Author: This is a new One Piece Crossover Story. I do hope you enjoy another bit of nonsense. I tried keeping the grammar mistakes at a tolerable level.
Feel free to read and review.
Oh. There is a lot of screaming in this chapter.
Flying Ships on Sunday morning
It was six in the morning when Tony finally managed to wrestle himself off his latest invention and drag himself to bed. He was glad it was Sunday, because that meant even Steve would let him sleep till noon. He nestled into his bed and fell asleep fast.
One and a half hour later JARVIS woke him.
"Sir, I need to inform you that your presence is necessary in the lab."
"Jarv, I don't want to be in the lab. I have been there the last 28 hours", Tony groaned as he pulled his blanket over his head.
"I know, Sir", the A.I. replied, "However, Dr. Banner discovered an anomaly just recently and it would be helpful if you could share your insight."
"What kind of anomaly?" the genius moaned, "If it's anything less than flying pigs, I'm not going to come."
"Well, I am not sure if this applies as flying pigs, Sir, but it seems there are Sea Monsters falling from the sky."
Tony was awake in an instant. "Sea Monsters? Like those Chitauri Space Eels?!"
"No Sir. It seems to be about Sea Lions, Sea Rhinoceroses, Sea Bears and different kinds of giant fish. They are currently dropping around Mid-Town."
"Shit. Tell the others to swing their asses into their too tight suits and meet me in the lab."
"I will do so, Sir."
Swearing, Tony got up and dashed into his bathroom to get a bit dressed up. Who did he have to murder, bribe or threaten to experience at least one normal weekend?
-o-
When the genius arrived at the lab, the other Avengers were already present. Natasha, Steve and Clint seemingly were already awake since dawn; Thor was, despite his notorious snoring, a light sleeper and Bruce usually got up at seven.
"What's the situation?" Tony asked.
"Well, the sensors picked up some unusual readings", Bruce explained, "And then suddenly Sea Monsters started dropping all over Manhattan."
"God damn it!" Tony groaned, "Why can't we have a normal week for once?"
"We are super heroes", Natasha replied, "We don't do 'Normal'."
"Let's get over there and check things out. People might need our help", Steve said and nobody objected. Four of them dashed up to the roof-mounted landing pad where a Quinjet stood while Tony simply suited up and flew out of the window, followed by Thor who was holding to Mjöllnir. So the two of them were the first ones to arrive at the scene.
High above them was a massive fogbank from which different types of fish fell.
And a few monsters, too.
"Holy Shit. I thought of seals when JARVIS said 'Sea Lions', but that guy over there is a real Sea Lion!"
The monster propped up its body and roared out in anger and confusion. It was giant- about 180 feet in length with the body of a goldfish and the head of a lion. It was injured slightly, but seemed otherwise okay. Except for that it was on land and couldn't move much around.
A massive white bear-fish was a block down the street, lying unconscious under an equally unconscious... Sea Giraffe?
A few giant deep-sea fish lay on the floor, ranging from the size of mere fifteen feet to way larger than the Sea Lion. None of them was dead, mind you, even though they had gills and shouldn't be able to breathe air. But they could, so they just flopped around helplessly.
"Uhm... I guess we should call Water World or something", Tony deadpanned as he saw a few policemen flinching back from a beached Fish-Rhinoceros, "But a bunch of fish-things is not really our turf, is it?"
"Nay, it ain't", Thor replied with a giant grin on his face. "I have never seen such creatures."
"Guys?" Bruce said over the intercom, "It seems the anomaly is dissolving... what is going on down there?"
"Just a few Fish that are not completely fish", Tony answered "You can come down and look at them before Siegfried and Roy take them for their show."
"Really Tony, you'll never change... Hold on!" Bruce suddenly sounded serious. "Guys... there is something big coming from the anomaly... something that is not organic."
"Shit!" Natasha swore, "Chitauri?"
"Uh... no..." Clint muttered as he looked out of the window towards the receding fog, "Unless Chitauri come in flashy sailing ships..."
"WHAT?!"
-oOo-
"Hm", Luffy said, "The fog is getting thicker."
"Stop worrying about the fog!" Usopp yelled, "Get down there and help us!"
The sniper, the cook, the reindeer-doctor and the swordsman were just busy shortening the sails so the shipwright could activate the Sunny's engine to back out of the fog. Nami was feeling uneasy with the sudden appearance of it, since she had no warning that the weather might change. Robin and the Captain's ally, Trafalgar Law just stood at the railing and watched the fog outside. They would help if the need arises, but until now they were content with watching. Brook stood at the deck and thought of the time when he was trapped in the Florian Triangle. Kin'emon and Momonosuke just stayed out of the way, since they had no idea what to do on a pirate ship. However, the moment Franky came up, he was making a very serious face.
"Okay guys, I have no idea what's going on, but the engine is running too fast."
"Too fast?"
"Yeah, that means it has no resistance as it should have in water."
"What does that mean?" Usopp asked nervously, "I mean, we were at the Grand Line, sailing through very rough sea. And suddenly nothing."
"It's because we aren't on water anymore!" Luffy suddenly exclaimed with an excited grin on his face. "We're flying!"
"FLYING?!"
"Yes, see?"
Everybody dashed to the figurehead, staring at... nothing. Only the blue sky.
And a giant city beneath them.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
The ship dropped down.
-o-
"It is falling!" Steve muttered in disbelief, "The ship is falling!"
"It does", the Thunder god said with a grim look on his face. He turned to Tony. "Man of Iron, what do your senses say?"
"Hold on a sec..." the playboy/genius/philanthropist/billionaire said, "Uh... my sensors are saying there are people aboard."
"Wonderful!" Clint growled, "And there are only two of us who can fly! Thor, any time you might wanna fly up there and catch them is fine by me." Thor nodded and was about to leap up to catch the falling ship when Tony held him back.
"Wait a moment", the iron man said, "JARVIS is just getting more data... seems the ship is starting to amass energy."
"Energy?" Bruce wondered, eyes still glued on the falling vessel above them.
"Yeah, like some sort of jet engine, or something"
Suddenly the ship shook and a massive burst of compressed air propelled it higher into the air and sent it flying towards Central Park.
"Yup. Jet engine, just as I was saying."
-o-
"DO SOMETHING!" Usopp shrieked right into Law's ear. The long-nosed sniper had frantically clawed to the ex-Shichibukai and didn't let him go.
"Why should I be doing something?" the dark surgeon replied almost bored, but judging from the way he had dug his finger nails into the railing, he was pretty unnerved, too.
"YOU GOT THOSE WEIRD POWERS! DO SOMETHING!" the reindeer-doctor yelled into his other ear.
Luffy was still laughing from his position atop Sunny's figurehead. Nami, Brook, Kin'emon and Momonosuke were screaming their heads off, Zoro, Robin and Sanji just held to the railing and thought about their landing and Franky was beyond pissed. If they crushed into the floor, Sunny would get damaged badly.
Law finally noticed a large amount of green to the portside.
"Can you try to get the ship over there?" he called out loudly, "I could try something. Oh, and slow her down, too."
Nami stared at him with watery eyes. "What are you planning?!"
"Just do it!"
"Understood, Bro!" Franky replied and dashed towards the helm to press down a very special button. "Okay, hold on everybody, I'm going to use a Coup de Burst!" he shouted.
The Sunny stilled for a moment before she rocketed across the sky at an unbelievable speed.
-o-
"Holy Shit!" Tony swore as he and Thor raced after the colourful ship that continued its descent. "Whoever those guys are, they changed the angle with that blast so they won't hit the floor all too hard!"
"But will it be enough for them to survive?" Thor asked, "You know, I could still catch them if the need arises."
"Do that when they get down a bit more."
The two followed the ship as it continued flying towards Central Park. Suddenly Tony saw that the sails were unfurled. The fabric billowed immediately, slowing the ship somewhat.
"Holy shit! They are really trying to land that thing!"
Seconds later, the mane of the figurehead started spinning, creating a strong wind that blew against the sails and slowed the ship even more.
The flamboyant ship continued to fly downwards; parts of its hull already grazing the apartment buildings around Central Park.
"They are trying to land in the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir!" Bruce noted from the Quinjet, "But they are too low. At this rate they will barely miss the Metropolitan."
"Damn! Thor! Get them!"
The Thunder God nodded his understanding and shot forwards. The ship was just above the Metropolitan Museum as it suddenly was encased in a massive blue dome. Thor just reached the ship and was about to grab it as it vanished. In its stead a small row boat appeared, complete with a shocked family.
"What in the name of the Allfather?!" Thor called out, where has the colourful vessel gone?"
"At the Reservoir", Tony replied, "It... switched places with the row boat." Thor whipped his head around, seeing the ship just inside the lake. Its bow was deep in the water and its rear was lifted out of it, but it finally slowed down. And it didn't damage any other buildings except for the pier for the weekend boat trips.
"...Wow... They actually flew and landed a boat", Natasha remarked.
Thor landed on the broken pier next to Tony and put down the row boat to allow the family to get out.
"My sincerest apologies", the Thunder God told them, "But I am unfamiliar with this kind of sorcery."
"Are you serious?! That was awesome!" one of the kids of the family cheered, "Mum! I wanna do this again!"
Tony smiled awkwardly and Thor scratched his head. The Quinjet touched down and the other Four Avengers got off.
"What now?" Steve asked confused.
"Shishishi!" A voice suddenly came over to them. It took them a moment to realize it came from the ship. "I thought we'd die."
"WE ALMOST DID, YOU IDIOT!" Several more voices yelled enraged. The Avengers looked at each other in confusion as the ship slowly turned and moved back towards the pier to dock.
"What now?" Steve asked again, "I mean...those guys are obviously pirates. And crazy too."
"I agree with you on the second thing, but pirates?" Clint asked.
"They have a pirate flag, see?" the Captain answered and pointed towards the black flag just above the crow's nest. It showed a cartoon pirate skull with a straw hat and crossed bones.
"A Pirate Ship? This thing?" Natasha wondered, "I mean... is that a lion or a sunflower?"
"I think a lion", Bruce muttered as he stared at the ship.
It really was way too colourful to be a pirate ship. It had a light brown body with red accents and a giant yellow cartoonish lion face as its figure head. It had two masts with the main sail showing the same Jolly Roger. A yellow and red round building was at its top, the crow's nest, it seemed like. There were trees, flowers and grass on the three upper decks. A second round red and yellow building was at the rear with a jet engine beneath it. It was the same jet engine that propelled the ship across the sky before.
The ship stopped near the broken pier and the Avengers could still hear angry shouting and crying from the deck.
"I say we go up there and introduce ourselves", Tony exclaimed happily before he flew up.
The moment his feet touched the lawn on deck, he quickly realized that this was not an ordinary pirate ship. The crew didn't notice him at the moment, and they didn't notice the other Avengers coming onboard.
There was a young man wearing a straw hat who was being strangled by a red-haired really angry looking woman. A black-haired woman stood next to her, calmly talking to her. A green-haired guy and a blonde guy were arguing in the background, a tall man was holding a little boy and bawling his eyes out. Another dark-haired man was holding to the rail at port side. He seemed more annoyed than shocked, mainly because there was a guy with a long nose and some sort of living plush toy clinging to him.
Tony cleared his throat, effectively getting their attention.
"Excuse me, gentlemen, but we would like to know what you are doing here."
The crew stared at him blankly for a few seconds until...
"COOOL! A ROBOT!"
The Straw-hat guy stared at the Ironman with his fist balled, his mouth agape and stars in his eyes. The long-nosed guy and the plush animal did the same, even though they did not let go of the other man. The red-haired woman kept shouting at the boy, but couldn't get any other reaction from him.
"Uhm..." Tony began uncertain as he pushed up his visor, "Actually, I am wearing a suit..."
"A ROBOT ARMOUR! EVEN COOLER!" The plush retorted and Steve could see the man and the boy in the background having the same sparkling eyes by now.
"We are the Avengers", Steve began as he went to the front, "And we want to know whether you are a threat or not."
"Mellorine!" the blonde guy suddenly shouted and noodle-danced his way over to the Black Widow, "Can I get you a little snack?"
Natasha stared at him blankly. "No, we are with SHIELD and we have to ask you-"
"My Lady, may I see you Panties?"
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"