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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5OSpGU7HN
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSOp55FPQY
Suddenly, behind him, he heard a soft thud at the entrance.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTZdi4CgVW
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRIxWM5q05
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."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2czZloZRt
Bass didn't say anything.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTAB5hBkQA
Miles continued, saying, "We're still brothers. That will never change."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH21utDxBea
Miles used his sword to cut the ropes off Bass, before saying, "Run."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7nFCK3Wtm
"What?" Bass questioned in what sounded like a soft voice.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJoqvIhwAL
"Monroe's escaping!" Miles yelled, and then told his best friend, "I said run, Bass."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKNRz9F6sf
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHQVkVj8w1
No, he thought, thinking she was badly hurt or injured.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcVs4Vqkym
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?"580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWH0KnZoRS
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ujBeFzzDe
"Hang in there, Charlie."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtH8kiz5h0M
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdv0b4hcie
As he walked, she slowly came to.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtY30g2vhF
"Monroe?" she asked softly.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ831bAX9V7Y
"It's me. I'm saving your ass."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucxGfijh3D
He could tell that she was having trouble staying awake, and saw that she was probably about to go under again.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3eax8FIbt
"Stay awake," he urged her.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66zrAIG6ca
A moment later, he found a stream.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKI8DX4FjH
He layed her gently down on her back by it.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq13q9vD1zM
"Talk to me," he instructed, knowing he had to keep her awake.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDXoktAbI7
"I am," she replied.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCo4TdbmvLB
"Tell me what happened to you out there," he said.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuKq3q70kM
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfMCEtatW4
"Militia," she told him.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2jpBfQ8Yb
He damped the piece of his shirt to her wound to stop the bleeding.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPbZp8sUu5
Asses, he thought.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyAneZj0ko
"What about you?" she asked him, as he gently continued to do what he could for her.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmtP6YJbmH
"I'm worse than you and the others are."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2csdhYiaGS
"How?"580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKU9uXNDs1G
"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."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06onJt0ZSX
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpcEUXvW7L
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."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgQ0jkbcvc
He stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgleEJLpdf
"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."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYAFEFRhrc
He started to walk away again.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrHOPSN8Cu
She got to her feet and started to slowly follow him.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHQPqSLPIO
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZ5pyjCENP
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3GGeq1uAx
She knelt at his side, as he lay on his back.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJHH3AZ0dP
"Monroe?" she called.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2YPwcT1CG
"Charlie," he almost whispered.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUrprhtsCY
He closed his eyes.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOnpOpbvQt
She opened his black, leather jacket to see the damage.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALG5v6a0OJ
"Stay with me, Monroe."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEG06sGokxp
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelCkwZ4IBe
"I'm still her. We need to find bandages and shelter, though," he half whispered.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WzoMtnffB
"We'll find shelter. I'll stop the bleeding and then we'll find a place to stay," she promised him.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxighoGAUqy
He winced in pain, as she continued to apply pressure to his wound, and then groaned in pain.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CdJNCTuZw
"If I don't make it, apologize to Miles for what I've done for me," he half whispered.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4G6pvI0GyG
"Don't talk like that. You're not going to die. I won't lose anyone else. I've lost enough."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGmHQeJHWF
Darkness started to close in on him, as everything started to grow dim.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwq8pTr7rx
"I'm dying, Charlie," he half whispered, before everything went black.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UmV3deGpn
She took her jacket off and draped it over him to keep him warm.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDbRvEMZrT
"I'll be back. Don't you dare die."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNfMBya8Db
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJjuTjdUnK
He slowly sat up in bed.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvhJX9RLfO
He winced in pain.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1aKbzcyQP
"You're awake," Miles greeted.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsk0Zf9Zqh
"Charlie?" Bass questioned.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1amwQMPxPJ
"She's okay. She's the one that saved your life, pal. She told me that she knows what happened."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fmfdmQVdY
Miles walked over to him and held up the bottle.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPdVFvkoBv
"Drink?"580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78f8Nm9NCi
He stood at Bass' bedside.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnJCugjJjQ
"Thanks," Bass said.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlpuD5nxZP
Miles handed him the bottle and Bass took a swig.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72pHdjlIUv
"I owed you. You saved my life twice. It was time for me to return the favor. Get better and then we'll talk."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0OHxUgVyO
Miles walked away and opened the door.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflwaujN9bR
Miles looked over his shoulder at his best friend.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuT5IZ04Zq
"Welcome home, Bass. You're a rebel now. Get used to it."580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡom72RYSeAY
Bass watched as Miles left the room, and then Bass took another swig of whiskey.
