Ace and Cosmo are on their way back from a show in Lazaro City when the Magic Express crashes in the desert. Cosmo leaves Ace a note about the crash being his fault and goes for help. He finds another person in the desert followed by a pack of wild hyenas which end up attacking Cosmo. Ace and Zina save when they meet a hunter named Count Hebon. He invites everyone to his place for a cold drink. But the whole place is a trap for Ace and his friends. Hebon wants revenge for losing a person who apparently escaped from him and that person is found by the police and taken to the police headquarters where Vega is about to receive his long-overdue promotion. When he learns about the train crash, he realizes his friends may be in serious danger so he takes off to find them to the displeasure of Friedrichs who won't let anyone leave until Vega returns. At Hebon's estate, Ace and Cosmo fight for their lives through the deadly traps but then they reunite and agreed they'll get out of there alive