Crazy idea?

"This is a bad idea. A Bad Idea. A Baaaaaaaaad idea." Xander told himself as he watched the incognito andriod Ted pull into his driveway. Once the andriod stepped out of his car Xander sprung into action and left his hiding place. He really hoped a sneak attack worked better than just breaking into Ted's home and dismantling the andriod with an ax sometime at night. But this plan here was kind of a little crazy.

"Excuse me, Sir, do you have time to help me with a school project?" Xander asked as he waved to Ted and held up one of his school notebooks.

"What's the project, son?" Ted asked amicably.

"Its a survey for one of my electives. Polling the populace for civics. Seeing what the people still retain from when they took the class. I just have a few questions if you have the time." Xander smiled nicely.

Ted looked down at his watch and then back at Xander, "I can spare five minutes."

"Thank you very much." Xander looked away from the andriod and kept his eyes on the words he had written. Hopefully having the question worked out in advance would make this easier. Trying to ask questions on the fly was a bad idea.

And heres hoping his magic power worked on a machine.

"Would you rather have an upgrade to your operating system with a direct copy of the brain and personality of Xander Harris or a downgrade to the operating system of a ColecoVision?"

Xander's nerves were making him twitchy, he couldnt help but look up immediately. He was relieved to see that Ted was susceptible to magic. The andriod was standing stock still, still in a way no human could manage.

Slowly with a definite electronic buzz to his voice Ted answered, "Upgrade."

Ted jerked back, his head twisting almost to an unnatural degree to the right while the sound of a dial up modem came from his mouth. Xander himself felt phantom fingers stroking his brain. Strange tingles emananting all over his head. He could almost see whispy see through threads of light connecting his head to Teds.

And just like that it was over.

"Well... that was weird." Ted said with a perfect copy of Xander's voice.

"It weird from over here too." Xander nodded his head. "Can, uh, can you still be Ted? This wont work if you sound like me."

Ted inclined his head and replied in his own voice, "Of course. I am still me. Just now with you added in."

"Uh, good. So do I call you Xander 2.0 or Xan-Ted or just Ted?" Xander asked.

"Ted in public, please. In your own mind you can call me whatever you want. X-Ted or Ted - X. It makes no nevermind." Ted shook his head.

"You, uh, you arent going to kidnap and kill Joyce, are you?" Xander asked.

"No." Ted shook his head firmly. "No I will not."

"Good."

"Good." Ted agreed. He then leaned in, "I will try to help repair 'our' relationship with Buffy."

"Thanks, much appreciated." Xander gave X-Ted a slight bow.

"It will take time." Ted -X warned.

"That's fine. I just dont want either Joyce or Buffy to be in danger."

"Not while we are around." Xan-Ted said with a mock heroic voice. "I remember the best possible outcome we were hoping for. I make sure that nothing hurts them at home, you make sure nothing hurts them out here."

"Yeah, that is the best possible outcome." Xander agreed. A second set of more than human helping hands. The T2 fan in him was thrilled that this was working out.