X Disclaimer I do not own Eureka or SYFY.

AN:

With COVID-19 requiring me to work from home and the work being very simple I have finally had time to write. After rereading my fic after over 5 years from when I started I can thankfully say I have not lost my muse for this idea, but feel that I still need to rewrite it to really get back into the groove.

Also, to save me from having to rewrite the entire show I will only be writing mainly about the parts I plan to change for my AU and will leave notes about scenes staying the same as in the show.

Chapter 1

Opening scene with the Perkins stays the same

On the road

It was dark and rainy as US Marshal Jack Carter drove along an empty road trying to find his way to LA. In the back of his cruiser was his 14-year daughter Zoe who had run away from his ex-wife. Finally, he found her after tracking her through three different states. Now he was lost in the middle of nowhere and daughter's constant complaining and sarcastic comments becoming an annoying droning in the background as he tried to find his way back on to the main highway. As he drove on ignoring his daughter his mind started to wander off to what he should be doing instead of driving his delinquent daughter back to his ex.

I should be calling Jo right now for our nightly call. Jo is going to be pissed and I am so going to be in the doghouse. I wonder if I should try calling her now? Nah, not with Zoe here. I still need to tell her that I got remarried three years ago. This runaway stunt gives me a great opportunity I just need to find a way.

Jack's thought continued like this until a car going the opposite direction blinded him with its headlights, and then he had to swerve to barely miss hitting a dog in the road. After making sure that Zoe was still her teenage sarcastic self Jack got out of the car to try and check out the damage. Picking himself up after his fall Jack saw that the car was not going anywhere. Extracting Zoe from the back and making sure he had his badge, cell, and gun he picked a direction and started walking dragging a reluctant Zoe behind him.

Meanwhile in the little town of Eureka

Josefina Lupo better known as "Jo" to the inhabitants of Eureka was sitting up in bed waiting for her husband of three years to make his nightly call so that they could catch up and see how each other's day had gone. It was hard having a long-distance marriage, but both their jobs were demanding but they loved them so they had to make sacrifices. Jack's job had him traveling constantly and her job had her playing the part of common sense most of the time to geniuses tended to do very stupid things. It had been over a month since they had last seen each other physically otherwise their communication was over digitally. Both loved their nightly calls which made the distance seem not as much. Jack's last call to her had been from a hotel room where he was staying in as he tried to track his wayward daughter who Jo had yet to meet.

Knowing she had work in the morning Jo gave up staying up and waiting for the call and fell asleep planning how she was going to show Jack her displeasure of missing their nightly ritual.

X Well what do you think of the rewrite? After rewatching episode 1 I think I am going to have them meet through Jo answering Jack's ad in her magazine. Please RnR.