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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgan8iYIWhc
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVg9nCgQuE
Suddenly, behind him, he heard a soft thud at the entrance.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzfWGp1Iqy
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiB0APqntH
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."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2shZ9IHVQ
Bass didn't say anything.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLD1Mi3YJm
Miles continued, saying, "We're still brothers. That will never change."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUOaQRIlq6
Miles used his sword to cut the ropes off Bass, before saying, "Run."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2BRwDxSXc
"What?" Bass questioned in what sounded like a soft voice.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggWlXlMLnm
"Monroe's escaping!" Miles yelled, and then told his best friend, "I said run, Bass."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZGEVOkald
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaqeaGbUT8
No, he thought, thinking she was badly hurt or injured.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cHbJLRcoC
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?"605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuIgWwlkKQ
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcdF4dBoQD
"Hang in there, Charlie."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQZC4zV9Qz
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iS5z8FLiQ
As he walked, she slowly came to.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPOZYgH9bf
"Monroe?" she asked softly.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aBzMMUa2D
"It's me. I'm saving your ass."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8k9vJ2F50
He could tell that she was having trouble staying awake, and saw that she was probably about to go under again.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLd1B25kC4J
"Stay awake," he urged her.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlelmliCnG
A moment later, he found a stream.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSY6wX2aarm
He layed her gently down on her back by it.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6DE4aN4pF
"Talk to me," he instructed, knowing he had to keep her awake.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLv2ZmhXEwX
"I am," she replied.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLGYcEhIFH
"Tell me what happened to you out there," he said.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEcsKudc64
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJQ1NfpI4t
"Militia," she told him.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNUA5jAS1i
He damped the piece of his shirt to her wound to stop the bleeding.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTVkshlczo
Asses, he thought.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9zzVSNyth
"What about you?" she asked him, as he gently continued to do what he could for her.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfI4935X8r
"I'm worse than you and the others are."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlgtARZDHl
"How?"605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOV0egYVebs
"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."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dcqd4fqbQ
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkEZDypf8o
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."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqWAxuFWkV
He stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIUA20LGgI
"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."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjuTi9KYOm
He started to walk away again.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvS5GowhIg
She got to her feet and started to slowly follow him.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5OhFB3MWT
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9o7J7SUd6
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsG74jntTF
She knelt at his side, as he lay on his back.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EHi7rAhgT
"Monroe?" she called.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcueK492p2
"Charlie," he almost whispered.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVGTNDaCa5
He closed his eyes.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdftwxgMml
She opened his black, leather jacket to see the damage.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgH9bKx05LP
"Stay with me, Monroe."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2HfxVQ7VL
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gcnypwBMf
"I'm still her. We need to find bandages and shelter, though," he half whispered.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp45OCGLlMd
"We'll find shelter. I'll stop the bleeding and then we'll find a place to stay," she promised him.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtBT4ICAab
He winced in pain, as she continued to apply pressure to his wound, and then groaned in pain.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUaNkIivyu
"If I don't make it, apologize to Miles for what I've done for me," he half whispered.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBVrskVtdl
"Don't talk like that. You're not going to die. I won't lose anyone else. I've lost enough."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJP69bcnGn
Darkness started to close in on him, as everything started to grow dim.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn69ySFIF47
"I'm dying, Charlie," he half whispered, before everything went black.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6pAXrGfsB
She took her jacket off and draped it over him to keep him warm.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulKn1CYJLQ
"I'll be back. Don't you dare die."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5WqgNkRPP
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoLZwriduh
He slowly sat up in bed.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOK0YxoHm43
He winced in pain.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8Jktyzal3
"You're awake," Miles greeted.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkuiq4IAnZ
"Charlie?" Bass questioned.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4FjsxOXpr
"She's okay. She's the one that saved your life, pal. She told me that she knows what happened."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2B0iJaG2Hd
Miles walked over to him and held up the bottle.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOSdYwRim5
"Drink?"605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhtLqAnBDG
He stood at Bass' bedside.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvP2RrZmYX
"Thanks," Bass said.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWlL0YF0wP
Miles handed him the bottle and Bass took a swig.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaj0APefcmq
"I owed you. You saved my life twice. It was time for me to return the favor. Get better and then we'll talk."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleliLPVZJi
Miles walked away and opened the door.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjoMCKhgZB
Miles looked over his shoulder at his best friend.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRivRvEo8M
"Welcome home, Bass. You're a rebel now. Get used to it."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxRoB21OqQ
Bass watched as Miles left the room, and then Bass took another swig of whiskey.
