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A girl with strawberry blonde hair was lining up a shot on Boss's pool table, while Boss, dressed in his usual white suit, sat back in his chair, eating a banana spilt sundae waited for her to speak. Rosco was standing in the corner not liking this situation.
Now folks just to catch up, Jezebel Rinehart is the pretty strawberry blonde head. She promised Boss to put at least one of the Duke boys behind bars and she has everything she needs to do it too. But what you folks got to remember is, in Hazzard things are never predicable.
"So, have you got anything yet?" Boss asked annoyed.
"You need to relax Hogg," Jezebel told him, as she made her shot and a striped blue ball went into the corner pocket.
"Oh, naught, naught," Rosco scolded. "Don't call him Hogg, it's Boss to you."
"Listen, puppet boy," Jezebel started, turning on Rosco, "I don't need, or want some paid off rent-a-cop obstructing my first amendment to freedom of speech. So don't try and act like a cop around me."
"Ooh," Rosco cried, offended.
"Rosco," Boss said, "shut up and let the people with brains talk." Rosco pouted and Boss continued, "Now, unless you want me to throw you back in jail, you better got talking."
Jezebel leaned the pool cue against the wall, and walked over to Flash. She started petting the dog, and Flash rolled over and let Jezebel pet her stomach. Jezebel scratched Flash's ear and said, "Aren't you a cutie? I don't think I ever seen anything cuter. I bet you're a big help to Rosco when he takes you out on patrol, that way at least there's someone with a brain in the car."
Boss let out a chuckle and said to Rosco, "I like her, she's funny." He turned to Jezebel and said, "Now, tell me what you got on the Duke's boys."
Jezebel stood up straight and put her hand on her lower back. She reached down for her recorder in her back pocket and said, "Why don't we talk about you? Tell me how you make your real money." She pressed the record button.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Boss told her.
"I think you do, Jefferson David Hogg," Jezebel said loudly and clearly. "Tell me about your chop shops."
Boss had a laugh and questioned, "Now what makes you think I'd tell my deepest secrets to you?"
"Why don't you just admit that you framed a car thief called Red for running shine?"
"I knew I recognized you," Boss said. "You're Red's kin, how does he like Georgia State Prison?"
"Admit you framed him," Jezebel said.
Rosco, whom had been watching from the corner, now circled around Jezebel. He noticed a square bulge in her back pocket and looked at it intently. He tapped her on her shoulder and asked, "What's in your back pocket?"
Jezebel whirled around and seemed much panicked. "What? It's nothing."
Boss noticed it too. He put his sundae down and got up. He took a step towards Jezebel, trapping her between the pool table, Rosco and himself. He extended a fat, pudgy hand and commanded, "Hand it over."
Jezebel glanced between Rosco and Boss, and sighed. She pulled out her recorder and ejected the tape. She reluctantly handed it over. Boss had to struggle slightly to get it out of her hand, but once he did, he put it in a cassette player.
"So those arrows in the barn, are they legal?" Jezebel's voiced asked.
"Well, you can't buy them in a convenience store." Bo's voice answered.
"Do you buy them or steal them?"
"Luke buys them, I just drive."
"But they are illegal, right?"
Bo laughed and answered, "Yup, they're illegal, and that's why we don't parade them around town."
Boss stopped the tape and gave Jezebel a wide grin. "So, you had enough to put Luke Duke behind bars and you didn't tell me. You were letting me think you had nothing and that was deceitful of you."
"Well, I know it's a trait you can relate to," Jezebel responded. "Besides, I would have told you all about this tape, as soon as I thought you were desperate enough, Hogg."
Boss let out a laugh and headed towards the door. "Now Rosco, let's go write out a search warrant and an arrest warrant for Luke Duke."
"For Luke?" Jezebel asked, panic evident in her voice.
"For Luke," Boss clarified.
"You can't do that," Jezebel said, stepping between the door and Boss.
"Get out of the way," Rosco told her.
"No, she's right," Boss said unpredicted.
"She is?" Rosco asked astonished.
"I am?" Jezebel was equally astonished.
"Why yes," Boss said. "Follow me, I'll explain." He started walking around his office and Jezebel followed him. "You see, since you got the evidence for us, we should pay you."
"You're offering to pay me?" Jezebel asked her mouth hung open.
"You're going to pay her!"
Boss nodded and opened the door his supply closet. "Yes, I will pay you. You get paid with time in my closet." Boss shoved Jezebel into his supply closet, and quickly locked the door. Then he yelled through the door, "That's what you get for trying to dupe me."
Jezebel banged on the door and yelled, "Let me out of here Hogg, or you'll regret it!"
Boss waved his hand at the door and called for Rosco. "Let's go Rosco; those Dukes won't wait around forever."
"Um little fat buddy, what do you want me to do about her?" Rosco asked pointing his thumb at the closet door.
"Let the flea infested mutt guard her," Boss said. "Now let's go!"
"Stay Flash," Rosco said, before leaving Boss's office.
Folks, doesn't that just rub you the wrong way? Boss is going to arrest Luke, and the person who would know how to stop him is locked in his closet.
Luke was in the kitchen while Daisy was making dinner, while Bo was asleep on the couch and Alice was off with Jesse. Luke was tapping his fingers on the table, staring off into space. He was thinking about Jezebel, wondering what it was about her that him want to kiss and hit her. Of course, he would never hit someone just because they bothered him, however, if they hit him repeatedly and wanted a fight that was a different story. Only Jezebel was the kind of person you couldn't hit because you knew you would pay for it later on. She'd get in your mind and torture you till you die.
Luke sighed and ran a hand through his wavy dark brown hair. Daisy smiled at him and asked, "What's wrong sugar?"
"It's nothing," Luke answered her.
"I don't think so, I know something is wrong with you," Daisy told him. "Now come on, you can tell me."
"It just, I can't believe how bad our luck is," Luke said.
"What do you mean?"
"Only the Dukes would be unlucky enough to get stuck with someone like Jez-Jamie."
Daisy went to respond when she heard sirens. "What in the heck does Rosco want?"
Luke shrugged and the two of them went out to greet old Rosco. Rosco was looking mad and stupid, as usual. He held up some papers and said, "I've got an warrant to search the premises."
Daisy laughed while Luke shook his head. "Rosco, you're not going to find any moonshine," Luke reminded him.
"Who says I'm looking for moon shine?" Rosco replied. "I'm looking for illegal arrowheads."
Daisy and Luke exchanged worried glances, but said nothing. As Rosco began to snoop around the barn, Luke and Daisy followed closely. Rosco kicked a pile of hay, and hit the metal box.
"Oh, what you got here?" Rosco asked as he pushed some hay off of it. He opened up the box, and pulled out an arrow head. "I do believe these are illegal."
Luke back up a little, and glanced over at the general. He was debating if he could make it or not, when Rosco said, pulling out his gun, "I'm going to have to arrest you."
"Sure thing Rosco," Luke said, looking around the barn. "Put first I really have to give the mule its hay."
"Oh, well go right ahead and do it, but make it snappy," Rosco told him in a warning voice, waving his gun at him.
Luke nodded and slowly picked up some hay. Then in a swift motion, Luke threw it at Rosco and ran to the General. Luke hopped in and quick peeled out of the Duke farm.
Rosco, who was trying to find his gun after it was knocked out of his hand and landed in a pile of hay, finally found it and ran to his car. He turned on his CB and called out to Enos, "Enos, come in this is your superior officer coming at ya."
"I'm here sir, waiting by Tetley Bridge just like you said," Enos told him, and Rosco knew he had that silly grin on his face.
"I'm in hot pursuit of the General Lee, so don't let Luke get pas the bridge, you hear me dipstick?"
"Yes sir, over and out."
"How could Rosco have known where the arrows were?" Luke asked out loud as he was driving into town, with the occasional glance back to make sure Rosco hadn't caught up with him. "The only people who know about them wouldn't turn Bo and me in. Unless it was…"
Luke replayed the conversation Jezebel had with him, when he was teaching her how to shoot a bow and arrow. She was asking questions about exploding arrow heads. How could he have been so blind? She was snooping around the barn, was asking questions, and had the same amount of morals as a no good, dirty rat. She had turned him in, and was now probably laughing about it with Boss Hogg.
Well Luke wasn't going to let her get away with this. He was going to make her pay for what she did. He wasn't sure how, but he would make her pay.
Luke was so filled with a fiery anger that he stopped looking for Rosco or Enos over his shoulder or answered Bo and Daisy even though they were frantically calling him on the CB. He wanted to get the Boars Nest so bad he just headed off the road. He went over creeks and through fields of wildflowers, never easing his foot off the gas petal.
Luke's madder then a vegetarian at a barbecue.
Luke came speeding into the Boars Nest parking lot, and just stopped a few inches of hitting the Boars Nest. Luke climbed out angrily and stormed into Boss Hogg's office through the back.
"Now you listen here Boss," Luke started yelling, but stopped abruptly seeing the empty room. Luke scratched his head and said, "If he ain't here, then he must be at the jailhouse."
Luke went to leave when he spotted Flash, alone. Luke found this extremely strange. Rosco loved that dog more then life itself, so why in the world would he leave her alone? Especially when there were so many things she could hurt herself with? Luke went up to her and started scratching her belly, saying, "Hiya girl. What's going on? Why did Rosco leave you here alone?"
Flash began to whimper and broke away from Luke. She waddled up to the storage closet door, and began scratching at it while whimpering louder. Luke gave Flash a confused look and asked, "What is it girl?"
As if an answer to Luke's question, there was a crash and a moan from the other side of the door. Luke knocked on the door and asked, "Is anyone in there?"
"No, the other boxes of raw pigs' feet and me just thought we have ourselves a little avalanche," a voice spat back.
"Well, since no one's in there, I guess I'll leave," Luke told the voice.
"NO!" There was a pause and then the voice asked, "Can you do me a favor?"
"Get the door open?" Luke suggested.
"Yes, but also can you do me another?"
Luke grimaced and said, "I don't think I will have enough time. I really ought to be going right now."
"Then do me the second favor please," the voice said with an urgency.
"What?" Luke asked.
"Can you go out to the Duke farm and warn Luke to move the arrows?"
Luke slammed his fist into the door and yelled, "Jezebel is that you?"
"Luke? Well, I guess you already know Rosco is trying to arrest you for the passion of illegal arrowhead," Jezebel said through the door with a nervous laugh.
"Jezebel, I'm going to make you pay," Luke told her.
"Not so fast," Rosco said, waving his gun.
Luke groaned and put his hands up. Rosco gladly took his chance and handcuffed Luke before he could escape. Luke glared at the door and wanted nothing more then to keep Jezebel locked in the closet for a whole month with out any food. Rosco had forgotten all about Jezebel, and was to over come with excitement of catching a Duke to remember. The only thing he did remember though, right before leaving, was to call Flash.
Jezebel groaned and banged her head against the wall, and repeatedly called herself stupid. Finally she looked at the small window that was about a couple feet out of her reach and said, "This is going to hurt."
She stacked a couple of boxes, and grabbed a dirty rag. She climbed on top of the boxes, and made a fist with her right hand. She covered it with a rag, and then with all her might she smashed her first into the window. She muffled a scream as the window shattered, and she felt a ripple of pain go down her arm. She quickly pulled off the rag and let it fall to the ground.
She inspected her right arm. There were minor cuts where the rag didn't protect against the shards of glass, but nothing that looked serious. She figured she would have Alice check it out, since she was a nurse.
The worst was over; she had broken open her exit.
Daisy and Bo had jumped into the Dixie, and sped off after Rosco and Luke. As Daisy drove, Bo was calling Luke on the CB and getting no answer. Bo frustrated cried, "How in the world did Rosco know about 'em arrows?"
Daisy shrugged and said, "I don't know, but I do know Boss must have something up his fat sleeve."
As the two of them pulled into the Boar's Nest, they saw Luke being led away in handcuffs, and Rosco chuckling. Daisy gripped the steering wheel, and gazed hatefully at Rosco. Bo sighed and said, "We better call Uncle Jesse."
"Lost Sheep to Shepherd, come in Shepherd," Bo called.
"This is Shepherd here. Bo what do you think you're doing being out of bed?" Jesse stern voice was clear over the crackle of static.
Daisy took the CB and answered for Bo. "Uncle Jesse, Luke's been arrested!"
"On what charges?"
"The possession of illegal arrows."
"How did Rosco find out about them?" Jesse asked.
"We were trying to figure that out," Bo said.
"All right, meet at Cooter's Garage and we'll figure something out from there," Jesse informed them.
"That's a big ten-four," Bo told him.
As Alice and Jesse were waiting for Bo and Daisy, Alice kept feeling as though she was being watched. No, she felt more as though a cat was watching her. As strange as it sounded, there was no other way for her to describe it. A strange sensation where there was a pair of unblinking eyes watching and following her every movement.
She didn't have time to dwell on it. Bo and Daisy arrived, and they started talking with Jesse about what was going on and what they would do. Yet the cat watching sensation didn't go away. She looked around, and thought she saw a figure lurking in the shadows of a near by alleyway. Alice slowly headed away from Dukes, and towards the alleyway. The dark shape retreated, which made Alice walk quicker to the alleyway.
She looked around the alleyway and saw nothing. She turned to go back to the safety of the garage when an arm reached out and grabbed her. A hand quickly flew to Alice's mouth and her captor whispered, "Don't scream, Wonderland."
Alice's eyes grew wide and her captor rapidly released her. Alice spun around and started hitting the other person in the alleyway.
"Ow, ow. Stop it, I'm wounded," the seconded person said, holding up a bloody right arm.
Alice hit Jezebel again and said, "Jezebel, you know I hate that nickname." She paused and looked at Jezebel's arm. "What did you do?"
"I broke out of a supply closet," she answered her as though it was an ordinary, everyday activity.
"What were you doing in a supply closet?"
"I'll explain that later," Jezebel said. "First, you have to help break Luke out of jail."
"How am I supposed to do that?" Alice asked annoyed.
"I have a plan," Jezebel said with a wild grin.
