Disclaimer: I don't own the Dukes of Hazzard or Stargate SG-1, not making any money, just cheap thrills.

Warnings: Angst

Rating: FRT

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Through The Looking Glass

Chapter 10

"Duke farm, L.B. Davenport speaking," L.B. answered the phone.

"L.B.? How's everything going there?" Luke asked.

"Oh everything's fine Luke," L.B. replied.

"That's good, listen L.B. we're coming home in a couple of days, and I need you to do something for us if you could."

"Sure thing Luke, what ya need?"

"Could you get Bo's old bed out of the attic and set it up for him?" Luke asked.

"Um, Luke old buddy I thought you said set Bo's bed up for him?" L.B. asked, obviously confused.

"I did L.B., we're bringing Bo home with us," Luke replied with a grin.

"Luke, would it be okay if I talked to Daisy?" L.B. asked, keeping his voice calm and steady, not wanting to upset his friend.

"You can, but she'll tell ya the same thing L.B.. I ain't crazy, turns out Bo's alive," Luke began, only to be interrupted by L.B..

"What? But how? Where's he been all this time?" L.B. stuttered out, clearly shocked at the news.

"Turns out he wasn't even in the cave when that earthquake hit. He caught a couple of guys in there dumping toxic waste and well they took him with them. They had an accident over in Sweetwater county and both of them was killed. Bo was thrown clear, but he didn't have any i.d. on him and he's been in a coma all this time. He just woke up a few weeks ago, as soon as he was strong enough and was able to remember who he was, they called us," Luke explained.

"So that's why y'all took off so sudden like," L.B. said, suddenly understanding. "Why didn't ya say something before ya left?"

"We wanted to make sure it really was Bo before we told anybody else. Now L.B. please don't tell anybody just yet okay? Bo's got a lot of catching up to do and he don't need a big homecoming or a lot of excitement just yet," Luke told his old friend.

"Oh, sure thing Luke, I won't tell a soul," L.B. agreed. "When y'all gonna be home anyway?"

"Day after tommorrow, and L.B., thanks," Luke said,before hanging up. "Well that should take care of everything," Luke observed, looking over at his cousins.

"Mabel still at the phone company?" Bo asked.

"Yep," Luke replied with a smile. "She was listening in, she always does," Luke explained to the memebers of SG-1. "Trust me within an hour everybody in Hazzard will know that Bo's alive and how that happened."

"If you say so," Jack said, deciding to trust that the Dukes knew what they were talking about when it came to Hazzard.

Two days later, the Duke family, along with Cooter Davenport returned home. Pulling into the driveway of the Duke farm, they weren't surprised to see the yard filled with cars. "Good old Mabel, she's better than putting an ad in the newspaper," Bo observed. "Nice to know some things never change."

"Well come on Bo, might as well face the music," Luke said. Opening the car door, he ushered his reluctant cousin out of the car.

Before they had even made it into the house, Rosco came stalking over to them, handcuffs swinging from one finger. "Alright Bo Duke, I've got ya now. I'm gonna cuff ya and stuff ya," Rosco chortled.

"Rosco, what are you talking about?" Luke demanded, rapidly getting angry.

"He's been in Sweetwater county all this time right?"

"Right," Luke agreed.

"Well fifteen years ago he was still on probation, and that's a probation violation," Rosco explained, moving forward.

"Rosco, I wasn't there by choice," Bo protested, as the sheriff grabbed his hand and started to put the cuffs on him.

"Gotcha, khee...khee," Rosco laughed, suddenly putting away the cuffs and hugging the younger man. "I finally got to shuck 'n jive a Duke. You didn't really think I'd put you in jail for being kidnapped and then being in a coma, did ya?" Rosco asked, still grinning wildly.

"Rosco, that wasn't...aw heck I guess it was kind of funny. But don't do that to me again, okay?" Bo requested, heart still racing at the thought of coming home and being imprisoned again.

"You ain't planning on coming back from the dead again are ya?"

"Not planning to."

"Then I reckon I won't be able to do that again. Sorry if I upset y'all, I just couldn't resist," Rosco explained, including all of the Dukes in his apology. "There is something serious I need to talk to ya about though Bo."

"What's that Rosco?"

"Well now, I heard that you saw some guys dumping toxic waste in that cave. Is that true?" Rosco asked, suddenly all business.

"Yeah, but you ain't got to worry about that none..."

"I don't?"

"No you don't Rosco," Cooter took over the explanation. "When I found out Bo was alive and what he'd seen, well I pulled a few strings and there's a team from the EPA gonna be here tommorrow. Bo'll take them out there and show them where to look. Then they'll bring in heavy equipment and start moving all them rocks so they can make sure to clean up all of the toxic waste."

"But Cooter wouldn't it be better to leave it there, since it's already buried?" Mr. Rhuebottom asked, from within the crowd.

"No sir it wouldn't. First of all we don't know exactly what kind of waste we're dealing with and second it could leak into the ground water eventually. That's why it's best, even though it'll cost a lot, to get it out of there and make sure the area is kept safe. Now because of that, I'm asking all of you to stay away from that area until the clean-up is completed."

"Well what if it's already in the ground water?" Rosco asked.

"Once they get to the barrels they should be able to tell if any of them are leaking yet. Since it's only been fifteen years and they've been under a pile of rocks, hopefully we'll get them out before they leak." Cooter explained.

"Alright y'all there ain't nothin' we can do about it right now, so how about we welcome Bo home in style?" L.B. asked, diverting everybody's attention back onto to Bo and his unexpected resurection.

Several hours later the only ones still at the Duke farm were the Dukes and the Davenports. "I'm sorry y'all, I know you didn't want a big party, but Mabel was listening..." L.B. began to apologize.

"That's okay L.B., it's my fault really, I should've known Mabel would be listening in. Guess I was just so excited, I didn't think," Luke interrrupted.

"Thanks Luke, glad y'all ain't mad."

"It was kind of nice really," Bo softly spoke, thinking about all of the old friends he'd seen that day.

"Yeah it was," Luke agreed, laying a hand on his cousin's shoulder.

"Well, guess we better be going then. I'll see you boys tommorrow, after I've picked up the clean-up team," Cooter said, standing up and heading for L.B.'s truck.

Later that night Luke walked into the bedroom he'd shared with Bo since they were children. The happy smile he wore slid from his face as he stepped inside and saw Bo staring at the wall, tears streaming down his face. "Bo, what's wrong?"

"I'm scared Luke," Bo replied in a small voice.

"Scared? I don't understand," Luke said. Taking Bo's arm, he led him to one of the beds and sat him down. "Bo, what is there to be afraid of?"

"This...what if it's a trick?"

"A trick? What do you mean?"

"What if it's Ocasta playing games with me? What if he's just letting me think I'm free and home? I'm afraid that any minute he's going to take back over and I'll find out this was all just another mind game."

"Aw Bo, listen to me cousin," Luke began, wrapping one arm around Bo and pulling him close. "I know it's hard to believe, but what would he gain by making you think you were free?"

"He could've figured out that it would be the thing to finally break me," Bo sadly replied.

"What can I do to convince you that it's real? Bo, is there any way for you to tell if Ocasta is still inside of you?"

"Yeah," Bo replied, still looking at the floor. "Yeah there is!" Bo excitedly said, head snapping up as he looked at Luke, a wide grin on his face. "Kel-no-reem, even Ocasta couldn't hide his presence during that," Bo muttered.

"Kel-no-reem?"

"It's a very deep meditation, Jaffa use it in place of sleep. The Gou'ld taught them how, makes for a better soldier if they only need a couple of hours sleep every few days," Bo explained. "Thanks to Ocasta I know how to perform Kel-no-reem and that will let me look inside myself to see if he's there."

"Great, so what do ya need to do this?" Luke asked, willing to do whatever was needed to help his cousin.

"Candles, an otherwise dark room and silence," Bo replied. "Luke, do you think it'd be okay if I used Uncle Jesse's room for this?"

"Sure Bo, we just use it for a spare room. Do you want to do this tonight?"

"Yeah, I need to know whether or not this is real," Bo answered.

A short time later, Bo stepped into his uncle's old room and shut the door behind him. Lighting the candles that were spread throughout the room, Bo turned off the light and sat indian style on the floor. Taking a deep breath, he slowly deepened his meditative state until he had achieved Kel-no-reem.

Ocasta? Looking deep within his mind, Bo searched for any sign of the Gou'ld. Finding no sign of his former master, Bo sighed in relief. As he prepared to emerge from Kel-no-reem, he suddenly felt another presence. "Who is it? Ocasta?" he asked fearfully, thinking he'd been mistaken before.

"No Bo," a beloved voice replied.

"Uncle Jesse?"

"It's me sprout, I've been hoping for your return home since I passed over," Jesse explained.

"My return home?"

"I thought you were already here Bo, but when I got here I found out you had never crossed over. I was allowed to witness what happened to you in that cave. I wish I could've spared you from going through that, but I am proud of you for never giving up, I know how hard that was on you."

"How?" Bo asked, confused by his uncle's words.

"On this plane of existence there are no limits. I can go anywhere in the universe, unfortunately all I can do is observe. That's what I've been doing since I discovered what happened to you. I've been watching for the past two years, I've seen the things Ocasta did and I know how much that hurt you."

"I'm sorry I wasn't here to say good-bye to you Uncle Jesse," Bo said.

"There's nothing for you to be sorry for Bo. Would I have spent thirteen years thinking you were dead, if given a choice? No, but Ocasta didn't give any of us a choice and you suffered more than any of us because of him. I don't ever want you to feel badly for not being here when I passed over, besides I'm not really gone so there ain't no reason for good-byes," Jesse said, eyes twinkling.

"You mean cause you can watch over us?"

"Exactly, I know I'm not there in body, but I'm always with you kids and I always will be," Jesse explained. "I heard what you said about cursing me for teaching you to always fight back."

"I'm sorry Uncle Jesse, I didn't mean that..."

"Yes you did, and it's alright Bo, I understand. I know you though and I know you'll beat yourself up for feeling that way. I don't want you to do that sprout, after what you went through I can understand you thinking like that, even if just for a minute. Now when you start feeling guilty for what Ocasta did, I want you to remember something; he would've done those things anyway. I know you aren't sure of that, but believe me he would've. Truth is Bo, you fighting him distracted him enough that it kept him from doing some of the things he would've done. So see, not only did your resistance save you, it saved others as well," Jesse explained.

"I'm sorry Uncle Jesse, but I just have a hard time believing that," Bo protested, refusing to let go of his guilt.

"Have I ever lied to you Bo?"

"No sir."

"Then believe me, I know because one of the gifts of being here is getting to see the alternate realities. In one of those realities, you gave up quickly and instead of thousands dying at Ocasta's hand, millions died."

"Really?" Bo asked, wanting to believe his uncle.

"Really," Jesse assured him. Leaning forward, Jesse embraced his youngest nephew. "I have to go now Bo, but never forget I'm here. If you ever need to talk, I'll hear you and if you're really desperate you can always come here again."

"I wish you could stay longer, but I understand. Thank you Uncle Jesse, I love you," Bo replied, returning the hug.

"I love you too spout," Jesse answered, slowly fading from sight.

Awakening from the Kel-no-reem, Bo wiped the tears from his face and slowly stood up. Turning the light back on, he blew out the candles and left the room.

"Bo, how'd it go?" Luke asked, looking up from the magazine in his hands.

"Fine," Bo replied, voice thick with emotion.

"Are you okay honey?" Daisy asked, walking up to him and leading him to the couch.

"I'm fine Daisy. Ocasta is really gone, the Kel-no-reem proved it. I found something else out too though," Bo told them.

"What's that?" Daisy softly asked.

"I spoke to Uncle Jesse...don't look at me like that Daisy, it was real. He told me that he's been watching me since he crossed over. He knew all about Ocasta, and what he'd done, he said he's proud of me. More than that though, he showed me that what Ocasta did wasn't my fault. I know I'm still gonna have problems, probably plenty of nightmares for starters. But now I'm sure that with support from y'all and knowing that Uncle Jesse is still here watching over us, I can really get my life back."

"You know not very long ago, I wouldn't have believed you, but now... Well after all I've learned, I'm not about to say that you're wrong about Uncle Jesse. I'm just glad he was able to help you," Luke told him, smiling with happiness for his baby cousin. "Now I don't know about y'all, but we've got a busy day tommorrow and I'm going to bed." Luke said, standing up and heading down the hall.

The next day, the members of SG-1, along with numerous members from the corps of engineers arrived in Hazzard. Meeting them at the eastern end of Bronson Canyon, the Duke family were surprised to see Rosco pulling up behind them.

"Alright now, who's in charge here?" Rosco asked, walking up to where Bo stood talking to Colonel O'Neill.

"That would be me sheriff, I'm Jack O'Neill with the EPA. What can I do for you sheriff?"

"You can come into town and fill out the permits you need before you start your clean-up," Rosco replied.

"Permits?" Jack asked, confused. He had thought Cooter had taken care of all that. "Sheriff we already have all the permits we need."

"No, now that's where you're wrong Mr. O'Neill. There are local permits you have to have. Permits for digging, and for using heavy machinery. Then there's the permits for removing the toxic waste..."

"Rosco, what are you trying to pull?" Luke demanded.

"I ain't pulling nothing Luke, but well now there's fees that have to be paid."

"Uh-huh, and just how much are these fees going to run sheriff?" Jack asked, catching on quickly to what was happening.

"Oh, just a piddling five hundred dollars," Rosco replied with a giggle.

"Well we certainly don't want to get into any trouble with the local authorities. I'll tell ya what sheriff, how about I have Luke here drive me into town and I'll fill out the paperwork right away, how's that?"

"Now look here Mr. O'Neill, I don't care if you...oh you said you'd fill out. Well yeah, that'd be okay," Rosco agreed, snickering at how easy this was.

Forty-five minutes later, Luke and Jack were on their way back to the dig site. "You know something Luke, I'm beginning to see what Cooter meant about Hazzard not being like any place else on earth."

"Yeah, sorry about that Colonel," Luke began to apologize.

"Nothing to worry about," Jack assured him. "I admit, that sheriff of your's is annoying, but it isn't your fault. Besides after dealing with the red tape the Air Force can generate, not to mention the alien bureaucrats, Rosco's easy. Might even say he's kind of refreshing," Jack told him, chuckling quietly to himself.

A week later the dig was completed and the stargate was successfully removed from Hazzard county. Driving over to the Duke farm, the members of SG-1 were relieved to know they would soon be out of Hazzard and back at the SGC.

"Bo," Jack called, climbing out of the car in the Duke driveway.

"Jack, what can I do for ya?" Bo asked, turning away from the back door and walking over to the car.

"Actually we just came to say good-bye," Jack replied.

"Good-bye, y'all are done already?" Luke asked, walking up and joining the conversation.

"Well now Luke you were in the Marines, you should know that when they need to the military can move fast."

Chuckling lightly, Luke had to agree. "Guess that's true, so what now?"

"Now, we go back to the SGC and you get on with your life," Jack replied.

"It's really over, I don't have to answer anymore questions or deal with Maybourne?" Bo asked hopefully.

"It's over Bo, the only thing will be, that we might occassionally call you up with a question or two, but other than that it's over," Jack confirmed. "I wanted to come by and thank you for all your help, you take care of yourself," Jack said, shaking Bo's hand before climbing back into the car.

Saying their good-byes to the other members of SG-1, the Duke cousins watched as their new friends drove away. Turning away from the drive, they headed inside more than ready for life to get back to normal.

THE END

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