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Jonathan and Drake accompanied the Marines in escorting Zoro to the brig, Zoro did not resist in anyway in fact he was very cooperative. This made Jonathan curios and wondered why a pirate would be so cooperative with the Marines.

Despite this the successful capture of Zoro had finally provided the vice admiral with exactly which pirate crew that had invaded Navarone though why they chose to come was still a mystery to the bases commander.

"So we're dealing with the Straw Hats then," Jonathan said once Zoro was in his cell with his hands shackled behind his back.

"Yes and we can confirm that this man Roronoa Zoro of the Straw Hat Pirates," Drake confirmed.

"Hmm…the Straw Hats are the ones who caused an up roar in Alabasta right?" Jonathan asked.

"Yes, they kidnapped the princess Vivi, they were pursued by Captain Smoker and he discovered Crocodile's deception," Drake reported.

"Yes I remember reading that report…did the straw hats gain anything from that incident?" Jonathan asked.

"You mean apart from a higher bounty?" Drake asked.

"Yes apart form that,"

"Then no, Straw Hat Luffy's bounty went from 30 million to 100 million and Roronoa Zoro received a bounty of 60 million,"

"And the princess…she was returned home safely correct?" Jonathan asked.

"Yes, the royal family denied paying any ransom money though. The Straw Hats new bounty was for kidnapping the princess," Drake claimed.

"Hmm…" Jonathan said thoughtfully.

He pondered this information, when he had heard about the incident in Alabasta he felt something didn't add up. It was no secret that the Marines did not get involved in civil wars nor were they one to come to the aid of a country or kingdom that was currently in one. It was also no secret among the higher ups that Smoker hated Pirates and disposed the Shichibukai system so discovering that Crocodile was the cause of the civil war gave the captain the perfect opportunity to take out one of the Shichibukai.

However something didn't add up, the events that were reported didn't make sense to Jonathan at all. The only reason smoker had been on Alabasta in the first place was because he had been chasing Luffy and while there he conveniently discovers the truth behind a 3yr civil war that had not only been cleverly planned but also been covered up by an extremely powerful and ruthless pirate.

"Drake…get me all the information on the straw hats," Jonathan ordered.

"Very well, what will you do sir?" Drake asked.

"I am going to integrate the prisoner," Jonathan claimed "Come get me when you have the information,"

Drake nodded and left the brig to fill his orders, Jonathan walked up to the cell that Zoro was placed in and the Marines guarding him moved aside for the commander. Jonathan knelt down and

"So…your Roronoa Zoro right?" Jonathan asked.

"That's me," Zoro answered.

"You're not want I expected, I want to ask you a few things," Jonathan said.

"Hey it's your base," Zoro said.

"Right so first off…what's your position on the ship?" Jonathan asked.

"Huh…why do you want to know that?" Zoro asked.

"I like to play chess and I am currently in a game with your crew. I just want to know witch piece to take off the board," Jonathan claimed.

Zoro eyed the commander suspiciously; he could tell that this was a man not to be messed with. Zoro was concerned that he didn't ask about the other members of the crew but he didn't know where they were to begin with.

"I'm the first mate," Zoro finally said.

"Ah you're the Queen then," Jonathan said .

Zoro's eye twitched irritably at that.

"What?" he asked angrily "do I look like a girl?"

"Oh sorry I didn't mean to offend you," Jonathan said quickly "it's just that in chess the queen is the most powerful piece on the board. They defend the king at all cost, isn't that what a first mate dose for there captain,"

"That's true," Zoro said agreed.

"So if a crew was like a chess game...then the captain would be the king and the first mate would be the queen," Jonathan explained.

"I suppose," Zoro sighed.

"Right so how did you come here?" Jonathan asked getting back on track.

"We came from the sky," Zoro answered.

"Yes I know that but how did you get in the sky in the first place?" Jonathan asked "we're you launched from somewhere? If so where is the launch pad?"

"We didn't do anything like that," Zoro said.

"Oh then how did you get here?" Jonathan asked.

"You won't believe me," Zoro claimed.

"Try me," Jonathan challenged.

"Okay but don't say I didn't warn you…first we rode a sea current that blew our ship over 10,000 meters into the air, then we sailed thorough heaven's gate and onto a sea of clouds. There we met some angels and fought with god, after we beat him up we had a party with the angels, a tribe of Guerrilla's and the new god who was actually the old one before floating back down to earth with the aid of a giant red octopus," Zoro explained.

Jonathan started at Zoro in disbelief, he blinked a couple of times he then turned and looked over his shoulder at one of the Marines standing there who had similar expressions on there faces.

"Has this man been tested for illegal substances or hallucinogens?" Jonathan asked pointing at Zoro.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!" Zoro yelled angrily.

"No sir, he was brought straight to the brig," the Marine answered.

"Better get one of the nurses to come down and take a sample," Jonathan said "we'll have it analysed later,"

"Yes sir," the Marine responded and ran off.

"HEY GET BACK HERE!" Zoro cried out.

"Now now take it easy, tell me do you did you eat or inhale any strange plants or substances before sailing through heaven?" Jonathan asked.

Zoro thought about it for a moment but he could not think of anything out of the ordinary expect the food on Sky Island.

"Well there was that one weird pumpkin that you stick a straw in from the bottom to suck out it's juice," Zoro said "and that flat fish,"

"Did any of the other crew have some?" Jonathan asked.

"Yeah we all had some," Zoro remembered.

"And was this fish cooked properly?" Jonathan asked.

"Of course, it was cooked using a Flame Dial," Zoro claimed.

"What is a Flame Diel?" Jonathan asked curiously.

"It's a sea shell that spits out fire," Zoro said like it was obvious.

Again Jonathan stared at him for a few seconds; the marines behind him also stared at the captured pirate. The vice Admiral stood up.

"Right…I am going to have some lunch. Once those nurses come down have them analyse the sample immediately and call me when he comes down," Jonathan ordered.

"I AM NOT ON DRUGS!" Zoro yelled.

"No no of course you're not, now if your highness will excuse me I am needed elsewhere," Jonathan said and walked off.

"AND I AM NOT A GIRL!" Zoro yelled after the commander.

Jonathan sighed as he walked out of the brig; he had hoped to gain some more information on why the straw hats chose to come here and what they wanted. However his main source of information was a drugged crazed pirate swordsman.

"Oh well…I'll guess I'll just wait until we capture another crew member or he comes down from whatever he's on," Jonathan said to himself.

Jonathan went back to his office for a bit as it was too early for lunch he went over to the chess board and took the black queen off the board. He sat at his desk wondering where the rest of the straw hat crew were hiding.

He looked through the top of his papers on his desk but did not find any new reports on any suspicious activities from the squads. Jonathan knew it was only a matter of time before the other pirates made themselves known, especially now that he had one prisoner.

After about an hour of doing some routine paperwork Jonathan decided it was time for lunch, he stood up and walked out of his office towards the kitchen. As he walked through the base on the way to the kitchen he passed a group of Marines who were talking about the new cooks. This peaked Jonathans interest.

'New cooks….that's right there were supposed to be cooks coming from Hq today….i did not riles they were here already,' Jonathan thought.

Jonathan walked up to the two Marines, they noticed him and instantly saluted there commanding officer.

"Oh commander, how may we assist you sir?" one of the Marines asked.

"Ah forgive me but I could not help overhear you talking about some new cooks," Jonathan said.

"Oh yeah there's some new big fancy cooks from Hq, they got into a cook off with Jessica," the Marine claimed.

"Oh…are they still alive?" Jonathan asked.

"Ha ha, funny commander," the second Marine laughed.

"There fine, they won the cook off and I have to tell you there food is amazing," the first Marine said.

"Really, you've tried some?" Jonathan asked.

"We were part of the Marines who were there for the cook off," The second Marine said "I'm really jealous that the top brass get to eat food like that every day,"

"I see….you don't happen to know when these cooks arrived do you?" Jonathan asked.

"Umm…probably on those wrecked ships," the first Marine answered.

"Wreaked ships?" Jonathan asked.

"Yeah, they were hit by a storm and only barely made it here," the first Marine said.

"I see….who gave permission to open the gate?"

"Lieutenant Drake did, they had a lot of injured Marines that needed medical attention," the first Marine claimed.

"When did this happen?" Jonathan asked.

"About an hour ago, were you not informed?"

'An hour ago I was dealing with the Pirate we captured,' Jonathan thought.

"No I was a detained with some other issue on the other side of the Base…where is Drake now?" Jonathan asked.

"He was going to speak with the captain of the ship that came in…I think he is still at the docks," the First Marine said.

"Hmm…very well I will let Drake handle this, besides all this talk about the new cooks has made me hungry," Jonathan said "Carry on,"

Jonathan walked off leaving the two Marines to their patrol.

"Two Cooks from Marine Hq are schualed to come today…none of us know what they look like and then two unedified cooks show up at the kitchens…the pirates have at least one cook on bard that much is certain…so it would be easy to blend in with the other chiefs," Jonathan summarised.

"So are the pirates dressed as cooks or are the cooks really cooks?" Jonathan asked himself.

Jonathan continued through the base and entered the mess hall, it was a large clean room filled with round tables. Each table had at least eight or ten chairs around them, there was also a viewing window so people could see into the kitchen and watch the cooks work.

Jon he walked over to the window and peaked inside, he saw all the cooks at work and the food that had been prepared already plated and ready to serve for when the Hungary Maries came in. He eyed all the cooks he could see but he recognised all of them.

"Hmm…I can't see any unfamiliar faces," Jonathan muttered.

One of the cooks spotted him.

"Oi Jessica the Commander is here," the cook called out.

Jonathan sighed and went to a private dining room at the back of the mess hall and sat down and the table that was set up. A few moments later the Head Chief walked in, she was a young, beautiful, tall woman with blond hair and dark green eyes. She wore a typical Marine kitchen uniform with a chief's hat and a red neck scarf lossy tied around her neck.

She placed a plate of hot food in front of the commander; Jonathan looked at the food in disappointment.

"Umm…Jessica…this is the same dish you always make," Jonathan said.

"Is that a problem?" Jessica asked and leaned on the table.

"Well…it's just that I heard that the cooks from Hq had arrived and there food was amazing," Jonathan said "I wanted to try some,"

"But this dish was made personally for your loving and devoted wife, it's full of love and nutrients," Jessica claimed "you don't want what everybody else is eating,"

"But…I don't like carrots or broccoli…you know this," Jonatan whined as he poked the vegetables.

"Now Jonathan you know the rules, if you don't eat everything on your plate you won't get your special desert tonight," Jessica said playfully.

"R…Right," Jonathan said and quickly put a mouthful of vegetables in his mouth.

Jessica smiled and watched the commander eat once he was finished she took the plate away.

"I'll go get you some meatballs that the cook from Hq made," Jessica said and made.

"Cook…I thought there were two of them," Jonathan said suspiciously.

"There are but one is a taste tester apparently," Jessica said "he's done nothing but eat something off every plate we've made,"

Jonathan blinded and started at her in surprise.

"I did not know Marines hired people like that," Jonathan said.

"Me either, the recruitment standards must have dropped lately," Jessica said and left.

"Or the Cooks a hungry pirate," Jonathan finished.

Not long afterwards a young man with a huge grin entered and placed a plate of freshly made Meatballs in a thick sauce in front of him. Jonathon eyed the man suspiciously; he did not recognise him as one of the cooks stationed on Navore.

"Here you go," the man said with a big grin.

'Hmm…pirate or chief…hard to tell,' Jonathan thought.

The young man who had served him did not look old enough to be a Marine from Hq, and he certainly did not come across as one who would server the top brass. However the food in front of him told a different story, the way it was presented and how thick the sauce was told him that it had been made by a master of the culinary arts.

As much as he respected his wife and the cooks on the base none of them had ever prepared something like this before; so that meant that the person who made this dish was indeed a chief of great talent.

Jonathan looked up the man who delivered his food.

"Thank you, your dismissed," Jonathan said.

"Aye Aye sir," the man said enthusiastically and walked backwards towards the door.

Jonathan thought that this was a bit odd but then again he was not one to judge others based on minor personality quirks. He picked up his fork and used it to eat a meat ball, the moment he bit down on it he there was an explosion of flavour in his mouth and it was a sensation that he had never experienced before.

Truly this meal was made by a master chief and it was incredibly delicious.

"Hmm…Mmmm," Jonathan moaned as he savoured every bite. Once he swallowed his mouthful he picked up another meatball and ate that too.

"This is delicious…truly it is everything I have herd…perhaps I should go back to Hq more often," Jonathan said.

"Yeah this is delicious,"

Jonathan opened his eyes and looked at the man who was standing across the room; he had a mouthful of food and was chewing it happily. Jonathan looked down to see a good portion of his plate empty, despite the fact he had only eaten a two meatballs.

He looked up at the man again and raised his eyebrow in suspicion but he had not moved from his spot. Jonathan then went to pick up another meatball and before he could it disappeared, he then went for another however this time he was ready and

Jonathan looked up to see that the man's arm was stretched across the room.

"Let go you selfish Jerk," the man demanded.

Jonathan complied and the arm flung back hitting the man in the face and he fell backwards onto the floor. He didn't seem to care though as he continued to happily chew the food.

"So you finally reveal yourself, Monkey D. Luffy," Jonathan smiled standing up.

The marine commander walked over to Luffy, the pirated captin looked up at him

"I am the Commader of G-8, Vice Admril Jonathan. Welcome to Navore," Jonathan introduced.

Luffy however stared up at him without any regcingionto of the danger he was in.

"Now I would rather not resort to violence in the mess hall, the head chief is particualer about fighting in the eating area," Jonathan claimed.

"Really? Sanji has no issues about being violent," Luffy stated.

"Sanji?" Joantahn asked.

"Hes my cook…he dose amzing food, those meatballs were his," Luffy bragged "I love his cooking and can never get enough of it,"

"Really….so is he in the mess hall too?" Jonatahn asked.

"Yep, he's been making food all day…I don't mind because I get to taste everything that him and the other chiefs make," Luffy said happly.

"So…your in a mairne fortress, you and your chief who is clearly very talented disguse your selves as cook so you can eat non-stop," Jonathan stated.

"Yep, pretty good plan right?" Luffy asked with a big grin.

'Well I certantly wouln't hve thought of it,' jonathan thought to himself.

"Straw Hat while you are here would you mind awnsering one question for me?" Jonathan asked.

"Umm….olay but only if I can have half of those meatballs that are left," Luffy said.

"Tell you what, you can have them all if you promise to awser truthfully," Jonathan said.

"Really, thanks,"Luffy said and streached out his arm to grab the palte "sorry about calling you a selfish jerk…we should be frends,"

"I don't think that is possible," Jonathan said "Now onto my question. No matter what I do I can't figure it out, the one who defeated Crocodile was Captain Smoker, you gained nether fame or fortune in Alabasta,"

"Huh…Smoky didn't beat Crocodile," Luffy said.

"He didn't?" Jonathan asked in surprise.

"Nope I did," Luffy claimed "I kicked his ass,"

"You…You defeated crocodile?" Jonathan asked.

"Yep he was being a selfish jerk so I kicked his ass," Luffy claimed.

"But he's a Logia type user," Jonathan stated.

"Yeah that sand power was annoying, not to mention the poison in his hook hand," Luffy said.

"Poison?" Jonathan asked.

"Yeah I would have died if Alty hadn't saved me," Luffy claimed.

"Alty? Is he a member of your crew?"

"No, he's some guy I met. Really grumpy, but he had a Logia power too," Luffy claimed.

"Really? Which one?" Jonathan asked.

Since Logia devil fruits were incredibly rare every single one was recorded and who its user was, if Luffy could remember what Logia power this Alty had then Jonathan would be able to identify who the user was.

"Wind I think," Luffy said.

"Wind…that would be the Kaze-Kaze fruit…" Jonathan gasped.

"Yep that's the one Alty said he ate," Luffy claimed.

"But that means Alty is….wait…you don't mean Altair do you?" Jonathan asked in surprise.

"That's him; but his name is hard to pronounce so I call him Alty," Luffy claimed.

Jonatan took a step back in shock; he could not believe what he was hearing. Luffy had had an encounter with the Mentor of the Assassin Brotherhood and lived. This was unheard of as the Brotherhood was known for being ruthless and brutal killers, they killed anyone who was unfortunate to cross their paths.

But Luffy had lived.

"Hey meatball guy, something wrong?" Luffy asked in concern.

"No, it's nothing," Jonathan said.

"So was that your question?" Luffy asked.

"Actually I wanted to know why your crew came here, what do you want from Navaore?" Jonathan asked.

"Well I was hungry but I don't want anything really. This was just where we landed and I;ve got to say this place is pretty fun," Luffy said.

"So you just happened to land here after visiting an Island in the sky," Jonathan said.

"Yeah….hey how did you know?" Luffy asked.

"Your first mate Roanoa Zoro told me," Jonathan smirked "We captured him this morning,"

Luffys happy and fun demeanour instantly faded.

"Zoro….where is he?" Luffy asked seriously.

"Why do you want to know?" Jonathan asked.

"Simple, I'm going to rescue him," Luffy declared loudly.

"There's really no need, after all you will be joining him soon," Jonathan said.

Luffy go ready to fight and Jonathan took a step forward, the moment he did the atmosphere seemed to turn cold and the marines commanders prescience seemed to dominate the room. However before a fight could break out the door behind Luffy opened and Sanji grabbed him and pulled him out.

"What the….Sanji?" Luffy asked.

"We have to go, there's something weird with that guy," Sanji said.

However when they emerged from the private room they were met by all of the cooks, each one had a utensil in there hand and were glaring at them hatefully, anger and betrayal was written all over there face. But Jessica's face only held server disappointment.

"So you two aren't chiefs after all," Jessica said.

"Nope, we're pirates," Luffy said with a smile.

Sanji groaned, he really wish Luffy would learn to keep his mouth shut. Jessica turned her attention to Sanji.

"It's a shame talent such as yours is wasted on cooking for pirate scum like him," Jessica said "Don't resist, we may be cooks but we have all know how to fight,"

"Hph, I was raised in a restaurant with dozens of chiefs like that, and they were way tougher then you lot," Sanji smirked.

He eyed the cooks, he knew if it came down to a fight he and Luffy could take them without too much trouble, but he also knew he would not be able to fight Jessica and if Luffy did hurt her he would have no choice but to fight his captain as well.

Suddenly the door behind them opened and Jonatan walked out, Sanji and Luffy looked over at him as his commanding presence filled the room.

'Damn…that weird feeling is back,' Sanji thought.

"Give up, you have nowhere to go," Jonathan said.

However before anyone could do anything Marines started to pour into the Mess Hall, they filled the room eager to have lunch, none of them seemed to care that all the chiefs and the bases commander was out in the open, nor did they hear them trying to tell them to what was going on. They just pushed by them to take their seats.

Sanji grabbed Luffy and ran through the incoming crowd and once they were out of the mess they ran off escaping into the base.

Jonathan pushed his way through he marines as well but once he got out Luffy was nowhere in sighed and the commander had no idea which way the pirates had gone.

"Oh well….I'll get them eventually," Jonathan sighed.

He started to head back to his office and when he got there Drake was standing there with a squad of Marines and who were holding a man with a long nose.

"What's this?" Jonatan asked.

"We found this unknown recruit snooping around the captured Pirate ship," Drake said "he didn't know his Unit so I suspect he's a pirate,"

"Hmm….who are you?" Jonathan asked.

"Me I'm…." Usopp heisted trying to come up with a good lie.

"Well, speak up," Drake demanded.

"I'm a….Special undercover investigator from Marine Hq," Usopp said.

"What? You expect us to believe that?" Drake declared.

"Well we were supposed to get an investigator today," Jonathan agreed.

"Huh….we were?" Drake asked in surprise "why didn't you tell me?"

"It slipped my mind, we've been a little preoccupied lately," Jonathan said casually.

Usopp's confidence suddenly came back.

"That's right that's me, Investigator Usopp. I usually disguise myself as a Marines so I can see firsthand and observe well this base is run," Usopp lied.

"Like anyone would believe that," Drake declared.

"Oh that makes sense," Jonathan said.

"It Dose?!" Drake yelled.

"Yeah after all if the men knew they were being watched by some official they would be all tense, it is easier to see them when they are relaxed quite a professional tactic if you ask me," Jonathan said.

"Welcome Investigator, I apologise that no one was there to meet you," Jonathan said politely.

"Oh that's alright, it gave me time to start looking around…though I have to say I am not impressed with the way he handles important guests," Usopp said and pointed at Drake.

"HEY!" Drake shouted.

"Yes he is a bit of a brute sometimes," Jonathan agreed with a smile.

"COMMANDER!" Drake yelled.

Before the conversation could continue a Marine walked in with a tall dark haired woman wearing a Marine Commanders coat.

"Sir, there is someone from Hq here to see you," the marine announced.

Usopp froze and looked over his shoulder to see the real investigator however he was relieved to see that it was just Robin in disguise.

"Hello, are you Vice Admiral Jonathan?" Robin asked.

"Yes that's me," Jonathan answered.

"My name is Commander Shepherd, I am a Special investigator here to inspect the Navore and observe how it is run," the woman said and pulled out an ID badge and handed it to the commander.

Jonathan took it and looked at it.

"I believe you received a Letter from Admiral Akainu informing you of my visit," Robin continued.

"I did yes….will you excuse me for a minute," Jonathan said.

He then turned to Drake.

"Drake…arrest this man, he is clearly an imposter," Jonathan ordered.

"YOU ONLY RELAISE THAT NOW!" Drake yelled.

Drake commanded his men to take Usopp to the brig and left with them to continue the search for the other pirates.

"Do you always let you officers talk to you like that?" Robin asked once they were gone.

"Oh no, Drake is just a bit short tempered, he is under a lot of stress lately," Jonathan claimed.

"Oh anything I should be aware of?" Robin asked.

"Unfortunately you came at a bad time, you see we are on high alert as we have been infiltrated by pirates," Jonathan explained.

"Then I won't keep you, I will start my investigation and be on my way," Robin said.

"Very well, I will have an escort take you to wherever you need to go….do you have a preference to where you would like to stat?" Jonathan asked.

"I will start with the bases records, I would like to make sure that everything I see is in keeping to the paper work and Marine Standards," Robin claimed.

"Of course of course, help yourself…if you need anything do not hesitate to ask," Jonathan said.

"Very well, good luck with catching those pirates. I will of course expect a report on your progress at the end of the day," Robin said.

"Of course, of course," Jonathan agreed.

Robin turned and left, gesturing for her escort to follow her. Once she was gone Jonathan sat at his desk and started writing a report on everything that had happened so far and his actions taken to try and find the pirates.

He was about half way through his report when Drake walked in.

"Ah Drake, any updates?" Jonathan asked.

"Yes, we found another pirate," Drake said "he has been taken to the brig with the others,"

"Another pirate?" Jonathan asked.

"Yes he claimed to be that the Marine inspector from Hq, however the both Zoro and the other pirate we caught identified him as there comrade Condoriano," Drake said.

Jonathans eyes narrowed.

"He claimed to be Commander Shepard?" Jonathan asked.

"Yes, though the real one is inspecting the base as we speak so clearly this was not a well thought out lie," Drake said.

"Hmmm…..I wonder," Jonathan mumbled.

"Sir?" Drake asked.

"Nothing, thank you for the update. Please keep up the good work," Jonathan said.

Drake gave the vice admiral a salute and then walked out; once he was gone Jonathan leaned back in his chair deep in thought.

'Two commander Shepherds one male, one female….both show up within hours of each can't be a coincidence but…which one is the marine and which one is the Pirate?' Jonathan thought to himself.

"A Paragon of Justice or a Renegade Pirate, only time will which is which," Jonathan said to himself.