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.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitDh5DqEqt
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.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yHPVupTaP
Suddenly, behind him, he heard a soft thud at the entrance.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvMABdnsaG
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.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxW6UggPjrg
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."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKZtudmc0A
Bass didn't say anything.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffxjaranJx
Miles continued, saying, "We're still brothers. That will never change."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVmkVhrwXv
Miles used his sword to cut the ropes off Bass, before saying, "Run."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlXHKz4LFX
"What?" Bass questioned in what sounded like a soft voice.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMoJPTF4k3
"Monroe's escaping!" Miles yelled, and then told his best friend, "I said run, Bass."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgga2cba03v
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.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsUqjliBHl
No, he thought, thinking she was badly hurt or injured.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblkosPwshW
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?"606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7TxNyOxg5
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.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEytAOm40vp
"Hang in there, Charlie."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEu4TA8jvN
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.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdygMzNndIf
As he walked, she slowly came to.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqnwy8RdvH
"Monroe?" she asked softly.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnLZSmUCyR
"It's me. I'm saving your ass."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUDMN8Lbag
He could tell that she was having trouble staying awake, and saw that she was probably about to go under again.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyyaPPjmt6
"Stay awake," he urged her.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wMxciwR8w
A moment later, he found a stream.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXkx2lI4YC
He layed her gently down on her back by it.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQFXkVfml5
"Talk to me," he instructed, knowing he had to keep her awake.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yumLlRNvC
"I am," she replied.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMnjGcojCu
"Tell me what happened to you out there," he said.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniFefJBFuh
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.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatr7iYg9li
"Militia," she told him.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2qu1nXVhC
He damped the piece of his shirt to her wound to stop the bleeding.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokCWPZdyaj
Asses, he thought.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVEbPUDgrc
"What about you?" she asked him, as he gently continued to do what he could for her.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUx88fYdzF
"I'm worse than you and the others are."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZo03e0T59
"How?"606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RsJ84pHIn
"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."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ub5Gs9N4t
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.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGsx0yP43J
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."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lgmkctogL
He stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSy3LbdGKo
"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."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxR5bvfHl7
He started to walk away again.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMe8UsFns1l
She got to her feet and started to slowly follow him.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAI6SDCdL7
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.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlhTmfHDio
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.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNcGrqIyGP
She knelt at his side, as he lay on his back.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppt03Qx4ij
"Monroe?" she called.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbLvwFhvMH
"Charlie," he almost whispered.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuvHoOdUmp
He closed his eyes.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQyTIz3xIM
She opened his black, leather jacket to see the damage.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUk9sljCck
"Stay with me, Monroe."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzTdwmPtDT
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.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXEYJbga97
"I'm still her. We need to find bandages and shelter, though," he half whispered.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeLvtmfM48
"We'll find shelter. I'll stop the bleeding and then we'll find a place to stay," she promised him.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0xcEZQ3fB
He winced in pain, as she continued to apply pressure to his wound, and then groaned in pain.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KLoqzb6io
"If I don't make it, apologize to Miles for what I've done for me," he half whispered.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIjpAbmlR2
"Don't talk like that. You're not going to die. I won't lose anyone else. I've lost enough."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AOmefkoXx
Darkness started to close in on him, as everything started to grow dim.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxc3a9hAON
"I'm dying, Charlie," he half whispered, before everything went black.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3vLbkPvq7
She took her jacket off and draped it over him to keep him warm.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecN7AyE3tB
"I'll be back. Don't you dare die."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ421R78KVzm
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.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUq6ApP6UL3
He slowly sat up in bed.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2l8jBhZ5FQ
He winced in pain.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmr4ReTfP48
"You're awake," Miles greeted.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWElyzlITyn
"Charlie?" Bass questioned.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7qYYdfpaE
"She's okay. She's the one that saved your life, pal. She told me that she knows what happened."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9zCuCat8s
Miles walked over to him and held up the bottle.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrLX1T3wOO
"Drink?"606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZbuCqkxA9
He stood at Bass' bedside.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIQMsLRSsa
"Thanks," Bass said.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFobzk8Hcsh
Miles handed him the bottle and Bass took a swig.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iNonW3nzd
"I owed you. You saved my life twice. It was time for me to return the favor. Get better and then we'll talk."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonIKHG7gm7
Miles walked away and opened the door.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVLIkgYC2s
Miles looked over his shoulder at his best friend.606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9Hx26YoWm
"Welcome home, Bass. You're a rebel now. Get used to it."606Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwR1AHr4sVh
Bass watched as Miles left the room, and then Bass took another swig of whiskey.
