Chapter 3

Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane felt incredibly important. For some unknown reason beyond my comprehension, Boss Hogg left it up to ol' Rosco to hire someone to do the dirty work.

Stupid, stupid move.

Rosco had Enos do it. But where we left Enos last, he was talking to Daisy, and now she has a plan. So maybe Enos was not the right choice after all.

But for now, Enos was going to load the General Lee with weapons, which didn't look too good for Bo. Then again, Daisy's plan could get Bo out of anything, but Enos didn't feel right about doing it anyway.

"All right Sheriff. I'm headin' over to the old swimmin' hole to do whatcha told me to, but I don't understand why," Enos told Rosco over the radio.

"I told ya Enos, to get them Duke boys, or at least one of 'em, in jail," Rosco said as if Enos were stupid, though that might be true.

"But sheriff," Enos said, "It don't seem right, framin' them up for a crime they didn't do."

"Hush, Enos." Enos was just not crooked enough and that's why Rosco rarely elaborated his and Boss Hogg's plans.

Bo and Kristen had made their way to the swimming hole. Kristen started to take off her shirt when she paused and said, "No peeking."

Bo laughed as he took off his own shirt. "Same to you." He grinned.

They jumped in, both nakeder than Boss Hogg's head. They began splashing around and having themselves a good ol' time.

Meanwhile, Enos decided he just couldn't do it. He had to get himself out of this situation. First he got a hold of Daisy. They spoke discreetly on a secret channel so no one could listen.

"I'm sorry Daisy. I just can't do it. It might git me fired."

"Well, it ain't right to do what Rosco's tryin' ta get ya ta do neither," said Daisy, slightly annoyed.

"I know. That's why I'm tellin' Sheriff I ain't gonna do that either. I'm gittin' myself uninvolved." Or so he thought.

Daisy sighed. "All right, Enos, if that's what you want. Over and out."

Enos sighed. Telling Rosco was going to be harder. He picked up the CB once more and flipped back to the normal channel.

"Sheriff, come in Sheriff, this is yer inferior officer speakin'.

After a short hiatus, Rosco's voice could be heard. "Oh goody, goody!" he spluttered, laughing his distinct laugh again. "Ya did it Enos! I knew I could count on you!" There's the idiot grin again, compliments of the idiot, if ya'll know what I mean.

"Uh, no Sheriff, actually I uh, I'm tryin' ta say that, uh, I just can't do it. It ain't right.

"What'd ya mean it ain't right!" Then he started mumbling in that weird way of his. "Okay, I'll load it, you follow behind me to make the big arrest. Will you do that, Enos, ya dipstick?"

"Okay Sheriff, I'll do it. Ten-four."

"Over and out." See now, Rosco could have fired Enos or something, but he knew Boss would fire him because he couldn't get the job done. So he decided just to go with my personal motto, 'If you want something done right, do it yourself.'

That's just what he did. He went to the swimming hole, luckily the General was parked out of sight of Bo and Kristen. He picked the lock of the trunk and put a box of all sorts of illegal and dangerous weapons inside the trunk, laughing and muttering to himself the whole time.

Later, Rosco went back to the Boar's Nest to let Boss Hogg know the job was done.

"Nice job, Rosco. Now, get outta here and go arrest Bo Duke," Boss Hogg said.

Here comes the spluttering from Rosco again. "Don't you worry, I'll git 'em, I will git them Duke boys!"

True to his word, or so the thought, he left the back room of the Boar's Nest and quite literally ran into Daisy, who played dumb about the whole thing.

"What're ya in such a hurry for, huh Rosco?" she asked.

"Outta the way, Daisy," Rosco said, ignoring her question.

Except Rosco didn't tell Boss Hogg that Enos was making the arrest, probably because he wanted to take credit for it.

So here was Enos, sitting in his patrol car waiting for Bo and Kristen to stop skinny-dipping. When they finally did emerge from the swimming hole, he got out of his car.

"Enos," said Bo. "What're ya doin?"

"I have to search yer car," said Enos, still believing what he was doing was wrong, and it was, but we can't blame poor Enos for not wanting to get fired.

Kristen was getting nervous. This is it, she thought. This is where it gets ugly. She didn't dare look at Bo.

"Well do ya have a warrant? Otherwise you can't do nothin'." Bo stated.

Enos held up a piece of paper. "I'm sorry, Bo." He opened up the trunk and found the box of weapons.

When Bo saw it, he realized that Cooter had been right the entire time.

"I'm sorry, Bo. I'm gonna have to put ya under arrest." Enos was feeling guiltier than he ever felt in his whole life.

"Enos, come here with me. I need to talk ta ya alone." Bo drug Enos 20 feet away from Kristen and the General Lee. "Now, you know that I have never seen them weapons afore in my life."

Enos didn't say anything. Instead since he didn't know what else to do, he pretended to be mesmerized by Kristen's beauty. Yeah, it's kinda weird, but that's what happened. He figured if he pretended to be distracted, Bo would slip away and Enos wouldn't be blamed, as much.

Bo did leave, while Enos had that goofy grin on his face. He slowly walked away and jumped into the General and took off.

It was then that Enos snapped out of his fake trance.

"What are we waiting for?" asked Kristen, opening the door to Enos's patrol car. Let's git 'im."

Bo drove to the Duke farm. He found Cooter inside his pickup, almost like he was waiting for Bo.

Bo got out of the General and Cooter got out of his pickup. "Look, Cooter," said Bo. "I'm real sorry about the way I treated ya earlier. I could say I was blinded by love, but there ain't no excuse for it. I hope ya can accept my apology, but I'll understand if ya won't."

Cooter glared at Bo for a second and then grinned. "Apology accepted."

Bo sighed. The two came in for a hug.

Aww, ain't that sweet?

They pulled out of it and Cooter said, "All right, here's the deal. We're gonna switch cars."

Anyways, Luke was in Jesse's pickup, and he was stalling Enos, and now Rosco too, as he had joined Enos.

He set up sort of a roadblock in the middle of the road, and when Rosco stopped in front of the pickup, Luke said, "Whatcha doin, Rosco?"

"Luke Duke, you know dang well what I'm doin. I'm tryin' ta git that cousin o' yer's in jail for the crime he committed." Cue the laugh. "I know yer in on it too, so I'm gonna have ta arrest you too."

Luke had been expecting this, so he already had the engine idling, and now he just took off. Ol' Rosco wasn't too happy about that.

Balladeer: Well now, I wonder how long it's gonna take Rosco and Enos to realize where Bo and the weapons really are.

A/N: Hope you liked it! In case you're wondering, outsid of the Duke family, Enos is my favorite character and Cooter is my second favorite. Now, PLEASE review and tell me your thoughts on this chapter, or the whole story, or whatever.