well everyone. i finaly got chapter 4 up. yes i know thats its been forever, but between geting a new computer, softball, church and the death of my grandmother i havent really had a chance to get on and type it out. but good news good news i got a computer in my room so i can type out chapters without intruption from my family! yeah anyways im rambaling on so heres chapter 4 enjoy!
Chapter 4- Chase
"What was that name?" Abby asked, now trying to keep the panic out of her voice.
"Max Jason. Why? What's wrong?" Bo asked, now curious.
"Hey Bo ain't that tha name of the guy you heard talkin with boss over the CB this morning." Luke asked
"Ya that was his name," Bo said now sure of his information.
"Who is he?" Luke questioned. Abby looked as if she'd seen a ghost. Bo and Luke exchanged worried glances
Uh oh y'all. Dukes never go looking for trouble because it usually finds them and this seems like another one of those times. Hope it turns out good like before.
"He found Me," she whispered, not wanting to believe it but knowing it was true.
"You runnin from the law or somethin?" Bo asked
"No this guy, Max Jason, his real name is Max Pierson, he's been after me for a year and a half," she replied, not looking at either one of them.
"What's he want with you?" Luke asked curiously. She may have been family but they didn't know any thing about her, heck they had just picked her up off the side of the road.
"He, he wants to kill me," she replied quietly looking down at the pictures of her parents.
"Kill You?" Bo and Luke exclaimed simultaneously.
"Why would anyone want to kill you?" Bo asked astonished
"Because, because I was a witness to two murders and a deal involving illegal arms. I sent his little brother Ramon to jail where he died in a prison uprising." she replied, looking up with a tear in the corner of her eye. All of a sudden her hand flew to her mouth covering it as if to prevent herself from saying anything else. Her eyes reflected the horror that she felt at having reveled the information that had gotten her best friend and parents killed.
I can't believe that I just said that. They're nice people I don't want to endanger their lives. Stupid Abby, stupid, you need to watch what you say.
"He's gonna be here any minute!" Bo exclaimed alarmed, breaking the silence.
"That soon?" Abby asked unable to conceal the quiver of fear that ran through her voice.
"We gotta get her outa here!" Luke said, grabbing his jean jacket off the chair.
"No I can't put you in any more danger," Abby tried to protest.
"We ain't just gonna let some crazy guy come and kill ya, it ain't right." Bo said, picking her up out of the bed. She was light and little compared to him.Luke put his jacket around her shoulders. She still had on her own pants but she had been in a hospital shirt. "Besides we wasn't raised to abandon anyone in need." They rushed through the hallways and out the door into the parking lot.
"This is your car?" she asked in astonishment when they skidded to a halt in front of the General Lee.
"Ya." Bo replied with a smile and a bit of pride in his voice as he nimbly slid over the hood of the bright orange stock car and then climbed in the driver side window. She grabbed the door handle and tried to open it but it wouldn't budge.
"It's locked," she said
"No they're welded shut," Luke explained as he helped her through the window.
"Wait, listen," she said, halfway through the window. Luke heard it too. He turned around just in time to see a baby blue colored sedan come into view going around 50 mph. "It's him!" she quickly slid in the rest of the way followed by Luke.
"Punch it Bo!" Luke yelled as he slid agilely in the car. The General Lee's engine roared to life.
"Don't need to tell me twice!" Bo yelled in response. He threw the car into gear and with the squeal of tires on pavement they took off with the Blue sedan right on their tail.
Uh oh y'all this don't look good. Hang on ya hear.
Abby's heart raced as they flew down backcountry roads past trees and the odd farmhouse. Throwing up dirt at high speeds, Bo seemed to handle the car with an ease that she'd never seen and she'd been watching racing since she was 5.
"Bo they're still hangin in back there," Luke said, turning around.
"I'm tryin to shake'em," Bo replied, whipping the steering wheel, causing the General Lee to do an abrupt about face and take off in the opposite direction. Unfortunately the blue sedan managed to do the same thing. Luke was about to reach back and pull out the bows and arrows to try to shoot out their wheels when a shot rang out, shattering the passenger side review mirror. All 3 ducked. Luke instinctively pushed Abby down and bent over her like a shield.
"Hey Bo, tha bridge over Millers Creek still out?" Luke asked, still keeping low.
"Way ahead of ya cousin." Bo said, expertly whipping the General Lee into a 108-degree turn throwing dirt, dust and rocks. The sedan was thrown off by the suddan change in direction but soon caught up with the General.
"I sure hope that the General is up for this jump," Luke said, looking sideways at Bo as another bullet blew a hole in the back windshield.
"Wait, jump!" Abby asked, sitting up and looking at Luke.
"We're fixin' to find out cousin," Bo said as he tightened his grip on the steering wheel. All she could do was watch in fear as they left the ground and the weightless feeling that the boys were so used to took over. Bo blasted Dixie in midair right before they landed. Then there was a jolt as gravity won and pulled the orange car back to the ground on the other side of the bridge. She looked back in time to see the sedan skid to a halt at the end of the busted bridge on the other side of the bank. She let out a small breath of relief that she had survived that jump and had escaped Max, even if it was only temporary, for she knew that he wouldn't rest until he found her.
"Wow what a ride," Abby said, her eyes wide with amazement and heart still racing from the adrenaline rush.
"So I take it that was the first time you've jumped something in a car before." Bo asked with a slight grin of amusement as they headed for the farm.
"Ya" Abby replied smiling
"Did ya like it?" Luke asked turning to look at her.
"Can we do it again?" she asked with a wide grin. Bo laughed and stepped on the gas.
She's defiantly a Duke. Luke thought as Bo rounded the bend onto the highway.
"Yeeeeeeeehhaawwwwwwww!" Bo yelled and blasted Dixie again as they took off.
Phew, they sure had me goin there for a minute. Now that we know the good guys are ok lets see how the bad'uns are farin.
"Dang it we lost'em!" Jordan said banging the steering wheel.
"She can't go far. We killed her parents remember, she's got nowhere to go now." Max said coolly. "We can wait her out, she'll slip up soon and we'll get our chance."
"What about the local cops?" Jordan asked
"You should know by now that I don't go anywhere unprepared, Jordan." Max replied with a bit of ice in his voice. "This pathetic excuse for a county has only 2 cops. Both country bumpkins and both run by Boss Hogg."
"He gonna give us any problem?" Jordan asked as he turned the car around.
"I don't think so, he's so greedy he'd sell his own mother out for money." Max replied in a relaxed way, showing no concern whatsoever about Boss, Roscoe or Enos.
Boy it's obvious that this guy has never been to Hazzard before, he's in for a rude awaking. Wonder how the boys are doin back at the farm.
"Listen guys, I'm really much obliged to ya for helping me but I just can't stick around." Abby said as she took a drink from the glass of water that Bo had gotten her.
"Now…" Bo started, but Abby cut him off
"I just can't endanger anyone else by stayin' here. It's already cost three of the people I love their lives. I just can't let anyone else get hurt. Y'all seem like real nice people but I've done said too much about my past." Abby said, fighting back the tears from the memories of her parents and Nathan. Bo was about to start arguing with her but Luke put a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
"O.K." Luke said "But wait until our uncle gets home, I'm sure he'd tan our hides if he found out we let you leave without talking to him first."
"How long until he gets here?" she asked uncertainly
"Should be soon." Luke replied, accepting a glass of milk from Bo.
"Alright" Abby agreed through a yawn.
"Why don't you go and lie down in our cousin Daisy's room." Bo suggested. Abby nodded, stifling another yawn, and followed them to Daisy's room.
"Here this should fit you." Luke said taking a T-shirt out of a dresser drawer. Abby handed him his jacket back and accepted the shirt grateful to get out of the hospital shirt. It itched. A few minutes later the boys were sitting at the kitchen table and Abby was sound asleep in Daisy's bed.
"Ya ain't just gonna let her go like that are ya?" Bo asked as soon as they sat down.
"Course not." Luke replied calmly pouring Bo and himself some coffee. "I wanna let Uncle Jesse talk to her." he explained, seeing the confusion on his younger cousin's face. They sat there for a little while talking about the parts on the General that needed fixing until they heard shouting coming from Daisy's room. Immediately they were up and throwing open the door, ready for a fight. It took them a minute to realize that Abby was talking in her sleep. She was having a nightmare.
"Nathan let's go by Shakes on the way home and grab an ice cream." Silence for a second. "Nathan stop." she said her voice barely above a whisper. The smile that was on her face vanished and was replaced by a look of terror. Her breathing quickened as if she was running. "Did we just see what I think we saw? I think that he just killed that guy!" Her voice now shook with fear. "Oh no, Nathan, they must have seen us, RUN!" She started to thrash around a little. "Quick, duck behind here, Nathan? Nathan? NO!" she cried "No! let go, get away from me! You killed him!" she yelled through the tears. Abby started to thrash around and call Nathan's name over and over again. Bo and Luke rushed over and gently tried to wake her up.
"It's ok you're safe here." Bo tried to soothe as they attempted to calm her down. She awoke with a jolt.
"What happened?" she asked, a little dazed.
"You were talking in your sleep." Luke said, worry now openly evident on his face.
A horrified look appeared in her eyes. Oh No!
Wow! Boy I tell ya I wont be goin to the fridge anytime soon, might miss somethin. Stick around ya here!
ok so there it was. hope that y'all liked it. please be kind and review! i wanna know what you the readers think! anyways hopefully i'll have chapter five up soon after i get back from my spring break trip. oh yes you can be jelous i'm going with my band on a cruise!hehehahahaheheheheh! keep us in your prayers!