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.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1q8fk9RZut
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.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqRmJ7dTVW
Suddenly, behind him, he heard a soft thud at the entrance.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBna6dQDvS
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.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqiDOaSaqe
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."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdjwZ4s71c
Bass didn't say anything.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXbUWmPNN9
Miles continued, saying, "We're still brothers. That will never change."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40DzVvkCtC
Miles used his sword to cut the ropes off Bass, before saying, "Run."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmg1z8EzqDp
"What?" Bass questioned in what sounded like a soft voice.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVDfNAwt7p
"Monroe's escaping!" Miles yelled, and then told his best friend, "I said run, Bass."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2JaHcdtln
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.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXgo0B3UoR
No, he thought, thinking she was badly hurt or injured.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnUCkgVTXo
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?"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxPpxM09Lm
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.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAeZ3FvXTF
"Hang in there, Charlie."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxivw7mrwdm
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.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkS82CnkRW6
As he walked, she slowly came to.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXLV8rK1BB
"Monroe?" she asked softly.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxnIpmMWEJ
"It's me. I'm saving your ass."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijm19d04yN
He could tell that she was having trouble staying awake, and saw that she was probably about to go under again.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡid0tsh202x
"Stay awake," he urged her.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiTy6nwHVG
A moment later, he found a stream.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk16YUGQtyb
He layed her gently down on her back by it.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9TkbNGi4j
"Talk to me," he instructed, knowing he had to keep her awake.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrred3IZoWS
"I am," she replied.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXZcLCpqML
"Tell me what happened to you out there," he said.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvO8KowTQot
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.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAXICUpJrh
"Militia," she told him.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwlRlPJ8zl
He damped the piece of his shirt to her wound to stop the bleeding.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGrnD32HDx
Asses, he thought.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSGuBOabxU
"What about you?" she asked him, as he gently continued to do what he could for her.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiJUkkcQxS
"I'm worse than you and the others are."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5rnF16qoY
"How?"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuepqLIpat7
"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."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUxqnVRkJh
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.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdV4eQIXcR
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."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTHl6sDax9
He stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ttAFmGG4q
"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."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpqTTyYC1z
He started to walk away again.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfv0ETXfNA
She got to her feet and started to slowly follow him.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVQ432AFcN
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.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FICGZt9jR
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.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjJEkkm45J
She knelt at his side, as he lay on his back.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGq48f3Lc04
"Monroe?" she called.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡns9EepzpzP
"Charlie," he almost whispered.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JtRmxJMgO
He closed his eyes.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQa9g3N3sIL
She opened his black, leather jacket to see the damage.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FxwWIqpay
"Stay with me, Monroe."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0un4z14ka5
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.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshL48pmvWo
"I'm still her. We need to find bandages and shelter, though," he half whispered.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRdy47tJaw
"We'll find shelter. I'll stop the bleeding and then we'll find a place to stay," she promised him.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutqqDuODEL
He winced in pain, as she continued to apply pressure to his wound, and then groaned in pain.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKjNgAhsI1
"If I don't make it, apologize to Miles for what I've done for me," he half whispered.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpm9xNKump8
"Don't talk like that. You're not going to die. I won't lose anyone else. I've lost enough."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ06MLFPGRQ
Darkness started to close in on him, as everything started to grow dim.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9u2Tngez1S
"I'm dying, Charlie," he half whispered, before everything went black.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElWCVLiv5G
She took her jacket off and draped it over him to keep him warm.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBkWIeTRMa
"I'll be back. Don't you dare die."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgOpkGCFUJ
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.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJvzgcckD8
He slowly sat up in bed.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzlCOaqF9n
He winced in pain.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGYAkZWOAq
"You're awake," Miles greeted.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ov0WQX57K
"Charlie?" Bass questioned.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanbcXrViJA
"She's okay. She's the one that saved your life, pal. She told me that she knows what happened."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzSUgsog7L
Miles walked over to him and held up the bottle.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVjjeLjVcx
"Drink?"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrLddBRVXx
He stood at Bass' bedside.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZah7gxswy
"Thanks," Bass said.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gS3BmdJ6h
Miles handed him the bottle and Bass took a swig.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg89nfqQOpY
"I owed you. You saved my life twice. It was time for me to return the favor. Get better and then we'll talk."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnM4iHOSl0
Miles walked away and opened the door.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGLWNAfwzK
Miles looked over his shoulder at his best friend.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjx9pLIcKN
"Welcome home, Bass. You're a rebel now. Get used to it."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FcdRHjE80
Bass watched as Miles left the room, and then Bass took another swig of whiskey.
