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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPH5aS0r3sg
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMprD98CpR
Suddenly, behind him, he heard a soft thud at the entrance.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiWRjf9JdJ
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl52fwYpnsl
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."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5J2ulwMcP
Bass didn't say anything.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXOqmmlJmc
Miles continued, saying, "We're still brothers. That will never change."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeWGG4eyYt
Miles used his sword to cut the ropes off Bass, before saying, "Run."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ltGYm7sOh
"What?" Bass questioned in what sounded like a soft voice.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVfnXs49yh
"Monroe's escaping!" Miles yelled, and then told his best friend, "I said run, Bass."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Znf1JE7G8
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3wgQmQsA7
No, he thought, thinking she was badly hurt or injured.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViptmRcvPW
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?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhU9yWrSqLT
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMvw7uPWXl
"Hang in there, Charlie."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWMwylNyuF
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9B9XeLa9w
As he walked, she slowly came to.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5JOw4085w
"Monroe?" she asked softly.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybnpoLItrP
"It's me. I'm saving your ass."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkvmIjbkcl
He could tell that she was having trouble staying awake, and saw that she was probably about to go under again.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LeR0f6n5W
"Stay awake," he urged her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5DeMxkYYj
A moment later, he found a stream.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAvo4bAVor
He layed her gently down on her back by it.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmJjau6f2W
"Talk to me," he instructed, knowing he had to keep her awake.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasmdks99UY
"I am," she replied.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfxrct5eu5
"Tell me what happened to you out there," he said.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFK9ozKQ4W
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66xK6P3in1
"Militia," she told him.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20ycvBEGAX
He damped the piece of his shirt to her wound to stop the bleeding.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwobmzs5NT6
Asses, he thought.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQv85ISniA
"What about you?" she asked him, as he gently continued to do what he could for her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugXdPOz7TE
"I'm worse than you and the others are."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoi1M9xeAcF
"How?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEaOw1XYSz
"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."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCYClY03su
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIrWVYtU9D
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."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gpX45xni4
He stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrNkjRD5we
"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."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqN3sKCTsX
He started to walk away again.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHltL592i9j
She got to her feet and started to slowly follow him.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBS6Fn7mdN
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJrDmCeuvw
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzp3RIjSyy
She knelt at his side, as he lay on his back.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxW0UyNBylw
"Monroe?" she called.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgb86DboX7S
"Charlie," he almost whispered.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlh19fHa4J3
He closed his eyes.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1aztPE3wr
She opened his black, leather jacket to see the damage.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU24ysQ6CGM
"Stay with me, Monroe."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGbLEvsp8C
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNzzFkZZ4P
"I'm still her. We need to find bandages and shelter, though," he half whispered.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIykvpK14z1
"We'll find shelter. I'll stop the bleeding and then we'll find a place to stay," she promised him.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YNp1CSCSj
He winced in pain, as she continued to apply pressure to his wound, and then groaned in pain.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYrimX682r
"If I don't make it, apologize to Miles for what I've done for me," he half whispered.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQ6BPmaIiZ
"Don't talk like that. You're not going to die. I won't lose anyone else. I've lost enough."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2Yx6PLzRM
Darkness started to close in on him, as everything started to grow dim.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeM11x3l7w
"I'm dying, Charlie," he half whispered, before everything went black.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeUHD5n5t0
She took her jacket off and draped it over him to keep him warm.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvYWY4Ppwr
"I'll be back. Don't you dare die."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2h4BmWb36
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWRtA6EAk6
He slowly sat up in bed.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGw9DKwxgqF
He winced in pain.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eMgPcLNNM
"You're awake," Miles greeted.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMMAX9nzKc
"Charlie?" Bass questioned.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyeo2imtBe
"She's okay. She's the one that saved your life, pal. She told me that she knows what happened."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIyPf5iJIM
Miles walked over to him and held up the bottle.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zuqPah1LH
"Drink?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBrMNlihlC
He stood at Bass' bedside.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgEwfXxwxa
"Thanks," Bass said.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdLqfnwOta
Miles handed him the bottle and Bass took a swig.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzN4X82gbMK
"I owed you. You saved my life twice. It was time for me to return the favor. Get better and then we'll talk."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGXFN55Nf4
Miles walked away and opened the door.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81Y8bG5KnG
Miles looked over his shoulder at his best friend.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGtjxF4W7g
"Welcome home, Bass. You're a rebel now. Get used to it."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiExi8VvAGW
Bass watched as Miles left the room, and then Bass took another swig of whiskey.
