Chapter 04: Longing for a lost friend
Back at Iron Earth, Gold Heart was retrieving her childhood memories with Silver Frontier. She remembers when they were playing together near the seaside and at the green field, and how he taught her to play baseball. 'Those days, I used to be happy with him. Frontier, where have you gone this time?', she thought sadly. Her comrades were watching silently, but Topjoy couldn't be patient anymore. "Hey, guys. Someone should go and talk to her.", said the pink basketball leaguer. The others kept quiet. They were agreeing with him but they preferred to just watch from afar.
Heart started walking along the seaside, thinking of all the wonderful memories of her and Silver Frontier. How she loved him more than anything, how he saved her many times before, and how he cared about her safety. She remembered all this while she was watching the sunset. Right then, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around to see her three brothers and her comrades standing there. "G-Guys. What are you doing here?", she asked, trying to stay calm and not cry in front of them. "Heart, we know that you're worried about Magnum Ace. We're worried too. But that doesn't mean that you must stay sad all the time.", the elder brother Gold Arm said. He held his sister close to him. Then, the whole team gather in a group hug.
After a few minutes, Ronnie came fast to them and he seemed to be having some news. "Hey, everyone! Good news!", the lavender number 6 leaguer said optimisticly. "What is it, Ronnie?", Ryuken asked. Ronnie was so excited and said: "Mr. Slade has called the Hunter Base and Zero said he knows where Magnum is!". Everyone were shocked by the news. Then, they went to the war room and saw Slade talking with Zero:
Zero: Ah, everyone. Thanks for coming.
Topjoy: Hey, Zero! Long time no see!
Mach Windy: We heard from Ronnie that you know where Magnum is.
Zero: That's true.
Gold Foot: So? Come on, tell us!
Zero: Well, the Count called me a few minutes ago and he said that Magnum Ace is fine and in a safe place.
Kiwami Jyuurouta: Is that all?
Zero: I'm afraid so, Jyuurouta. He didn't exactly say where Magnum is.
GZ: So what? You say there is no hope to find him?
Zero: I didn't say that.
Bull Armor: What do you mean?
Zero(smile): Well, to be optimistic, if his Excellency knows that he is okay...
Gold Heart: That means that Magnum is somewhere in Paris.
Zero: Exactly.
Kiai Ryuken: These are good news.
Gold Arm: Which means that there's hope that he'll come back.
Gold Heart: You're right, brother. Thank you, Zero.
Zero: You're all welcome. See you later, guys.
The call was finished with that. Everyone were hoping that Zero was right, especially Heart. As all of the leaguers were in their recharge stances, she stood alone in the moonlight thinking about what Zero said. "You're still up?", she turned around and saw Jyuurouta standing with her three brothers. "You're still thinking of Magnum Ace, right? ", Mask said. He was sure that Magnum will be back to them. All they need is to wait patiently. "Bind your time, and hold out hope.", the four leaguers didn't understand why she said that but she noticed and explained to them: "Edmond used to tell me these words whenever I felt longing for someone or something. These words used to give me hope and they still do."
"We shall never give up hope then.", said Arm with a smile. Then, the Three Gold Brothers and Jyuurouta went to sleep. Heart looked at the stars with great hope in her heart. 'God please, bring him back to us. He's a good leaguer.', she prayed then went to sleep.