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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrbM66m5M1
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwHUnRB17U
Suddenly, behind him, he heard a soft thud at the entrance.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjgbc4fvlT
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuarhvbMhEn
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."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtrOUWXZhi
Bass didn't say anything.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAb5oLTXl0
Miles continued, saying, "We're still brothers. That will never change."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGkPrdqLM6
Miles used his sword to cut the ropes off Bass, before saying, "Run."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIciPgHQB39
"What?" Bass questioned in what sounded like a soft voice.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkWjRDXRbX
"Monroe's escaping!" Miles yelled, and then told his best friend, "I said run, Bass."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYRl2Z0lb8
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR23fJynaLX
No, he thought, thinking she was badly hurt or injured.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFmhk2OZsk
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?"616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZX2Ir3odh9
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt29dZlcIlb
"Hang in there, Charlie."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSRiuH6IBV
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ304vqQqGUd
As he walked, she slowly came to.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygOWWaU0jA
"Monroe?" she asked softly.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8Qe6yuon5
"It's me. I'm saving your ass."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XBUIkKNyW
He could tell that she was having trouble staying awake, and saw that she was probably about to go under again.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGvSeaLrD2
"Stay awake," he urged her.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nVRKKTJq4
A moment later, he found a stream.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHpcex97Ws
He layed her gently down on her back by it.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5T5fv77CXH
"Talk to me," he instructed, knowing he had to keep her awake.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4J0ZxyyCo
"I am," she replied.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTLk6ib0mt
"Tell me what happened to you out there," he said.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLeYoxjXWn
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczSBpDNGbR
"Militia," she told him.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDa92uxtKO4
He damped the piece of his shirt to her wound to stop the bleeding.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuNRLuUupv
Asses, he thought.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVp5ZS88jD
"What about you?" she asked him, as he gently continued to do what he could for her.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡge7bTiaW3N
"I'm worse than you and the others are."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGB2lJMkbCb
"How?"616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WLF76tIce
"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."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvR5fINVvw
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqPLJkwVGL
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."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoZTlg1ML2
He stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnOcC5iUyl
"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."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkN2Sfxy6CD
He started to walk away again.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25Mza9qhDE
She got to her feet and started to slowly follow him.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTQBC8Of76
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOkvFbtHxV
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdBapImiuE
She knelt at his side, as he lay on his back.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UJOxZWg9A
"Monroe?" she called.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsynazYmsep
"Charlie," he almost whispered.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FoPduACsS
He closed his eyes.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJukMusOx9
She opened his black, leather jacket to see the damage.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNYuNnk4VV
"Stay with me, Monroe."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPj5mlxGsl
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDI8PPu43v
"I'm still her. We need to find bandages and shelter, though," he half whispered.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaCoUWnycr
"We'll find shelter. I'll stop the bleeding and then we'll find a place to stay," she promised him.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsc8zxUtcA
He winced in pain, as she continued to apply pressure to his wound, and then groaned in pain.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxV0ddL3iob
"If I don't make it, apologize to Miles for what I've done for me," he half whispered.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5ohnUqLkK
"Don't talk like that. You're not going to die. I won't lose anyone else. I've lost enough."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXD8ifQdSv
Darkness started to close in on him, as everything started to grow dim.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxxORx7C4F
"I'm dying, Charlie," he half whispered, before everything went black.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu35AXrrmFy
She took her jacket off and draped it over him to keep him warm.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEF7pB52Sw
"I'll be back. Don't you dare die."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57zOGjGUr6
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5tr7i93iD
He slowly sat up in bed.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56PLl3CBtz
He winced in pain.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvdXoMgnhf
"You're awake," Miles greeted.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjB8FmQCPcp
"Charlie?" Bass questioned.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRkp7jdDkq
"She's okay. She's the one that saved your life, pal. She told me that she knows what happened."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBDFJT6DUE
Miles walked over to him and held up the bottle.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlFBxqPCuj
"Drink?"616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOllSUB0wu
He stood at Bass' bedside.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocZ8lWEpuv
"Thanks," Bass said.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoS33wjTQa3
Miles handed him the bottle and Bass took a swig.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34PrqwYAE5
"I owed you. You saved my life twice. It was time for me to return the favor. Get better and then we'll talk."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡge2UP0tyOl
Miles walked away and opened the door.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhfBvH88u0
Miles looked over his shoulder at his best friend.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHA2uQcmiz
"Welcome home, Bass. You're a rebel now. Get used to it."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7mE2RXezG
Bass watched as Miles left the room, and then Bass took another swig of whiskey.
