The next day Bo and Luke were outside bright and early doing their chores. Jesse had been in the kitchen fixing breakfast while Daisy and Jessie got ready to go to work at the Boars Nest. Jesse had just turned the bacon over when the phone rang. He walked over to the phone and answered it.
"Hello, Duke Farm, Jesse Duke speaking."
"Is Luke Duke there?"
"Yes just a minute." Jesse sat down the receiver and walked to the front door.
"Luke there's someone on the phone for ya."
"Okay Uncle Jesse. Be right back Bo."
"Okay. Just don't be too long I don't wanna do yer chores again." Luke ran inside and picked up the receiver. While Luke was on the phone, Bo was cleaning out Maudine the mule's stall when he heard a noise coming from outside the barn. Letting his curiosity get the best of him, Bo stopped what he was doing and went to check it out. When he got to the back door of the barn, he stepped outside and walked along the back of the barn. Suddenly Bo's world went black.
When Luke got finished with his phone call, he headed back outside to finish his chores. He didn't notice the silence that filled the barn since usually whenever Luke went inside for something while Bo was still doing his chores, Bo was usually taking off up into the hayloft making Luke have to finish his chores.
"Okay Bo, I know yer up there in the hay loft. You can come on down now." The only thing that met Luke's ears was silence and the sound of the animals making noise. Luke decided to climb up to see if Bo was up in the hay loft again. When he reached the top of the ladder he was surprised to see the hay loft empty and undisturbed. That got Luke to worrying a little bit. He climbed down the ladder, jumping off at the bottom, and then ran into the house.
"Hey Uncle Jesse?"
"Yeah what is it Luke?"
"Have you seen Bo?"
"No I can't say that I have. I thought he was out in the barn with you."
"He was, but when I went back out after that phone call he was gone. I even checked in the hay loft and it was empty."
"That' strange. I wonder where he could've gone."
"I don't know Uncle Jesse. I'm going to go back out and see if I can find him"
"Alright. If I see him he's gonna be in trouble." Jesse said. Luke went back outside to see if he could find Bo.
"Hmmmm…."
"Hey looks like he's startin' to wake up." A big and very muscular man said.
"Yeah, I thought he'd never wake up." A much more smaller man said.
"Hey kid 'bout time you rejoined the land of the living. We was beginning to think you was dead." The big and very muscular man said. Bo slowly opened his eyes trying to figure out where he was. He found that when he opened his eyes completely, he got a sharp pain behind his eyes that made him close them quickly.
"Hey you can open yer eyes kid. We's won't hurt ya much." The much more smaller man said. Bo slowly started to open his eyes again this time letting them adjust to the light before opening them all the way. When he finally managed to open his eyes, he found that he was in what appeared to be a cage. He slowly sat up and looked at his surroundings. He didn't see anything that he recognized.
"Man he sure is a freak. Gonna fit in great with the other attractions." The big man said.
"You said it. When the boss' said that he was just a youngster I thought they meant a kid. He's probably about…ummm… say how's old are you's?"
"That's none of your business. Now I got a couple questions for you two. One where am I, two who's your boss', and three who the heck are you?"
"Well one we ain't saying, two we's ain't saying, and three we's ain't saying, yet." The short man said.
"Well I guess you won't get nothin' outta me then either." Bo said.
"Oh yer gonna tell us what we's wants to know or else we's got permission to beat you as much as we's want as long as we don't kill you." The big man warned.
"I ain't afraid of you two nimrods. And I still ain't telling you anything."
"Oh yer gonna regret sayin' that ya lil' freak." The big man said as he unlocked the door to the cage. He reached his big hand inside and grabbed Bo by the throat. Bo tried to get free but found it hard to do since the big man's grip was vice like. The big man lifted Bo out of the cage and held him off the ground. Bo was trying desperately to get free, but it did little good. The big man suddenly threw Bo against the wall.
Bo hit the wall with so much force that it knocked the remaining air out of his lungs. Bo lay on the ground trying to catch his breath. The big man walked over to where Bo lay and gave him a mighty kick to the side. Bo cried out in pain as he felt several of his ribs break. The big man bent over and picked up Bo by the collar of his shirt and carried him back over to the cage. He threw Bo inside and closed the door and locked it. Bo lay on the floor of the cage, gasping for air and holding his side. Both men seemed pleased at what happened to Bo.
"Didn't you say you wanted to know who we's are? Well I'm Fred and that there is Barney." The short man said.
"Hey Fred, lets go get somethin' to eat. I'm starvin'" The big man known as Barney said.
"Good idea Barn, I don't think he's goin' anywhere's." Fred agreed. He turned back and looked at Bo. "If'n you's are good when we come back, we might let you have the scraps." Fred and Barney left the room and walked down the hall. Bo lay on the floor having finally caught his breath, but finding it extremely painful to breath.
Luke had searched all over the farm trying to find Bo. He went back inside to tell Jesse.
"Uncle Jesse, I've looked all over this farm, and I can't find one trace of Bo. I'm worried about Bo. It's not like him to just disappear like this. I think something bad might've happened to him." Luke said.
"I think yer right Luke. I'm going to call Rosco to file a missin' person's report." Jesse said as he got his hat from the back of his chair. He and Luke ran out the door as fast as they could.
Once Luke and Jesse reached town, they headed straight for the jail house. Jesse was the first one through the doors of the building followed closely by Luke. Rosco was sitting at his desk looking some papers. He looked up to see who had come in. he quickly returned his gaze back to the papers in front of him.
"Rosco, I'm here to file a missing person's report." Jesse said.
"Oh who's gone missin'?" Rosco asked as he returned his gaze back to Jesse.
"It's Bo. He was outside doing his chores and Luke went inside to take a phone call. When he went back out Bo was gone. Luke looked all over the farm and didn't find a trace of him."
"Well I can't file a missin' person's report unless the person is missing for twenty-four hours or more."
"What! That has got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard."
"It's the law Jesse. Now if you will excuse me, I got more important things to do then go around messing with that piddly stuff. Tutalou." Rosco got up and left the office and went out and got into his patrol car and took off towards the Boars Nest.
"Why that low down good for nothin' sheriff. Piddly stuff, ohhh why I outta…"
"Just calm down Uncle Jesse, we'll find Bo. Don't worry about it. C'mon lets go start looking for Bo." Luke said. Jesse and Luke ran out of the building and headed off in search of Bo.
Back at the place where Bo was at, those two mean dudes were just coming back from their lunch break. They were surprised to see that Bo was still in the same spot as when they left.
"Well it seems that you's done gone and smartened up. 'Least you's didn't try to get out like the last guy." Fred said. Bo looked over at Fred and Barney and slowly closed his eyes.
"Hey who said that you's could go ta sleep?" Barney said as he hit the side of the cage. Bo opened his eyes enough to please the two men.
"That's a good boy. Here we's brought ya some scraps like we's said we's would." Fred said as he dumped a chicken bone, some old potatoes, and a few hard biscuits in an old dog dish that was in the cage. Bo looked at the scraps the men brought. He didn't dare try to move, because every movement sent another severe shot of pain through his whole body.
"I guess he's ain't hungry. That or he's can't feed himself. Think I should help him eat, Fred?"
"Knock yerself out Barney."
"Gee tanks Fred." Barney said in a happy tone. He opened the door to the cage again and reached his thick arm inside. Bo tried to get up and move but found that he couldn't. Barney grabbed Bo by the collar of his shirt again and pulled him out of the cage. Bo moaned in pain as he was lifted off of the ground. Barney got some of the food and forced Bo to eat it.
No matter ho much Bo fought to get away, it did little good. He finally gave up and willingly ate the remaining food. When Barney was satisfied that Bo had had enough, he tossed him back into the cage. Bo cried out in pain once again as he hit the floor. Fred and Barney soon left for the night. Bo was finally alone.
well thats the end of the chapter. i feel so bad for bo. those two dimwits, fred and barney need a good paddling.
A/N: i made the spelling mistakes for when fred and barney talk on purpose. that is just to show that they ain't the sharpest pencils in the box.