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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGa7rNwhIo
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXG89AoOQx
Suddenly, behind him, he heard a soft thud at the entrance.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pLLyaIjRc
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBclGgXNZxM
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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoJcF5yGN1
Bass didn't say anything.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZM0ovzt8z4
Miles continued, saying, "We're still brothers. That will never change."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLOHtJnIEw
Miles used his sword to cut the ropes off Bass, before saying, "Run."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TfPAJMUV9
"What?" Bass questioned in what sounded like a soft voice.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQplUIK4Xs
"Monroe's escaping!" Miles yelled, and then told his best friend, "I said run, Bass."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZSYz9WTFR
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNqNTzTyMe
No, he thought, thinking she was badly hurt or injured.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKI9u0jhv6
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?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW1fDeof3c
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJ77sK6WyQ
"Hang in there, Charlie."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlmPLK8wcv
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlewlw6fZP
As he walked, she slowly came to.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAs0eDG6V0
"Monroe?" she asked softly.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJCyL9rteQ
"It's me. I'm saving your ass."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hsOs6fspx
He could tell that she was having trouble staying awake, and saw that she was probably about to go under again.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryhxKXCKoM
"Stay awake," he urged her.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmftmq8VvMv
A moment later, he found a stream.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kwCejOaU5
He layed her gently down on her back by it.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0Nq4CSfz5
"Talk to me," he instructed, knowing he had to keep her awake.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQmpmmNsoM
"I am," she replied.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiztaiEw3qW
"Tell me what happened to you out there," he said.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSXyDHLGzy
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9s5r180gN
"Militia," she told him.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhn5DM3Y9ja
He damped the piece of his shirt to her wound to stop the bleeding.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouFNoIaWJ7
Asses, he thought.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSaIKuggEf
"What about you?" she asked him, as he gently continued to do what he could for her.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDGjG9sF5G
"I'm worse than you and the others are."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9telhgfWX
"How?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOM8UWkEoMl
"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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VtH3siLWJ
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPKMikVNWD
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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgd6u8ORVeZ
He stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEppOteh9L8
"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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpRgHOrPQj
He started to walk away again.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQYO1leZ4o
She got to her feet and started to slowly follow him.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3sbfMoGpH
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUE6Y6R0cl
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrl0M3vDIq
She knelt at his side, as he lay on his back.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbE4oCuBU90
"Monroe?" she called.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRyaA3LhGE
"Charlie," he almost whispered.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3pICmIT9w
He closed his eyes.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmXrfIsCcx
She opened his black, leather jacket to see the damage.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBITY9ZfMts
"Stay with me, Monroe."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsE0HUmVXH
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQJ7LGRtfi
"I'm still her. We need to find bandages and shelter, though," he half whispered.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4L4fHdscp
"We'll find shelter. I'll stop the bleeding and then we'll find a place to stay," she promised him.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AP7iwth0m
He winced in pain, as she continued to apply pressure to his wound, and then groaned in pain.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAKOadlrtR
"If I don't make it, apologize to Miles for what I've done for me," he half whispered.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIud7LjYHc
"Don't talk like that. You're not going to die. I won't lose anyone else. I've lost enough."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99Udrb1odr
Darkness started to close in on him, as everything started to grow dim.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWwgHxiDA9
"I'm dying, Charlie," he half whispered, before everything went black.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUVO0hcuzO
She took her jacket off and draped it over him to keep him warm.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZQyQcUTth
"I'll be back. Don't you dare die."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xUb50NiHo
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAilxLAPiN
He slowly sat up in bed.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWutcnAJe4a
He winced in pain.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXzN7rAtp4
"You're awake," Miles greeted.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62xTrgo8O7
"Charlie?" Bass questioned.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQwMmtb1pt
"She's okay. She's the one that saved your life, pal. She told me that she knows what happened."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSRv5WMZl3
Miles walked over to him and held up the bottle.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uL5vjsjgz
"Drink?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSi8n83EeZ
He stood at Bass' bedside.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF007uEcuCx
"Thanks," Bass said.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Wp3hmSk3F
Miles handed him the bottle and Bass took a swig.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmdxcYjpjv
"I owed you. You saved my life twice. It was time for me to return the favor. Get better and then we'll talk."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35dxuAJYFd
Miles walked away and opened the door.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyUzwQEhZd
Miles looked over his shoulder at his best friend.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjQWDm62kC
"Welcome home, Bass. You're a rebel now. Get used to it."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNskx7rTNF
Bass watched as Miles left the room, and then Bass took another swig of whiskey.
