Summary: Set in the S1 finale "The Dark Tower" when Miles told Bass to run after saving him. Set afterward, too. Let's just say that there's some deleted scenes from the show, some Charlie/Bass stuff, and it's centered on Bass. He finds a hurt Charlie. Will he help her? Will he get her safely back to Miles? Read to find out what happens.
It was a dark night, as General Sebastian Monroe sat in a wooden chair, tied up, hands tied behind his back, legs tied together in front of him and to the front chair legs.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcaiGCZbFa
He knew from one of his men, as he sat there that they had a new Militia general; Tom Neville. Tom had somehow gotten to them. Now Bass was a prisoner in a Militia camp. And he didn't have any weapons. There was a guard outside the tent too, so he knew escaping would be useless about now. It could be the death of him, and he wanted to live as long as he could.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3aDPfT0kP
Suddenly, behind him, he heard a soft thud at the entrance.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYprwztPQF
A few minutes later, he looked up to see Miles Matheson standing in front of him, sword in hand. They didn't speak. They just silently looked at one another.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePgYI0oWxm
Because he saw Miles there, he thought he was there to kill him, but instead, Miles said, "You asked me why I tried to kill you. You're asking the wrong question, Bass. Ask me why I couldn't."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbdDP8IwZI
Bass didn't say anything.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZYYQPDY6x
Miles continued, saying, "We're still brothers. That will never change."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCs4WPMjSSp
Miles used his sword to cut the ropes off Bass, before saying, "Run."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMRDAkSHuY
"What?" Bass questioned in what sounded like a soft voice.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjNsOvEXk0
"Monroe's escaping!" Miles yelled, and then told his best friend, "I said run, Bass."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPILP66E0Vw
At those last words, Bass ran as fast as he could for the woods.
A few days later, days away from that Militia camp, he was walking not far from the woods, when he saw a girl on her side on a gravel road; not just any girl; Miles' niece; Charlie Matheson.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj05KGnv83d
No, he thought, thinking she was badly hurt or injured.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHDQ2QKjgF
He ran towards and knelt beside her. He then gently rolled her onto her back. And when he did, she groaned. He then put her sword in its holster, which had been lying on the ground close by, before saying, "Charlie, it's me. Can you hear me?"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Fh9E8IhkA
He looked down at her and gently used his hand to stop her right side from bleeding further. He had never shown it, but he cared about her. Even when he had pulled a gun on her to get Rachel to cooperate, he hadn't wanted to pull the trigger on her. He cared about her for two reasons; she reminded him of Rachel and she was as much of his family as Miles was; even if she thought of him as the bad guy; the guy that killed her only brother; Danny. He hadn't given them orders to kill him, though, and he hadn't been there. It wasn't his fault that Danny had been killed. He wished he HAD been there, though. He could've possibly prevented him from getting killed.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwKl1K6Rlh
"Hang in there, Charlie."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzmy9gDWZt
He took his hand away and gently pulled her into his arms. And as he got to his feet with her in his arms, he heard a helicopter. He knew he had to hide, so he briskly made his way inside the forest and stood under a tall, shady tree.
When the helicopter passed over the trees and the noise started to fade away, he started walking, searching for either a river or stream. He needed the help from a water source to take care of her wound.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOE8l8Tnkk
As he walked, she slowly came to.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbzIujNHjt
"Monroe?" she asked softly.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xqt4TEkDA
"It's me. I'm saving your ass."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJXYgE1SdR
He could tell that she was having trouble staying awake, and saw that she was probably about to go under again.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZWU45suNv
"Stay awake," he urged her.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmkbSJtSYM
A moment later, he found a stream.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEUTsZtEpQ
He layed her gently down on her back by it.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfM0TzM16yh
"Talk to me," he instructed, knowing he had to keep her awake.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEc9ZXLsDdr
"I am," she replied.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauhulnSQmH
"Tell me what happened to you out there," he said.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAV7kJUconk
He tore a piece of his white t-shirt and damped it in the stream to start in on her side wound. He knew he had to stop the bleeding, or she wouldn't make it to see next week. She had lost a lot of blood. He had to save her.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTK39EtXBMz
"Militia," she told him.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZDmDiNIFu
He damped the piece of his shirt to her wound to stop the bleeding.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcznb5KuX6
Asses, he thought.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLTTSkEJ6g
"What about you?" she asked him, as he gently continued to do what he could for her.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDtDFM8iwN
"I'm worse than you and the others are."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe78GOAHFWM
"How?"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbygiIukKY
"I'm worse because Tom got to my men. He's the general now; not me. If they get just one chance, I'm dead. Miles is the reason I'm still alive. He rescued me a few nights ago while you were all in the tower. But then again, I guess I deserve it after everything I've done."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQVslEz9Ar
He got the bleeding to stop and tied the piece of his shirt to her wound. It was all he could do until he could find bandages for her wound.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC97xiNBeEU
He stood up and started to walk off, as he added, "Everything I've done, I've done for Miles. I didn't want to be the bad guy."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0baK7dk6jm
He stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlgAb9c9xx
"Hell, without Miles, I'm nothing. Miles is all I have left. I went to the war with Miles, only to lose all I had of family. If Miles hadn't found me that night at the Georgia cemetery, I would've killed myself. Miles has always been my family."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2c5OYpKtKU
He started to walk away again.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyvs9EPu4s
She got to her feet and started to slowly follow him.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAOKLmyTuJ
Suddenly, a gun shot rang out. Monroe and Charlie didn't know what had happened until he felt pain and Charlie saw Monroe fall to the ground.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxVNehnlSN
As Charlie ran towards Monroe, she saw a guy with a rifle disappear from a line of trees. Her first priority was helping Miles' friend, though. She'd take care of the Militia guy later.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhoiRWVsdn
She knelt at his side, as he lay on his back.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBElVZPRTET
"Monroe?" she called.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCvEKYVGf3
"Charlie," he almost whispered.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHQs2on4WV
He closed his eyes.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjdDb0Qv8P
She opened his black, leather jacket to see the damage.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HByKPjxxl
"Stay with me, Monroe."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIfrWmbFmd
She took his jacket off and used it as a pillow for his head. She then tore a piece of her blue jeans and used it to apply pressure to his chest wound.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlh665AhXaE
"I'm still her. We need to find bandages and shelter, though," he half whispered.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWrmeS2pmI
"We'll find shelter. I'll stop the bleeding and then we'll find a place to stay," she promised him.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyNmAopxQV
He winced in pain, as she continued to apply pressure to his wound, and then groaned in pain.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMxmevghDH
"If I don't make it, apologize to Miles for what I've done for me," he half whispered.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTAykUYS0Z
"Don't talk like that. You're not going to die. I won't lose anyone else. I've lost enough."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMSSOxDM8o
Darkness started to close in on him, as everything started to grow dim.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RmFkb8BGM
"I'm dying, Charlie," he half whispered, before everything went black.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUO7qj1OH5
She took her jacket off and draped it over him to keep him warm.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwgdXAmNBQ
"I'll be back. Don't you dare die."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHq4JlCsMo8
She got to her feet and ran like her life depended on it. He needed help and she knew where Miles would camp at next. It wasn't far away.
When Bass woke up, he was in a room in a bed, Miles leaning against the closed door with a bottle of whiskey he was drinking.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6dEygcBEj
He slowly sat up in bed.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFMPAYJPdw
He winced in pain.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcv2UIjC4L
"You're awake," Miles greeted.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWh9jXcgpRH
"Charlie?" Bass questioned.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfemvA5K0It
"She's okay. She's the one that saved your life, pal. She told me that she knows what happened."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEiUVc3PvA
Miles walked over to him and held up the bottle.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcD5JzOIfBB
"Drink?"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEXar1LqmC
He stood at Bass' bedside.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3szgzQV82
"Thanks," Bass said.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzm8whhiamA
Miles handed him the bottle and Bass took a swig.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0pwJrWIx9
"I owed you. You saved my life twice. It was time for me to return the favor. Get better and then we'll talk."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIx4FFyMVX
Miles walked away and opened the door.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxw4QGsOBg
Miles looked over his shoulder at his best friend.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCVIxSh69M
"Welcome home, Bass. You're a rebel now. Get used to it."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZaMsk6gim
Bass watched as Miles left the room, and then Bass took another swig of whiskey.
