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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVRpTYjnnV
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkIOihiwuR
The guys and Bass looked at each other, his sword to one of the guys' throat, before he finally spoke.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GvIeolAoW
"What did you do?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmGHSAldB1
"What do you think? Poison," the guy replied.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY374myjzco
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOH1lB3T9oX
"I could kill you right here, but I won't. Go," the former general said.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTSSflZHMM
The guys left without a word.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTQgdvqEMd
Bass put his sword in its sheath and rushed to her aid.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ457VfRSzqL
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmHMF7ZVRp
"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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZIgZdTvrh
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabFaj86XPl
"Monroe?" she softly questioned.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUyab9eDWe
"You're awake. How do you feel?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXLE4cJkLQ
"Why do you care?" she contradicted, starting to fully wake up.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZkYzh4DAn
"I assume that means you're starting to feel better," he said.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvsx6dI7dl
He knelt by her and took the cloth off her forehead.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRxaF4YNvr
She slowly sat up, before starting to get to her feet.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnu8ID49RAO
Bass got to his feet and watched her closely, just in case she needed help.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7baaeDFf9a
Charlie's vision blurred and she felt light-headed.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnbwMqPvPe
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dddv6FDP6
"Hey. Charlie," he said.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nYF7EyIXT
"What did you do to me?" she questioned him.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNzX3UQJPc
"Nothing. There's still some poison inside you that those men gave you."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyaxGcaM5z
She started to black out.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbUvJiPq9Y
"Charlie, stay with me. Charlie," Bass said.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiJlOukfJ0
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEWvSTcJzQ
He caught her, as she collapsed, before gently laying her down on the ground.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNtthB1ydz
"I'll get you back to your family. Just stay with me, kid," he said, knowing he sounded a lot like Miles.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAI9Thg0F1
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHUOIJmzcf
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRlcrVQZIJ
"Don't go any further!" one guard shouted so he could hear him.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTCyqE5t30
"Why are you here? What are you doing with her?" the other guard said so Bass could hear him.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcKd8L1UBf
"I saved her all I could. She still needs help, though," Bass said truthfully, loud enough for them to hear him.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpVfprCpw5
"Get Miles," one guard said.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkB1ZNUoRT
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNUD0NoIOl
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQhdj1gZW9
"You need to leave," Rachel demanded Bass.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaDSr3g38y
"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."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfowkYKdzOt
"Calm down," Miles said to her.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz500yNp5OR
"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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyomCEpIjGc
"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."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYZdch3Bt1
"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."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzkAm1gtX4
"Listen to him, Rachel," Miles encouraged her. "I know him better than anyone else. He's telling the truth."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSrQ6loFBk
Rachel gave them an angry face and death glare, before angrily leaving the room and slamming the front door, walking out.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpm1GnNqrn
Miles and Bass looked at each other.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFAsYarBC2
"You know It's not my fault. I didn't know you guys were there. I didn't know they'd kill him."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcdicEB2zX
"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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJ1N1E02XR
Charlie slowly sat up in bed.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzMd3C761z
"Thanks," Charlie said, looking at Monroe.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxekT1JbtXs
"I told you I'd bring you back home to your family. I usually keep my word," he replied.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDo7AIrGXCT
"What happened?" Charlie asked, looking at the three of them in the room.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXn0cs1jBE
"I think you know," Bass said to her.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pxzW0ozJS
"What's going on?" she asked, looking between Rachel and Bass.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTpJ45uNoE
"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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3g6ny6Miiq
"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."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPyn37Vnes
"She's right, you know," Miles told Rachel.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wvAjbIJJP
Charlie slowly got out of bed.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1bo3JraLG
"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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZG7r2LM5U
"You want to tell me why you saved my life back there? All I've ever done is try to kill you," she said.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBeoVJVz9P
"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."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiqFRuwESZ
"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?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVfpKrVKSg
"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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpmaRDe0DR
"And Miles? After everything, why didn't he just get it over with?" she asked him.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0SVYPGcia
"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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbc73HLNW4
"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."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlweWwV0zU5
"I'd love that, Charlie," he replied.
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