The atmosphere at Marineford was electric, tension crackling in the air like a live wire.
The sky was clear, yet it cast a sense of eerieness onto Marineford.
Towering waves crashed against the massive stone walls of the fort, their thunderous roars a prelude to the impending chaos.
Marines lined the battlements, their expressions a mixture of grim determination and underlying fear, knowing full well the storm they were about to face.
A huge stand stood with Elite Vice-Admirals sat at the lowest level, while above them sat the Admirals.
On the very top of the Scaffolding Ace kneeled on the ground with his arms chained down with sea stone.
While Garp sat by Ace on the floor as he looked onto the huge gathering of Marines.
"You should become a Marine" Garp said to Ace.
"Shut up, old man", Ace responded with his head down low, not wanting to meet the eyesight of Garp.
"You... brat" Garp murmured before he stood up and left the top of the platform which allowed Sengoku to begin his announcement speech before Ace's execution.
The Den Den Mushi's recording and livestreaming it to those islands as large groups of people gathered around to watch them.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the world, I have something very important to tell you. This man here, Portgas D. Ace, is not just any pirate. His father is none other than the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger!"
This revelation shocked everyone watching, both in Marineford and around the world.
To the World, Gol D. Roger was an evil man, The King of Pirates, The man who single handidly brought a new age of Pirates and a new age of ordinary people suffering under these Pirates.
So the discovery that Ace was the son of Roger immediately ignited a few revenge-seeking people's hearts ablaze.
Remnants of Rogers's crew, such as Rayleigh, could only watch in shock as this news that even they didn't know was released to the world.
If he had known, he would have most propably gathered the forces of Roger once again in hopes to save their Captains son but now it was too late and he could only helplessly watch.
"And Now we will finally exterminate this spawn of evil from this World!" Sengoku shouted loudly.
Garp who had been quitely sitting stared at Sengoku from behind with rage flashing in his eyes for a second when he heard Sengoku's words but he controlled himself.
At this time he hoped, Garp prayed that Augustus would be able to make good on his words.
Two soldiers with a long sword appeared on the platform besides Ace, their Swords primed.
A silence stretched as Sengoku didn't continue saying anything.
Sengoku's eyes at this moment scanned everywhere for Whitebeard pirates, but there was no sign of them ever even entering the radius of Marineford, something Sengoku was quite disappointed with how uncharacteristic Whitebeard was being.
Seeing as Whitebeard was not gonna make an appearance, Sengoku prepared to order the execution of Ace.
The people who watched the livestream felt the tension build up as they screamed at Sengoku to order the execution already.
Sengoku who wanted to scan around one last time suddenly noticed bubbles appearing on the water.
Garp who had been quietly waiting for the Sengoku's announcement at this time also opened his eyes as he focused on the bubbles rising from the water.
It started off as a few bubbles, but it exponentially increased, and a large part of the ocean with the iron walls of Marinef9rd began bubbling up.
Multiple large shadows appeared under the ocean as they approached closer and closer to the surface; the centermost one was the first to break through the surface.
A Ship, The ship being The Moby Dick, surfaced in the ocean with a clear film bubble surrounding it and soon followed about a dozen ships that surfaced right beside the main ship.
"Ace!!!" Whitebeard who stood on the mast of the main Mobydick ship with his Nagata on hand shouted loudly, his voice spreading throughout the entire Marineford letting every single Marine and Ace hear Whitebeard.
"We have come!!" Whitebeard shouted, his voice resounding through every inch of Marineford.
Meanwhile Ace whose head bowed down with dull eyes heard the voice of Whitebeard and felt hope reignite within him.
His head looked up into the distance, where he saw the impressive line of the Whitebeard Pirates fleet and the tall and imposing figure of Whitebeard looking at him with determined eyes.
At this moment Ace felt a dam burst in his eyes.
"Oyaagi!!" Ace shouted towards Whitebeard with tears flowing out of his eyes.
Ace wanted to tell Whitebeard that this was all a trap, a set-up to bring the Whitebeard pirates here, but deep down, Ace wanted Whitebeard to come and save him.
Garp looked at how emotional Ace was looking at Whitebeard and felt Anger.
He was, after all, the one who "raised" Ace; why didn't he get such treatment yet, Whitebeard?
Garp crunched the rice cake packets that had appeared magically in his hands and munched with anger as he looked at Whitebeard.
Sengoku glanced back at his old friend who suddenly began eating rice cakes more fervently and felt incredibly bad about this whole situation, if not for the orders of the World Government.
For the sake of Garp, Sengoku wouldn't mind quietly releasing Ace but things had gotten to big and public too fast which forced him to stand here.
Not as Garp's friend but as the Marshal Amiral of the Marines.