Title: Dead to Runaway

Author: FreeWrite

Disclaimer: I don't own BTVS they belong to Joss Whedon and Co, Law and Order: SVU belongs to Dick Wolf and Co. I'm just playing and will try to put them back where I got them from but I don't guarantee their condition when I put them back.

Summary: Runaway's are being brutally raped and murdered how is one girl connected to them and how can the SVU detectives catch a killer who died over 100 years before.

WARNING: This is an NC17 story, if you have never watched SVU then you should know that it is the Special Victims Unit', they deal with sexually based offences. If you think that this will offend you in any way then I beg you to please stop reading now, there will be no graphic or descriptive content, I will not go that far, it is a small factor and I am rating as such because I realise that there are younger people who read stories from this site and feel that the content deserves the rating. Many may disagree but that is the way I feel. If I receive a review from someone who is offended by the content I will delete said review and keep on writing my story.

AN1: So far in my wanderings of the copious amounts of BTVS/ATS crossovers I haven't come across a crossover with Law and Order: SVU so I decided that I wanted to do one (getting Buffy to New York was tough). Here it is and enjoy. If you do happen to find another one let me know.

A couple of things you need to know about my writing. 1) I don't write ship anymore, love reading it but have decided I don't want to write ship. 2) I write angst, pain and emotional suffering. And 3) this focuses on Buffy and Olivia friendship.

AN2: This is in no way related to my previous stories Falling and Landed.

Timelines: Buffy post Season 2 and goes way off canon after that, also so there is no confusion later on all the same big bads have come through Sunnydale except Glory therefore at this time Dawn does not exist. SVU after the death of Olivia's mother but before Alex goes into Witness Protection.

A Special thanks to my beta Alex, you rock and force me to improve my writing, also my flat mate who's medical knowledge is a God send.

If you are so inclined feedback would be greatly appreciated.

HAVE YOU READ THE WARNING UP THE TOP? IF NOT GO BACK AND READ IT!

Prologue

Runaway

Runaway tonight

It ain't no victory

But I don't care

I don't care if it's wrong or right

It hurt so much; she thought her entire body was going to break into a million pieces. She didn't think that she'd ever been in so much pain before, but on the other hand she felt totally numb, she couldn't feel anything at all. Standing there the sun on her too cold back Buffy Summers watched from a distance as the people she loved most in the world stood outside of Sunnydale high school. Maybe they were waiting for her, maybe not they weren't. She didn't know and she tried to tell herself that she didn't care, it was easier that way. Even from here she could see the bruises marring her Watchers face, she could see her best friend sitting in the wheelchair, a cast on the arm of her other best friend.

All because of her.

She watched them walk into the school before turning and walking away, heading towards the bus station. Where she was going to go, she'd find out when she got there, all she knew was that it was someone else's turn to guard the Hell mouth. She couldn't and wouldn't do it anymore.

Cleveland Ohio

August 1998

It was nearly midnight by the time Buffy got off the bus and for once she was thankful for being short, unlike all the other people on the bus she didn't get as cramped. It had never really occurred to her that her slight build could actually be a blessing.

However standing inside the large Bus Depot the 17-year-old felt dwarfed and largely out of her element. Being a California girl all her life she had never really been exposed to the seedier side of life until leaving Sunnydale. The world she had lived in may have been filled with other worldly monsters but her new one was also filled with the human monsters.

She wasn't sure which was worse.

The smell of stale air, and poor hygiene permeated throughout the entire building, it saddened Buffy to realise that she had almost gotten used to it.

Almost being the operative word. It wasn't something she liked, and the poor hygiene was something that she never wanted to practice.

It had been three months since she had gotten on the bus that took her out of Sunnydale. At first she stayed in LA but a close encounter with her Dad had caused her to run again. Not even bothering to give notice at work or for her apartment Buffy had simply packed her meager belongings and got on the first bus she could.

She knew that she couldn't run and hide forever, one day something would force her to go back. Whether it was her own conscience that forced her to return or if she was somehow found. If anyone were going to find her it would be Giles. The man was her Watcher, he wouldn't rest until he found her, but she wasn't going let that happen anytime soon.

She wouldn't let him get hurt because of her again.

A slight tingling at the back of her neck caused her to turn, all of a sudden very aware of her surroundings. Trying to be subtle, although that had never been her strong suit, Buffy's gaze finally locked on a brunette girl, a year maybe two younger than herself.

There was something familiar about the way the girl carried herself, the good posture rarely seen in a teenager these days, the way her eyes took in everything and everyone in her surroundings. A hand kept close to her bag, as though ready to reach for something at any given time.

Their eyes met and the feeling intensified, it wasn't as strong as the one she got from a demon, it was familiar but not quite.

The girl turned and walked out the front doors with Buffy following at a discreet distance. The night was dark and hot, with no moon showing, a fleeting thought of Oz flittered through Buffy's mind but she dismissed it and continued to follow the brunette girl.

A hundred or so meters down the street the girl paused, mimicking her actions Buffy waited with bated breath to see what the girl would do. She watched as the girl tilted her head slightly to the left, with a speed Buffy had only ever seen on one other human being the girl lashed out and grabbed something out of Buffy's sight. Buffy watched with a sense of apathy that threatened to smother her as the girl produced a stake and proceeded to slay the vampire who was out looking for some dinner.

She knew that fighting style, it was typical of a council trained Slayer. A myriad of questions flew through Buffy's brain, who was she? Did she know she was the Slayer? What was her Watcher like? Would she be going to Sunnydale?

Did they think she was dead to?

She may not be going to Disney World, but this new girl could do the Slaying.

Buffy turned away.