"That was my sister. Give me one good reason not to kill you where you stand."
"We saved that girl, Luke here got stabbed in the process. Go ask her, she'll tell ya."
"Jon, put the gun down before you get hurt." Bo looked around Jon and smiled.
"Hey, Ez. How ya doin?"
"You know him, Ezra?"
"Sure do. That's Bo, my kid brother and Luke is my cousin."
"Damn." Jon put his gun away. "Sorry man, the sheriff..." "The sheriff's an idiot." Bo finished for him.
"Jon. I talked to Louise, they helped her."
"Great! Now the kidnapper could be anywhere!"
"She's upstairs, you should go see her."
"Can we get Luke some help? Or are we gonna just let him bleed?"
"I'm right here, Bo." Doc walked in with his bag and went to Luke's side.
"Hey, Luke. Let's get ya fixed up." When Doc noticed how much blood Luke had lost, he told Bo.
"Bo, help me get him to my clinic."
"Okay." Bo helped Luke get to his feet.
"You okay, Lukas?"
"No. I ain't gonna be able to make it there walking."
"I'll carry you once we get up the stairs." Bo looked at Ezra and told him. "By the way, the kidnapper's dead. Shot him after he stabbed Luke. I'll take you to him once I know that Luke will be okay." Once they got upstairs, Bo picked up Luke and carried him out the door.
"Jon, come on." Louise took Jon's arm and they followed them. Bo carried Luke down the road to Doc's.
"Bring him to the back room. I have to give him some fluids to replace the blood that was lost." Bo set him down onto the bed and helped Doc with him. Several minutes later Doc had stitched up the wound.
"He'll be fine, Bo. I'll come get ya once he wakes." Bo nodded than left the room.
When Bo was with Luke, Jon and Ezra were in the waiting room.
"Your brother, does he have some sort of death wish?"
"What'd ya mean?"
"I held a gun to his head, boy didn't even flinch."
"Well, I suppose that's not the first time that has happened."
"What?"
"Did a tour of duty in Vietnam. One the best snipers over there. He has 106 confirmered kills, 133 that they counted. He earned a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star saving his unit, by killing about 30 VC in an ambush attack." Jon just stood there speachless, not knowing what to say. He hadn't expected that responce.
"I'm surprised that he let you keep your gun. Could of easily taken it from you."
"I doubt that he would of been able to."
"Jon, I wouldn't be to sure of that. Bo would be considered a Master in Taekwondo if he would have trained in the more traditional sence. A buddy of his in Vietnam taught him. You'd be foolish to mess with him."
"If it would of been that easy, why didn't he?"
"I guess he was too worried about Luke and getting him help." Bo walked out of the exam room and approached Jon and Ezra. Bo looked at Ezra and smiled. "Glad you're home." When Bo put out his hand, Ezra took it and pulled Bo into a hug. Bo whispered to him. "Missed you." They hugged for about a minute when Bo pulled away.
"You okay, Bo?" Ezra asked him as Bo pushed his long hair out of his face. Ezra took a good look at Bo, he looked stressed out and older than his years.
"I'm fine. Come on, I want to get back before he wakes." Bo walked towards the door with them following as Louise stayed behind. He stopped at the bottom of the stairs once he realized that the General was still on the side of the highway.
"Have to take me to my car first." Bo said to Ezra as he lite up a cigarette.
"Come on, Bo." Bo followed Ezra to their car and Bo held out his hand for the keys. Ezra gave Bo the keys.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"Driving, Jon. You comin'?" Jon looked at Ezra, who just shrugged his shoulders and made his way to the passenger's side.
"I'll just get in the back, I guess." As they were driving, Ezra tried to make small talk. It didn't go as he planned.
"How you been, Bo?"
"Fine."
"I got a surprise for everyone when we get back to the farm."
"Is that so?"
"Yep, moving back to Hazzard." Bo only smiled at that. Ezra gave up on the small talk and they drove the rest of the way in silence.
"Here we are." It didn't take long to arrive to where the General was left. Bo parked behind the General and they got out of the car.
"Follow me." Bo told Ezra. Jon just starred at Bo when he climbed into the General through the window.
"Doors are welded shut. They race on the weekends." Ezra explained to Jon as he walked to the driver's side.
"Okay. Your brother is definitely strange." They drove for about twenty minutes when Bo turned down a old horse path that was hidden from the road.
"Where in the world is he going?"
"We own the land down this way. They hunt here and most likely have a still around."
"Wait a minute! You're a cop and you're telling me that your kid brother is a moonshiner?"
"Didn't say that." Ezra gave him a sly smile.
"How much acreage does your family own?"
"Maybe about 400 over here and about a total of over two thousand acreage at our farm. Thirteen hundred we grow cotton on and the rest corn and our own food. Jesse's brothers and their kids own farms around Placid County, Chickasaw and Hatchapee Counties." They followed for several minutes than Bo stopped. He got out of the the General and motioned them to follow.
"We have to walk. He's by the creek." Bo told them as they got out of the car.
"Why didn't you tell the sheriff where the body was?"
"Would have arrested me for murder." Jon nodded as they continued to walk. They walked for about five minutes and came upon the body. Jon knelt down and looked at the man.
"It's Louise's ex-husband. Should of known. Here we all thought that he had someone else do his dirty work." Jon said as Bo removed the arrow from him.
"You shot him with an arrow?"
"Was out hunting when we heard the lady scream."
"You use bows and arrows to hunt?"
"Can't use a gun." Bo told him as he walked to the creek to wash off the arrow. Jon looked at Ezra, who only shrugged his shoulders. Bo picked up his bow and looked around for Luke's. He found it near the tree line and picked it up. Bo started to walk back to the cars when Jon called out to him.
"You going to help?"
"Nope." As he walked away he turned his head and asked Ezra, "you staying at the farm?"
"Yeah."
"See ya, later." Bo waved and lite up a cigarette as he walked away.
"Strange guy."
"You only know the half of it."
