Okay, ya'll, here's another chapter for you to read. There will probably be one more chapter after this, and then it will sadly be over! I plan though to write another one, but I need a few ideas for a story. If anyone has an idea they'd like to share, let me know, I'm fresh out. Thank you to sabra jaguar for giving me one idea, but I'd like some more to choose from!
Chapter 12
Well, ya'll, Luke an' Daisy decided their plan would work best if one, it was daylight and two, they'd gotten a little shut-eye. They stayed up in shifts makin' sure them dudes didn't leave.
The breeze blew softly over Luke's face, waking him from his slumber. Rain kissed his cheeks as he stuck his head through the General's window. He found his cousin leaning wearily on her arm, which was resting on the hood. Luke smiled and tapped Daisy on the shoulder.
"Hey," Daisy said as she stood up. "Ya ready ta go?"
"Mm-hmm," Luke mumbled sleepily. "Gotta git 'em fer what they did ta Bo."
"That's the spirit!" Daisy grinned.
Don't look at me ya'll. I ain't gotta clue 'bout the plan.
Luke returned the smile. After he made a couple of CB calls, he finally announced, "Let's go."
The two cousins leapt to their feet and bounded out to the Harris driveway. Luke causally knocked on the door. As they expected, it appeared Luke and Daisy had woken the Harris brothers up, even though it was almost ten o'clock.
John stood groggily in the doorway. He didn't recognize the two people who had attempted to shuck and jive him over twelve hours ago.
"Can I help you?" John asked irritably.
"Yeah," Luke replied, winking at Daisy. "I have somethin' ta give ya."
"What?" John wondered.
"This," Luke held up his fist, "is from my cousin Bo." He delivered a fierce blow between the man's eyes causing him to stumble backwards.
That's when Randy appeared with his shotgun. Pointing it directly at Daisy, he said, "Hold it plowboy, or the girl gits it."
I think Bo an' Daisy are gonna be matchin' here pretty soon.
That morning, Bo was discharged from the hospital. Though his left arm rest in a sling, he still used a crutch in his right arm to support him." His balance was a little awkward, but it only took the young man a few moments to figure out what he was doing.
He and Jesse went directly to the Hazzard Police Station. Enos was sitting in the main room, guarding the prisoner. He grinned when he saw the Dukes come in.
"Hey Uncle Jesse, Bo," Enos greeted. "How ya doin' taday, Bo?"
Bo smiled. "Not too bad." He noticed Freddy glaring silently at him. Sighing uncomfortably, he lowered his voice considerably. "Can we go somewheres else? I don't like the way he's lookin' at me."
"Boss Hogg'd tan my hide if I left 'im alone," Enos answered. "But you could stand over there where he can't see ya if ya'd like."
Bo moved out of sight from Freddy and sat down. "Any word on the other one yet?"
"Two," the deputy corrected. "Luke CB'd Sheriff Rosco this mornin' fer backup, cause someone came back ta the cabin with 'im."
Jesse nodded. "He called Cooter, too, but I didn't know why. Ya know Bo, Cooter stayed with us all night Bo, but he had ta leave 'fore ya woke up."
"He did?" Bo asked When Jesse nodded, Bo gave a small smile. He felt overwhelmed with the kindness everyone had shown since he had gotten hurt. Even Boss Hogg had sent Rosco with a box of chocolates that made Bo feel like his teeth would melt. Cooter stayed with them all night, and Rosco delivered Boss's chocolates at a very late hour. Cooter and Rosco also were out there right now possibly risking their lives to arrest people who had harmed him. Even Becky Lynn, after saving his life back in the woods, had begun to act like a normal human being around him. Enos had gotten kidnapped trying to bring about justice, and also aided Becky Lynn and Luke in saving his life. Suddenly, Bo felt as if he were the luckiest guy in the world to have friends like Cooter, Enos, and surprisingly, Becky Lynn and also, enemies like Boss Hogg and Rosco who still cared if he was hurt. Not to mention he felt he had the best family in the world. Jesse had been there with him the whole time, nurturing and caring for him, while Luke and Daisy worried about him and still made up some unknown crazy scheme to get the guys who hurt him.
He turned his attention back to Jesse and Enos. "I wonder who the other one is," Enos said. Jesse and Bo shrugged, though the latter with just one shoulder. "Maybe Freddy knows."
"Nope," Freddy's voice drifted from his cell. "I swear on my momma's life I don't know." Enos shrugged too.
"Hope fer Ed's sake it ain't the brother," Jesse commented.
Well, Jesse, that just 'bout hits the nail right on the head.
"Wouldn't be surprised," Freddy responded. "That man's crookeder'n me 'n' John put tagether. 'S name's Randy Harris. I knew those two was planning ta git rid a me 'n' make away with the money. 'S gonna switch thangs around 'n' take the money from them, but ya'll arrested me too early."
"Can't say I'm too sorry 'bout that," Bo shot back. "But ya did shoot me."
"Can't say I'm too sorry 'bout that," Freddy mimicked. "But ya were bein' a very bad boy."
Bo just sighed, but Jesse's face turned as red as the stitches on a baseball.
"I'd like ta take you over my knee 'n' show ya it's a bad idea ta mess with a Duke," he said in a low voice. Enos and Bo grinned at each other. "Now ya've at least learned that ya can't hurt no one, 'specially my boy an' git away with it. An' I'd like ta take a piece or two out of ya, but I ain't gonna stoop ta yer level."
Bo couldn't contain his laughter. He let out a hearty laugh that got Enos going, too. Pretty soon, Jesse broke down also. That's the scene Boss Hogg walked out to. He looked at them all strangely.
"What's gotten into you?" he wondered. "Enos, you stay here. You Dukes follow me in here." He ushered Jesse and Bo into his office. "Siddown, Bo."
Bo did as he was told and sat in one of the wooden chairs by Boss's desk. Boss sat in his seat while Jesse remained standing.
"J.D., if this is about confessin' what ya done," Jesse began, "it's okay. Cooter heard you tell Rosco everythin' last night."
"Oh he did, did he?" said Boss. He added quietly, "Saves me a lotta trouble."
Jesse's firecracker exploded again. "J.D., it'd serve ya right ta say it out loud to us. Now ya just know it was a bad idea ta help them criminals an' give 'em a git outta jail free card just so's you could have extra help gettin' my boys. Now my nephew's hurt an' we can't seem ta git one of 'em back in jail."
"Jesse, ya gotta believe me!" Boss pleaded. "I never meant fer Bo ta git hurt, just locked away!"
"Boss," Bo cut in, "would ya rather have us Dukes in jail an' them fellas runnin' free, or them in jail an' us runnin' free?"
"Well I guess I'd rather have them in jail." He winced. "Oh, I guess you Dukes is right, an' I'm real sorry!"
"Apology accepted," Jesse said. "But it ain't me ya need to apologize to, J.D., it's Bo."
"It's okay Boss, apology accepted," Bo declared.
Thunder boomed in Luke's ears as if it were a sound effect for the scene taking place. He landed a blow firmly on Randy's face causing him to drop the gun. Daisy kicked John in the abdomen. John and Randy each lashed out in the same way, as Luke and Daisy both ducked simultaneously.
"Stand back, Daisy," Luke ordered. Daisy obeyed and stood a few feet behind Luke."
Luke traded several punches with each brother before his jumbled mind had an idea. As Randy pulled his fist back, Luke stepped aside. The other man had no time to react, so he stumbled forward into Daisy. Daisy fell backwards through the doorway and down the steps before landing with a THUD! She was knocked unconscious.
"Daisy!" Luke cried out. He hopped down the steps to find his fallen cousin. He felt for a pulse.
Breathing heavily, Luke felt tears running down his cheeks, mixing with the raindrops that already soiled his face. He ran his fingers through her long, mud-caked hair.
"Ya'll killed her!" Luke sobbed. "She ain't got no pulse; she's d-dead!"
Ya'll this here's history in the makin'. The first time Luke's plan backfired on 'im. I don' wanna see the rest, ya'll. Tell me when it's over.
Sorry guys, had to leave you one last big cliffhanger. Don't kill me for killing Daisy, I had to do it. Believe me, I feel terrible about it! Please review, even if they're just death threats! I always like reading those . . . lol.
