Luke was awaken close to dawn by a strange noise coming from outside the General. Luke opened his eyes, and immediately noticed that it was still dark out. Remembering that Bo was outside, Luke got up quickly and rolled down the window on the driver's side and climbed out. Luke noticed the dark outline of his cousin sitting up on the hood, the strange noise coming from his direction. All at once it hit him what the noise was. Luke walked over to the front of the car and saw Bo was hunched over coughing and making a small wheezing sound in between each cough.
"You okay Bo?" Luke asked a hint of concern in his voice.
"Yeah…I think I was choking on spit."
"Eww, um why don't you go and sleep in the General, you can have the backseat if you want. I'll just sleep in the front. It's a heck of a lot warmer in there." Luke said as he watched his breath become visible in the chilly air.
"Okay Luke." Bo said as he stood up. Bo's joints were stiff from the cold, and from the fact that he had been curled up to try and stay warm on the hood, so Luke had to help him in the General and get into the backseat. Luke then climbed in and rolled the window back up. Bo sat in the back, shivering form the sudden change in temperature.
"C-Can you t-turn the heater on L-Luke?"
"That wouldn't be a good idea right now."
"H-How come?"
"Cause yer body will think it's warm even though your blood ain't. All that cold blood would rush to your heart and that would be really bad." Luke explained. Bo looked at Luke confused.
"H-How do you know t-that?" Bo asked Luke.
"Unlike some of us, I actually paid attention in health class. I'll turn the heater on in a little bit. Just let your body warm up on it's own for right now, 'kay?"
"Fine, but I-I'm still cold." Bo said still shivering.
"Well at least your not outside no more." Luke said. Luke turned around so he was facing the front. He was startled when Bo started coughing again, but this time a little harder then before.
"Are you sure your okay?" Luke asked concerned. Bo just nodded his head as he tried to catch his breath after the fit subsided. Bo found it a bit difficult to catch his breath, but didn't think anything of it. Both boys finally managed to fall back to sleep after a half hour or so, Bo now being warmer then before.
Luke awoke to the bright light of the sun shining in his face through the windows. Luke sat up and stretched the best he could from the front seat. Hearing the not so quiet snoring of Bo coming from the backseat, Luke turned around and saw that was laying on his side, back to the front of the car. Luke saw the reason for Bo's unusually loud snoring. Bo's neck was bent against the side of the General while his long legs were pushing against the opposite side. Luke also noticed that Bo was sniffling every once in awhile, telling him that Bo's nose was probably stuffy as well. Knowing Bo would be a lot quieter sitting in the front seat where his neck wouldn't bent in what Luke thought had to be a very uncomfortable position, plus it would help clear his nose, reaching back behind him, Luke gently shook Bo's shoulder in an attempt to awaken him.
"Bo, time to get up." Luke said. Bo just groaned and moved some, but remained asleep.
"Bo, c'mon get up and move to the front, you'll be a lot more comfortable there. And you won't wake up with a neck cramp."
"Just five more minutes…" Bo said partially awake and partially in his sleep. Luke just sighed and reached over to Bo's ear and started pinching it.
"Ow! Hey cut it out! That hurts." Bo said as he sat up and rubbed his ear, then his sore neck.
"Well that got you up. You was snoring, and I was trying to wake you up so you could move up front where you'd be a lot more comfortable."
"Well you could've just shook my shoulder, but you didn't have to pinch my ear." Bo said agitated.
"Well I did shake yer shoulder and you just said five more minutes." Bo just gave Luke a look that told Luke to be quiet. Bo moved into the front of the General, and sat in the passenger's seat.
"What time is it?" Bo asked as his question was soon followed by a rather loud yawn. Luke laughed a bit before answering.
"What do I look like? Big Ben? I forgot to put my watch on that I got for Christmas. But judging from the position of the sun, I would have to guess it's almost ten. We should get movin' again. Gonna be a long drive. I'll drive today, so you can go back to sleep if you want, plus you drove all day yesterday, and you probably want to take a break from driving." Luke looked over at Bo when he got no response, only to find his young cousin asleep once again, snoring again, but not as loud as before. Luke started the engine and pulled out of the spot they had slept and headed towards Ohio.
Meanwhile in a rather large building, in a rather large city, in a fair sized state, two men were preparing for the arrival of two particular people.
"What are we gonna do Chuck? Them boys are scheduled to be here by this afternoon. How are we gonna get back for them stopping us last year?"
"Don't worry Charlie, as soon as them Duke boy's get here, we'll treat 'em real nice, and then we'll make our move and make sure they don't ever make it back home. Hogg will be pleased as well for us agreeing to draw those two hayseeds out here while he gets their farm, and we get our revenge and a big fat payment from Hogg as well." Chuck said with a laugh. Chuck and Charlie are a couple of goons that tried to steal the General and frame a robbery in Atlanta on the Duke boys last summer, but that's a different story for a different time.
"With that winter weather advisory in effect 'til tomorrow mornin', we'll have the perfect set up for an accidental accident." Chuck said to Charlie.
"Um, what do you mean Chuck? How would it be an accidental accident?"
"Charlie, when they were passing out brains, were you out fishing or something? What I mean is that when they get here, we're gonna make it look like they was in an accident and stuck in the cold, and forced to walk in the bad weather, and what do you think would happen if they were to oh, let's say get hurt, and end up stranded?" Chuck tried to explain. Charlie looked at his rather short boss pondering what he had just said. Sighing, Chuck started to get angry.
"Just never mind for now, c'mon we only got a few hours until they're supposed to get here, and we still gotta set the traps and get everything ready to make it look like an accident. Plus we gotta pick up our disguises so they can't recognize us." Chuck said as he and Charlie headed out of the large building.
Bo and Luke had been going for three hours straight, stopping just long enough to get gas and breakfast and to use the restroom, before heading out again.
"How much longer 'til we get there, Luke?" Bo asked growing increasingly bored with each passing minute.
"We're almost there. I wish you would stop asking me that. That would be what, the eleventh or twelfth time you've asked me that within the past five minutes. We'll never get there if you don't stop complaining."
"Well sorry, can't help the fact that I'm practically dieing of boredom here." Bo complained again. Luke just rolled his eyes and kept driving, while Bo kept repeating the same thing over and over again.
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"No! Now shut up, your giving me a headache!" Luke shouted.
"Geez, sorry I asked." Bo said sarcastically. He then turned his attention to the outside of the orange car. Bo noticed the strange looks that people were passing their way as they passed cars on the freeway leading through Kentucky that would eventually lead them to their destination. After about ten minutes of watching people give them strange looks and people who smiled and waved, Bo once again grew bored. Bo decided to turn the radio on and find a station to listen to. After looking for a few minutes, he finally found a station playing a song that Bo liked to sing along with back at the farm. It was a song sung by Waylon Jennings, called Good ol' Boys. Bo started singing along as Luke tried to block out the noise his cousin was making.
"Just two good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm." Bo started singing. "Makin' they're way, the only way they know how, that's just a little bit more then the law will allow." Luke was starting to grow agitated, partly from his headache, and partly from the fact that Bo wasn't listening when he told him to be quiet. Reaching over, Luke turned the radio off.
"Hey, what'd you do that for?"
"Cause it's giving me a headache."
"How's the radio givin' you a headache?"
"It's making my head hurt like your big mouth is."
"What the hecks yer problem?"
"You are. Now just shut up."
"Fine, you old grump." Bo said as he returned his attention back outside his window to watch the scenery pass by.
boy remind me never to bug Luke next time he's got a headache. i don't know 'bout them fellas who have connections with Boss Hogg, but i got me a feelin' the boys are gonna be in a mess of trouble before this 'vaction' is over with. please R&R!
A/N: if ya'll wanna hear more about the Duke's connection with Charlie and Chuck, letme knowand i'll get started on it.