Chapter 2: An Unexpected Find
After coming back from Choctaw County, Hazzard County commissioner, Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg was cruising down the back roads of his county. He began to wonder what had happened to Hazzard because of all the trees that were knocked down, and there was debris ranging from shoes and household items, wood, and a couple of cars a few miles apart along side the road looking as if they'd just been dumped there.
Because he hadn't heard about the twister striking Hazzard earlier that day, he was extremely confused and believe it or not, worried about the citizens of Hazzard. They had had some rain and the usual thunder and lightning in Choctaw County, but there wasn't any damage done. Boss was looking around at the debris when his driver, Alex, noticed something lying in the middle of the road.
"Boss?" Alex asked.
"What is it Alex?"
"There's something lying on the side of the road. Would you like me to stop and see what it is?"
"Yeah, yeah, go ahead," Boss said motioning with his hand that he really didn't care about what was lying on the side of the road and that he also wasn't listening. "It's probably just some garbage lying on the side of the road. There sure seems to be a lot of it lying around today." Boss said as Alex pulled over to see what was lying in the side of the road. After the car came to a complete stop, Alex got out and walked towards the object. As he got closer, he began to realize what it was. Rushing back to Boss' white convertible with his classic bullhorns on the hood, the middle aged man started talking.
"Boss, I think you better come have a look at this." Alex said motioning to the object lying on the side of the road.
"This had better be good, as in money good." Boss said completely unprepared for what he was about to find. After Alex let Boss out, Boss waddled over to the object. Getting closer to it, Boss could just start to make what it was.
"A man? What's he doing here?" Boss said. Sure enough there was a man wearing a pale yellow over shirt, which was covered in mud and gunk, and he was wearing a blue t-shirt under the over shirt. As Boss rolled the man over, he let out a loud gasped when he saw who it was. There lying on the ground covered in mud, dirt, and blood, was a young blond, who appeared to be in his early twenties. Alex came back over and kneeled down next to Boss. When he saw the face of the young man, recognition sparked in his mind.
"Hey Boss, isn't that one of them kids who always get in yer way?"
"Yeah, that is one of them. I wonder what happened here."
"I dunno, but from the looks of things, it looks like a twister came though here."
"I think yer right."
"Is he still alive?"
"I dunno." Boss said as he checked for a pulse. Boss gave a sigh of relief when he found a faint pulse.
"We should get him to Doc Appleby."
"Nu uh, doc can't help him now." Boss said.
"Uh, how come?"
"Doc's outta town." Boss said as he looked at his driver.
"Then we should get him to Tri-County Emergency."
"Yeah, yeah. I hear they got a good charity ward there." Boss said as he and Alex carefully picked up the unconscious man.
"Say Boss, what's his name?"
"His name is Bo Duke. Him and his cousin, Luke Duke are always getting in my business, but with him in the hospital, hehehe, I'll be able to carry out my pla- er, um plants, without him trampling on them." Boss said with a smile that would make a baby cry. After Bo was in the backseat of Boss' car, Alex then drove the group towards the Tri-County Emergency. Even though Boss wasn't very fond of the Dukes, he had enough of a good side to him to help one out if they're hurt and there's no one else around to help them. Boss was sitting in the backseat with Bo, trying to get him to wake up as they drove towards the hospital.
Meanwhile, Jesse and Daisy were just getting to town, since they had to walk because of there being no other source of transportation and they couldn't call anyone for help since the CB in the house had been crushed under the tree branch that fell through during the storm.
"Looks like town just got the leftovers from that twister." Daisy said as she and Jesse walked towards their friend Cooter Davenport's garage. Cooter was a good friend of the Dukes, and probably the best mechanic in the south, and without the Dukes, ol' Cooter probably wouldn't even have a business, considering the fact that Bo and Luke brought in most of his customers. Daisy and Jesse walked inside the garage and were glad to see Cooter was there safe and sound. Because he had been working on a car, Jesse and Daisy figured he didn't know about the twister earlier that day. Cooter was so wrapped up in his work, he didn't even hear his friends come inside.
"Cooter? We need yer help sugah." Daisy said to Cooter. Cooter jumped nearly a mile high when Daisy patted him on the shoulder and started talking to him, because of that, Cooter ended up hitting his head on the hood of the car. A loud bang could be heard echo through the garage, and both Dukes were surprised Cooter was still in the land of the living.
"Ow…what in the…oh, Daisy, it's just you and Uncle Jesse. Ya'll scared me half to death." Cooter said as he took off his dirty old ball cap and started rubbing the back of his head, which was starting to spot a good sized goose egg bump. Once the pain subsided, Cooter noticed that Bo and Luke weren't with Jesse and Daisy.
"Uh, hey, where's Bo and Luke at?" Cooter asked as he carefully replaced his cap.
"For one, I ain't yer Uncle Jesse, and two that's why we're here." Jesse said pointing a finger at the greasy mechanic.
"What do you mean Unc- er I mean Jesse?"
"What I mean is the boys are missin'. When that twister hit, neither one came down to the cellar. We looked around, but we didn't see hide or hair of them boys."
"Twister? I ain't heard nothin' 'bout a twister. And I ain't seen Bo 'n Luke since early this mornin' after I towed the General back to the farm." Cooter said confused.
"There was a twister a couple o' hours ago. Me 'n Daisy made to the cellar, but Bo 'n Luke didn't make it to the cellar. The last we seen of either of them was when they were outside workin' on the General Lee, then Bo came rushin' inside and warned us 'bout the twister." Jesse explained. After letting everything sink in, Cooter started to get up set.
"You don't think that they…" Cooter began but couldn't bring himself to finish the sentence.
"I don't think they are, at least not until we have some evidence to prove that they're, well you know." Jesse said reassuringly.
"I hope yer right Uncle Jesse."
"Cooter, I ain't yer Uncle Jesse. Now I think we should get out there and try to find the boys. Cooter, do you got a car we can use?"
"Yeah, I think I do. You'll need to put gas in 'er, but I won't charge ya fer it." Cooter said.
"Thank ya Cooter. You think you can keep yer eyes open and yer ears on for any sign of 'em?"
"Sure thing Jesse." Jesse and Daisy walked out of the garage and headed towards the sheriff's department. When Jesse and Daisy walked into the sheriff's department to file a missing person's report for Bo and Luke. When they got there, they were surprised to no one in there.
"Enos? Rosco? Are you here?" Jesse called out hoping to get an answer. When Jesse got no answer, he decided to check all the places they tended to 'hide' at in the old building. After searching everywhere, Jesse knew that they weren't there.
"Uncle Jesse, I'm worried about Bo and Luke." Daisy said as she gave Jesse a hug.
"Me too Daisy, me too. Don't you worry none though, we'll find them." Jesse said reassuringly.
"I just hope yer right." Daisy said as she hugged her uncle tighter.
'I hope I am too. I just hope it ain't too late to save them.' Jesse thought to himself.
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