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.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oK3Z0YYg2
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.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7v7ueHXSn
Suddenly, behind him, he heard a soft thud at the entrance.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOaUWG4x9d
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.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFUl5ZJppm
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."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXLtZgUO9Z
Bass didn't say anything.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSjQKVjSqH
Miles continued, saying, "We're still brothers. That will never change."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Kz9eze38a
Miles used his sword to cut the ropes off Bass, before saying, "Run."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3iKC7zS07
"What?" Bass questioned in what sounded like a soft voice.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdonYZC0cKN
"Monroe's escaping!" Miles yelled, and then told his best friend, "I said run, Bass."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzc5dK1zNMK
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.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASbeZLFNSE
No, he thought, thinking she was badly hurt or injured.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOjFJePlx8
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?"581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHfTEZzx5r
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.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLsXtJG2aj
"Hang in there, Charlie."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOIhzh68FI
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.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafPA3oxIFD
As he walked, she slowly came to.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IgU9d5m7U
"Monroe?" she asked softly.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvARO7rLeCa
"It's me. I'm saving your ass."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9UcHDdPMy
He could tell that she was having trouble staying awake, and saw that she was probably about to go under again.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaVAJkYJZx
"Stay awake," he urged her.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEVbvW8q4f
A moment later, he found a stream.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonVF91jbPK
He layed her gently down on her back by it.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzzh0zzn2q
"Talk to me," he instructed, knowing he had to keep her awake.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQZKIjgIBb
"I am," she replied.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNi6cuuNZu1
"Tell me what happened to you out there," he said.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibKHywgoaO
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.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIpoD3sdRF
"Militia," she told him.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ67nENcFvY
He damped the piece of his shirt to her wound to stop the bleeding.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWtw2cYkDb
Asses, he thought.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ644D3IvTYB
"What about you?" she asked him, as he gently continued to do what he could for her.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHGKigbeZU
"I'm worse than you and the others are."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EOAX1JtmF
"How?"581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGC1J8fa1P
"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."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrERD5SOd3
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.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlm3ZZWwksn
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."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjZbAZvICA
He stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSV6URBR9Ot
"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."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSExOnP6O4p
He started to walk away again.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZx5t6hTk0B
She got to her feet and started to slowly follow him.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbCoo1gVDK
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.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfEdjKvvSR
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.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOFAZA1oGa
She knelt at his side, as he lay on his back.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17YuKYKkLf
"Monroe?" she called.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMQlV8W5ZR
"Charlie," he almost whispered.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VLh3PAey5
He closed his eyes.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQEqwUlaot
She opened his black, leather jacket to see the damage.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkebaNO5m59
"Stay with me, Monroe."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevAPMXCQTv
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.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98mmHaQW1s
"I'm still her. We need to find bandages and shelter, though," he half whispered.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqIUqNDl6u
"We'll find shelter. I'll stop the bleeding and then we'll find a place to stay," she promised him.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡni9YrzFgX3
He winced in pain, as she continued to apply pressure to his wound, and then groaned in pain.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOvebDMOAY
"If I don't make it, apologize to Miles for what I've done for me," he half whispered.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxhk2I7hQd
"Don't talk like that. You're not going to die. I won't lose anyone else. I've lost enough."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KsemNOKBY
Darkness started to close in on him, as everything started to grow dim.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbVAqRJrIm
"I'm dying, Charlie," he half whispered, before everything went black.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAP79k6Rrox
She took her jacket off and draped it over him to keep him warm.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNY8G3oQbxK
"I'll be back. Don't you dare die."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbhd9liMPQ
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.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sLgztaTub
He slowly sat up in bed.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHA872hEiP
He winced in pain.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOxpZbtoNx
"You're awake," Miles greeted.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzLpwzYJND
"Charlie?" Bass questioned.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrQLIoVKzG
"She's okay. She's the one that saved your life, pal. She told me that she knows what happened."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zpMEzM83f
Miles walked over to him and held up the bottle.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhv571EZknu
"Drink?"581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qD0AvyBpG
He stood at Bass' bedside.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaK5NzYpfz
"Thanks," Bass said.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVb3jWqfs1e
Miles handed him the bottle and Bass took a swig.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdmaleXa5E
"I owed you. You saved my life twice. It was time for me to return the favor. Get better and then we'll talk."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhQC1W89ME
Miles walked away and opened the door.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJBD0YybDp
Miles looked over his shoulder at his best friend.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFB7S89ZSEr
"Welcome home, Bass. You're a rebel now. Get used to it."581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezx7nj0OBT
Bass watched as Miles left the room, and then Bass took another swig of whiskey.
