Chapter 9: Don't Give Up
At the bank, Boss was busy putting part two of his plan together. Boss was in the bank vault getting some of his money that he'd put in there day before for part two of his plan. He had to make sure he done everything he needed to do to get money into and out of the bank was completely legal for his plan to work the way he wanted it too. After making sure he had the right amount of money, Boss closed the vault and headed out of the bank.
'Them Duke Boys are gonna be in prison faster then they can drive that orange clunker car of theirs.' Boss thought happily to himself as he got into his car and started back towards the Boars Nest to put part three of his plan ready.
Meanwhile at the Boars Nest, Rosco was just arriving at the Boars Nest. Rosco walked into the bar and saw Bo and Luke sitting next to the main bar, talking about nothing in particular. Both of them jumped when Rosco came inside.
"Who are you?" Luke asked.
"Hey, I think I remember you. Ain't you our uncle?" Bo asked.
"Yeah, I'm yer Uncle Rosco. Daddy Hogg sent me here to keep you two outta trouble."
"I see yer a sheriff." Luke said pointing to Rosco's badge.
"Uh, yeah I am. That's what the badge stands for." Rosco said pointing to his badge.
"Is there anything to eat or drink around here?" Bo asked his stomach growling as if it were agreeing with Bo.
"Uh, um, I can get you some water, but ya gotta wait for your daddy to get back to eat." Rosco said.
"Why do we gotta wait for?" Luke asked curiously.
"Um, well I uh…"
"Never mind, I guess water will be alright. When is daddy getting back anyway?" Bo asked Rosco.
"Um, he should be getting back soon." Rosco answered.
"Alright." Bo said. Rosco went and got Bo and Luke a glass of water and sat down next to Luke at the main bar. It was pretty much silent until Boss came back. Boss arrived at the Boars Nest a few minutes later. Instead of using the front door, he went around to the back of the building and entered through the back door that led to his office. Boss quietly made his way over to his safe and put in his combination and opened the door. He then put the money in the safe and closed the heavy door to keep the money safe. Once that was done, Boss then went out the other door that led directly into the barroom.
"Daddy Hogg is back!" Boss announced as he entered the room. Bo, Luke, and Rosco looked up at the announcement from Boss. Bo and Luke both smiled at the sight of their "daddy" walking towards them.
"Hey daddy." Bo and Luke greeted in unison. Boss just used that trademark fake smile of his as he took a seat next to his "sons".
"How're you boys getting along with your Uncle Rosco?"
"Just fine daddy, 'cept he wouldn't get us anything to eat. How's come?" Bo asked.
"Well, let's just say that your Uncle Rosco's cooking would kill a buzzard."
"Is it really that bad?" Luke asked sounding almost thankful that Rosco hadn't decided to cook anything after all.
"Sonny, its worse then that," Boss said as he started puffing on his cigar. "Now, how about I go fix you boys something special?"
"Um, what would that be?" Bo asked.
"My, er I mean our favorite," Boss began as he started to put on an apron. "Raw liver." Boss finished as he went into the kitchen. Bo and Luke looked at each other, neither of them really very hungry anymore.
Back at Cooter's garage, Jesse, Daisy, and Cooter had run out of places to look for the boys.
"I just don't know where they could be," Jesse said breaking the eerie silence in the garage. "It's almost as if they ain't even on earth anymore."
"I know what you mean Uncle Jesse, but we can't give up yet, not until we have proof that they're um, well you know." Cooter said.
"I know Coot, but where else could they be? I mean we've looked everywhere they could've possibly have been," Jesse began not even having the heart to snap at Cooter for calling him uncle. "We even checked the hospitals and none of them have had any patients with the last name Duke brought in. I just don't know what else to do." Jesse said in an almost defeated sounding tone. Cooter sighed, he knew that Jesse was right, but he also knew that they couldn't give up. Besides that, Cooter had the gut feeling that Bo and Luke were still somewhere in Hazzard. Daisy had been sobbing quietly next to Jesse, listening to the conversation between her uncle and friend.
"We just can't give up Uncle Jesse. I know the boys are alright. We'll find them, you'll see." Daisy said as she gave her uncle a reassuring hug.
"I know Daisy, I know, but it's been three days and we haven't found even a single clue as to where they could be. The only lead we had was from Rosco, but that turned out to be a dead end." Jesse said.
"I know that, but we can't give up hope. If it was us in their place, they'd be out all day and night without so much as a wink of sleep until they found us." Daisy said.
"Yeah, your right. And we're not going to give up, not until them boys are home safe and sound where they belong." Jesse said, a hint of confidence showing in his voice.
"I got an old map of the Tri-County area. We can use that to keep track of all the places where we've looked and haven't looked yet. If they did get sucked up in that twister, then they could be in anyone of the three counties." Cooter said as he got up to retrieve his Tri-County area map. Once Cooter found the map, he opened it up on an old coffee table in his office, which also served as his living quarters.
Even though Cooter had a farm of his own, he rarely ever stayed there. While everyone was looking at the map and trying to figure out where they looked and where they haven't, Cooter was thinking up another plan that the Dukes wouldn't know about until later.
Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Sorry it is a little shorter then the rest. I'll try to make the next one a liitle longer. Well anyways, you know what to do now. Push that little purple button that says go, I know you wanna :-)