The next few days Cooter kept his eyes pealed for that light brown sedan but there was no sign of it. Bo and Luke just thought that maybe it was a one-time thing. They had no idea how wrong they were.
One afternoon Bo took the pickup truck and went into town to pick up some feed. Luke stayed back to help Uncle Jesse fix the porch roof. Luke wanted to go into instead but they had a coin tossup and Bo won. As Luke was hammering away on the porch roof he was wondering how much fun Bo was having going into town instead of being stuck behind to fix a roof. However, while everyone was working and minding their own business nobody knew about the trouble lurked around Hazzard.
Once Uncle Jesse and Luke were done with the porch roof Luke looked around the farm and realized that the pickup truck wasn't there which meant that Bo wasn't back yet. He thought that Bo was just taking his lovely old time because then he wouldn't have to help with the roof if he took longer than expected.
Daisy came outside when Luke was climbing down the ladder.
"Hey, y'all, did Bo get back yet?" she asked.
Luke shook his head. "No, he hasn't. He's probably at Cooter's killing time so he wouldn't have to help with the porch roof. Why do you ask?"
"Well, Mr. Rhuebottom just called and he said that Bo hadn't showed up yet."
"He left a few hours ago," Uncle Jesse said. "He should have gotten there and should've been home by now."
"I'm gonna try to raise him on the CB," Luke said walking into the house. Once he stepped into the kitchen he walked over to the CB and turned it on. He waited a little bit before saying anything.
"Lost Sheep 1 calling Lost Sheep 2, you got your ears on?"
Uncle Jesse and Daisy walked in just as Luke was waiting for a reply.
"Bo, this is Luke, you got your ears on?"
Luke caught the flash of fear in Daisy's eyes when he didn't get an answer.
"Bo, you out there?"
Luke slammed the CB mike down when Bo didn't answer. Something had to be wrong for BO not to answer. Luke could just feel that something was terribly wrong. What was going on? Where was Bo?
"Uncle Jesse, I'm worried," Daisy said.
Luke nodded. "So am I. I'm gonna take the General and go talk to Cooter. Then I'm gonna search the back roads of Hazzard for a bit and see if I can find anything."
"Okay, but be careful," Uncle Jesse said.
Luke ran out the door and jumped in the General Lee. He sped out of the yard and sped down the road. He just had to find Bo. He was really worried about Bo. He had no idea where he was, or if he was okay. It made him go crazy not knowing where his youngest cousin was. He was always protective of Bo an Daisy because they were his younger cousins who were more like his younger brother and sister.
Luke went to Cooter's and then to Mr. Rhuebottom's and neither one of them knew where Bo was. Then he searched the back roads and there still was no sign of Bo anywhere. Since he couldn't find anything he decided to head back to the farm and see if he was already home or not. He was just so upset not knowing where he was. It hurt him.
When he walked into the house Daisy and Uncle Jesse were waiting for him in the kitchen.
"Did you find anything?" Uncle Jesse asked.
Luke shook his head. "No, I dint find anything. I checked with Cooter and Mr. Rhuebottom, and then I went on the back roads. When I couldn't find anything I figured on coming home because maybe he was already here. There was no sight of him anywhere or anything to where he would be."
"Uncle Jesse, something's wrong," Daisy said. "I can just feel it."
"Yeah, I feel it too," Uncle Jesse answered.
Luke sat down at the kitchen table and put his arms on the table. He sighed sadly, and Daisy stood behind him and put her hands on his shoulders. She could sense his fear. Bo and Luke were so close. Every time Bo was late coming home Luke had no other choice but to worry about him. Luke's full-time job was protecting his family, and right now he didn't feel like he was doing a very good job.
"What're we gonna do?" Daisy asked.
Luke shrugged. "I don't know, but I'll yell you one thing, I ain't gonna just sit around here doing nothing while Bo is out there."
Luke stood up and was headed for the door when Uncle Jesse put his hand on his shoulder and stopped.
"Luke, just hold on now," he said. "Maybe we're jumping to conclusions. Maybe the pickup truck broke down or something."
Luke shook his head. "No, he knows just about as much about as I do, and if he was having trouble with the truck he could fix if he had to. And if he couldn't, he would've called us on the CB."
Daisy nodded. "That's true."
They all sighed sadly and just as Luke was about to go out the door a familiar voice came over the CB.
"Calling Luke Duke, calling Luke Duke."
Luke walked over to CB and picked up the mike.
"Yeah, this here's Luke Duke coming back at ya. Who do I got over there?"
"I'm surprised you don't recognize my voice, Luke. Or should I say Sgt. Duke."
Something sparked in Luke's mind as he listened to what the person said. It took him a bit to recognize the voice.
"Benson," Luke growled into the mike.
"Oh, so you do recognize my voice. It's been another year since I saw you last."
"What do you want, Benson? Don't forget that I caught you again last time. I have no problem doing it once more if I have to."
"Well, don't you worry. I'm nowhere near your farm. But you just better remember to watch your back when you're walking around town because I could be right behind you."
"Benson, what do you want?"
"I want you. I wanna get revenge on you for putting me in the brig in the Marines and last time."
"Why bother? You already put my family through hell last time. Ain't that revenge enough?"
"No, it ain't 'cause I didn't get what I came for. But I will this time. You can count on that. It took me a lot to break out of jail again. I also have Hixx with me this time too. He's changed and I'm pretty sure that he wants to get revenge on you too."
"You got enough revenge last time. That's enough."
"No, it ain't. However, I do have a question for you."
"What's that?"
"How much do you care about your kin?"
