As for where the two redheads are...
"Nami, Nami!" Elly exclaimed to her injured friend.
"Elly..." Nami got up from the ground.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm okay."
"Thank goodness."
"Our fall was cushioned by the soft clouds."
In fact, they're now below the canyon and still alive.
"It seems like it," Elly said while looking at where they are now.
"Elly, you got your true self back," Nami stated. "You chose me over your mission."
"Yes, I did, Nami. You're the first land dweller friend I could ever have."
"I have something I want to say to you, Elly."
"Me too, Nami. I also have something..."
It was then that tears started to well up in both of their eyes and run down to their cheeks. Remorse came to both of them, feeling bad on how they acted this afternoon. They approach each other closely as they were about to say what they wanted to say.
"I'm sorry!" both girls said altogether. "I'm so sorry!"
Then, they have their hands touched with one another; Elly's with her right hand, and Nami's with her left hand.
"I didn't know what I should do. I lost my temper because..." the latter confessed regretfully.
"I know. This is all my fault," the former added with the same expression. "I shouldn't have taken the 'Drive'. When I use it, it felt deep down like you were so far away, and..."
"Me too..." Nami added. "Thinking about that bad childhood memory was so sad, lonely, and painful!"
"I know! I'm so sorry for bringing that up on our reunion!" Elly added with remorse and pain on her expression. "Can you ever forgive me?"
Nami puts up a sad smile as she hugged her.
"Of course I forgive you, Elly. We're best friends."
"Best friends forever," the Gebler soldier added while hugging her back. "Nami, thank you so much."
The two let go of the hug and wiped off the tears from their eyes. They started climbing at the top of the canyon together. Speaking of that, their hands are held together.
"Nami, we're true friends, right?" Elly questioned.
"Of course, we're true friends!" Nami smiled to this.
As for the Straw Hats and Fei are searching from above to look for them, they noticed the two women climbing back up to the canyon.
"Nami!" the crew started running to their redheaded companion.
"Elly!" Fei joined in to approach the Gebler soldier.
"Are you okay?" Sanji asked with concern.
"Yes, I'm okay," Nami replied.
"Elly, are you okay?" Fei looks concerned.
"Yes, I'm okay, Fei," Elly replied.
"That was a very risky move you did, Nami," Fei is a little upset of the idea.
"I'm testing out which is more important to her so that she can be free from the effects of that drug, and she chooses friendship over her job," the redhead navigator explained while she and her friend wipe the tears off from their eyes.
"That explains it..." the young man shifts his focus to the other female. "Elly, why...?"
"Yeah, that's right! What the hell were you thinking?!" Nami demanded.
"I warned you both. I said the next time we met we'd be... enemies," Elly said with regret.
"But, there's no reason for you to do this to yourself just so you can fight. There's no reason for you and I to fight. None at all," Fei stated.
"Yeah! Just what the hell do you think you're doing bringing up that bad childhood memory?!" Nami said in a scolding tone.
"Look, I'm sorry. Both of you, really," the soldier replied to the two. "There... was no other choice. I'm a Solaris officer. I can't turn my back on my unit, the mission..."
"Here we go again with that excuse!" her friend exclaimed with dismay.
"Why did you have to use the 'Drive'?" Fei asked.
"I didn't want to... When I use it, I change. I feel like I'm dominated by some unknown power that I never wanted. There's a power in me I don't want to admit. But, I want to protect my allies, so I had no choice but to use... the 'Drive'," Elly explained. It was then that Nami punched the top of her head, and it didn't look like a light punch.
"You deserved it! The next time you bring up that memory, I'll hit you even harder!" Nami said, and clenched her fist.
"But you'll just crack my head open!" the redhead soldier cried while holding her hands to her head in pain.
"Hey, you don't have to get so angry about it. I mean, it's not like she hurt herself or anything," Fei commented.
"Just shut up, Fei! You got no business lecturing me about the best way to teach Elly a lesson!" the redhead pirate argued.
"I wasn't lecturing you! I was just... Ah, forget it," Fei realized he got nothing else to add to that argument.
"Look, I'm sorry for this, Elly," Nami rubs her friend's head. "It's just that I don't want you replaying that bad memory from ten years ago."
"No, it's okay, Nami," Elly feels comfortable with her head being rubbed before the pirate lets that go. "I'm the one who should be apologizing for starting that up."
"Nami, you said you had a bad childhood memory of Elly taking the 'Drive'," the man asked Nami. "You mean you saw this before?"
"That's right. That was a long time ago when we were kids..."
She narrates the story of how she got bullied years ago. Elly got mad at this, and uses the 'Drive' to kill them. Nami saw everything and called for her. Upon hearing her voice and her name being called, Elly snapped out of the drug's influence and saw blood on her hands. When Nami called for her, she ran away instead.
This is one bad childhood memory for her.
"Since then, I swore to beat the crap out of Elly if she thinks about using the 'Drive' once more, and that's when you saw me attacking her mecha before we confront her in person together," Nami finishes her story.
"I see," Fei turns his attention to her friend. "Elly, you're the same as me."
"Me, too," Nami joined in.
"The same? Probably... I felt I knew you ever since I first met you. Probably because our problems were so similar. As for you, Nami, you're right about the fact that two of us are the same," the soldier stated.
"I'm here for you. It may not be much, but at least I can relate to how you feel, Elly," Fei continued.
"What? Are you saying we lick each other's wounds?"
"Well, I guess I am... Sorry..." the young man apologized.
"...I'm sorry. I'm not being fair, am I?" Elly apologized as well, while she looks down.
"No, I'm just pessimistic sometimes. But... even so, it's better than worrying about it by yourself."
"Fei..."
"You won't change your mind?" Fei said, looking so sad.
"Elly, I know what Fei's thinking in his head right now. I also recommend you should leave the Gebler army," Nami said as if she can read his mind, looking sad as well.
"Wait. How did you know about this?" Fei looks surprised on her statement.
"Lucky guess. I've been thinking of giving out this recommendation just in case Elly has joined the army," was the reply.
"Please, don't look so sad. Both of you. I have no choice. It is my only home," her friend said, gently turning down their expectation.
"Elly..."
"Huh?"
Nami angrily sends a slap from her right hand, hitting Elly's left cheek.
"Cut the 'I have no choice' crap! Of course you have a choice! You're just too scared to admit that! If you think you can't leave the military just because that's your only home, think again! I'll help you live your life! Isn't that the promise we made to each other when we were kids?"
A flashback has occurred Elly's mind as she thought about this promise.
"Elly..." a young Nami called.
"What is it, Nami?" a young Elly asked.
"If each of us don't have nowhere to go, let's live our life together."
"I don't know..."
"Promise?" Nami reveals her pinky.
"Promise," Elly replies by binding their pinkies together as their promise was sealed.
The flashback is over, and the two are back to reality.
"Yes, I never forget about that," Elly replied, causing her reconsider their expectation. "For now, I'll think about it."
"I have to go. My 'friends' are waiting for me. If you can, get out of the army, Elly. That look doesn't suit you at all," Fei walks a few inches to his mecha before talking to Elly about this. He turns to Nami for a favor. "Nami, take care of Elly for me."
"Hey, don't worry about that, Fei," the redhead navigator said in assurance, while putting her arm to her friend's shoulders. "We're childhood friends."
"Yes, you two are," the young man leaves on his mecha, but not before putting up a smile to the two redheads.
After he leaves, Nami takes a glare at her friend's squad, and they make a retreat after seeing of how well she handled their leader. This is quite a satisfactory for her.
"Nami!" Luffy cried as the rest of his crew approach them.
"Elly, these are my friends, the Straw Hat Pirates," Nami introduced her friend to them. "Say hello."
"Hello," Elly greeted while blushing.
One by one, she is introduced to each other member and got to know their attributes. Introductions include Luffy as the captain, Sanji as the cook, and Brook as the musician. As for Brook, he got punched in the face by Nami for asking Elly if he could look at her panties. For her, Elly feels like she's at home with them, and Nami feels appreciated by that, hoping that her and Fei's wish for her to leave the army would succeed.