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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtpakS6RlZ
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcudrIyfbHK
Suddenly, behind him, he heard a soft thud at the entrance.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7jwEUoUvB
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnONBA2ZHV4
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."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGw2qPCglbH
Bass didn't say anything.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChC03TYgBp
Miles continued, saying, "We're still brothers. That will never change."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjgyG1Kds7
Miles used his sword to cut the ropes off Bass, before saying, "Run."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4rDOO81li
"What?" Bass questioned in what sounded like a soft voice.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7izRK1zKOU
"Monroe's escaping!" Miles yelled, and then told his best friend, "I said run, Bass."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLNAr9YMDr
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfZ4CocWez
No, he thought, thinking she was badly hurt or injured.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRb9fGDbggf
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?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDQw67eh9C
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAcMUa6sSy
"Hang in there, Charlie."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNqAifKrcV
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyk7zcUxB0s
As he walked, she slowly came to.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvwsNdTW3y
"Monroe?" she asked softly.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrSaDO0OQ0
"It's me. I'm saving your ass."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlw0zRCXzE
He could tell that she was having trouble staying awake, and saw that she was probably about to go under again.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJ1DjtBOu5
"Stay awake," he urged her.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyr0MvmYB1
A moment later, he found a stream.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvckxBgDg5Z
He layed her gently down on her back by it.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrallrJcCvK
"Talk to me," he instructed, knowing he had to keep her awake.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHr9Un72XED
"I am," she replied.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNpGUIl9Lq
"Tell me what happened to you out there," he said.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkxjPY2Cz8
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOtv26QfRF
"Militia," she told him.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMRz1YAoAg
He damped the piece of his shirt to her wound to stop the bleeding.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQsEx08iGw
Asses, he thought.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlL61XAT0qB
"What about you?" she asked him, as he gently continued to do what he could for her.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EIfugSqJz
"I'm worse than you and the others are."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡel8RLX1jPJ
"How?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNBk7mQWYp
"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."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjE5nJyN5K
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdzoTztO8r
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."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmCrywOR81
He stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cmuxB9v5o
"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."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRgiRm97hC
He started to walk away again.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUsvgJrSRf
She got to her feet and started to slowly follow him.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7GE6EVJSg
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTvFUWERSF
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLTpAhcLkY
She knelt at his side, as he lay on his back.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZGECvU33n
"Monroe?" she called.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ue5U9yQa1
"Charlie," he almost whispered.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPI000yqjR
He closed his eyes.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nxK7nPGfI
She opened his black, leather jacket to see the damage.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hzEu1zUsg
"Stay with me, Monroe."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ42rjG8ZwR
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJ2IPGHrYB
"I'm still her. We need to find bandages and shelter, though," he half whispered.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxf2kJBLdk
"We'll find shelter. I'll stop the bleeding and then we'll find a place to stay," she promised him.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqVLAJ2fce
He winced in pain, as she continued to apply pressure to his wound, and then groaned in pain.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBqMQ4PdW8
"If I don't make it, apologize to Miles for what I've done for me," he half whispered.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBunXuV81lZ
"Don't talk like that. You're not going to die. I won't lose anyone else. I've lost enough."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4L6GQHE7Lu
Darkness started to close in on him, as everything started to grow dim.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJQ9fR62Fj
"I'm dying, Charlie," he half whispered, before everything went black.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzH24Z2W8U
She took her jacket off and draped it over him to keep him warm.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuK77EgJep6
"I'll be back. Don't you dare die."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4lK3zhgrI
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSdLk1EbRG
He slowly sat up in bed.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsM75uCztZw
He winced in pain.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZrxahbTqX
"You're awake," Miles greeted.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1s2Oi3suuo
"Charlie?" Bass questioned.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iI4agXgvb
"She's okay. She's the one that saved your life, pal. She told me that she knows what happened."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEDFnOo0is
Miles walked over to him and held up the bottle.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9cD1OjTXU
"Drink?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFkH3WLE2y
He stood at Bass' bedside.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlsYchyQPi
"Thanks," Bass said.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3JlJnOVpY
Miles handed him the bottle and Bass took a swig.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxMqOsu4Oo
"I owed you. You saved my life twice. It was time for me to return the favor. Get better and then we'll talk."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKHtLOx0Cz
Miles walked away and opened the door.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwscy68xqF6
Miles looked over his shoulder at his best friend.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfvYKyP1j2
"Welcome home, Bass. You're a rebel now. Get used to it."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lgPhIvvrZ
Bass watched as Miles left the room, and then Bass took another swig of whiskey.
