We Were Apposed To Protect Her

by Castle Rouge

Daisy is attacked and beaten close to death. Bo and Luke have left for the racing circut and they learn the news and they come racing home. They feel quilty for leaving the farm. Coy and Vance have mixed emotions on their role in the Duke Family.

1. From 120 to 108 hours before

TITLE: We were apposed to protect her

SUMMARY: Daisy is attack a two months after Luke and Bo left Hazzards to join the circuit. Vance and Coy came to the Duke farm to lend helping hands on seeing how Luke and Bo left Uncle Jesse and Daisy in the lurch. Vance and Coy didn't realize that they had to protect Daisy 24/7 so they didn't get up and follow Daisy; well Daisy was on the way to the Boars Nest early one morning and "Dixie" conked out on her. Before Daisy could CB for assistance two masked men came up to the drivers side and yanked her out of the jeep. They preside to rape her and beat her to near death.

When Enos is driving back home after his stint in California he sees "Dixie" at the side of the road and knew that Daisy was in trouble. He quickly got out and rushed towards the jeep and saw Daisy's torn up and naked body next to a tall oak tree. He manages to wrap her in a blanket and CB for help.

SEASON BASED ON: 5

CATEGORY: Family / Hurt/Comfort/ Crime/ Angst/ Tragedy / Friendship/ Spiritual

RATING: T

CHAPTER ONE RATING: T

CHAPTER ONE

(120 hours before)

"Coy I need you to go get your cousin up for me." Jesse said looking up from the frying pan.

"Vance is here all ready, Uncle Jesse." Coy said with a slap on Vance's chest.

"Get Daisy up, and no more of your mouth mister." Jesse just rolled his eyes and looked back down at the frying pan where the eggs were sizzling. He tried to blink the tears that threatened to come to his eyes; because the wise crack that Coy Duke had just used was the exact same one that Luke and Bo always used when Jesse asked them to go get Daisy up.

"Yes Uncle Jesse." Coy said with a nod at Vance. He hadn't missed his Uncle's expression when he looked quickly back down at the frying pan. He walked out of the kitchen and into the living room and sighed deeply to himself. He very well knew that he couldn't fill Bo's shoes, he didn't want to. But it seemed because he and Bo shared blond hair and blue eyes everyone thought that with Bo gone; he Coy had to be the new "Bo".

Coy knew Vance had the same problem but only concerning Luke. It wasn't fair to these two Duke Cousins; and they truly wished that Bo and Luke were here at the farm during this visit of theirs. But it just didn't work out that way; so Coy and Vance Duke were stuck living in Bo and Luke's shoes and trying to lead their own lives also. Luckily these two Duke Cousins had each other to lean on and count on when times get tough.

Coy lifted his right hand and knocked on Daisy's closed bedroom door. "Time to get up Dais, Uncle Jesse says so." He called out.

"Leave me be, Bo." Daisy called sleepily out.

"Sorry no can do cousin." Coy's face feel when Daisy called him Bo, he couldn't believe that after two months Daisy couldn't tell his voice from Bo's. Coy didn't even sound like Bo Duke. But Coy would never tell Daisy how hurt he was that she couldn't tell the difference, no he knew that Daisy just missed Bo way too much and wished that he was still living on the farm with her. "Are you decent?"

"Of course I'm Bo, what non sense you talk." Daisy voice rose in a huff.

"Good cause I'm coming in." Coy said and he turned the door handle and opened the door to see the laughter in Daisy's face and than suddenly he watched as her face crumbled. "Uncle Jesse says it's time for ya to get up, cousin." Coy didn't show his hurt; he just smiled and wrapped his arms across his board chest. "Sides there's chores to do; and Vance and I need your help. At least with your share."

"Of course I'll do my share, Coy; you don't have to tell me to do my share." Daisy said bringing her knees up to her chest and wrapping her hands around her sheet and blanket as she gripped her hands tightly. Bo and Luke never had to remind me to do my chores; at least the last time they had to was when we were children. How dare this cousin who has ONLY visited us a few times over the years TELL me to do my chores?

"I'm sorry Daisy." Coy held up his hands in defense. "That's just always the way I tell my sisters do chores is all. I forget that you aren't my sister just my cousin. A cousin whom has lived on the farm her entire life."

Daisy felt her anger die out as she realized how she sounded. She smiled softly. "I'm sorry also Coy, I didn't mean to take my bad temper out on you. I just didn't sleep well is all."

"Oh bad dream or something?" Coy asked concern on his face.

"Or something." Daisy lifted her tight shoulders. "Look, let me just get out of bed and get dressed than I'll be at the breakfast table." She pointy said.

"Of course." Coy turned around and stared out of the room, he stopped and turned around. "You know Daisy, if you need to confide in someone, I'm open. I'm a real good listener." He smiled softly. "Just ask my sisters."

"I'll keep that in mind." Daisy softly said. She watched as Coy shut her door and she sighed deeply as she unwrapped her arms from her legs and she pulled the covers back from her tight body. She breathed deeply as she got out of bed and walked over to her wardrobe where she pulled out the blue jeans and the long sleeved red strip button down work shirt that she was going to wear that day. She walked back over to her unmade bed and put her clothes at the end of her bed and she pulled up and off her short white nightly, she slipped her arms in her bra straps and quickly covered her breast and hooking the zip at the back. She took off her underwear and put on the fresh pair that had been lying underneath her bra on the bed; she sighed deeply as she walked over to the vanity table where she grabbed the deodorant and rubbed a liberal dose underneath her arm pits. You had to lay it on thick because even in the winter time, you get warm enough to sweat your deodorant off of you faster than a Billy goat can butt a bent over rump.

She walked back over to her bed and grabbed her jeans and put them on; she was zipping them up and buttoning the button as she walked back over to her vanity. She looped her belt in the belt loops and she fastened her belt before she sat down before her mirror. She grabbed the brush that Bo and Luke had saved up to buy her for her sixteenth birthday and she brought the brush and started to brush her hair. She winched as she hit every single tangle but luckily she was having a great hair day and her tangles were soon out and she was left staring at her straight brunette hair.

She put the brush down onto the table and she quickly put on her makeup; she didn't put too much on, she never had too, she was born with the perfect skin and the perfect face; that make up would just destroy. But Daisy was a woman after all and she quite enjoyed at least having her eyes show more; but lately she didn't enjoy daydreaming as she was putting her make up on. No; ever since Enos left for California Daisy just put her make up on as a routine. But Daisy never realized the truth herself so she just thought that she finally reached the age where she was too mature to day dream over her make up was all.

Daisy sighed as she finally set her lipstick down once more. She stood to her feet and picked up the perfume bottle and sprayed her self in all her key places, she smiled as she thought that the perfume she used was Enos's favorite on her. It was actually the only scent she had used since Enos had told her that when she was sixteen years old. She frowned as she put the perfume bottle back on her vanity table; she missed Enos. Hazzards wasn't the same place without Enos Strait in it. She sighed as she turned from her vanity and walked back over to her bed where she picked up her shirt and slowly put it on. She buttons the bottom four buttons and she undid her belt and her button so she could tuck her shirt into her jeans. She did her belt back up and she finished buttoning her buttons leaving the first three unbutton; she liked to have her chest to have some air.

Daisy sat down in the chair that was closets to her wardrobe and she put on her socks and shoes. She just leaned back in the chair and sighed deeply. She wasn't ready to leave her bedroom and face her family quite yet.

Coy was sitting in the chair in which Bo usually sat in and looked across the table to Luke's chair which was currently being occupied by Vance. He looked over at Jesse who was bowing his head and saying a silent prayer. He looked over at Daisy's chair and found it empty. He sighed as he bowed his head as Jesse began to pray out loud.

"Father in Heaven; we thank you for our daily bread. We also thank you for the return of Coy and Vance and we thank you for allowing them to stay and help out at the farm….."

Coy and Vance both looked up and smiled softly as they read the true gratitude in their uncle's voice, they bowed their heads once more as Jesse continued his prayer.

"We ask you to keep your Angels surrounding Luke and Bo and keep them safe."

Daisy stopped short in the living room before she walked into the kitchen. Hot tears prickled her eyes as she added her own prayer for Bo and Luke's safety along with her uncles. Her hands shook at her sides as she quickly moved them into her back pockets.

"We ask you to keep your Angels surrounding Enos as he is in California."

Daisy nodded her head and felt a tear roll down her right check as she added her own prayer to her uncles for Enos's safety. She swallowed around the lump that had formed in her throat.

"We ask you to keep your Angels surrounding Daisy as she lives her daily life; and please keep her faith strong as it always had been in the past; even in these times of sorrow. In your name; Amen." Jesse looked up and over his shoulders where he saw his niece with her head bowed and her hands in her back pockets. He waited as Daisy finished her private prayer. "Time to eat darling." He softly said as she lifted her head and looked straight into his eyes. He stood to his feet and walked over to where she remained rooted. He put his arms around her and she fell into his waiting hug.

Daisy just laid her head against her Uncle Jesse's board chest and closed her eyes once more as she let out a shaky breathe, at least this was one thing in her ever changing life these days that wouldn't change. She gripped a little tighter on Jesse's back and she just held onto her uncle who was more like a father than anything else as she tried to calm her nerves system down once more and try to rid herself the depressed feelings that she had been feeling ever since Bo and Luke had told them that they were leaving Hazzards to join the racing circuit.

Coy and Vance turned away from the tender scene of Uncle and Niece and looked out the window towards where the General Lee was waiting. They couldn't very well stand up and walk out of the kitchen; one neither of the two Duke cousins were soft walkers; neither had ever been even when they were mere babies learning how to walk; these two Duke cousins out of all the Duke cousins out there in the world; just seemed to find the need to stomp all their weights onto their feet. So they remained sitting and tried not to watch the tender scene behind them, which wasn't meant for their eyes no how.

Daisy finally pulled away from her beloved uncle and wiped her eyes. "Thanks Uncle Jesse, I needed that." She softly said as she slightly hiccupped. She looked over at the table where the food was untouched and her two cousins who had just joined the farm life looking away from them. A soft smile lit up her face as she thought of how kind these two Dukes truly were. Coy and Vance were sensitive enough to know when not to intrude on a private moment. "So what's for breakfast?" She asked putting a cheerful tint into her voice.

"Your favorites." Jesse said as he watched his niece walk over and sit down in her chair and put the napkin on her lap. He knew that she was forcing the cheerful note into her voice; she had been doing that sense the day that Bo and Luke had left Hazzards. He sighed as he began to pass the plate of pancakes around the table.

(115 hours before)

Five hours in the hot son and Vance Duke was quite done with working outside of the farm; he had removed his shirt and allowed the hot sun to beat down his not quite as bronze back and arms and shoulders, and his board chest. He lifted his right hand to his sweat stained face and tried to wipe off the running sweat that was coursing through his pours, too no luck. He desperately wished he was out on the road once again in a much cooler place in the world. But he had promised his folks that he would live on the Duke farm to help Uncle Jesse until Bo and Luke decided to come home.

Vance sighed as he looked over to where Jesse and Daisy were working; each one of them were as sweaty as he was; but seeing on how these two have lived on the farm for basically their entire lives and were used to the Georgia's heat they were able to continue to work with no problem what so ever. He looked over to where Coy was working on chopping the wood that was needed for the winter that was soon approaching and Vance at least found relief that Coy looked as terrible as how he felt.

Vance wished on days like these that he had a chance to spend more summers at the Duke farm with his Uncle Jesse; than that way he would have been more used to the grueling and unstoppable heat by now and than it wouldn't have bothered him as much as it did. He just hopped that he could last long enough to finish his daily chores so he could get to the Boars Nests for a nice cold one. Well make that a few cold ones. But he couldn't complain otherwise it would give Uncle Jesse and Daisy another reason to compare him to Luke.

Vance had been compared to Luke his entire life; not only when he came out to visit Jesse and the cousins on the farm but from his own parents even. He was sick and tired of coming out very lower in stock to the all mighty great Luke Duke. Granted Luke was the oldest of the Duke cousinship. Also Luke was the first of the Duke cousins to go and fight for his country; in that senseless Vietnam war; but that was only because Luke was eighteen and old enough to go and fight; the rest of the cousins were a good four years or even ten years younger than Luke at the time, and also the war was wounding down, otherwise the other cousins would have joined in the fight.

Vance had joined the Marines when he was eighteen because he knew his parents expected him to follow in Luke's footsteps; because out of all the Duke cousins; Vance took after Luke the most. Not only in looks; brunette hair, brown eyes, but like Luke, Vance was the thinker of the clan. Vance didn't mind the grueling boot camp and being torn down and rebuilt into a Marine much. But what he did mind was he had Luke's very own drill sergeant who took pleasure in telling Vance that he was nothing like his brilliant oldest cousin Luke Duke; as he was tearing Vance down. Vance carried those words around his head every single day.

He sighed as he picked up the hoe that had slipped from his sweaty fingers and began to hoe more rapidly than before. When his term was up and he came home his father actually said that Vance wasn't truly a Marine like how Luke was because Vance didn't go off and fight in a war. Vance decided to travel the world than and after a stiff good bye to his folks he hit the road. He had met up with Coy who had just graduated from college and wanted to travel for a few years before he settled down at a nine to five job.

Vance and Coy had bonded and learned to depend on one another as they dealt with whatever life threw at them during their travels; weather it was just working at odd jobs to earn more traveling money; or defending one another in fights, or just ranting and raving about having to live up to Luke and Bo's images in the family. When they received word that Uncle Jesse and Cousin Daisy needed help on the farm seeing how Bo and Luke finally were going to join the racing circuit; they decided to go to Georgia and lend a helping hand. Together. It was only fitting.

Even in the unbelievable heat; Vance didn't regret his decision. He just hoped that he and Coy could show Jesse and Daisy truly how different they were form Luke and Bo and get accepted as themselves in this part of the Duke Family.

(110 hours before)

Sitting at the bar at the Boars Nests and taking a swing of the icy cold beer that Daisy had set before him, Coy Duke felt the cooling effect of the beer on his throat as it slid down and hit his stomach. Thankfully he had eaten a good meal before he came to the Boars Nests; because he knew that the beer would have hit him hard if he hadn't. He set the mug down onto the bar and turned to Vance who was sitting next to him and he just watched as his cousin drained his mug in one chug a lug. "Easy there cuz, you don't want to get too drunk right off." He banged Vance's elbow with his own.

Vance set the mug down and looked over at Daisy who hadn't moved away from behind the bar. "Another one please, Daisy." He said pushing the mug towards her.

"Are you sure?" Daisy asked concerned not touching the mug in front of her.

"I ain't planning on driving tonight." Vance tightly said. "Another, and keep 'em coming please."

Daisy raised her shoulders and picked up the mug and turned to the tap and filled it and turned back to her cousin. "Just don't start anything, Vance; otherwise Boss Hoggs will have Rosco arrest you." She said half joking and half sighing.

"To hell with Boss Hoggs and Rosco." Vance said gripping the beer in his hand tightly before he lifted it to his mouth and chug a lugged it down just as quickly as he did the first one. He lowered the beer and moved it towards Daisy.

"Vance …." Coy began.

Vance swung his eyes to face his cousin. "Don't 'Vance' me ." He shook his head. He turned back to face Daisy. "I'm sorry Daisy, I'm just in a bad mood because I'm so dane tired and this heat isn't helping much." He took the now filled mug for the third time in his hands and pulled it back over to him. He lifted it and took a sip. "I promise not to cause any trouble." He after he lowered the mug back down to the bar.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Daisy asked concerned leaning forward onto the bar so she could put her right hand on Vance's arm.

Vance shook his head. "Naw its childish is all. Sides I know my body just needs to get used to working in the heat is all. I'll be fine." His eyes lit up as the beer finally hit him. He sighed as he backed away from Daisy's concern.

Before Daisy could speak again she looked up and saw that a table was waiting for her assistance. "I'll be back." She stood straight again and walked from around the bar to do the job that she was paid for; not paid fairly but paid never less.

(108 hours before)

Daisy locked up the Boars Nest for the night and walked over to were "Dixie" was parked. She was frowning deeply as she realized that Coy and Vance had left her alone at the bar that night. She shook her head as she climbed into her jeep and started it and drove down the dirt road to head home towards the farm; she could have used their help a few times that night; even with Vance dead drunk on his feet. There had been a few fights that needed breaking up.

She almost had to call Rosco to break up one fight; which she had hated to had to do; one Rosco always took pleasure whenever she had to call him for his help; and two Rosco would lay all the blame on her shoulders, seeing how she's a Duke and a enemy to Boss Hoggs and Rosco. She sighed as she drove down the paved pavement.

If Bo and Luke were around than they would have stayed at the bar until closing time; because they would have realized that trouble was brewing by just looking around the bar.

She wouldn't have minded calling the police department if only Enos was still working there. But ever since he had left Hazzards to be sheriff in California, she disliked even thinking about the Hazzards police department. Enos was the only truly trustworthy deputy that the Hazzards police department had ever since Rosco decided to go down the cooked road and try to get everything that he could before he hung up his badge for the last time. Which was a shame because Rosco used to be one of the best police officers out there.

Daisy's grip tightened on the steering wheel as she yet again thought about how fast her life was changing now that Bo, Luke and Enos had left Hazzards to live their separate lives away from Hazzards. How she was the only one out all four of them who truly never wanted to leave Hazzards or Duke Farm. She felt hot tears come to her eyes as she wished that the boys had thought to ask her to tag along with them in the circuit, but the thought never crossed their minds when they were preparing to leave the farm. Daisy wouldn't have dreamt of going with them, but she would have loved to have been asked.

Daisy slammed her foot on her breaks as she slammed the jeep into a complete stop. She opened her mouth "DAMN YOU LUKE AND BO DUKE! DAMN YOU TO HADES! HOW FUCKING DARE YOU NOT ASK ME TO GO WITH YOU! WHAT I'M NOT IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT WITH THIS GRAND ADVANTURE THAT YOU TWO ARE ON?!! YOU TWO COULDN'T FUCKING WAIT TO LEAVE HOME ONCE YOU WERE ABLE! HOW SELFISH CAN YOU TWO BE?"

Hot tears steamed down Daisy's checks as she finally let her anger out. She knew that passing cars would come by; or that no else was listening to her screaming; she knew this part of the road was quiet deserted.

"YOU TOOK THE TIME TO TAKE UNCLE JESSE ASIDE AND MAKE DAMN SURE THAT HE TRULY WAS ALL RIGHT FOR YOU TWO TO LEAVE. YOU COMFORTED HIM WHEN HE BROKE DOWN AND YOU PROMISED HIM THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED YOU WOULD ALWAYS THINK OF HIM. BUT YOU NEVER CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME HOW I FUCKING FELT ABOUT YOU TWO ABANDING ME! YOU NEVER HELD ME AND WIPED MY TEARS FROM MY FACE, YOU NEVER ALLOWED ME TO HAVE THAT GOOD BYE THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE WITH YOU TWO BOYS. GOD HOW SELFISH ARE YOU!" Daisy wiped the tears from her eyes as she banged her hand hard against the steeling wheel.

She swallowed around the lump in her throat and started "Dixie" up again and drove towards the farm. She shut off the engine as she parked behind Jesse's white pick up. She looked in the mirror and made sure that her face was somewhat cleared up from her screaming fit a while back on the road. She sighed deeply as she got out of the jeep and moved towards the front porch of the farm house. She let herself in and was relieved to see that everyone had gone to bed all ready.

She walked to her bedroom and made sure that no unwanted guests were sleeping in her bed; she learned that lesson when Boss Hoggs had taken over her bed the night that the Dukes had to protect him. When she saw that her bed was just as she had left it she closed her door and opened her wardrobe, and quickly got undressed and put on her night grown. She walked over to her window and opened her window. She turned to her bed and climbed in. She didn't even brother to say "Good night world" this evening; she never did when she was in a horrible mood as she was in. She actually hadn't said that to the world since she learned that Bo and Luke were leaving the farm. She closed her eyes and tried to fall into a trouble sleep.

END CHAPTER ONE