the two friends continued to converse about trivial things for the remainder of their time in the belly of the ship.

Laskey stood by the holographic table analyzing the broken model of his ship. Thel stood by his side ready to give his input on the situation if need be. The massive alien stood in his regal golden armor looking at the ship as well contemplating their limited options. He glanced over at the Human captain observing the look of desperation that both leaders were beginning to feel. "Captain I believe that the only safe option for us is to remain in slipspace." Laskey glanced over at the alien

"That may be true Arbiter but you know as well as i do that if we do remain here we won't be able to do anything. To make things worse we will eventually run out of supplies and be forced to drop out."

Thel looked down at the display once more. "Though I am loath to admit it Laskey our only option is to drop out of slipspace. I hang onto the hope that we will find a suitable place for repairs. Though it is much more likely we will be captured by the guardians. Living under those machines is not a fate I would wish on anyone of my friends on this ship." Laskey nodded considering The Arbiters words. Then looked up as Commander Palmer approached them.

"You need something Commander."

"I was sent to tell you that the slipspace drive is in good enough condition to get us back into regular space. However doing so will cripple it even more because we don't have the necessary supplies to repair it on board. We'll be truly stuck wherever we land without the engines or the drive." She stood at attention in front of the captain waiting for his response.

Laskey looked around at the people in the small meeting room. Finally he decided to dismiss everyone with the exception of The Arbiter and the Spartan standing across from him. " This doesn't leave this room you two need to understand we are in a very precarious situation if the crew learns of what i'm about to say than there would be chaos. That includes you Roland."

The orange avatar of the AI appeared on the holotable with a somewhat hurt expression. "Sir you know I would never do anything so reckless especially not in our current situation."

"I know I just had to be sure." he said with a stressed look on his face. " Can you please get Chief up here he needs to hear this to."

" I'll call for him right now Captain." Roland replied

After several minutes of waiting the four occupants of the room where joined by a fifth. The Chief walked in with his signature green armor and now cracked orange visor. "You called for me Sir?" he said in his deep raspy voice.

"Thank you for coming John. I appreciate you taking the time after all that you have been through over the past couple weeks." The chief stayed silent after being addressed. The Captain sighed. "Can you please take off the helmet John I need to say this to your face." He hesitated slightly before reluctantly reaching up and removing his helmet. Revealing his aging face and blue eyes that spoke of years of experience.

After setting his helmet down he looked at the captain expectantly. "John just as I told everyone here what I am about to say does not leave this room is that clear." A nod from the stoic man was all the answer Laskey needed. "Ok as you all know we can now exit slipspace if we so desired but in truth our dilemma is far more complex than that. As i'm sure most of the crew has realised by now." He tapped on the holotable and brought up a 3d model of the Infinity. "The model we were looking at before was downgrading the damage. This is the actual condition our ship is in." The model he showed revealed that all of the main engines had been ripped off by the attack. Leaving a gaping hole in the rear of the ship. "We had to lockdown the entire area as soon as the attack hit to prevent our atmosphere from escaping meaning we lost a lot of people to the guardian. The crew knows that much at least but I had to assure them our engines were still attached in order to prevent panic. At the moment they think our engines need heavy repairs rather than the fact that we have to replace them entirely." The other three people in the room stared at the model in sorrow and regret.

The Arbiter was the first to speak "So our situation is truly a lost cause we have no means to defend ourselves and no way to repair such extensive damage."

"That Isn't entirely true Thel" Laskey said addressing the Sangheili by name. "The ship may be lost but there is a way to possibly save our men and believe me if I felt we had any other option i would readily take it."

"What are you proposing Captain?" Palmer asked.

The defeated expression on his face gave the other occupants an idea of what he had in mind. "I know none of you want to hear this but if we drop out of slipspace in a heavy forerunner area or when they find us I believe the only way to save the crew is to let them take us." They began to object but the Captain quickly silenced them. "I hate it as much as you do but we have to think about this logically. Cortana won't kill us as long as John is on board we can use that to our advantage. The crew can be sent out ahead of us and john can be the last to leave the ship."

Thel looked at him in disbelief. " you cannot be serious we may be saved but we would be slaves to the construct that's something my kin could not tolerate and i will not allow. My people would gladly die in this ship fighting than be forced into servitude."

"And what would that accomplish Arbiter!" Laskey snapped "Our men would die in vain once they managed to stop the Spartans and get John off the ship the rest of us would be blown to pieces by the Guardians! At least with my plan we would survive so that we could fight another day." he slumped down into a chair the others looking at him in surprise over the sudden outburst. "I'm not saying we would sit back and let them control us. What I am suggesting is we get captured then take our time study their weaknesses and eventually stage a rebellion. In addition with living Spartans and the leader of The Swords" he nodded at The Arbiter "That would inspire many of the people to fight by our side.

Thel looked unsure of himself he wished to deny the plan but the rational side of him could see its merit. Finally making up his mind he released a dejected sigh. "I can see the reason behind this plan, but you must know that my people will not stand idly for long. Our pride will not let us suffer this fate for long."

A look of relief crossed Laskey's face. "Thank you Arbiter that's reassuring." He then turned to Palmer and The Chief. "I need to hear you're opinion on this."

Commander Palmer seemed to think on it for a while before answering the request. She sighed in irritation. "Captain I trust your judgement It's just comforting to me to know that we may still have a chance if we go through with this.

Everyone turned to John in anticipation for his answer. He looked around the room at the others debating with himself on what he should finally turned to the captain. "Sir I don't think Cortana can be trusted. She's unstable she wants to destroy every pocket of resistance no matter how small that includes us. In addition she'll do anything to get to me so that I can see her "Perfect World"."

The three others looked at him somewhat surprised at the long answer. Thel was the one that responded. "You and the construct were very close during our friendship I came to see this, but you cannot allow this to sway you Spartan." Laskey looked at The Sangheili before adding his own thoughts.

"Thel is right John Cortana may have been your closest friend and her betrayal is weighing on you that much i can tell. You have to remember though that her intentions are good even if she isn't going about it in the right way. In a weird twisted kind of way she is doing this for you she wants to make a world where you can be at peace. She won't hurt us as long as we go quietly."

John looked down at his feet and a long silence passed. "Captain she wants to imprison me and my team until her new world comes to pass. I won't be able to help you."

The captain looked apologetic towards the Spartan. "I know you don't like it Chief and neither do I but this is our only hope of victory if we do come out on top though you have my word that we will free you." He looked hesitant for a split second before recovering. "And if we don't succeed then you and your team get to experience the peace you deserve for all you have done for us."

John stood in front of the others looking at each one carefully. After several tense seconds he placed his helmet back on with a hiss as it sealed. He then turned around and left the room without another word. Quietly shutting the door behind him.

Laskey was the first to recover "He'll never admit it mainly because he doesn't understand it himself but he is in a lot of pain when he thought he had lost her he was absolutely devastated he took on mission to distract himself. Blue team helped lessen the blow with their he found out she was alive he would do anything to get her back and he did. Only to find out what she had become. I think he is extremely conflicted. His morals are fighting with the desire to be with one of his only friends."

With a solemn look the Arbiter said. "It pains me to see such a strong warrior in such a state much more so that I consider him my friend."

Laskey looked regretfully at the table in front of him for what he was about to do. "Roland drop us out of slipspace."

The depressed voice of the AI responded over a speaker. "Okay Sir we'll drop out as soon as you reach the bridge." Thanking the AI the Captain Laskey got up and exited the room trying to look strong for the men he passed by on his way.

Thel looked at the Spartan standing next to him "Your Captain is a great leader if only he could realise that himself." A nod from Palmer was all he got before they both left.

Laskey sat down in the Captain's chair mentally preparing himself for what was to come. Rolands voice sounded over the Ship's coms. "Exiting slipspace in 3-2-1." With a sickening lurch the craft returned to real space. Recovering quickly Laskey asked the AI if he had any indication of where they were. "I'm not sure Sir this system doesn't match any known one's the upside though is that as far as our sensors can tell there is no forerunner presence here."

A look of extreme relief appeared on the Captain's face. "That's good to here ok Roland what can you tell me about this place. Are there any resources we can use for repairs."

"Well the system has a typical sun like star with five planets orbiting it their is a large asteroid belt between the second and third planet that we can use to harvest resources. There is something more important though at the moment."

"What might That be?"

"The third planet's atmosphere is nearly identical to earth's and is almost completely covered in oceans. However it's the island that dot its surface that are important they are completely covered in dense foliage."

"Good Job Roland we can use it as a base of operations while the infinity is repaired."

"Well yes we could sir but I wasn't finished currently we are caught in its Gravity well There is a chance we will only be caught in an orbit but that is a slim one. At our current trajectory we'll crash into the surface. Now normally we could stop our descent but …"

"All our engines are out." Laskey finished in realization. He yelled at the AI the Urgency getting to him. "How long until impact."

"We have 20 minutes until we hit the atmosphere at that point evacuation will be too dangerous."
"Alright Roland send out a ship wide alert I want everyone on pelicans and phantoms ASAP! We can't lose anymore men than we already have." The crew began scrambling out of the bridge when alarms started sounding. "You need to come to Roland can you eject your chip so i can take you with me." At those words a small glowing orange chip slid out from the console in front of him. He grabbed the chip and proceeded to follow his men to evacuate.

Alex Newman honestly didn't think it could get any worse than this. Plummeting towards an unknown planet in a 3 mile long ship certainly wasn't something he would ever want to do again if he could help it. Honestly if Vykan didn't insist on hanging out in the one place on this fucking ship that didn't have coms than neither of them would even be in this mess they would have been off this hunk of metal at the same time that everyone else was. "Come on" he yelled back at his friend "The hangar is this way" The ship quaked under their feet as it hit the atmosphere.

They both were jarred around violently but Alex quickly recovered and began running again. He looked back to make sure his friend was still following him. Only to see the Sangheili lying on the ground with a massive chunk of debris lodged in his leg. He ran back to him tearing a large piece of cloth out of his uniform so that he could stop the purple blood from leaking out of the injury. He left the shard of metal in his friend's leg and wrapped the cloth around it making a rather hasty bandage. He hefted the heavy alien up and draped his arm over his shoulder so that he could support him. A grunt escaped his lips from the extra weight. "You Should leave me we'll never make it out like this."

Alex replied as he helped his friend down the rattling hallway. "I can't just leave you we're friends we watch each other's back. Besides the hangar is just around the corner." they reached the hangar and the duo hobbled over to one of the few remaining pelicans. Alex unceremoniously threw his pained friend into the copilot seat before taking the controls himself. He ran through the start up sequence as fast as possible. As the engines sputtered to life he pulled out of the hangar at a high speed. The pelican shot away from the burning wreckage dodging debris as much as possible. It was a vain attempt on alex's part though. A stray chunk of armor tore through the pelicans left wing. Sending it into a violent plunge towards the water below. He tried to steer them towards any form of land he could find. His saving grace being when he spotted a large jungle island off to their right. Using the remaining engines he steered them towards the green island. As they accelerated towards the island he slowly realized that they might not survive this

He looked over at the unconscious alien trying not to wonder if things would have been better if he had left him behind. He knew for a fact that he would never be able to forgive himself if he had done that. So in slight acceptance Alex looked at the ground that was rushing towards. He silently prayed to any god that might exist that he and his friend might survive this. As the Pelican hit the first branches his head was sent flying into the dashboard in front of him. And soon after a world of blackness welcomed him.