Things it seemed were back to the way they were before Luke went off to 'Nam. Luke was getting back into doing the chores, but at night Bo noticed that Luke would always leave the house and return about an hour later. Two weeks after Luke got home, Bo decided to follow Luke on his late night walks.
As Bo followed Luke from the house, Jesse was just getting back from his 'shine run and he saw the boy leave. He figuered Bo went after Luke, so when he got into the kitchen he left them a note on not to worry about the chores.
Luke walked in the woods around the property because he woke up from a nightmare. He decided to check the property; just in case. Bo followed from a distance. Luke heard someone behind him so he circled around and came up behind Bo. Although at this point Luke didn't realize who he was following. He wasn't in their woods anymore; he was 9,200 miles away.
He turned Bo around, pushed him against a tree and held his kbar to his throat. Bo grabbed Luke's wrist and held the knife away from his neck. He pushed hard against Luke, then put his foot behind Luke's leg and pushed him backwards. Luke fell and took Bo down with him. Bo tried to get the kbar away from Luke. They rolled on the ground each trying to get the upper hand. Luke got on top of Bo and lifted the kbar, Bo grabbed his wrist and tried to push back. Luke was stronger than Bo and pushed the kbar into Bo's left shoulder.
Bo screamed and punched Luke hard, knocking him out. Bo kicked the kbar away, and sat against a tree waiting for Luke to wake. Several minutes later Luke stirred and looked around.
"What the hell?" He looked around and saw Bo sitting against a tree holding his right hand on his left shoulder; in an attempt to stop the bleeding.
"Are you, you?" Asked Bo.
"What?" Luke looked at Bo more closely. "Bo, you're hurt! What happened?"
"I followed you from the house. You must of thought I was someone else."
"I did this?"
"Yes." Bo was trying hard to stay awake, he was losing alot of blood.
"Come on Bo." Luke got Bo up and walked him to the truck. He got him in the truck and drove to Doc Petticord's. Luke consintrated on the road ahead of them, not saying a word.
"Luke, talk to me."
"What's to say Bo?" Luke looked at Bo and noticed that he was very pale. "I almost killed you."
"You weren't yourself Luke."
"What?"
"Remember when Mr. Johnson came back several years ago?" Bo closed his eyes.
"Don't Bo!" Luke shook Bo's leg. "Don't fall asleep!"
"Mr. Johnson didn't act like himself at first. Grandma Johnson said it was because of the war and what he saw there." Luke nodded, then added. "Flashbacks and nightmares."
"Yeah. I reckon you were having one." Luke didn't answer Bo, instead he just looked at the road ahead. Luke stopped the truck in front of Doc's clinic/home, and helped Bo out of the truck. They got to the door and Luke knocked. He only had to knock a couple of times. A young girl answered the door.
"Hey Jamie. Is your grandpa home? I need his help." Before she could answer Doc came up behind her.
"Now honey what did I tell ya about answering the door at night?"
"That I shouldn't. I'm sorry." She hung her head down, she knew she disappointed her grandpa.
"Go back to your room honey." Doc looked at Luke and then Bo. "What happened Lukas?"
"Bo's hurt."
"I see that. Bring him on in." Luke got him in the back room and Doc started to work on him.
"Jackie!" Doc called for his son. "I need more blood. O Positive, six units. Tell them I got a shoulder wound, patient lost alot of blood. Go to Tri-County Hospital, now!" Jackie left while Doc worked on Bo. He hung up a bag of plasma to use until the blood got there. He didn't have alot of plasma or blood at the clinic; he didn't get alot of patients that required alot of blood.
"How did this happen?" He asked Bo.
"Fell in the barn. Landed on something. Luke pulled it out." Bo lied. He didn't want Luke to get into trouble. Doc nodded, he knew Bo was lying to him, but he wasn't going to call him on it. While Bo was being tended to, Luke sat in the waiting room and fell asleep. He woke up when he heard the screen door slam shut.
"Here dad." Jackie gave him the blood. Doc took the blood and Jackie went to talk to Luke.
"Hey Luke." Luke smiled and shook Jackie's hand.
"How ya doin'?" Luke asked.
"Fine, and you?"
"Is Bo gonna be ok?" Luke avoided the question.
"I think so." Jackie took a good look at Luke, then asked. "Are you?"
"Don't know." Jackie nodded then told Luke. "Why don't you go on back and check on Bo?" Luke did what Jackie suggested. He walked into the room and saw Bo with oxygen tubes in his nose and an IV in his arm. He almost cried knowing that it was him that put Bo there.
"He'll be fine Lukas." Doc assured him when he saw the look of dispare in Luke's eyes.
"Thanks Doc."
"Does Jesse know you two are here?" Luke just shook his head.
"I'll call him."
"Thanks." Doc left the room to make the call.
"Hey Jesse, this is Doc Petticord. I got the boys here."
"They ok?"
"Bo got hurt, had to stitch him up. He lost alot of blood. Told me he fell in the barn. Landed on something."
"You don't believe him?"
"Didn't say that Jesse."
"You didn't have to."
"Now Jesse, don't you get bent out of shape about Bo lyin' to me. I'm sure he has a very good reason. You brought them boys up right, they know better than to lie to me."
"There is no good reason to be lyin' to ya."
"Jesse leave it be. Now, I've got enough stories that I can tell the boys..."
"Alright, alright. You win. I won't do nothin' to Bo for lyin'."
"Good. Because whatever it is, Luke looks very upset at what happened to Bo."
"Thanks for callin' Doc. Tell them not to worry about chores today."
"Will do. Bye." Doc hung up and went back to talk to Luke.
Later that afternoon, Bo was sent home with some restrictions. Luke was quiet on the ride home.
"What happened Luke? Why were you walking in the woods?"
"I had a dream. Nightmare, whatever you want to call it. I had to check to see if the perimeter was secure." Bo was surprised at that statement.
"Luke, you're home. This is Hazzard not 'Nam. There is no bad guys here to protect us from." Luke pulled the truck to the side of the road and got out.
When Bo saw Luke run, he got out of the truck. "Luke! Luke stop, please!" Hearing the desperate sound in Bo's voice, Luke stopped and fell to the ground onto his knees. Bo reached him and realized that Luke was crying. He knelt down next to him and rubbed his back.
"It's ok Luke. Everything is goin' to be ok." Several minutes later Luke wiped his eyes and got up.
"Come on Luke. Lets get home, we're both tired."