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.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjStIOlSQb
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.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMrqJTsqgC
Suddenly, behind him, he heard a soft thud at the entrance.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWVRxAuLIE
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.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRpePMstYY
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."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzo6Pg1Anss
Bass didn't say anything.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MuH5sinRT
Miles continued, saying, "We're still brothers. That will never change."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡil12WwaTlj
Miles used his sword to cut the ropes off Bass, before saying, "Run."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8znnkJI9FR
"What?" Bass questioned in what sounded like a soft voice.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pdsjZkhDT
"Monroe's escaping!" Miles yelled, and then told his best friend, "I said run, Bass."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcp3o6rX8X
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.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGE8tPeEEK
No, he thought, thinking she was badly hurt or injured.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbSgVEMIjh
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?"547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGghYgjCpYb
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.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNjyq9NvfU
"Hang in there, Charlie."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU37KLTxS0Z
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.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPB5iXOZM3
As he walked, she slowly came to.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrssirrCyf
"Monroe?" she asked softly.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdt78QiRZ6
"It's me. I'm saving your ass."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDAmv2Hr3V
He could tell that she was having trouble staying awake, and saw that she was probably about to go under again.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWkLbXtIlo
"Stay awake," he urged her.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkgEWls7B4
A moment later, he found a stream.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeV9XO7nV1
He layed her gently down on her back by it.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5pSWsnz5S
"Talk to me," he instructed, knowing he had to keep her awake.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoHKcsPhsO
"I am," she replied.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7S4vGWO7I
"Tell me what happened to you out there," he said.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMvyyC2Rog
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.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhFQ4kGH41
"Militia," she told him.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3p94sAFm1M
He damped the piece of his shirt to her wound to stop the bleeding.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWMeoypLQN
Asses, he thought.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOHjfKcilP
"What about you?" she asked him, as he gently continued to do what he could for her.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEsrHqECZ9
"I'm worse than you and the others are."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj365hrGWBY
"How?"547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuK8YW0lpQ8
"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."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoiBTxRen1
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.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwef8IMwPB
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."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3Lv3yI0ty
He stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZTkLAqd9B
"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."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdGQD3BcGV
He started to walk away again.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeSmbq2oZs
She got to her feet and started to slowly follow him.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ewLiZqI0b
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.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUu8ZdACUe
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.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewM1aK0pTo
She knelt at his side, as he lay on his back.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkrhjLy98O
"Monroe?" she called.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsHCzvcjL3
"Charlie," he almost whispered.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnRD6ZgvCV
He closed his eyes.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5wOfGyW0S
She opened his black, leather jacket to see the damage.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXROecRGFNV
"Stay with me, Monroe."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡai21ryrdcj
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.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVXp3UW51I
"I'm still her. We need to find bandages and shelter, though," he half whispered.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWb8eXZvSdX
"We'll find shelter. I'll stop the bleeding and then we'll find a place to stay," she promised him.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGVe70mdZs
He winced in pain, as she continued to apply pressure to his wound, and then groaned in pain.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYO5hTwGZGN
"If I don't make it, apologize to Miles for what I've done for me," he half whispered.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGqZhirJQY
"Don't talk like that. You're not going to die. I won't lose anyone else. I've lost enough."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡat4hWStnpa
Darkness started to close in on him, as everything started to grow dim.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7ZgBY4tFx
"I'm dying, Charlie," he half whispered, before everything went black.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVweIN6Jrxn
She took her jacket off and draped it over him to keep him warm.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztv5JtqTio
"I'll be back. Don't you dare die."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76uviNo9lF
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.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdxJ8S6p7d
He slowly sat up in bed.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyMylhlOeq
He winced in pain.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgcgAkolqO
"You're awake," Miles greeted.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1ngbhEDy0
"Charlie?" Bass questioned.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOBLqAzt4E
"She's okay. She's the one that saved your life, pal. She told me that she knows what happened."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCB9cTpu3B
Miles walked over to him and held up the bottle.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUFtRQcKfB
"Drink?"547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTWiAdnfxG
He stood at Bass' bedside.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUwe9zKc0T
"Thanks," Bass said.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwsgiR9PXS
Miles handed him the bottle and Bass took a swig.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9x9Eb8c05
"I owed you. You saved my life twice. It was time for me to return the favor. Get better and then we'll talk."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDiRgF0uTJ
Miles walked away and opened the door.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pctMApxZ9
Miles looked over his shoulder at his best friend.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1UUbRKXld
"Welcome home, Bass. You're a rebel now. Get used to it."547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMqXNrqP35
Bass watched as Miles left the room, and then Bass took another swig of whiskey.
