now I'm thinking - Spike went and got his soul and the slavers erased three years of memories and replaced them with slavery to break him?? That would kinda work... uh... Harsh Light of Day was season... uh... four? *tries to do math and fails*

anyway story good. Poor Spikey. I'm not sure if you mind all these comments or not on an old story - saw this rec'ed somewheres.