it was the day of Ace’s execution, Ace was by the platform tied in seastone,his eyes were wide open when he saw his crew arriving with the moby dick. You and Marco stand besides Whitebeard with a serious look on your face’s, Ace didn’t expect them to come for him to take the risk to free him, he soon shouted out for his crew and Whitebeard.

Ace: “FATHER!!!”

He actually didn’t want them to come since he accepted his fate to die but secretly he was pretty glad to see them, and that prooved that they really care for him.