Dukes of Hazzard

Title: In the Name of Love
Author: Numb3rsfan
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I don't own them, nor am I making any money off of them.
Summary: Two cousins. One kidnapped. One blaming himself. One cousin must get over his guilt in order to find his cousin before it is to late.

Chapter One

"Oh come on Bo!"

Luke's voice echoed throughout the farmhouse as he followed his younger cousin from their bedroom all the way into the kitchen.

"Luke, no means no, means no! I ain't lending' you another twenty when ya still owe me forty!" Bo replied, looking at Luke in a slightly civilized manner.
"Bo, I promised Becky Lynn that I'd take her out tonight, an I need some money ta do that!" Luke shot back.

Bo sighed. This was typical! Ever since Luke had turned 21 and had gotten back from the Marines, when it came to money, it was like it was burning a hole in his pocket!
The second his Uncle Jesse paid him his allowance, it was off to the store, or off to the theater, or a series of dates with his current girlfriend. And then when he had no money left, he went to his cousin to see if he'd lend him his hard earned cash!

"Well, I guess you should'a thought of that first!" Bo said, finally glaring at his cousin.
Luke ground his teeth together before he reared back and punched Bo, sending the younger man stumbling back in to the still hot oven, which Uncle Jesse had turned off five minutes ago.

The sound of Bo's slightly high pitched scream filled the house and surrounding wood!
Bo's burned hands fell to his side, leaving his backside to take the brunt of the heat as his whole body went ridged as he fell to the floor, banging his head on the hot oven. Thankfully, the bump on the head, while still painful, felt more cool than hot, until he let it simmer for a second, then the wave of pain and heat came over him, making him clutch his now burning head with his burning hands, which were screaming at him in their own language.

Luke was still looking at him, his jaw still clenched.
Seeing Bo's wallet on the floor, next to his slightly burned body, Luke walked over to it and picked it up. He flipped it open and took out everything that Bo had, cash wise, which added up to $60.00.

"Thanks Bo, I'll pay ya back jus' as soon as I can." Luke replied before he threw the wallet back down to bounce off of his cousin, before he chuckled and went outside, climbed in to the General and took off.

Bo lay on the floor, cradling his hands and head, and that's how Jesse Duke found him, ten minutes later.

First, Uncle Jesse was stunned, and then that turned into fear. He rushed over and knelt down beside his nephew as he took in Bo's burned features.

His hands looked bad. Third, perhaps fourth degree burn. Grimacing, Jesse lifted the blackened, yellow shirt and gasped when he saw Bo's side. The side that had touched, and slid down the oven. That was a third degree burn for sure, and Bo's head, well, that was just singed, a first degree burn was possible.

"Bo, who did this to ya?" Jesse asked as he wrapped some ice in a cloth and wrapped the cloth around Bo's burnt hands.

Bo considered remaining quiet, to protect Luke, but when he saw the look in Jesse's eyes, he knew that he couldn't.
"L..Luke." Bo replied through clenched teeth as wave after wave of pain swept over him.
"Luke? Why?" Jesse asked, not believing that Luke could or would do something like what he was accused of.

"He w..wanted more… money. I …wouldn't give em'…any…so he pun…punched me…an….made me hit…the..o…oven." Bo ground out as the ice seemed to irritate his hands.

Jesse carefully helped Bo to his feet, being careful not to touch his injured side.
"Come on, we best get you to the hospital so's a doctor can look at that." Jesse suggested.

When he got no argument from his nephew, he figured that Bo was in to much pain, so without another word, Jesse helped Bo outside and to the truck.

Taking precious minutes to carefully get his nephew in the truck, Jesse finally walked around the other side and got in, before he started his ol' truck and took off, heading for Tri-County Emergency.