Here's Chapter 3! It's a very short one, because it doesn't need to be any longer, in my opinion. Next chapter will be a longer one though. I hope you'll enjoy this chapter despite its shortness, as it's very important to the plot of the fic as a whole. Now, without further ado: the chapter.
Akane slowly removed her gas mask and placed it gently on a decrepit table found in the shelter she'd been using for her operations. She removed her hood and straightened her cloak.
The past few months had been tough for everyone, and they were about to get a lot harder. She knew that she had to make preparations to put the plan into action, and she was making good progress.
She glanced down at the unconscious Alice and Clover ruefully. It was better this way.
She sighed, and tried to gently move Alice into a treatment pod. After placing her in, she activated the pod and put Alice into hibernation. She moved to put Clover in one of the other pods.
As she was half carrying, half dragging the pink-haired girl to the pod, she saw something fall out of her pocket.
"What's this?" She mumbled to herself, picking it up. "'Reasons to forgive him'...?"
Why did Clover make that kind of list? Did something happen between them? She shook her head to clear the confused thoughts; it was wrong to read the list at all, and she felt that she should just forget it.
And yet...
Since she'd seen it, was she responsible for getting the correspondence to the intended recipient? That was a pretty big burden, especially given the circumstances. But she knew that she could do it... and that she had to do it.
She sighed in aggravation, and shoved the receipt into the cloak.
"Focus on the present, Kanny." She chided herself, beginning to drag Clover to the pod again.