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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpC4kjGlVH
When he looked up and didn't see anything, he went to investigate.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPKqJXkh9V
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLIUhFX21N
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgq7h7HAdq
As she ran, vision starting to grow dim, she saw Monroe at her side.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7lyIwUqzV
"Monroe?" she questioned, before weakness overcame her.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPqk6eScju
Bass took her arm to try and keep her from collapsing, the other hand still holding the gun.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AZVXpvViM
When the helicopter left, he put his gun away and knelt at her side, looking down at her.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNs8JZv6cp
"Charlie," he said.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5d4RTrnw6
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGahGggNiA
"Hang in there," he said.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUq3jwjwHjq
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkh6zILce0
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIIdbvwD8Q
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUoEqaRVZA
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RPrYblTzF
She groaned in pain, as he continued to dab at her bleeding head wound.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvRzarVtsh
"It hurts," he stated to her.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOwoF6Ye1i
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHkrwe074W
"Why?" she asked softly.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZEBxCcgIG
"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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25j7tumt2E
"Why are you doing this?" she clarified for him.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDG3hOU9Wz
"Because it's the right thing for me to do," he answered her.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4caEOonD5
He finished with her shoulder and then moved onto her left and right leg.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklmABoGv6q
"Since when do you care about doing the right thing?" she asked him, as she slowly sat up.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQH3Ilgyjq
"I always have, Charlie."483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLEHf4rZn2
"So, what? Bombing Rebel camps and killing people is the right thing now?" she exploded at him.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapn0ESvair
"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."483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrrMToVS8n
She got to her feet, as he started slowly walking off. She then caught up with him and grabbed his arm, making him stop.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bwSDTDiNo
"What's going on? What do you mean was?"483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YQmz4pNwC
He looked at her.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQhxrDDJIA
"Miles didn't tell you?"483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPm5hWjyeW
"Tell me what?"483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQkZ5DkUh2
"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."483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTr8Lo6U43F
"So, if you're not the general of the Militia, who is?"483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPZCgPUwg1
"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."483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEp9CrPgjk
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXF8l6ykk3
He started walking again and she followed suit at his side.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJVeoIKyEo
"Miles didn't tell me anything about you. What little I know was from Nora."483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVT5meE7vH
She blinked to keep her composure.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzRawLQ7AJ
He looked at her.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSd9X1UekIf
"What's wrong?"483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJXZHpzcmR
"Before the lights came back on, Nora died."483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZq0wF5aCU
He was silent.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZYYz501b8
He had known Nora almost as long as Miles. He had been fond of her. Now he was just hearing that Nora was dead.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35A8tUJoOy
"I'm sorry," he finally said.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhcm4ZoZRE
"It's not your fault. We were so close to the infirmary, too. I should probably thank you, though."483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8b8jJCxTO
"For what?"483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvUR2JCwSc
"For saving me twice. You saved me at the tower. Then you saved me today from the Militia. Thank you, Sebastian."483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1JyqwsIEa
"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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnX2vcEdOX
"Bass?" she called.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPKwPTm5NZ
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFg5EYZcrb
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs03BAqZsnr
Charlie took one down and ran to take down the last one, just as the last guy headed for him.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm20WJ9ZatJ
"Behind you!" she yelled as the last guy pulled out a gun.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOideQZGJw
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYS6uvSGRo
"This is between you and me. Leave her alone," he warned.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynYdKUeAvm
"The famous Sebastian Monroe actually protecting Rachel's daughter. How quickly you turn."483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBMq6lcO3z
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQYsLKeLtw
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tMFj3e5oB
Charlie ran towards and knelt at his side, gun back in her jacket.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDHsmiwjBg
"Bass."483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCPKxlS5Ly
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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsegMpr0gG
"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."483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WkNiUTuVw
"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.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqsd8pcUVJ
He started towards them.
Once they were in front of one another, he had to ask her, "What happened to you?"483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1Q0wD0vyp
"He helped me out with some Militia," she answered her uncle.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkHGOaOrgl
He looked at his best friend.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGR0upkjXFV
"Thanks, Bass."483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ3YaPGBJH
"He's on our side now," she informed him.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8e8SaEbhF
"Good," he said.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0L7pP8KsU
"She saved me, too," Bass added.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQvbMQxXBM
"I guess we're good, then," Miles said.483Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8eheSL6GK
The three of them then walked towards the Rebel camp.
