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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAB7l0z7v0r
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKwl7gXjGy
Suddenly, behind him, he heard a soft thud at the entrance.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4Gpi8IIaS
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS71GZvXYzz
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."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7lmCzEWjW
Bass didn't say anything.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxBqfHViso
Miles continued, saying, "We're still brothers. That will never change."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9qlN55OYN
Miles used his sword to cut the ropes off Bass, before saying, "Run."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBZ7CnmLrI
"What?" Bass questioned in what sounded like a soft voice.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfjVqqxyz3
"Monroe's escaping!" Miles yelled, and then told his best friend, "I said run, Bass."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sBE3A3dwz
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPFE7aitZm
No, he thought, thinking she was badly hurt or injured.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVwaWdww0X
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?"631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGJAninyhq
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGIoKdxXGA
"Hang in there, Charlie."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIR84n7Cn2G
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagK9IPN7l3
As he walked, she slowly came to.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4gQVrFx8n
"Monroe?" she asked softly.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2xSlrCVvO
"It's me. I'm saving your ass."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4yLIJ93a3
He could tell that she was having trouble staying awake, and saw that she was probably about to go under again.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvCCfB6tuu
"Stay awake," he urged her.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOKU9Hlhsa
A moment later, he found a stream.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxnlfdvtN8
He layed her gently down on her back by it.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVeEJKRXZ6
"Talk to me," he instructed, knowing he had to keep her awake.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYXZ1lJ7fw
"I am," she replied.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqaV9kM40w
"Tell me what happened to you out there," he said.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5cr7eHdmP
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmz8sRVrW48
"Militia," she told him.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XZsXlSQah
He damped the piece of his shirt to her wound to stop the bleeding.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YidvIGAMe
Asses, he thought.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcoq4xibW5
"What about you?" she asked him, as he gently continued to do what he could for her.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1D4dsKKJV
"I'm worse than you and the others are."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dueM4nNKS
"How?"631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdYmSDaEmc
"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."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkxb6gHB0E
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQaHJdnsPY
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."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmvbxEsq5y
He stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeroRCLNvET
"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."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwnkXJ7W9N
He started to walk away again.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMw71XuhpFZ
She got to her feet and started to slowly follow him.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Yp6Bhpy7i
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLNoVLFIU5
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOF9b1EAmN7
She knelt at his side, as he lay on his back.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTOQkJpYD8
"Monroe?" she called.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJrAG2eRmY
"Charlie," he almost whispered.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggNC3HGbEP
He closed his eyes.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMrc1M3SRX
She opened his black, leather jacket to see the damage.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmEBmyMs4w
"Stay with me, Monroe."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzTDiE84Ea
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFJgSCat6S
"I'm still her. We need to find bandages and shelter, though," he half whispered.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzRja1EKmR
"We'll find shelter. I'll stop the bleeding and then we'll find a place to stay," she promised him.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORCiiRe4ON
He winced in pain, as she continued to apply pressure to his wound, and then groaned in pain.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aUPoPwrQl
"If I don't make it, apologize to Miles for what I've done for me," he half whispered.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzmuzwv6JO
"Don't talk like that. You're not going to die. I won't lose anyone else. I've lost enough."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVegRshieG2
Darkness started to close in on him, as everything started to grow dim.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2obsKhtaLi
"I'm dying, Charlie," he half whispered, before everything went black.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRZ3nuRxUm
She took her jacket off and draped it over him to keep him warm.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREnYFBB0x6
"I'll be back. Don't you dare die."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8puwbrlMX
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8UoLnTqmv
He slowly sat up in bed.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8KTH1339d
He winced in pain.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIpJqZcNIT
"You're awake," Miles greeted.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDCbuEUMUH
"Charlie?" Bass questioned.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVf6UDgkgr9
"She's okay. She's the one that saved your life, pal. She told me that she knows what happened."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIWWCbHV4P
Miles walked over to him and held up the bottle.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPPg3L9moR
"Drink?"631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwoxNoCIFC
He stood at Bass' bedside.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm10IBjTaQ
"Thanks," Bass said.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmL8u8HMux
Miles handed him the bottle and Bass took a swig.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhh3wW1VnT
"I owed you. You saved my life twice. It was time for me to return the favor. Get better and then we'll talk."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuysgGVK03
Miles walked away and opened the door.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3GAkXbJ2S
Miles looked over his shoulder at his best friend.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgSWmb1HbK
"Welcome home, Bass. You're a rebel now. Get used to it."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAA5rylQ1W
Bass watched as Miles left the room, and then Bass took another swig of whiskey.
