Welcome to my next chapter. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Please take the time and review. I'd love to hear what you think.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Dukes, or anything in Hazzard County. The two baddies are mine.

Now on with the show

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Luke: Help me Bo!

Balladeer: Luke jus' fell inta some quicksand in the swamps of Hazzard. Don't leave just now.

Bo: Luke, quit movin.' That's quicksand, it'll pull ya down quicker 'n lightnin' if ya don't stop.

Luke is chest deep in it and is slowly sinking, he stops squirming. Bo runs to and finds a tree branch and comes back to Luke. Bo glances over and sees Biff just behind him.

Bo: Grab it Luke, we'll pull ya out.

Luke grabs the end and tries to brace himself so that he can get pulled out easier. While he was doing that, he accidentally pulls hard on the branch which yanks Bo into the quicksand. Alan and Biff are now nowhere to be found.

Bo: I think we're in trouble Luke.

Luke: Ya think?

The sand is now up to Luke's neck. He looks around and sees that he is fairly close to hard ground.

Luke: Bo, give me the stick. I got an idea.

Bo: I sure hope it works… I don't want to think about otherwise. He hands off the stick to Luke I really don't wanna die.

Luke: We're gonna get out o' this, hang on cousin.

Luke raises the stick and slams an end into where he thinks the hard ground is. It misses the hard ground and is in the quicksand. The sand has now creeped up over Luke's mouth making him unable to speak. Luke looks over at Bo with his crystal blues. Sadness and fear suddenly appear and are now obvious in his eyes.

Bo: Luke, don't you dare give up on me cousin!

After hearing his cousin, Luke's eyes change from showing fear to unwavering fierce determination. Those eyes told Bo I ain't givin' up on you cousin. I ain't gonna let you die. Luke then pulls the stick out of the mucky sand. He raises it as high as he can over his head and slams the stick into the ground, this time hitting home. The stick is vertical to the ground and is stuck in strong. Luke grabs hold of his end of the stick and inch by inch he pulls himself out. Luke then looks over at Bo who is now neck deep in the quicksand.

Bo: Luke help me.

Luke: I'm comin' Bo, everythin'll be alright.

Luke pulls the branch out of the ground and runs with it as close as he can to where Bo is stuck in the ground.

Luke: Grab the stick Bo.

Luke braces himself and pulls on his end of the stick once Bo grips his end. Bo raises up a bit but then the movement stops.

Bo: I'm slippin'!

Luke: Hang on Bo!

Luke eases up on the stick and lets Bo get a better hold. Luke then spots an old tree stump nearby and then uses it as a lever. He puts his end of the stick across it and pushes down. Bo's shoulders appear, and then his midsection. Soon his long legs appear and reach over towards the hard ground. Bo plops in a heap to the hard ground safely.

Luke: Y'allright Bo?

Bo: I think I should be askin' you that question. I'm alright Luke.

Luke: So am I.

Balladeer: Whoowee. My heart was jumpin like a jackrabbit bein' chased by a pack o' coyot's. I'm glad those good ol' boys are doin' alright. They had me plumb scared fer a minute there.

Bo: That 'as a close one Luke.

Luke: Don't I know it.

Bo: I wonder where ya two buddies went. I don't see 'em anywhere.

Balladeer: Bo's right. They aren't anywhere near there. I don't know if y'all saw, but when Luke first fell in that quicksand, they sneaked off. While the Duke boys catch their breath, lets see what happened with those other two and where they are now, and what they've done since they've done and sneaked off.

The shot goes back in time and is from the two baddies point of view. Luke is just falling into the quicksand

Alan: Come on Biff

Biff: Just a sec.

Biff goes behind Bo just as Bo said "We'll pull ya out." As Luke grabs the stick, Biff pushes so Bo sprawls forward into the sand. Biff quickly and quietly retreats unseen back to where Alan was which was far enough that they couldn't be heard by the Duke Boys.

Alan: Good thinkin' Biff.

Biff: We got 'em. There's no way they can git out o' that quicksand themselves. They'll both be dead in a couple minutes.

Alan: It's finally the end of Luke Duke. The man who betrayed us an' hurt us, an' we didn't have ta get messy with 'im.

Biff: Did ya see the look on his face when his cousin "fell" in? It was priceless. I got all my revenge in that one look he had. He chuckles

Alan: Yeah. Now lets get goin,' We don't wanna be 'round when people start lookin' fer them. Lets go see if we can find the real treasure Boss Hogg was lookin' fer. Can you believe Luke fell fer our fib?

Biff: "At was great. Well, now, the compass is really pointing a little more south from here.

Alan: It's a good thing we really do know these swamps. Lets get lookin', then we'll take all the treasure for ourself and get the heck outa here.

Biff: I've got a better idea. We can get all the treasure plus a large bonus from that marshmallow commissioner if ya get my meanin'?

Alan: Brilliant idea Biff. Now let's take the boat an' go get that treasure to the south.

Balladeer: Now Bo an' Luke have caught their breath. Let's see what they're goin' to do next.

Bo: So where do ya think they went? They was jus' behind us 'afore we fell in right?

Luke: I don't' know, and I don't know how far they was. Let's retrace our steps an' see if we can find 'em.

Bo: Good idea.

Bo and Luke head back the way they came from, going through the underbrush cat tail and weeds. They are startled when they can't find the boat where they left it.

Bo: The boat ain't there!

Luke: It sure looks like it.

Bo: Could the boat have gotten loose and floated away?

Luke: I doubt it. If it did, it wouldn't have gotten far. We'd be able ta see it.

Bo: What do ya think happened?

Luke: I got a feelin' Biff and Alan took it. I think I saw 'em sneakin' off when you was tryin' t' pull me out of that quicksand. They might not be the friends that I remember. Somethin' is different. They ain't the friends I thought they was.

Bo: Luke I just remembered somethin' While I was tryin' ta pull you out, something behind me pushed on the branch, and made me fall in. I think it was Biff.

Luke: They definitely ain't the friends they was before. Bo, we're gonna have ta get out of here on foot. We left the General at the docks which are southwest of here. Lets get goin'. We wanna be out o' here before dark. It's dangerous at night with all the 'gators that come out.

Bo: Ya don't need ta tell me twice.

Balladeer: Now folks, the Dukes are leavin' the fryin' pan an' goin' inta the fire, they just don't know it. Don't go away now.