Chapter 2
Chapter 2
"What are you going this way for?" Daisy asked as Xavier turned off the main road that led to the Duke farm.
"If I know Rosco, he had a speed trap set for us. The back road way should be clear."
"Come on Dad, you can out run Rosco." Alicia said from the back seat.
"I could, but I promised your mother I wouldn't speed while you're in the car."
"Please, Mom?"
"No."
A while later, as they drove down a different dirt road, sirens sounded behind them. Looking in the rear view mirror, Xavier asked, "Is that Brooke or Rosco?"
Also looking behind them, Daisy said, "It's Brooke. Why is she pulling us over?"
Xavier stopped the car and climbed out. "Brooklyn, you know I obey the speed limit when Alicia is in the car."
Brooklyn Calloway Davenport stepped out of her patrol car flashing Xavier her entrancing smile. "What makes you think every time I stop you it's to give you a ticket? I'm just pulling you over to wish you a happy anniversary."
"I don't buy that. You could have just said that at the party."
"All right then, you want to know why? I just got off patrol. I was trying to find my way back to town. I was lost."
"Brooke, you've been in Hazzard a lot longer then I have, I've been here six years, and you're still getting lost? And where were you patrolling?"
Brooklyn flushed a little, but her smile never wavered. "If I knew exactly where I was …patrolling… it would be much easier getting back from …there."
"Just follow us." Xavier said rolling his eyes.
As Xavier got back into Nellie, Daisy asked, "Lost again?" Alicia giggled in the back seat as Xavier shook his head despairingly.
Once at the Duke farm, they saw the General wasn't there. "Where's Bo and Luke?" Xavier asked Jesse, who was wearing a suit and his red hat.
"I don't know, they left about an hour ago, said they had a surprise for you and Daisy." Then turning to Brooke, he said, "I thought you'd come with Cooter."
Brooke, still wearing her smile, put a finger to her lips, and gestured at the Nathanial's, then whispered, "You'll see."
About a half-hour later, the Dukes pulled in, but they weren't alone, Cooter was with them, riding a gleaming motorcycle. "Wow, nice ride!" Xavier said. "Where'd you pick that up?"
"Atlanta. And it's not mine."
"Then who…" a surprised and delighted expression crossed Xavier's face. "This is the surprise! You got me a motorcycle! And this is why you sent me home early!"
"Now Xavier, what makes you think we got you a motorcycle?" Bo said, a broad grin on his face. "We got you, in the plural, a motorcycle. Daisy, just for that, you get to ride it first."
Daisy was wearing almost the same expression as Xavier. "Oh, it's beautiful!" she exclaimed and rushed down to her cousins and hugged them tight then gave Cooter a kiss on the cheek.
As Cooter gave Daisy a quick tutorial, Xavier gestured for Bo and Luke to join him, Brooke and Uncle Jesse inside. "What's the matter Xavier?" Luke asked, sensing something was troubling his distant cousin.
"I want to know something. Who is Hughie Hogg?"
"Hughie Hogg, who told you about him?" Luke asked.
"He drove by our house earlier today."
Brooke's smile vanished "I guess he didn't learn his lesson last time." Brooke said mildly, masking her concern.
"So did J.D., but Hughie never gives up." Jesse said. "Hughie Hogg is J.D.'s nephew. He's the worst threat Hazzard has faced since General Sherman. I'm not going to bother counting how many times he's tried to take over Hazzard. He came closest last time, about seven years ago, but Brooke had returned to Hazzard after being gone for a year and managed to help us save Hazzard."
"Hey, what are you doing in here? The party is outside." Cooter said opening the front door.
Brooklyn said, "He's right, let's worry about him later."
"Worry about what?" Cooter asked.
Brooklyn looked at her husband sadly, "Hughie Hogg is back."
Hughie Hogg slowly opened the window, slipped inside Boss Hogg's record room then slid the window closed behind him. He doubted his uncle was going to be any more willing to let him back in Hazzard then he was last time, so he needed to find something to blackmail Boss into letting him stay. He couldn't afford Boss interfering in his latest plan to take over Hazzard.
Suddenly the door opened and Boss Hogg walked in. Boss let out a gasp clutching at his chest, and for a moment Hughie thought he was having a heart attack. "Rosco!" Boss yelled. Rosco burst into the room drawing his pearl-handled pistol. "Arrest my rotten nephew!"
Rosco didn't need telling twice, he hadn't forgotten how Hughie's last visit led to the death of Flash. "All right! Freeze!" Rosco yelled. Hughie tried to run for it, forgetting he had shut the window behind him. He smacked into the window and fell backward clutching his face. This gave Rosco time to cuff him. "I oughta put you below the jail." Rosco growled, hauling Hughie to his feet. "Payback for Flash."
Hughie was marched downstairs and thrown into a cell, his face burning in humiliation. Nobody was ever caught by Rosco, yet he had been?
Looks like Boss Hogg has an anniversary gift for Daisy and Xavier to. Don' go nowhere.