Summary: Set between the S1 finale and S2E1. Bass sees Charlie running for her life from the Militia. Will he help her? Read to find out what happens.
It was a beautiful day. Sebastian Monroe, the former general of the Militia, was in the woods, when he heard a helicopter and gun shots.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHh4WsJxuV
When he looked up and didn't see anything, he went to investigate.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5C0qCxgmZ
When he stopped at the tree line, he saw Charlie running for her life from the Militia that were in a helicopter. She was hurt, too. He knew he couldn't stand by and watch them take her down. She was Miles' niece. He told himself he was doing this for Miles, but he knew the truth.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jglOCWOIB
He ran from the shelter of the trees to run at her side, as he looked over his shoulder and shot at the Militia in the helicopter.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgBHkO8MmA
As she ran, vision starting to grow dim, she saw Monroe at her side.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYNOK5Qu2j
"Monroe?" she questioned, before weakness overcame her.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZN6bw0IZos
Bass took her arm to try and keep her from collapsing, the other hand still holding the gun.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrRwieZxRR
When the helicopter left, he put his gun away and knelt at her side, looking down at her.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxMu4KgYdm
"Charlie," he said.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkD3TV5Sz3y
He gently put his right hand to the left side of her head where blood was at from a wound. And as he did, he scanned the rest of her with his eyes. She had been shot in the right shoulder and both legs as far as he could see.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFYnBp6Okd
"Hang in there," he said.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPBZIcCRnr
He took his hand away from her head and gently pulled her into his arms, before getting to his feet and carrying her with him back into the woods. He knew what to do. He had to find a river or stream, in order to help her.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd73Ja8DowO
Charlie thought it was wrong for it to not be Miles that had found her, and strange that Monroe was helping her. She'd be fighting against him if she could right now. She wanted to know why Monroe had saved her life and what his plan was. She also wanted to know why he had shot at his own men. Surely they wouldn't have done anything to Monroe. He was their general.
After a while, he finally found a stream.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPrAcJG2He
He layed her gently down by it and took his jacket off. He then ripped a piece from his shirt, before wetting it in the stream. He rung it, before pressing it gently to the side of her head on her wound, dabbing it gently.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPOgm5i3S0
Charlie winced in pain and closed her eyes, when he put the piece of his white shirt to her wound. She didn't know Monroe could be so gentle and caring. Not very long ago, he had imprisoned Rachel, her mother, Danny, her brother, and herself. He had pulled a gun on all of them and had told Rachel to choose which of her children would die. Charlie, being the brave one and looking out for her younger brother, had spoken up and had told him to shoot her. Now he was taking care of her.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTUBLsF72i
She groaned in pain, as he continued to dab at her bleeding head wound.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyplMlKgB8
"It hurts," he stated to her.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEBezA32hy
He knew he couldn't tell her that he knew what it felt like, because that would be lying to her. He had never been wounded or hurt in the head. He had been shot in the gut before, though.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6vbEGVLb2
"Why?" she asked softly.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXA8HK7QnU
"What?" he asked, unsure of what she was asking him, as he started doing to her shoulder, as he had done to her head wound.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinnkoLaYim
"Why are you doing this?" she clarified for him.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXleRVedDi
"Because it's the right thing for me to do," he answered her.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2a2wx2yhZ8
He finished with her shoulder and then moved onto her left and right leg.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0ITY2WlF3
"Since when do you care about doing the right thing?" she asked him, as she slowly sat up.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAjv9Gh4TH
"I always have, Charlie."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2EXGHcQyv
"So, what? Bombing Rebel camps and killing people is the right thing now?" she exploded at him.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrzwvnu3GM
"No, Charlie; It's not. What I did to the camps and those people wasn't right. I was just trying to keep everyone in line. After Miles left, it was hard. Everything was on my shoulders." He stopped and got to his feet, as he said, "Let's just go."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoflXgImct
She got to her feet, as he started slowly walking off. She then caught up with him and grabbed his arm, making him stop.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuDLRza0Wh
"What's going on? What do you mean was?"472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsi01Jor6e5
He looked at her.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XnPxvhSw1
"Miles didn't tell you?"472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMs62SmHO8
"Tell me what?"472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD51QPh0lBc
"I'm not the general anymore. I'm out on the run. My own men are shooting at me. I'm just Bass Monroe now. I have nothing left."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBLDhnCVhG
"So, if you're not the general of the Militia, who is?"472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6nTV3odWF
"Tom Neville. If they get even one chance to kill me, I'm dead. But what does it matter to you? Nobody cares about me, anymore. Miles said it himself. He and I aren't brothers, anymore. I'm nothing to him. Apparently, this is what I get for saving his life twice and trying to do the right thing."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPLfouWOFy
As Charlie Matheson stood beside him and looked at him. She felt sorry for him. He was almost like Miles. He was an emotionally hurt guy.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXd5ocQXy3j
He started walking again and she followed suit at his side.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMr821o7JF9
"Miles didn't tell me anything about you. What little I know was from Nora."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWUqs4BQAp
She blinked to keep her composure.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXerNKUTdD
He looked at her.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xojMFlQay
"What's wrong?"472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BHthxFu6X
"Before the lights came back on, Nora died."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAp8NqmRTr
He was silent.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs31uyZsmkr
He had known Nora almost as long as Miles. He had been fond of her. Now he was just hearing that Nora was dead.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Zdhgtz4AK
"I'm sorry," he finally said.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXFIxDghpt
"It's not your fault. We were so close to the infirmary, too. I should probably thank you, though."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVw3wPMXuT
"For what?"472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjufpnAAR9
"For saving me twice. You saved me at the tower. Then you saved me today from the Militia. Thank you, Sebastian."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwVEsd4w7Q
"You're welcome. You can call me Bass, though. Everyone does."
When the sun went down, they made camp in the woods. They gathered up some twigs and branches and Bass used his lighter to light them up. They then decided who should keep watch. And since Charlie had gotten pretty hurt that day, Bass decided to keep watch.
Charlie woke up the next morning to see herself alone.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzqf1lNbvI
"Bass?" she called.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyi4FMLLIhB
In the distance, she heard fighting and knew he had to be fighting the Militia. So she grabbed her sword and made a run for it towards the sounds of fighting.
When she arrived, she was right. He was fighting, but he wasn't as good as her Uncle Miles. Some Militia were dead on the ground, but there were still five he was fighting sword to sword with. She knew she had to help him, or he would be even worse off. She had lost so many along the way. She couldn't lose Bass. He was connected with Miles. He had even shown her kindness she hadn't known he possessed.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjuM5SQZgh
Sebastian Monroe was trying his best to win, but it was one against five. And he was already hurt. He wasn't used to fighting alone or with a sword. He hadn't wanted to wake Charlie up, though. She needed the sleep.
With determination, he dropped his sword and pulled out his hand gun, seeing Charlie running towards the scene. He had to live for her. He had promised himself last night that he would get her back to Miles and Rachel. So, he pulled his gun out and began to shoot the three in front of him, while Charlie fought sword to sword with the other two. It was obvious to him that Miles had trained her a while back.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt25DwWN156
Charlie took one down and ran to take down the last one, just as the last guy headed for him.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmruzC0dPYi
"Behind you!" she yelled as the last guy pulled out a gun.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdh26M9svUi
Bass turned around, just as the guy shot at Charlie. He saw Charlie duck and knew she was fine. He then pulled his gun on the guy.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1UUhjLGKo
"This is between you and me. Leave her alone," he warned.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2Nqzfroks
"The famous Sebastian Monroe actually protecting Rachel's daughter. How quickly you turn."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnJUbe9iz9
Charlie watched a few minutes later, as the two men fought over the guy's gun. And as she did, she started towards them, a gun in her hand that Miles had given her a while back.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3GSiQL5UR
Bass felt even more pain than before, as the gun went off. Then another shot was heard and the guy was dead not far from him.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQ0MP2Z3lA
Charlie ran towards and knelt at his side, gun back in her jacket.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlz2Bxw0gG1
"Bass."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhbky7ioHI
She looked down at him to assess his wounds. She didn't know everything, but she knew some things. He mostly had slice wounds from swords, so it wasn't bad there. What she knew she had to take care of as quickly as she could was his side wound. So, she tore a piece from her shirt and used it to apply pressure.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOsp5MAlRt
"Charlie," he said, as he looked up at her. "You want to know me? I'll tell you a few things. When Miles and I were younger, we fought in the war side by side. That's the first time I saved his life. When Rachel and Ben started dating, Miles and I had a crush on her. But then I moved on to Emma. Before Emma was killed, she told me that night that I have a son somewhere. Miles and I were close. We forgave one another no matter how much the other screwed up. I saved Miles when we were both the general. We got bombed in a diner and Miles got hurt. Everything I've done, Charlie, was always for Miles."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJECpU1B1x
"You don't have to say anything else, Bass."
A few days later, he was himself again, wound taken care of, so they headed farther towards the Rebel camp.
Miles was making his rounds not far from the camp, when he saw Charlie. It relieved him that she was okay, but who he saw with her was unexpected.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyBVXIJiwS
He started towards them.
Once they were in front of one another, he had to ask her, "What happened to you?"472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjilL2sQuG
"He helped me out with some Militia," she answered her uncle.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMv2GoY2JX9
He looked at his best friend.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxcTYZuajv
"Thanks, Bass."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvUnQ05zhw
"He's on our side now," she informed him.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxUj4LAuqD
"Good," he said.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUE6s5kGdP
"She saved me, too," Bass added.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2Y5ke7yLK
"I guess we're good, then," Miles said.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhqBWdiHhn
The three of them then walked towards the Rebel camp.
