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them. She wondered how much longer they could go on for.

 
    Aaron was waiting
outside near the dam just as he said he would. It would become a frequent
meeting place for the trio. The sound of the water rushing down could be heard.
It was clear it was a manmade dam; there was barely any water to be found on
the God forsaken planet.

 
    Michelle and Kate sat
down next him and watched the water pool up beneath them. It was loud, but not
too loud. It made for a safe place to have a private conversation.

 
    Michelle looked to
Aaron’s face, normally it was happy, yes, even in Redex somehow he had a
positive attitude, but now he looked different. His icy blue eyes looked
serious. He had a worried expression that cast a shadow over his face.  

 
    “Aaron?” Michelle
called out softly as she tried to make herself comfortable on the cool stone
beneath her.

 
    “ You
going to tell us why we’re both here?” Kate asked gently.

 
    “You both have memory
fog,” he said looking into the dam.

 
    “We have what?” Kate
asked again.

 
    Michelle moved in
closer in order to hear better .

 
    “The Earth Army has
been giving it to all the soldiers, well, almost all the soldiers. I guess
since I’m a doctor, I’m exempt. The Commander is exempt.”

 
    Michelle just stared at
the both of them. She was unable to speak.

 
    “That’s why you never
eat with us?” Kate asked.

 
    He nodded. “Yeah, I
guess they didn’t want me to lose any of my memories in case it somehow
interfered with my abilities.”

 
    Michelle groaned, “But
I was just a… what was I?”

 
    “Aaron,” she said as
fear gripped her, “What was I on Earth? I can’t remember.”

 
    “I don’t know what you
were on Earth, Michelle. You were hard to get to know at first, but whatever
you were before, it doesn’t matter; you are a soldier now.”

 
    “Brain damaged
soldier,” she added fretfully.

 
    “Calm down, it’s
reversible and it won’t cause any long term damage. The problem is there isn’t
any normal food I can give you.”

 
    Michelle calmed herself
as she exchanged worried glances with Kate.

 
    “What do you mean?”
Michelle asked.

 
    “The meals, the oatmeal
type substance and the protein shakes, they all have memory fog. There’s little
food here that doesn’t have memory fog because well there is now very little
food.” Aaron replied.

 
    “Everyone is already
thin,” Kate pointed out concerned.

 
    “Most are thin because
of a lack of sustenance. Everyone looks healthy because those things have a ton
of vitamins and minerals, but it’s barely enough calories to sustain everyone,
especially with the running.”

 
    “Damn, see I knew we
shouldn’t have been doing so much running,” Michelle added. It was a small,
almost laughable victory for herself.

 
    “I still don’t
understand, Aaron. Why would they give us memory fog? What difference would
that make?” Kate asked.

 
    “They have been giving
the soldiers memory fog so they would forget their home life. They have been
running us so hard to beat down our will power. They want to make us robots. If
we are robots we are easier to manage,” he replied.

 
    “So, what happened to
all of the food?” Michelle asked before doing a quick spot check around them.
She wanted to make sure they were still alone.

 
    “We were supposed to
get a supply drop, months ago. We never did,” Aaron sighed. “I’m sorry if I
scared you, but you have to keep eating. Maybe I shouldn’t have said anything…”

 
    “We’ll figure this out,”
Michelle said with an unwavering strength. She wasn’t sure where the strength
came from, but it was right there with her.  

 
    “We have another
problem…the molcos hund. I’m not sure but this book it talks about vicious creatures
that inhabit this planet,” Aaron said as he held up an old notebook. “They
called the vicious creatures, molcos, they learned