Life to the Fullest
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Summary: Don't want to give too much away. Basically, Boss Hogg takes advantage of an opportunity he is given to lock those Duke boys up for the rest of their lives.
A/N: The scene with Bo and Jesse later down might be really, really bad. I might have totally written Jesse OOC.
Well, so far it looks like another normal day in Hazzard County. Of course that means that trouble ain't too far away.
Now here comes Bo and Luke Duke driving in their big orange stock car, a 1969 Dodge Charger, called the General Lee. Let's take a look inside.
"Man," said Bo, the one driving, "I hate these dang physicals. Why bother with them? You go to them, and there's never anything wrong with ya."
Bo had one of those annual checkups, and don't he seem real excited about going?
"Yeah well, it's just to make sure," said Luke.
As they got into Hazzard, they were amazed that the sheriff, Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, hadn't tried to chase them.
So anyways, when ol' Bo finally got in to see the town doctor, Doc Watson (interesting name, huh) he was surprised to see that the doctor was not Doc Watson.
"Where's Doc Watson?" Bo asked.
"Oh, he's a little under the weather today," said the fill-in doctor. "My name is Dr. Perkins. I just moved here to Hazzard."
"Well, welcome to Hazzard, Dr. Perkins," Bo said unsuspectingly.
Now Doc Watson has never missed a day of work in his life. This Dr. Perkins don't seem too trustworthy to me.
Meanwhile, at the Hazzard Police Station, deputy Enos Strate was busy entertaining himself with a game of checkers with one of the prisoners—which just happened to be a harmless old grandma who fell into one of the many speed traps here in Hazzard. But then, he got a phone call.
"Hazzard County Police Station, Deputy Enos Strate speakin'," Enos greeted courteously.
"Howdy Enos, this is Emily Watson." Watson, huh? Mrs. Watson is just a sweet old lady who used to baby-sit a lot of the children in Hazzard back when she was a little younger. Bo, Luke, their cousin Daisy, and Enos were just some of the kids she used to entertain.
"Hey there Mrs. Watson, how can I help you?"
"I want to file a missing persons report. My husband seems to have gone missin' last night and no one seems to know where he was." Poor Mrs. Watson was near hysterics by this point.
Boy, this Perkins dude is lookin' fishier by the minute, wouldn't you say?
After Bo's doctor's appointment, he and Luke headed down to the Boar's Nest to have a drink with their friend Cooter Davenport. Daisy was there too, on account of the fact that she worked there.
Bo and Cooter had a bet riding on a pool game between them. "I'll bet you five dollars you can't make that shot," said Bo, indicating a very difficult shot Cooter was trying to make. He shot, and he missed. Bo held out his hand, and Cooter handed over a five-dollar bill.
"Man, it's expensive bein' friends with you," said Cooter to the Duke cousin. Off to the side, Daisy and Luke shared a chuckle. Then, the payphone off to the side began to ring, and seeing as how she worked there, Daisy answered it.
Bo was still gloating over his victory. "Bo," Daisy called. "Some guy named Dr. Perkins is lookin' fer ya."
Oh boy. Now here comes the trouble, I can feel it.
"Bo Duke here," said Bo into the receiver.
"Daisy," said Luke, drowning out Bo's conversation. "Another drink, please."
"Sure thing, sugar," said Daisy.
"Thanks, Daisy," said Luke.
"No problem, Luke."
By this point Bo had hung up, and he looked kinda pale. "Bo, what's wrong?" asked Luke, voice full of concern.
Bo looked up at Luke, and Luke thought he saw genuine fear in his youngest cousin's eyes. "Oh, nothin'," Bo said, not sincerely. He managed to fake a smile.
Luke, Daisy, and Cooter were not convinced. Though all three were worried, they shrugged it off, for the moment, because just then Enos came in.
"Howdy, Enos," Daisy greeted the lawman.
"Hey, Daisy," said Enos, grinning ear to ear. He turned his attention to Bo.
"You had an appointment with Doc Watson, this mornin', right?" he asked. Bo nodded in response. "Was he there?"
Bo shook his head. "No, someone named Dr. Perkins was fillin' in for 'im."
"Old Mrs. Watson phoned in this mornin', sayin' her husband's bin missin' since last night."
"Well, Dr. Perkins said he was just feelin' a little sick this mornin' is all," Bo said, surprised.
Daisy joined the conversation. "Maybe that's what the hospital told him to say, so no one would get worried."
Bo shrugged, and Enos bought a water, because it was sort of warm outside.
Luke had been observing Bo throughout the conversation, and now he was more curious as to what was said during that phone call. He wished he had paid more attention to what was said.
Later that night, Luke couldn't take it anymore, so during dinner, he confronted him.
"By the way, Bo. Who called for ya at the Boar's Nest?" Now ain't that sneaky?
"Oh, it was Dr. Perkins, just tellin' me I have a clean bill of health, just as I expected," Bo said, but he wasn't very convincing.
"Really," responded Luke. By this time, even Daisy and their Uncle Jesse looked suspicious. "Are you sure?" Luke asked Bo.
"Yes, dang it! I'm sure!" Bo snapped at him. "I ain't hungry anymore, Uncle Jesse, may I be excused?"
"Not until ya quit lyin' to us and tell us what's really goin' on," replied Jesse. Good ol' Jesse. He always knows how to get the truth out of his boys (and Daisy).
Bo sighed and stared down at his peas. He stayed silent for a few moments before speaking up. "Are ya'll sure ya wanna know?"
All the other three Dukes were real worried now. "Yes, Bo," Uncle Jesse said. "Go on."
Bo once again sighed and looked at his peas, and started playing with them with his fork. "I, uh," Bo started, not making eye contact with anyone in the family. "I, well, earlier, it was Dr. Perkins who called me, uh, he told me that, uh, well, I'm, uh, um," Bo looked up at the ceiling like he was asking God what he should do.
"Dang it, Bo," Luke interrupted. "Just spit it out already."
Here comes another sigh from Bo. "He told me that, uh, I'm dyin."
Daisy let out a gasp. "That can't be right, Bo, say it ain't so," tears welling up in her eyes, not believing what she had just heard.
Bo still didn't look at his family. "He said I probably don't got more'n six weeks left."
Well, friends and neighbors, somethin' here seems a little outta place. Bo Duke ain't only the tallest and the strongest Duke, but he's also the one that's only gotten sick twice in his whole life. To me, it just makes that Perkins guy look stranger and stranger.
Here's ol' Perkins now. I reckon them two fellas with 'im are his cronies.
"Charlie," said Perkins to the taller one, the redhead. "How's the old man doin'?"
"Take a look fer yerself, Bill," said Charlie.
Perkins walked over to where an old man lay, feet and hands bound together, and he was unconscious. Perkins eyed the man with a hint of pride in his eyes.
"Good work, Charlie, Nicodemus," Perkins said to Charlie, and the African American off to the side.
Nicodemus smiled, his gold tooth twinkling in the dim light of the basement of wherever they were. "Now what do we do?" he asked innocently.
Perkins smiled a smile so sinister; it sends a chill down my back. "Well, I'm sure the ol' man's wife already phoned the Sheriff's office. All we have to do is wait for the right time. Then, we call the wife, ask for a ransom amount that only that Hogg guy can pay off, and from there, we'll see."
Now back to the Duke farm, where we see ol' Bo outside, doin' some tunin' up of the General Lee. Here comes ol' Jesse, very much concerned about the news he had just received on Bo's condition. He was upset that his youngest, his baby, was gonna die.
"Bo," Jesse started. He waited until that blob of golden head turned around to meet his eyes. "How ya doin'?"
Bo was the stubbornest of the Dukes, and he never admitted when he was scared. "I'm hangin' in there."
"Bo," Jesse started again. "If there's one thing ya want before ya die, what would it be? If it ain't to hard, I'd like ta help ya git it."
"Truthfully, Uncle Jesse, the only thing I really want is to go on with life as normally as possible. This may be crazy, but I just wanna git myself in trouble a few more times, I wanna git chased by Rosco an' Enos a little more."
"No, Bo. That ain't crazy. It's yer life. I understand if ya just wanna live it before ya go." Jesse could feel his eyes gettin' all watery. "You go ahead an' live yer life that way. An' I know that yer cousins are gonna help ya make things go as normally as they can go."
Bo smiled half-heartedly. "Thanks Uncle Jesse."
As Jesse walked away, he saw a certain sheriff sitting in a tree about a hundred yards away from where he and Bo had been. He laughed to himself as he noticed Rosco and his dog, Flash, were having trouble keeping balance on that skinny branch that they were sittin' on.
"Did ya hear that, Flash?" Rosco asked Flash. "Bo Duke is dyin.' God rest his soul. Boss should know about this."
He climbed down, Flash in his arms. As he ran back to his car, Daisy saw him through the window, and she burst out laughing.
Now, I happen to know that that guy Perkins had kidnapped was Doc Watson. I wonder what kinda trouble him an' his other baddies are gonna stir up next?
To Be Continued . . .
A/N: Okay, in case that totally sucked, I'm sorry! That might have totally depressed you and made you not want to read anymore, but believe me, YOU DO. And if your positive that you don't say so in the review that YOU WILL WRITE. But if you liked it, and want more, tell me in the review that YOU WILL WRITE. So please review, because in my other story, Love Can Burn, I feel like I'm getting an insufficient amount of reviews, and I want to fix that with this story.