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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytvwFqu60r
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8l6KdVWtP
Suddenly, behind him, he heard a soft thud at the entrance.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJDLeocOvk
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptxIHy1yhP
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."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcBpjtsi2P
Bass didn't say anything.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYja8r00crT
Miles continued, saying, "We're still brothers. That will never change."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX17xo7rOs3
Miles used his sword to cut the ropes off Bass, before saying, "Run."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92RMtqyXZd
"What?" Bass questioned in what sounded like a soft voice.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIqhTkVv51
"Monroe's escaping!" Miles yelled, and then told his best friend, "I said run, Bass."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrS73Up4mln
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOEYrd6H6k
No, he thought, thinking she was badly hurt or injured.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6XIKsjpXx
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?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cZiSHUmSa
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Mp0f6GKx1
"Hang in there, Charlie."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJbPxfcsZ5
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGS24WVfb8
As he walked, she slowly came to.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvYKsEcXYJ
"Monroe?" she asked softly.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPETYGQipk
"It's me. I'm saving your ass."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnR5RdRTEL
He could tell that she was having trouble staying awake, and saw that she was probably about to go under again.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbaBVIgodb
"Stay awake," he urged her.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZTg5JTdDX
A moment later, he found a stream.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggNjWXbz1L
He layed her gently down on her back by it.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93PpD67LwJ
"Talk to me," he instructed, knowing he had to keep her awake.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLrP1KZtuM
"I am," she replied.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURcyAOWvHI
"Tell me what happened to you out there," he said.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCBqj80sNE
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJXb50PNcf
"Militia," she told him.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpb2HDRIRdS
He damped the piece of his shirt to her wound to stop the bleeding.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpwlFoBa9r
Asses, he thought.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYChI6hm6G2
"What about you?" she asked him, as he gently continued to do what he could for her.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarqOpGLUYl
"I'm worse than you and the others are."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rBQOt15U5
"How?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9tTNgVPls
"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."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94XaPHQbUI
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uowo0VG3k
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."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTOqagUwZv
He stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwWHrNtTYs
"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."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡek94xz591j
He started to walk away again.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcbOlT193V
She got to her feet and started to slowly follow him.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMg91I0ADzh
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyoxy8Wtnk
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpAZ7RifSc
She knelt at his side, as he lay on his back.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFX3tWRPEc
"Monroe?" she called.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3W7GLWFiw7
"Charlie," he almost whispered.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXp0LmfVB4a
He closed his eyes.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpiUTBNaHb
She opened his black, leather jacket to see the damage.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetBxGJBVDn
"Stay with me, Monroe."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuCfLExw5C
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9MZfV8vvT
"I'm still her. We need to find bandages and shelter, though," he half whispered.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CkCZXDJLg
"We'll find shelter. I'll stop the bleeding and then we'll find a place to stay," she promised him.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIPsaU0x5G
He winced in pain, as she continued to apply pressure to his wound, and then groaned in pain.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxECee6b3Fm
"If I don't make it, apologize to Miles for what I've done for me," he half whispered.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ckxIemlck
"Don't talk like that. You're not going to die. I won't lose anyone else. I've lost enough."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSlxCaRW7I
Darkness started to close in on him, as everything started to grow dim.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMjnDGM8QM
"I'm dying, Charlie," he half whispered, before everything went black.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hNkE81AgB
She took her jacket off and draped it over him to keep him warm.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcK6j1V1zAz
"I'll be back. Don't you dare die."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgROTWWGx0Z
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lce0xco74
He slowly sat up in bed.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQW99tnc4R
He winced in pain.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiK4zkE8l7
"You're awake," Miles greeted.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEFLR06NPu
"Charlie?" Bass questioned.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGjtF4Hcv2
"She's okay. She's the one that saved your life, pal. She told me that she knows what happened."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKiBeg0rCe
Miles walked over to him and held up the bottle.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVO97YvVO8
"Drink?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx87JkDw8BU
He stood at Bass' bedside.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWmk3VZNCX
"Thanks," Bass said.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bNaLn4OIn
Miles handed him the bottle and Bass took a swig.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9c4M0BWXi
"I owed you. You saved my life twice. It was time for me to return the favor. Get better and then we'll talk."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxdtwjIYNx
Miles walked away and opened the door.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRL9N88T6NB
Miles looked over his shoulder at his best friend.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhoV3TIl6o
"Welcome home, Bass. You're a rebel now. Get used to it."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcitptOR2d
Bass watched as Miles left the room, and then Bass took another swig of whiskey.
