The Funeral
The next morning Luke was awakened by the sounds of Bo's screams,
quickly jumping out of bed he shook Bo's shoulder, waking him up. "It's
okay Bo, you're safe now," Luke soothed his cousin as Bo lay with his
eyes closed taking deep shuddering breaths as he tried to calm down.
"You want to talk about it?" Luke asked softly.
"Not much to tell really it was just a nightmare." at Luke's
disbelieving look he went on, "didn't think that would work. What do you
want me to say Luke, for three days I was tortured and the only reason
was cause the guy is crazy. Then he gives me that poison and I get
to see ya'll's faces when you find me, hear you scream cause ya think
I'm dead. All through the wake I could hear everything that was said,
and I was in so much pain but I couldn't move or talk. And the worst
part was knowing I was gonna be buried alive and Wilson was gonna use
that to hurt you even more, he was gonna make sure you knew I was alive
when you buried me. So ya know what I just want this guy caught and I
wish I could go with you and Cooter but I know I can't, so I'll wait
and trust you cause I know I can, then I just want to forget all of this"
By the time Bo finished there were tears streaming down both their faces.
"Bo I'm sorry you went through all that you did, I'd give anything if
I could turn back the clock, but I promise we will get him. Now you
said he was figuring on me coming back to your grave after the funeral
and that's when he'll try to kill me." at Bo's nod, Luke continued.
"Okay, I know you can't be there so I'll tell you the basic plan. After
everybody leaves me and Cooter are gonna sneak back up there while Uncle
Jesse goes and gets Roscoe and Enos to come back and help. We'll wait
half an hour then I'll go to your grave while Cooter watches from hiding.
When Wilson comes out after me he'll be in for a surprise and after we
get him we'll have Roscoe and Enos take him to jail. By noon it'll all
be over with and you'll be safe from him. Now we better start getting
ready if we're gonna pull this off." As Luke stood up to begin getting
ready Bo grabbed his hand, "Be careful cousin, he's crazy no tellin what
he might do. I want you to come back in one piece, Luke promise me
you'll be careful."
"I promise Bo you ain't got to worry about it. Mike Wilson is the only one who needs to worry, he's going down one way or the other."
"Luke one more thing, he aint worth you going to prison for." Bo told him. Luke's response was quick and instinctive, "Maybe not but you are, don't worry, much as I'd like to I don't plan to kill him but if that's what it takes then I will."
A few hours later found Luke and Cooter hiding in the trees near the
cemetary, waiting to give Uncle Jesse time to come back with Roscoe and
Enos. Plus they didn't want Mike Wilson getting suspicious if Luke
showed up too soon. However it was Cooter and Luke who got surprised
when they saw Wilson emerge from the other side of the cemetary. He
was carrying a tape recorder which was hooked up to this thing that
looked like a small satelite dish. "What in the world is that?" Cooter
whispered. Luke began to shrug his shoulders when he realized what
Wilson had probably planned. "I think it's a microphone, my God he
must've planned to record Bo's reaction when he woke up buried alive.
We've got to take him now, if he realized Bo isn't in there we might
lost him." And with that they rushed from their hiding place to tackle
Mike Wilson to the ground. Luke reached him first, he soon had him on
the ground, as he pummled Wilson, Cooter tried to pull him off. "Come
on Luke you're gonna kill him, LUKE! STOP!" turning when he heard
several cars Cooter was glad to see reinforcements. Between the two of
them Cooter and Roscoe were soon able to pull Luke from Mike Wilson.
"Enos cuff 'em and stuff 'em," Roscoe ordered pointing at Wilson, this
was when Mike Wilson spoke up. "I want him arrested for assault Sherriff"
if he couldn't kill him Mike thought he'd settle for putting him in a
cage of his own. "Don't know what you're talking about, all I saw was
Luke Duke defending himself."
"But Sherriff that's not..." Enos began only to be stopped by Roscoe,
"Hush up Enos you dipstick, now I say it was self defense you understand
me?"
"Yes sir Sherriff, self defense" Roscoe gave a short nod, "Allright
that's more like it, now you take him to the jail and call the Marshalls
to come get him. They can take him back to prison where he belongs"
Roscoe turned to the others "Jesse I'm real glad Bo's alive and I know
he's probably not up to it yet, but I will need a statement about what
Wilson did to him," Roscoe told them. Jesse quickly assured him they'd
call him in a day or two, soon as Bo was up to a statement.
When they returned home Daisy and Dr. Appleby were waiting, as soon as they were told Mike Wilson was in custody the Dr. called for an ambulance to take Bo to the hospital for a thorough exam, while Daisy excitedly hugged Cooter and Uncle Jesse. Luke had disappered into the bedroom before she could hug him, he wanted to tell Bo himself. Wanted to let him know he was safe, that Mike Wilson would never hurt him again.
TBC
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