They had been driving deeper into the forest for about an hour and were soon at the location where they planned to leave Bo and Luke. The General started to stutter and soon the engine just quit altogether.
"Alright boys, we're here. You're to keep them blind folds on for the next ten minutes. After those ten minutes are up, you can take them off. Got it?"
"What happens if we take them off before then?" Luke asked.
"Well if you take them off before then, the next thing you'll have to eat will be lead. So unless you want to eat lead, I'd advise you to keep them on." Chuck warned. Chuck slid out of the window and reached back in and started to pull Luke out, while Charlie reached in the passenger's side window and started to pull Bo out.
"Ow, hey watch it." Bo said as Charlie pulled his hair a bit.
"Shut up hayseed. If you'd stop squirming, I wouldn't be pulling your hair."
"Who you calling hayseed, you dang Yankee?" Bo yelled.
"Shut up you piece of trash!" Charlie yelled as he punched Bo in the stomach after he was out of the General. Bo doubled over from the blow that knocked the wind out of him. He knelt on his knees hunched over trying to breathe, but found it difficult to do that. Luke still having his blindfold on didn't see what Charlie did, but he did hear Bo start gasping for air and coughing again.
"Bo! What did you do to him?" Luke yelled.
"Oh I just shut him up for the time being. Don't worry, he's still breathing, I think." Charlie said with an evil laugh.
"You damn maggot, if you hurt him, I swear I'll kill you!" Luke yelled angrily.
"I'm…alright…Luke…just had…the…wind knocked…out of me…" Bo managed to get out between gasps for air.
"Come with me." Chuck said as he pulled Luke along with him. They walked over to where Charlie had a hold of Bo, keeping him standing up.
"Wait here, I need to have a word with Charlie." Chuck said as he pulled Charlie by his arm. Once they were out of hearing range of the Duke boys, Chuck began talking.
"What do you think your doing? If you make him stop breathing before we get outta here, if that happens, then it'll look suspicious if he died too soon."
"Sorry Chuck, it was the only thing I could think of to shut him up. I didn't think he'd have trouble breathing afterwards."
"Just don't do it again unless I tell you to, got it?"
"Yes sir."
While Charlie and Chuck were talking, Bo and Luke were doing the same thing, after having gotten the blindfolds off.
"Bo, you okay?" Luke asked concerned.
"Yeah…I'll live…"
"Okay, I think we should make a run for it before they come back. Think you're up to it?"
"Yeah, I think…I can manage…"
"Good, now on the count of three, we'll make a run for it towards the trees."
"Okay…"
"Ready? One, two, three!" Bo and Luke took off towards the trees, running at full speed. Charlie and Chuck turned around and saw Bo and Luke running away. Chuck pulled out his gun and started firing at Bo and Luke. They managed to dodge the flying bullets and take cover in the trees, but they didn't stop running.
"DAMN! Let's get after them!" Charlie yelled.
"Hold on, they're running blind, they have no idea where they're going. Just let them be, they went in the direction that just leads farther into the forest."
"Oh yeah, Hehehe good point. C'mon, let's get outta here."
"Right."
Bo and Luke had been running blind for the past five minutes. Bo had been starting to lag behind after the first couple minutes. Bo let out a surprised yelp when he felt his foot catch on something, and he ended up falling face first on the ground. Luke turned around and saw Bo lying on the ground, breathing hard.
"Bo, are you alright?" Bo shook his head and that made Luke start to worry even more. "What happened?"
"I…I think…I…tripped…" Bo managed to say.
"C'mon, you gotta stand up, we can't give them a chance to catch up." Bo nodded his head and tried to stand up, but when he moved his right foot, a sharp pain went up his leg, causing him to yell out in pain.
"What's wrong?"
"I think…I twisted…my ankle…" Luke looked down at Bo's foot and noticed that his foot was stuck under a large limb that must've been hidden and pulled up when Bo's foot got caught on it. Luke then knew how Bo twisted his ankle.
"Great, c'mon, I'll help ya." Luke said as he helped Bo stand up, being careful not to put any weight on Bo's foot. It was then that Luke could hear Bo's wheezy breathing and instantly grew even more worried.
'Oh no, this ain't good. I hope his asthma ain't coming back, that's all we need to have happen out here in the middle of nowhere.' Luke thought to himself. And as if to make things worse, Luke saw several large snowflakes start falling.
"Oh great, now all we need is a snow storm. C'mon Bo, lets get going." Slowly, Bo and Luke started to make their way through the woods, hoping to find someplace to get help. After walking for what seemed like hours, Luke started to hear the sound of rushing water. The snow had gotten harder and now it was getting hard to see.
"Ya hear that Bo? There's a stream or something real close to here. If we follow it, we maybe able to find some help." Bo nodded his head letting Luke know that he too heard the water. They started making their way towards the source of the sound and were soon greeted by the friendly sight of a small creek.
"Luke…can…we…rest…here…for…a…bit…?"
"Yeah, we can rest for a bit. How's your ankle feel?"
"Hurts…bad…I don't…feel very…good…Luke…" Luke became increasingly worried and felt Bo's forehead. Luke was shocked at how warm Bo felt, and how bad he looked.
"Don't worry Bo, I learned while in the Marines that if you follow a stream or some other running body of water, then it'll likely take ya to someplace you can get help. Now you just rest up, and let me know when your ready to go, okay?"
"Yeah…okay…" Bo said weakly, as he leaned his head back against the tree he was sitting against. Luke sat and watched Bo take several raspy breaths and at the same time tried to think of a way to get them both out of this mess.
'Don't worry none Bo, I'll get us outta this mess no matter what. And then we'll get them two thugs behind bars where they belong. I promise you.' Luke said as he too leaned his head against the large oak tree he sat against, praying that he and Bo would get out of this one as well and that Bo's labored breathing wasn't because of what he thought it was.
Well that's that, hope Luke can figure a way out of this mess and get bo some help, he's gonna need it. Anyway please R&R!