Okay folks, there's gonna be a few more chapters. I thought that two would have covered it but I'm off by a bit. Eventually this story has to have an ending…

Bo's Awake!

"Just relax son," Uncle Jesse was telling his youngest nephew who was confused about his surroundings. "You and Luke were in an accident," Uncle Jesse said.

Dr. Jorgensen slowly made his way to the bed . "This is Dr. Jorgensen, Bo. He's the one that has helped you recover." Dr. Jorgensen did a quick check of Bo and found that he seemed to be doing okay.

Suddenly Bo realized that Luke wasn't there. "Where was Luke?" Bo thought to himself.

Uncle Jesse must have read his mind because he said, "Luke's was a bit worse for wear when y'all came in. He's in another room where he can be observed closely." Uncle Jesse prayed for two things: For Bo not putting two and two together about what part of the hospital Luke was in, which was I.C.U. and that KK was not there either. He hoped that he would believe that KK was at school.

Although his throat was scratchy from the breathing tube and not being used for days Bo wanted to know where KK was. Luke had ingrained in him that if something was to happen to him that he needed to take care of KK.

"Where's KK?" Bo asked in a whisper.

Uncle Jesse knew that he was between a rock and a hard place with Bo when he asked that the question. Uncle Jesse thought about it for a moment, looked at Daisy and Dr. Jorgensen and decided to tell Bo the honest truth.

"Bo, I want you to listen to me. First of all, thanks to your cousin, those responsible who were responsible for the accident are now in jail and facing numerous charges. I also don't want you to get upset over what I'm going to tell you because there's no need to. "

Uncle Jesse paused for a moment before continuing. "Yesterday was Sunday and Steve and her were together eating lunch when KK had a strange feeling. You know how she gets these feelings once in a while."

Bo nodded.

"Anyways, she felt very uncomfortable, like someone was following her. Sure enough there was. We were all able to get her away from those that were following her and meet back at Cooter's Garage. We were talking and she said out of the blue, "there after me again, aren't they." Bo, she remembered being taken when she was three. I was able not to tell her that it was her father and his buddies but she knows that there are people after her. Anyways, she had enough and wanted to catch these people that did this to her. She was the bait.

"Bait? Why let her?" Bo said in an agitated whisper.

"What was I suppose to do Bo? They knew what KK looked like. Anyways, where Routes 19 and 63 meet it's very curvy and they all met by accident." He gave Bo a few moments to digest what he had just said before telling Daisy to pull back the curtain.

When Daisy did, tears came to Bo's eyes seeing his cousin KK laying unconscious in the bed next to him. Bo made a motion of trying to get out of the bed to go to her but Uncle Jesse held him down. "Bo, you've just woken up yourself."

"Listen," Dr. Jorgensen said figuring that this would be the situation, "Mr. Duke pick up your niece up and with your other niece's help will bring her over to your nephew's bed and just follow what I did to return her to her own bed."1

Once she was placed in Bo's arms, Dr. Jorgensen watched KK's monitors for any significant change. He made a mental note that as soon as she was in the hands of Bo that her vital signs seemed to calm down a bit. Dr. Jorgensen believed that although KK was unconscious, her subconscious knew where she was and felt safer in the arms of her cousin. Once she was in his arms, Bo wouldn't have cared if the world crumbled around him. She was safe and secure and nothing else was going to harm her. He totally zoned out on what the doctor, Uncle Jesse or Daisy had said once he had her. He did not notice that Dr. Jorgensen or Uncle Jesse had slipped out quietly.

"Daisy," Uncle Jesse whispered in her ear, "I'm going to call Steve to let him know what's going on. He seems to be so engrossed with KK that he should be okay for a bit."

As the two men were walking out, Dr. Jorgensen said, "I'll come by in a little bit and check up on the two. I must say that KK must somehow realize that she was in Bo's arms."

"You didn't miss that either. I noticed that her blood pressure went down a bit among other things once he had her," Uncle Jesse said.

"If something comes up have the nurse page me. There's no reason that he can't cuddle with her as long as he's careful about her head," Dr. Jorgensen said and left Uncle Jesse to make his phone call.

As the two men left, Daisy sat down and let Bo reacquaint himself with his beloved cousin. She soon realized that Bo had forgotten that she was in the room as he talked to her. She was use to this. There was a special connection between Bo and KK that no one could exactly explain. Words weren't necessary between the two. Bo had some type of magical charm, as Uncle Jesse put it once, which allowed him to help KK when no one else, including Luke, could.

When KK first arrived Daisy remembered how jealous she was of KK. Not only did she keep her up throughout the night, but suddenly no one paid attention to her. As time went on and answers to why KK did certain things were answers Daisy realized how silly she was. KK didn't show love for her family like a normal child did, but if you allowed her to show you in her own way then you realized how much of a heart KK really had.

When Daisy moved out because the boys hovered around her too much it was KK's idea to teach the boys a lesson on how much work that Daisy contributes she puts in for the family and that she could take care of herself. She remembered the desperate phone call from KK wondering if together they could go out to eat somewhere. Daisy laughed when KK told her that the three men in the kitchen were arguing on the way to boil water. She could hear them in the background. KK said, "Daisy, whatever I have to do to get you back home, tell me. I don't know how much more I can handle their cooking or lack thereof." After she arrived home, KK told Daisy the story of how she marched into the kitchen and told the three men standing there, "Whatever you have to do to get Daisy to move back in you better do it. I'm gonna starve to death while the three of you try and figure out how to boil water! In the meantime I'm going to go to Steve's and see what he's got," and actually went to go to Steve's house.

As Daisy was lost in thought….Uncle Jesse went to a payphone and made a call to Steve.

"Hello," Steve said groggily.

"Hi Steve," Uncle Jesse said in a cheery voice.

"Hi Mr. Duke. What's up?"

"Bo is awake."

It took Steve a minute to realize what Uncle Jesse had said. Bo's awake?"

"Yeah."

"Does he know about KK?"

"Yeah. He asked about her right away. I figured it was better to tell him the truth up front then wait."

"I agree with you. So…how is he?"

"Bo seems to be okay. Of course there's gonna be tests that will need to be done to see if any skills are diminished but I don't believe anything will be different with him. When are you going to be up here?"

"Maybe in an hour or so."

"All right, I'll talk to you then."

Uncle Jesse and Steve said there goodbyes and finished their phone calls.

When Uncle Jesse returned to the room he could hear, but not understand the soft murmuring from Bo to KK. Daisy was looking out the window waiting for Uncle Jesse to return.

Uncle Jesse went to the window and whispered, "How long as he been at this?" meaning Bo talking to KK.

"Ever since you left to make the phone call."

Uncle Jesse walked over to Bo's bed not knowing what to do or what to say to him but something to bring him back to reality.

"Bo," Uncle Jesse said.

Not taking his eyes off of KK, "Yes,"

"She's gonna be okay."

"Yeah, I know. I just feel responsible for her. Luke's not able to take care of her so I have to step up to the plate."

"I know, Bo."

"She's gonna be okay, ain't she."

"Bo, to be truthful with you I think physically yes, but mentally is another story."

"Why would you say that?"

"Because we don't know what's gonna happen to Luke. What is the last thing you remember?"

Bo turned his attention to Uncle Jesse and searched his memory bank. The last thing he remembered was screaming at Luke to wake up and then waking up at the hospital. "Luke was unconscious and I yelled at him to wake up and then waking up here in the hospital."

"He just collapsed?"

"Yeah, we were talking one moment, I looked out the window of the General and it was suddenly quiet. He was limp over the steering wheel. I don't know what happened after that."

"The short story is that the General crashed into a tree. KK, Karen, Aaron and Matt walked home together from school. KK and Matt saw the car and pulled both of you out of the car before a tree crashed on it."

"Whoa. How's the General?" Bo asked even though it was stupid to ask about the car when his cousins' lives were hanging in the balance.

"It's repairable. Anyway, KK had a feeling that the tree was going to fall and the two of them got you out of the car. KK then CBed me letting me know where she was at before the tree crashed onto the General." Uncle Jesse paused a moment to let Bo catch his breath as to where the story was going.

"Bo, I don't want you to get upset but you need to know the truth. I don't know if Luke is going to survive."

"What?" Bo said shocked and gripped KK a bit tighter.

"Luke has died and been revived a few times. Even KK has been a witness to it. The hospital staff believes that if Luke wakes up that he won't be the same Luke we have come to love. He'll be radically different. He may not have the same mentally that he once did. We won't know the entire damage until he wakes up. KK has the feeling that everything will be alright. I'm not saying that there isn't a possibility, but the odds are in the favor that if he does wake up he won't be the Luke we all remember. If Luke is not okay – you know that KK is gonna rely on you like she does for Luke."

"I know," Bo said with a tear in his eye. I just hope everything turns out the way KK wants it.

End of Part 25

1 I doubt that this would happen in reality but hey it's my story!