VI

They took me and Eilidh (said Jack) into a big building, a few miles from where they captured us. They had you with us, but I figure you can't remember that. Anyway, it was a big building, all silver and grey, and it belonged to the red faction.
We were all marched down a big corridor, with about half a dozen other people. They were pretty scared looking. Then we were left in a big room, under guard.
I decided to talk to some of them. One of them was even brave enough to talk back.
"My name is Maliantra," she said to me. "Me and a few of these others were part of a survey team. As soon as we landed, we were captured and taken here. I don't know why."
"What did they accuse you of doing?" I asked her.
"Spies for the 'Enemy' whoever they are," Maliantra told me. "Now some of my friends think they're going to execute us."
"They won't," you said, from behind us. "I think I know what this place is, and why we're here."
"Why?" Eilidh asked you.
"Because," you said, "They're going to recruit us for their war."
Everyone digested that for a moment.
"What do you mean?" Eilidh asked at last.
"Look at the posters on the walls," you said after a moment. I did, and so did Eilidh. After a moment, I noticed something, but Eilidh said it first.
"They're recruitment posters," she said. She was right. All the posters had images of soldiers, and unoriginal captions like "Your faction needs you!" or "We're doing our part – why aren't you?"
"Recruitment posters?" I said. "Why would they want to recruit us if they think we're spies?"
"They don't," you said. "They want us to see them after the session, a strong post hypnotic image. Then they'll have more recruits. A war like culture, dedicated to eradicating the enemy, by any means necessary."
"Including?" Eilidh asked.
"Brainwashing," you said.
Then they came for us. They put us in a room filled with screens, and images, and flashing lights… and after that…

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"You can't remember," the Doctor finished weakly.
"Exactly," Jack said. "I don't remember a thing. After that – next thing I know, I'm a lieutenant being assigned to the western front."
Eilidh nodded slowly.
"But," she said, "that doesn't explain how I remember my parents being killed by the enemy…"
"Fake memories," the Doctor explained. "They give all their troops a reason to hate the enemy, and then they send you out there like cannon fodder."
"So now what?" asked Eilidh, softly.
"We find the TARDIS," the Doctor said, smiling slightly.

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