Chapter 10: A New Hope
After eating a dinner that quickly made Bo and Luke nauseous, Boss and Rosco helped them out to Rosco's car so that they could go to Boss Hogg's house for the night. Since Lulu, Boss Hogg's fat wife, and Rosco's fat sister, was away at a fat farm, Boss knew that the boys would be safe from being found by the other two Dukes and whoever else was looking for them.
"Rosco, I'm going to go into town and I want you to follow me, but let me go into town alone first, so I can make sure that them meddling Dukes and a certain Davenport ain't around anywhere. We don't want them to tell my boys lies, now do we?"
"Khew, khew, no we don't daddy Hogg." Rosco agreed chuckling that classic Rosco chuckle. Boss went around to the back of the patrol car and looked through the window at Bo and Luke.
"Alright, now I want you boys to mind what your Uncle Rosco tells ya, alright?"
"Yes sir." Bo and Luke said in unison.
"That's my boys. Rosco, I'll be on channel 9, I'll let you know when it's safe to come out of hiding." Before Rosco could answer, Boss took off and ran around and got in his car and started towards town, Rosco and the boys following close behind.
Jesse and the rest were still trying to figure out where they had yet to look for Bo and Luke.
"Okay, so we've checked around Hazzard Pond, and the woods and fields around there." Jesse said as he put a mark on the map. They had been going over the map all day and the only places they found that they had yet to check were the Boars Nest and the area around there.
"Okay, so the only place left to check would be here." Cooter said pointing to the location of the Boars Nest.
"Alright, then that's where we'll start looking. We can check the Boars Nest and the area around there." Jesse said as he started folding the map up. "If anyone finds anything, then report in on channel 9 on the CB."
"Alright." Cooter said as he headed for his truck. Jesse and Daisy followed close behind.
Boss had just arrived in town, since it didn't take long for anyone to get to town from the Boars Nest. Rosco was waiting just outside of town like he had been instructed to do. The CB was on channel 9 and Bo and Luke were looking around trying to find something that would trigger their memories. Cooter and the other Dukes had left a few minutes before Boss got into town, so they were long gone. Boss parked in front of his house and picked up the CB mic when he was sure the coast was clear.
"Rosco, the coast is clear, you can come into town now." Boss said.
"Khew, khew, alright Boss, we're coming." Rosco said. Not realizing that he still had his finger still on the button on his CB mic, Rosco turned around and began talking to Bo and Luke.
"Alright Bo and Luke, Boss said that the coast is all clear and that it's safe to go into town." Bo and Luke looked at each other and just shrugged. Rosco turned back around and put his car into gear and headed into town. Unknown to any of them, the Dukes and Cooter heard what Rosco had said.
Outside of town, Jesse pulled over to the side of the road and waited for Cooter to catch up and stop. Cooter was out of his truck faster then a jack rabbit running on hot sand.
"Did ya'll hear what I just heard Rosco say?" Cooter blurted out as he ran around his truck to meet his two friends.
"We sure did sugah." Daisy said happy that her cousins were alive, but also worried since they were with Rosco and Boss.
"I wonder why they're with Rosco and JD for." Jesse thought out loud.
"I dunno, but I don't like it one bit." Cooter said.
"I agree, we should get into town and see what's going on with them two nephews of mine." Jesse said as he headed back to his truck, Daisy hot on his heels. Both of them were anxious to see Bo and Luke and were also worried about them. Cooter ran back to his truck and climbed in and turned around and headed back towards town, Jesse and Daisy on his tail.
Back in town, Rosco and the boys were just parking in front of Boss' house. Rosco got out and opened the door to help his 'nephews' out and into the house, keeping a close eye out for any sign of Cooter or the Dukes. After helping his 'nephews' out of the car and into the house, Rosco called for Boss.
"Daddy Hogg, we're here!" Rosco called that silly grin of his stretching from one ear to the other. Boss came out of the kitchen, a red and white checkered apron on and a white chef's hat on his head. If it wasn't for the fact that he was wearing a white suit instead of a chef's outfit, one would think Boss was a chef instead of the owner of nearly everything in Hazzard.
"Your just in time, I just got dinner finished."
"Um, Boss, how did you get dinner finished so quickly?" Rosco asked.
"That's easy dipstick. I made me my favorite, raw liver, and I made hog jowls on cornbread dipped in molasses for Bo and Luke."
"How did you make that last thing so fast?" Rosco asked.
"They're left over's from last night's supper. You nitwit." Boss said as he walked over to Bo and Luke.
"Um, I'm not really hungry right now." Luke said as he looked up at Boss from his spot on the over stuffed white sofa.
"Yeah, same here. I'm still full from earlier." Bo said as he remembered having to eat that raw liver at the Boars Nest earlier that day. The very thought of it made Bo nauseous.
"You boys need to eat to keep your strength up." Boss said with a fake hurt tone in his voice. Bo and Luke looked at each other, both knowing there was no point in trying to talk Boss out of making them eat dinner. After eating a not-so-appetizing dinner, Bo and Luke retreated back to the living room.
"Hey, Luke?"
"Yeah Bo?"
"Didn't you have something you wanted to ask daddy?"
"Yeah, now that you mention it, I did," Luke said as he looked around for Boss. Not seeing him anywhere, Luke started calling for him. "Daddy, I gotta question, and I think it's kinda important." Luke called. Boss came waddling in a few moments later.
"What is it sonny boy?"
"I was wondering if you could tell me the names of that family Bo said you warned him about them, but he couldn't remember their names."
"Family? Oh, you must mean the Dukes. Them Dukes is nothing but trouble."
"What're they're names?"
"Jesse Duke, Daisy Duke, and Cooter Duke," Boss said. Even though he knew Cooter's last name was Davenport and not Duke, he had to make the lie sound believable. "Just so you know incase you ever run into any of them, Cooter Duke drives an old tow truck and has a garage here in town, Daisy Duke drives a white jeep with the name Dixie on the sides and a giant eagle on the hood, and Jesse Duke drives a white pickup truck. Sometimes you'll see them driving an orange clunker car, called the General Lee. It's orange and has a big zero one trimmed in white on both doors and a rebel flag on the roof." Boss explained. Bo and Luke listened carefully, but for some reason the cars and people seemed familiar to them. They didn't give that feeling much more thought though, instead they started focusing on sleep.
"I'm getting tired." Bo said as he let out a yawn.
"Yeah, so am I." Luke said in agreement.
"Well in that case why don't you boys get ready for bed." Boss said.
"Alright." Luke said.
"Since neither of you can get upstairs to your rooms, you boys can sleep down here in the downstairs bedroom. You'll have to share the room, but there are separate beds in there."
"Alright, night daddy." Bo and Luke said in unison.
I'm glad Jesse, Daisy, and Cooter heard Rosco on the CB. Maybe they can finally get this whole mess sorted out. Okay, ya'll know what to do. Push the little square button at the bottom and tell me what you think:-)