Summary: Set in S2E4 "Patriot Games," when Bass saved Charlie's life from a few guys and the poison those guys put in her drink. Read to find out what happens.
It was a dark night in Willoughby, Texas as Charlie Matheson leaned against a wall in a bar, a few guys watching her, as the poison they put in her drink started to work.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmmb3M66cT
Bass walked in, sword in hand, after tracking her down. He had tracked her down, because she had left him without him knowing until she was gone. But it wasn't hard to track her, since she was young and didn't know Bass like Miles did.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXY4TSlb4Q
The guys and Bass looked at each other, his sword to one of the guys' throat, before he finally spoke.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWY2JNYAeDy
"What did you do?"757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNLBimdtY2
"What do you think? Poison," the guy replied.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VFMetNtqi
Bass had half a mind to kill them for hurting her the way they had, but he didn't. He was trying to be better now that he was one, free from the Militia, and two, trying to change for the better and for Charlie.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWVTieFonK
"I could kill you right here, but I won't. Go," the former general said.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiwSboIxKn
The guys left without a word.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtUCG250RE
Bass put his sword in its sheath and rushed to her aid.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkDHVGwxKy
He knelt by her where she lay on her back, out cold, head to the left, looking like she was sweating, in which he understood.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnBp3nz12S
"Hang in there, Charlie," he said, before gently pulling her into his arms and walking away with her.
Once in the middle of the woods, he gently layed her down and made a fire, before leaving to go get what he needed to save her life from the poison.
Upon returning with a flask that had what would save her, he knelt at her side and gently pulled her into his arms, before opening the flask and putting it to her lips, making it go down her throat to save her life.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01978XSPUn
A few minutes later, he set the flask down and gently layed her back down on the ground.
When she came to, she saw Monroe by a fire and felt a cool, wet wash cloth on her forehead.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUjjtF5WJ5
"Monroe?" she softly questioned.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmSWqiXZRH
"You're awake. How do you feel?"757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2S1rZu6lS
"Why do you care?" she contradicted, starting to fully wake up.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbExRL0i18b
"I assume that means you're starting to feel better," he said.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHPFFLvICn
He knelt by her and took the cloth off her forehead.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmKyffPo7m
She slowly sat up, before starting to get to her feet.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5CM8SdCtC
Bass got to his feet and watched her closely, just in case she needed help.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczLyERAxAI
Charlie's vision blurred and she felt light-headed.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0oPqIcUrw
When she swayed a little, he put a gentle hand on her arm just in case she lost her balance, and rested his other hand gently on the left side of her face.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGQzn9NKX8
"Hey. Charlie," he said.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpV5ZoWQlW7
"What did you do to me?" she questioned him.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISScfGBmRc
"Nothing. There's still some poison inside you that those men gave you."757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wE0pBCypa
She started to black out.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nlF3W4N8P
"Charlie, stay with me. Charlie," Bass said.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY10FPUjoZW
Bass knew he wasn't her uncle nor her blood related family, but he had told himself that he'd get her back to Miles as alive as she could be.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALgVteelnr
He caught her, as she collapsed, before gently laying her down on the ground.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5sp2Si0uR
"I'll get you back to your family. Just stay with me, kid," he said, knowing he sounded a lot like Miles.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lfqbXRLi9
Soon, he had the fire out and the bag packed and on his back.
He gently picked her up in his arms and started walking briskly.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZ9jfMkbww
He knew Miles couldn't be too far away now. Could he? He had to be close, because otherwise, Charlie wouldn't make it and Rachel would blame him for this, too.
The next day, in the middle of the afternoon, Bass found a place with gates. He assumed Miles was there, considering the guards on top of the gates whom had rifles aimed at him.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1tfLkckJe
"Don't go any further!" one guard shouted so he could hear him.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSJQtyvwkP
"Why are you here? What are you doing with her?" the other guard said so Bass could hear him.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGuFzwVdBA
"I saved her all I could. She still needs help, though," Bass said truthfully, loud enough for them to hear him.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUUYKGUPJw
"Get Miles," one guard said.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5IZbIF2Uo
The other guard obeyed.
Twenty minutes later, Miles had escorted Bass whom carried Charlie, to a room in a house where Eugene and Rachel Matheson were staying at, Rachel with them, demanding answers as usual.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6H82cgYXKQ
Bass gently layed her down on the bed in the room and then looked at Miles, before looking at Rachel, awaiting them to say something after the ten minute silence.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIMeAzvodC
"You need to leave," Rachel demanded Bass.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRUcDYtBu0
"Why should I?" Bass calmly asked her. "I just saved your daughter's life back there. The least you can do is let me stay."757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7j5MAU1Cnj
"Calm down," Miles said to her.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCskXFStFU
"And why should I do that, Miles? Are you considering that we let this monster that killed Danny walk free in this town?" she demanded.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwZzlazYWN
"I know I can't undo or make up for what I've done, but I can at least be better now that I'm no longer who I was over the time span of ten years."757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqVJGcwjUY
"And why should I even believe you?" she questioned.
"Because despite everything you have all tried to do to me, I saved your daughter's life. You may not be able to forgive me, but I've forgiven you because I know that you've tried to kill me only for what I've done in the past. It wasn't my fault."757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JZIxWOJrI
"Listen to him, Rachel," Miles encouraged her. "I know him better than anyone else. He's telling the truth."757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMyC6Ln1E4
Rachel gave them an angry face and death glare, before angrily leaving the room and slamming the front door, walking out.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwL33XgQvs
Miles and Bass looked at each other.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZuD8I6aXc
"You know It's not my fault. I didn't know you guys were there. I didn't know they'd kill him."757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyVkRLwFiR
"I know, Bass."
When Charlie came to again, she saw that she was in a bed back at her grandfather's place in a room, Monroe and Miles standing not far from her, side by side. She was feeling like herself again, which she was glad about. Rachel was seated in a chair in a corner away from Miles and Bass, giving Bass a death glare pretty much.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyg5MbkTbWC
Charlie slowly sat up in bed.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoUiv08PNt
"Thanks," Charlie said, looking at Monroe.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQK0A0lWVH
"I told you I'd bring you back home to your family. I usually keep my word," he replied.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpqax9ZvCX
"What happened?" Charlie asked, looking at the three of them in the room.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AmQQgIcot
"I think you know," Bass said to her.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbyLCri4qm
"What's going on?" she asked, looking between Rachel and Bass.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhxkh76ihs
"She's having a tantrum since I'm not leaving. She's famous for those, you know," Bass told her. "I'll be around if you want or need me," he added, before leaving the room, closing the door behind himself.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CZF4AHWo5
"I'm glad you're okay. Now can he leave?" Rachel said to Charlie and then added that last part to Miles. "He doesn't belong here. He's a monster. He killed Danny."
"It wasn't exactly his fault. Plus, he did just save my life, so he's not exactly a monster," Charlie said. "Just calm down, mom. He hasn't done anything to deserve this yet."757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPT4BKgxp3v
"She's right, you know," Miles told Rachel.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nUfxSgdlB
Charlie slowly got out of bed.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlB1Mbe2I98
"If you don't mind, I'll be going after Monroe while you throw a tantrum over nothing," Charlie said to her mother, before leaving the room to go in search of him.
Bass was seated on a bar stool having a shot glass of liquor, when Charlie sat down next to him.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtfwfGpqLY
"You want to tell me why you saved my life back there? All I've ever done is try to kill you," she said.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinleIi15A5
"You want to know why, kid? Because no matter what, you're a part of my family. Miles' family is my family, since I consider Miles my family. Decides, I kind of deserved some people trying to kill me after everything. Not anymore, though. I'm good at killing, but I never liked doing it. And now that I'm no longer Monroe of the Militia, I'm trying to be a better guy. That's why, even though I would've loved to give those guys a piece of my mind, I didn't. I let them go."757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1fin9eeSx
"Well, thanks for saving my life, no matter why you did it. So, why does my mother hate you so much? What did you do to her?"757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiwMjODJeW
"I didn't really do anything to her. I kept her prisoner at the Monroe headquarters to try and get her to tell me how to get the power back on, but she didn't do it. And then she went behind my back, so I put her in a cell with your brother. That's all I ever did to her. I never touched her or anything. I think for right now she just hates me, because she blames me for Danny's death," he explained to her.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngVi6j0oyD
"And Miles? After everything, why didn't he just get it over with?" she asked him.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEh3HOugty
"Because Miles and I go way back to when we were kids. No matter how much the other screws up, we always forgive each other and move on. I think me saving your life is what finally got him to at least half way forgive me," he replied to her.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVmqGHVgEi
"You can stay if you want," she said. "I think Miles is going to let you stay if you want. And we can ignore my mother and grandfather and all the rest."757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOyvRjZTOE
"I'd love that, Charlie," he replied.
and then Add to home screen.