Summary: Set in S2E4 "Patriot Games," when Bass saved Charlie's life from a few guys and the poison those guys put in her drink. Read to find out what happens.
It was a dark night in Willoughby, Texas as Charlie Matheson leaned against a wall in a bar, a few guys watching her, as the poison they put in her drink started to work.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYljfHxcSu
Bass walked in, sword in hand, after tracking her down. He had tracked her down, because she had left him without him knowing until she was gone. But it wasn't hard to track her, since she was young and didn't know Bass like Miles did.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkUYFfHQPc
The guys and Bass looked at each other, his sword to one of the guys' throat, before he finally spoke.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7WqCzq9JB
"What did you do?"493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0SZnLYSYq
"What do you think? Poison," the guy replied.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7Nf48j78W
Bass had half a mind to kill them for hurting her the way they had, but he didn't. He was trying to be better now that he was one, free from the Militia, and two, trying to change for the better and for Charlie.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VXw5u7bye
"I could kill you right here, but I won't. Go," the former general said.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiK7tZ31Kz5
The guys left without a word.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrFWcCQ951
Bass put his sword in its sheath and rushed to her aid.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidFDVi6nVm
He knelt by her where she lay on her back, out cold, head to the left, looking like she was sweating, in which he understood.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5JUaKgCJW
"Hang in there, Charlie," he said, before gently pulling her into his arms and walking away with her.
Once in the middle of the woods, he gently layed her down and made a fire, before leaving to go get what he needed to save her life from the poison.
Upon returning with a flask that had what would save her, he knelt at her side and gently pulled her into his arms, before opening the flask and putting it to her lips, making it go down her throat to save her life.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡao2IcteUHD
A few minutes later, he set the flask down and gently layed her back down on the ground.
When she came to, she saw Monroe by a fire and felt a cool, wet wash cloth on her forehead.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9HYabHRCC
"Monroe?" she softly questioned.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEzJnKdd1Z
"You're awake. How do you feel?"493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbTNU7Nru8
"Why do you care?" she contradicted, starting to fully wake up.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvIC2mxrio
"I assume that means you're starting to feel better," he said.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfY3JXhpu6E
He knelt by her and took the cloth off her forehead.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTP4qxZP5O
She slowly sat up, before starting to get to her feet.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJHWTNlPec
Bass got to his feet and watched her closely, just in case she needed help.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNApPsk5fA
Charlie's vision blurred and she felt light-headed.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9CDPX6o8G
When she swayed a little, he put a gentle hand on her arm just in case she lost her balance, and rested his other hand gently on the left side of her face.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Sm60XN6MG
"Hey. Charlie," he said.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73qSbNiq1A
"What did you do to me?" she questioned him.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0JHfGIWM6
"Nothing. There's still some poison inside you that those men gave you."493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8r2h0JgxX
She started to black out.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQe9QHSCjq
"Charlie, stay with me. Charlie," Bass said.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn42BnzBsrW
Bass knew he wasn't her uncle nor her blood related family, but he had told himself that he'd get her back to Miles as alive as she could be.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6Oz8gtnq2
He caught her, as she collapsed, before gently laying her down on the ground.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfvAjtrdll
"I'll get you back to your family. Just stay with me, kid," he said, knowing he sounded a lot like Miles.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToVzfeckFt
Soon, he had the fire out and the bag packed and on his back.
He gently picked her up in his arms and started walking briskly.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBniQmYD6zh
He knew Miles couldn't be too far away now. Could he? He had to be close, because otherwise, Charlie wouldn't make it and Rachel would blame him for this, too.
The next day, in the middle of the afternoon, Bass found a place with gates. He assumed Miles was there, considering the guards on top of the gates whom had rifles aimed at him.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEvAjD2FMQ
"Don't go any further!" one guard shouted so he could hear him.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvfoDIkwOT
"Why are you here? What are you doing with her?" the other guard said so Bass could hear him.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpj573U8imN
"I saved her all I could. She still needs help, though," Bass said truthfully, loud enough for them to hear him.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5u2GoCMMx
"Get Miles," one guard said.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcfX1A7O9o
The other guard obeyed.
Twenty minutes later, Miles had escorted Bass whom carried Charlie, to a room in a house where Eugene and Rachel Matheson were staying at, Rachel with them, demanding answers as usual.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebapZImyI1
Bass gently layed her down on the bed in the room and then looked at Miles, before looking at Rachel, awaiting them to say something after the ten minute silence.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBaQk4HZ1J
"You need to leave," Rachel demanded Bass.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVyYh9qLj2
"Why should I?" Bass calmly asked her. "I just saved your daughter's life back there. The least you can do is let me stay."493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwAJweFAyM
"Calm down," Miles said to her.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIXopZF70Q
"And why should I do that, Miles? Are you considering that we let this monster that killed Danny walk free in this town?" she demanded.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSouQUw5SU
"I know I can't undo or make up for what I've done, but I can at least be better now that I'm no longer who I was over the time span of ten years."493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxvmZ56d05
"And why should I even believe you?" she questioned.
"Because despite everything you have all tried to do to me, I saved your daughter's life. You may not be able to forgive me, but I've forgiven you because I know that you've tried to kill me only for what I've done in the past. It wasn't my fault."493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSNeFCNxTz
"Listen to him, Rachel," Miles encouraged her. "I know him better than anyone else. He's telling the truth."493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIFGDwDMfn
Rachel gave them an angry face and death glare, before angrily leaving the room and slamming the front door, walking out.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjVCW3z2kJ
Miles and Bass looked at each other.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyncH5GpbC
"You know It's not my fault. I didn't know you guys were there. I didn't know they'd kill him."493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigr4tsfvKk
"I know, Bass."
When Charlie came to again, she saw that she was in a bed back at her grandfather's place in a room, Monroe and Miles standing not far from her, side by side. She was feeling like herself again, which she was glad about. Rachel was seated in a chair in a corner away from Miles and Bass, giving Bass a death glare pretty much.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFOSrJkYmM
Charlie slowly sat up in bed.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuC5DCTHK7
"Thanks," Charlie said, looking at Monroe.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBreHtEZL8
"I told you I'd bring you back home to your family. I usually keep my word," he replied.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9X6wRJhLM
"What happened?" Charlie asked, looking at the three of them in the room.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgb9UqeIDny
"I think you know," Bass said to her.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkBRxvFAiK
"What's going on?" she asked, looking between Rachel and Bass.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTX8IIwPCp1
"She's having a tantrum since I'm not leaving. She's famous for those, you know," Bass told her. "I'll be around if you want or need me," he added, before leaving the room, closing the door behind himself.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYi0lU4KEVE
"I'm glad you're okay. Now can he leave?" Rachel said to Charlie and then added that last part to Miles. "He doesn't belong here. He's a monster. He killed Danny."
"It wasn't exactly his fault. Plus, he did just save my life, so he's not exactly a monster," Charlie said. "Just calm down, mom. He hasn't done anything to deserve this yet."493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtdjePuIil
"She's right, you know," Miles told Rachel.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfBEeW92vl
Charlie slowly got out of bed.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLuCvjc4z1
"If you don't mind, I'll be going after Monroe while you throw a tantrum over nothing," Charlie said to her mother, before leaving the room to go in search of him.
Bass was seated on a bar stool having a shot glass of liquor, when Charlie sat down next to him.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oS2NSmIHt
"You want to tell me why you saved my life back there? All I've ever done is try to kill you," she said.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5N57RwzYe
"You want to know why, kid? Because no matter what, you're a part of my family. Miles' family is my family, since I consider Miles my family. Decides, I kind of deserved some people trying to kill me after everything. Not anymore, though. I'm good at killing, but I never liked doing it. And now that I'm no longer Monroe of the Militia, I'm trying to be a better guy. That's why, even though I would've loved to give those guys a piece of my mind, I didn't. I let them go."493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQqKMb3UyX
"Well, thanks for saving my life, no matter why you did it. So, why does my mother hate you so much? What did you do to her?"493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZW1jy9eohX
"I didn't really do anything to her. I kept her prisoner at the Monroe headquarters to try and get her to tell me how to get the power back on, but she didn't do it. And then she went behind my back, so I put her in a cell with your brother. That's all I ever did to her. I never touched her or anything. I think for right now she just hates me, because she blames me for Danny's death," he explained to her.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgkH8oNBd3
"And Miles? After everything, why didn't he just get it over with?" she asked him.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcQ89Dchee
"Because Miles and I go way back to when we were kids. No matter how much the other screws up, we always forgive each other and move on. I think me saving your life is what finally got him to at least half way forgive me," he replied to her.493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLQSofMFQV
"You can stay if you want," she said. "I think Miles is going to let you stay if you want. And we can ignore my mother and grandfather and all the rest."493Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxAyz1CaqZ
"I'd love that, Charlie," he replied.
