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He ran through the shadows. Wisps of light danced here and there. The run was almost instinctive, like he knew where he was going. He wasn't even fazed by the fast paced sprint he was managing. Jumping over something he couldn't see he fled even farther into the shadows. Up ahead a brilliant red light dazzled his attention, calling him like a moth to a flame. He ran up to it, studying it immensely, it was a bright red bonfire. Although he felt no heat, but a cold chill.

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Sherrif Rosco P. Coltrane had seen some things in his day, even when he was an honest cop. But this topped it all.

Bo Duke stood on the edge of the bridge. Balancing on top of the railing with almost inhuman capabilities. He stared down at the raging rivers with emotionless eyes. Rosco's first thought had been Bo Duke was gonna kill himself. The honest cop inside him told him to do something, anything. His mind was going as fast as it could asking again and again. Why would Boregard Duke come out here in the middle of the night intent on killing himself? Why did he not even acknowledge Enos's requests for him to get down so they could talk it over? Lord, it was like he was a zombie or something.

The Dixie horn snapped Rosco out of his thoughts, few they may be. Daisy was first out of the passengers' seat, "Bo!" She cried, to her cousin, illuminated on the bridge by the police spotlight. The brunette was about to run up to him but Luke grabbed her. Rosco didn't hear was the elder cousin said to her. At a brisk walk they came over to Rosco.

"What's goin' on?" Luke asked worriedly. Rosco may have been a "dipstick" as Boss had put it on so many occasions but even he could figure that out.

"What do you think it looks like?" The sheriff replied intensely, "He's gettin' ready to jump."

"That don't make sense!" Luke hissed, "He was just fine at dinner. I would have known if something was off…Let me talk to him."

"I'm not stopping you."

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The more intensely the red flame burned the colder Bo became. Then the violent sound of a woman's screaming entered his ears! He couldn't make out the words, couldn't even tell if there were any words. Then from the fire, something jumped out at him! Whatever it was it was far from blessed with human form. Its long, icy claws, gripped Bo, restricting any possible fighting. Tentacles of fire wrapped around down his forelegs. The monstrous beast opened it's jaws for a bite Bo knew would be fatal.

But he wasn't struggling, wasn't fighting against it. He knew this would be his death but he didn't fight it.

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Luke eased his way out to Bo, his shadow intense against the background of black behind him and Bo. The police light was like a stagelight, focusing on the two characters in the scene, and leaving only to the imagination what lay beyond. Problem was that Luke knew what lay beyond the light. The river's roar told him what was in the darkness.

A fall…a long fall with rocks at the bottom and raging rapids to carry the body away. Not to be seen again till he reaches Chickasaw…

He shook himself free of the thought, he couldn't get overwhelmed now. "Bo…" he said softly, "Bo…don't do this, whatever your problem we can get it fixed Please just tell us, there's gotta be something we can do. Come down and we can talk it over." He was painfully creeping his way towards Bo, trying not to crowd him out so much he'd jump. "Bo, please, I love you like a brother…don't do this to me. Don't do this to Daisy. Please, Uncle Jesse'd be heartbroken if you jumped. We all would."

He was almost within distance now, just a couple more seconds and he'd be able to reach his cousin.

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Its icy jaws bit down on Bo's neck and shoulder, the length of the bite going down to the middle of his ribcage. He screamed in agony, it was as though this creature was pumping quicksilver into his veins. The icy chill shook him to the very bone, and it spread through his whole body. His inability to fight was made worse by the numbing cold.

If he wasn't already dead and in hell, he would be soon.

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Suddenly, Bo tilted foreword ever so slightly, initiating the fall into oblivion. Luke shot out, adrenaline surging through his veins as he caught his cousin's waist and slammed him down to the ground, away from the edge of the bridge. Enos, Rosco, and Daisy dashed over to the duo. Both still on the ground from shock. Luke glanced down, Bo had a look of complete terror and surprise on his face. As if he hadn't a clue why he was there in the middle of the night, near the edge of a bridge with his cousin's arm draped around him in a rather embarrassing way.

The adrenaline died down and Luke started to cry, "What the hell were you thinking…" He breathed to Bo, "Why…"

Daisy dropped to her knees and slapped Bo's face with a ferocity that made Luke twitch. Tears of anger and worry slipped from her eyes as she then threw herself on her cousin and hugged him. Bo put a hand on her back in an attempt to comfort her.

"What were you thinkin' Bo…" Enos stayed standing, but was clearly relieved, as was Rosco.

"Yeah, what were you thinking!"

"W-what are ya'll talkin' about?" Bo looked at all of them with truly puzzled eyes.

Luke met his puzzlement, "You mean you don't remember nothin' that just happened?"

"Well, I remember falling to the ground with you, then Daisy slapping me…"

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They all met back at the Duke farm, Luke explaining what had happened. Bo was completely shocked, all of this new to him. "Uncle Jesse, I told you I didn't try to kill myself," He tried to convince his uncle, who was standing up with Rosco. Enos, Bo, Luke, and Daisy were all sitting down at the table.

Rosco was still glaring at him, Bo didn't know if it was from worry or something else, "I'm just telling you like I saw it. First you run out in front of my squad car. I followed you to make sure you weren't in no trouble next thing I know yer standing on the railing of a bridge gettin' ready to jump into a river that even most fishes won't go near."

Uncle Jesse was trying to keep a level mind from what Bo could make out, "Bo…if you have some kind of a problem you should tell us. Not go out and try to take a coward's way out."

"I didn't do anything. I ate dinner with ya'll, did some work on the General, went to bed, then I'm where I was."

"Did you have any strange dreams?" Luke asked, Bo looked at him then back at Uncle Jesse.

"Actually…I remember something…I was running through this darkness. Not at night anywhere but it was light solid black, but there were these weird lights that came and vanished. There was this weird red monster and that's all I really remember."

Luke shrugged, "Sounds like some pretty serious sleep walking to me."

"You mean it could make Bo do that?"

Rosco shook his head, "That don't make sense, his eyes were open."

Luke sighed, "There was this guy in the Marines, he was in my platoon. We were out on a field mission. One night, he went to sleep, sleepwalked right out onto a landmine."

"And," Enos began, "A newspaper came through not to long ago that said a young woman walked to her death on a cliff, a witness said her eyes were open and stuff but she wasn't really awake. Kept walking like she had no idea the cliff was there."

"It ain't the same. Jesse, Enos and I are staying the night."

"Why?" Daisy exclaimed suddenly, practically rudely.

"We're putting Bo on a temporary suicide watch."

What should have been anger but was understanding surged through Bo. For once he actually believed Rosco just wanted to help. That the older man was genuinely worried for him.

"That's kind of you Rosco," Uncle Jesse began, "But I can watch after my own kin."

Rosco shifted his hat in his hands, "I just want to make sure it don't happen again that's all."

Oh god…Rosco was worried for him, something must have been up.

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