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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmvTrYjz7c
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW41wYqbXai
Suddenly, behind him, he heard a soft thud at the entrance.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcO73wAhIrw
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKEexZ4jHz
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."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRoXvxlJhJ
Bass didn't say anything.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1ltTkJSuy
Miles continued, saying, "We're still brothers. That will never change."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10dqiEgt2w
Miles used his sword to cut the ropes off Bass, before saying, "Run."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tDDuTJW8R
"What?" Bass questioned in what sounded like a soft voice.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0z4ykMXz1V
"Monroe's escaping!" Miles yelled, and then told his best friend, "I said run, Bass."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BIwZLrqWV
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvZ9fDAICD
No, he thought, thinking she was badly hurt or injured.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4838kBNLl
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?"626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHU03gjKmM
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGODtcEU1X
"Hang in there, Charlie."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdUbpXQZG8
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iwBSvrEMR
As he walked, she slowly came to.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoReFWUN0WE
"Monroe?" she asked softly.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZATxDHwyj9
"It's me. I'm saving your ass."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsyAp0kkcM
He could tell that she was having trouble staying awake, and saw that she was probably about to go under again.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJJPXsF58v
"Stay awake," he urged her.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJswj3vaEzZ
A moment later, he found a stream.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJzpMoF6kz
He layed her gently down on her back by it.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9FZKM9gNm
"Talk to me," he instructed, knowing he had to keep her awake.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJ15ICJq1K
"I am," she replied.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPNQ4PfTh8
"Tell me what happened to you out there," he said.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjo8RzmM5Z1
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzufQ2vQ3Wk
"Militia," she told him.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDJlXIiyAV
He damped the piece of his shirt to her wound to stop the bleeding.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvSKK4S8VA
Asses, he thought.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsKgtErZTH
"What about you?" she asked him, as he gently continued to do what he could for her.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpG26e3RQdm
"I'm worse than you and the others are."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DziS1eS2V
"How?"626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDkEcVGJs5
"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."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDP4CoChQP
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHBfNsKnZo
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."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHG4LWmnMx4
He stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerC2N57j6E
"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."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFygwnCy7fg
He started to walk away again.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0cj6cGpZ8
She got to her feet and started to slowly follow him.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZUdHxpJZd
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQJ6Znc8tx
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKAN544Va0
She knelt at his side, as he lay on his back.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSLfdciVuw
"Monroe?" she called.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fJhOnMdXJ
"Charlie," he almost whispered.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhQnX5PrgO
He closed his eyes.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHkHBbQsfe
She opened his black, leather jacket to see the damage.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWaIBgy06j
"Stay with me, Monroe."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbNKatkEhd
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlev3vUrqms
"I'm still her. We need to find bandages and shelter, though," he half whispered.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WmNu5xAsT
"We'll find shelter. I'll stop the bleeding and then we'll find a place to stay," she promised him.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNllEOw3jhD
He winced in pain, as she continued to apply pressure to his wound, and then groaned in pain.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHs20sQd0mU
"If I don't make it, apologize to Miles for what I've done for me," he half whispered.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOgG1i0c7E
"Don't talk like that. You're not going to die. I won't lose anyone else. I've lost enough."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPGQZnwx6Q
Darkness started to close in on him, as everything started to grow dim.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zG7x7Cx48
"I'm dying, Charlie," he half whispered, before everything went black.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnQCTmqbrG
She took her jacket off and draped it over him to keep him warm.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPn6bafUzd
"I'll be back. Don't you dare die."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIhIyj6Spf
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvZjq08XcF
He slowly sat up in bed.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsT3uklPO1B
He winced in pain.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJevOuihVa4
"You're awake," Miles greeted.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82quXeJ7IH
"Charlie?" Bass questioned.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWyRALRgqs
"She's okay. She's the one that saved your life, pal. She told me that she knows what happened."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFowfNJ94q
Miles walked over to him and held up the bottle.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0Zb6PRlMI
"Drink?"626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7HuOH6unJ
He stood at Bass' bedside.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KRC1wiTyC
"Thanks," Bass said.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MBuXdtodc
Miles handed him the bottle and Bass took a swig.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKo8ZFPJcL
"I owed you. You saved my life twice. It was time for me to return the favor. Get better and then we'll talk."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVGxsKo6Sx
Miles walked away and opened the door.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpT00V4GI1V
Miles looked over his shoulder at his best friend.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSZd6hXUmM
"Welcome home, Bass. You're a rebel now. Get used to it."626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmSS77LV6Z
Bass watched as Miles left the room, and then Bass took another swig of whiskey.
