Sleeping With The Fishes
Jesse Duke slowly got up out of bed made his way out to the kitchen he couldn't fool himself his heart that used to be filled
with so much joy is now filled with sorrow and pain ". Meanwhile Bo was just getting up himself but he didn't feel like
waking up much less getting out of bed ", as he looked next to him hoping to see his cousin Luke one more time .
" you is probably wonderin' what in the heck happened to Luke well it's a sad story but here goes ".
It was a rainy sunday morning and Luke Duke was driving back from a marine reunion in Atlanta when all of a sudden he saw
a car parked on the side of the road looked like the person was having car trouble not realizing that it was a trap ".
" Howdy mister need any help ?". the man repiled " I was on my way to meet a couple of friends when my car broke down ".
Luke replied " I'll check it out for you ", while Luke was looking under the hood the guys partner was putting a can
of knockout gas in the backseat of the General which is gonna send Luke to sleepy city ". a few minutes Later was done
and he said " well I didn't see anything wrong mister ?". Then the guy said " well thanks anyway see ya later ".
Then Luke said goodbye to the man and made his way back to the General little knowing that he was in deep trouble ",
all of sudden Luke started getting tired for some reason so he turned on the radio but nothing good was on ".
then he started getting a headache , it was getting harder , harder to keep his eyes on the road then he decided he would
pull on over and his headache at this time had gotton really bad and his head was heavy and then he closed his eyes ".
Meanwhile those two guys that Luke had run into earlier was following him and they slowly pulled up to the General.
one of the guys walked up to the General and slowly started to drag Luke 's body out of the General slung Luke over his
shoulder then tossed him into the backseat of their car then took off ". Unfortunetly friends Luke was zonked out colder
then a dead Samon suddenly when one of the guys hit a pothole he told to his partner to see if Luke was awake or not ".
The guy pulled down the blanket and he saw he was still out cold ". the guy said " nope he's out ". A couple hours later
the arrived at their hideout a deserted fishing cabin and one of the guys walked over to the backseat opened the door dragged Luke out of it carried him into the cabin sat him down on a chair while the other guy blindfoled and gagged him.
" Their he won't be wakin' up fer a good long while ". " That way I can get my revenge on Luke Duke he'll pay for sure.
And even if he does wake up I got a bottle of Chloroform here that will send him back to sleepy city ",
Luke meanwhile was trying to wake up but it felt like someone was weighing his eyes down with a sack of bricks and every so often his eyelid would flutter but he wouldn't wake up ", the guys decided to have a little fun with Luke while he was
unconcious and so they gave him a black eye , punched him , punched him some more . Luke would let out a moan ".
Benson said " Hey how's about we dump him on the side of the road ?". Then the other guy walked over to the unconcious Luke
and slowly picked him up and slung him over his shoulder walked out to the car and tossed Luke into the trunk shut the lid".
then they took off and a couple minutes later pulled over to the side of the road and got Luke out of the trunk tossed him
onto the side of the road then one of them said " Hey we better get outta here before someone shows up ".
so the bad guys pull away leaving poor Luke laying on the side of the road ". Luke was in bad shape he had bruises black eye , and he was bleeding some but something better happen quick or Luke could die before his time ".
Early the next morning Enos had been driving along doing his normal rounds when he noticed something layin' on the side of
the road ". So he got out and he walked over and he couldn't believe his eyes " Holy Smokes Luke!". So the first thing Enos
did was check for a pulse luckily Luke was still alive Then Enos thought he would call an ambulance for Luke ".
" This deputy Enos Strait calling Tri-County Hospital we need an Ambulance out here at Fox Hill Road Please HURRY !!!.
Then Enos figured he would wait for the ambulance to get here before he told the Dukes the news", So about 15 mintues later an ambulance came they checked Luke out and one of the EMT's said " this boy is out cold ". " then they loaded Luke onto
the backboard then put him on the gurney and then loaded him into the Ambulance then took off to Tri County hosp.
Meanwhile in the ambulance one of the EMT's radioed the hosp. " severe head trauma , concussion , unresposive , blood lose.
Enos had decided to go over to the Dukefarm tell them the horrible news ", Uncle Jesse was just about to eat his breakfast
when he heard a knock on the door ". he walked over and when he saw Enos he got all happy and he said " Well howdy Enos ...
your just in time for breakfast ". " No sir... not that I wouldn't like any but that's ain't why I'm here ". Jesse could
tell by the look on Enos face that this wasn't a social call and so he said " Enos what's the matter ?". Enos tried to be
brave and took a deep breath Uncle... Jesse I... uh .. got some bad news you see I .. found Luke on the side of the road.
" ?WHAT!!!" why was Luke on the side of the road this morning ... ?". Then Enos said " I don't know... maybe someone..
dumped him their ", Then Jesse got a strange look on his face and Enos said " Uncle... Jesse you okay ?".
Jesse said " .... You Mean To TEll Me SOMEOME JUST DUMPED My Boy On The Side Of The Road ", Enos said " I'm sorry sir.
Bo who had been reading one of his Nascar Books came into the room to see what all the commotion was about ".
" Uncle Jesse why.. is you yellin' at Enos for ?". Jesse said " Bo.. Luke's in trouble . "TROUBLE What Kind ?".
then Jesse said " Well it appears that he ran into some trouble on his way back from that reunion in Atlanta this morning
when Enos was driving around town he noticed Luke laying on the side of the road which means that he was hurt in some way.
Bo said " do you reckon maybe an old enemy of Luke's maybe wanted revenge on him ". Then Jesse said " ..that's true but..
who would wanna hurt Luke that bad though ". Bo said " well you know... that one guy Benson swore that he would get back
at Luke for putting him behind bars and the last time he came here he tried to kill Luke remember ".
Balladeer : Now all the puzzle pieces are starting to fall into place now let's just hope Enos can catch them in time.
Meanwhile the EMT's was unloading Luke from the ambulance and rushed him into the ER the doctor that was on duty ".
noticed that Luke looked pretty bad and he tried to wake Luke up and he said " Luke , Luke ,but got no reply ".
then the doctor told his nurse to hook him up to an Oxygen mask , IV's some bandages , poor Luke had bruises , cuts on his
face and he was hooked up to all kinds of medical contraptions and he looked more dead then he did alive ".
The Dukes had arrived at the hospital Bo went up to the desk and said " ma'am my cousin Luke was brought in ten minutes ago
we was wonderin' if you heard any news ". " the nurse said " if you just hold on I"ll be right back ". So the talked to
Luke's doctor in the ER the doctor said he would be out soon and so the Dukes thanked the nurse and sat down ".
it wasn't until around 11:30 AM did the doctor come out and said " I'm lookin' for the family of Luke Duke ".
Jesse said " I'm his uncle , these are cousins Daisy and Bo ". the doctor said " well .. Mister Duke I wish I had better news
but your nephew Luke suffered a blow to the head and he hasn't shown any signs of waking up , he has bleeding , cuts , bruises on his face ". Then Jesse said " well.. can we see him ?". The doctor said " not right now he's still in the ER
once he is moved to the ICU then you can see him but right now he is unconcious so he won't even know your in the room ".
Then Jesse said " well... he would know if we talked to him ?". Then the doctor said " Well.. that's true but right now
he's in a deep coma and I ain't exactly sure if he's gonna come out of it or not he's chances are not that good ".
So later on that night at the hospital the Dukes was still in the waiting room Bo couldn't take it anymore so he started pacing , Daisy just tried to be brave but it was hard and Jesse was trying to hold the tears back but was having trouble ".
It wasn't until Midnight that a nurse came out to tell them that Luke is now in the ICU but only one at time can see him.
so Bo decided to go first and so he followed the nurse down a long hallway until they came to room 166 and the nurse opened
the door and when Bo saw Luke he just couldn't believe this eyes " Oh... Luke ", Bo tried to hold the tears back but two
tears slipped down seeing Luke laying their looking so helpless and weak he was hooked up to everything ".
Seeing the Breathing mask on his face just made him feel even worse so he just lost it then he tried to control himself
he said " Luke you gotta ... pull through you can't die on me Cousin ". but Bo got no reply and he said " Luke please.... .
Luke's eyes remained closed which was partly due to the knockout gas , he suffered a blow when he fell ". " LUke open your
eyes ... ", I need you ... don't die on me " and Bo just lost it and he started crying and then he couldn't stop.
A few minutes later Bo came out into the waiting room and Jesse could tell that it was bad and he give Bo a hug said
it'll be okay boy". Then Bo said " how ... Luke's in real bad shape he looks more dead then alive ". Then Jesse said I ... just know that Luke will
make it he has ... to ". " because I know .. Luke and he's a fighter he won't give up " . Then Jesse went into see him his tears was hidden in his
white beard he said " my poor boy "... Jesse said " Luke.. we are all here waiting for you to come back to us ". " but he got no reply ".
except for the hiss of the breathing mask which broke his heart and he said " Lukas if... you.. can hear me make some sorta sign ".
But Luke remained in a deep slumber one that he may not wake from if he does their is no telling if he'll be the same .