Spikes POV:

I was now looking at the 3 foot version of the man that I was looking for. He looks at me with the wonder of a kid and I have no clue how to respond to his question.

"Well, who are you?" He contunes to look at me.

"I am Will and I am looking for a friend. Have you seen him?" It was all I could think of. He might even be able to help me. I know that it is pathic that I was asking his younger self.

"Nope just me. If you dont find him then you can always just stay here with me." His offer was great, so great that I would almost just drop my quest but I had to find my Xan-pet. I need him to tell me the truth about why he tryed to kill himself.

"That is ok. I know that I will find him. He is going to be here and safe."

"Why do you think that? There is always a chance that the man you are looking for will not be what who you are looking for. You know that and you just dont want to believe."

His words hit the mark, the one that I have put on the back of my head. There was no way that I would know if he is still like the Xan-pet that he once was. I need him to be ok, just being ok means that I could take him back...hopefully...

"He will be."

With that I walk and walk and...walk. I know that a mind is very small so, by theory, I should have reached the end of the mind.

"you will never find him like this. Why dont you just give up and play with me?" Says a voice behind me.

"I will not. I will find him." This kid is getting on my nerves.

"Why? it is not as if you can take him from here. If he is stuck here he will not leave."

"I just will. That is how it is going to be."

"But why?"

"I said so. He will come with me. He needs to come to the outside."

"As I have said, there is no outside from here. You will not get him out. It is useless. When you realize this will you play with me?" I stear at this kid.

"Sorry kid, I will get what I am here for. He will come out and see the light."

And with that, I walk and walk and...got the idea.

"What is the whole point of getting outside of here? I can have anything I want inside of here. I know that it is funner here then out there. I would not go out there if I was the guy that you are looking for."

This kid is getting a point acrossed to me in a kid way. I understand that in here is better but I dont want for Xander to be stuck in here and to never come out.

"He just needs to come out."

At that the kid kept asking 'why?'. I could not keep answering that annoying question.

"You want to know 'why?' kid? He has people out there that is waiting for him to wake up. He is very important."

"Who thinks he is important? If that is true why is he here?"

Damn this kid.

"His bestfriends. And I dont know why he is here, I will ask him when I get to him."

"His bestfriends? Who are they and why is it you are here?"

"His bestfriend Willow and Giles. and I want to bring him home."

"Where do you stand in his life?"

"I guess you can call me his enemy."

"If you are his enemy arn't you part of his friends?"

I stear at the kid again. "I guess you are right."

"Good. You are here to get him out because he is your friend." I was going to tell him that I have already told him this when I watch him smile and just like that he was gone.

I was, once again, alone. I did not like that at all. I liked having someone there and this is not what I want.

I walk again.

"Ah... Someone other then the kid. Who might you be?"

I turn and felt like kicking myself. "Bloody hell, not again."