Summary: Buffy doesn't just leave home; she goes one better and leaves Sunnydale. Traveling to New Orleans, where she takes a job from a mysterious man named Beck. The Scoobies and AI Team race against time to retrieve the only person who can defeat the First. Will they find her and if they do, is she the same Buffy they once knew?
Disclaimer: Joss Whedon owns BtVS/AtS. Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures produced The Rundown.
Pairings: Beck/Buffy
Ratings: R
Completed: April 2006
Re-edited: October 2008
Timeline: The BtVS remains the same with the exception that Faith broke out of jail when the Bringers attacked her in her bunk. She made her way to Sunnydale to try and make amends. The Angel timeline is drastically different (thus the AU part). No Connor, Beast or Jasmine. Lorne tells Angel his soul is anchored and has been since he came to LA. Angel and Cordelia became a couple after Groo left. She's part demon but no higher power crap. Wesley and Angel have a falling out, which led to Wesley's walk on the wild side with Lilah, but he soon came back into the fold. Fred and Gunn break up over the professor, leading to Fred and Wesley getting together. The Rundown interaction starts post-movie.
Special Notes: Thanks as always to my two wonderful betas, Becca and Amanda, who keep me sane, and help me put those commas in the right place. Thanks girls you make my stories better, love ya. Currently working on redoing this story, rethinking about how I had handle some of the characters and have gone back and reworked some of the scenes regarding Buffy's and the Scoobies interactions.
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