Luke sat next to Bo trying to comfort him, but with little luck.
"They said it'd never come back. They lied to us." Bo said breaking the silence.
"I know Bo, but there's nothing we can do about it now, except get them two monsters off the street for good and behind bars where they belong." Luke said in a gentle voice. Bo nodded his head in agreement. Jesse and the rest of the group stood by the door, unsure of what to say to help Bo feel better. After a few minutes silence, with the exception of an occasional sniffle from Bo, Cooter was the first to speak up.
"I think we should go get the General first and get him taken care of, and then use him to find then guys that did this."
"Yeah, but I'm not even sure I could take you back there. It was so deep in the woods." Luke said.
"Luke, we gotta try to find him. After all, the General's family too." Bo said finally.
"Yeah, but I'm not sure where we left 'em." Luke said again.
"I can show ya'll where I picked Bo and Luke up if ya'll want." Jimmy said.
"Yeah, then maybe we can go from there, maybe we could follow Luke's footprints in the snow and find the General that way." Cooter chimed in.
"Yeah, but it's been snowing and his tracks are bound to be covered up by now." Daisy said.
"She's got a point there. But I still think we could find them dudes a lot easier with the General." Cooter said.
"Cooter, yer a genius." Luke blurted out. Everyone looked at Luke confused.
"Um, I am?" Cooter asked confused most.
"Yeah, don't you see, if we can find the General and them guys are still around here somewhere, if they see the General Lee then they'll know we're still alive. And if they find out we're still alive, then they'll try to get us again."
"But that's crazy. If you plan to do that, then you might as well put big signs on yers backs with big targets on them." Cooter said.
"Just let me finish, if we do find the General, and they do see 'em, then they'll chase whoever's driving and if we can get the police from this county and the sheriff from this county and the next one, we could possibly catch them and they'd be put in the pokey where they belong."
"Luke?" Bo said.
"Yeah Bo?"
"That's just crazy enough to work."
"Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. But before we can try that, we gotta find the General."
"I think we should split up and search the woods where I found you two. But we should check with the local police department and the sheriff's department first just incase they found yer car." Jimmy suggested.
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. I can call them first and ask them, it'll save on gas." Luke said.
"Yeah, good idea." Cooter said.
"I wanna help too." Bo said.
"Bo, yer to sick to help. It'd be better if you stayed here and got better." Luke said in a gentle yet firm tone.
"But Luke-"
"No buts Bo, now your gonna stay here and rest and get better." Luke said cutting Bo off.
"Yes sir." Bo said in a seemingly defeated tone. While everyone else was thinking of a way to go about finding the General Lee, Bo was doing a little planning of his own.
"If they won't let me help them, then I'll just find the General on my own." Bo thought to himself. After a few more minutes of thinking, talking, and planning, a plan was finally made.
"Alright, so me, Jimmy, and Cooter will check out the woods around where Jimmy found us, that is after I call the police and sheriff's departments to see if they have the General there." Luke said as he stood up.
"Alright, then let's get going. It ain't getting any lighter and warmer out." Cooter said as he patted Luke on the back.
"We'll be back later on, okay cuz?" Luke said as he patted Bo on the back.
"Alright…" Bo replied in a depressed sounding voice.
"It'll be alright you'll see. We'll find the General and get them bad guys in the slammer where they belong."
"If you say so."
"Cheer up Bo, it'll all turn out right, you'll see." Cooter said trying to help encourage his young friend.
"Easy for you to say, you didn't just get told your asthma came back." Bo thought to himself.
"We'll see you guys later." Luke said as he waved to Jesse, Daisy, and Bo. After Luke, Cooter, and Jimmy left, Bo decided to lie down for a little while, or at least until it was safe to put his plan into action. Jesse and Daisy stayed a couple of hours longer and left when they were told visiting hours were over for the night. After saying their goodbyes, Jesse and Daisy returned to the hotel they were going to stay at.
After what seemed like an eternity, which in reality was only about four hours, Bo got up and changed into more comfortable clothing, he then slowly made his way to the door. Opening the door a crack, Bo peered out and made sure the coast was clear before sneaking out of his room. Closing the door quietly behind himself, Bo made his way to the elevator and selected the first floor, praying the whole way that he wouldn't be spotted when he got off it. Bo was relieved when no one was around.
Making his way to the front door, Bo checked around again for any sign of a doctor or other hospital staff member before he made his way outside. The sudden blast of cold air stunned Bo, but after a minute, he grew adjusted to the cold and pulled his coat tighter around himself. Bo then made his way across the parking lot and out onto the street.
Well, that's that. I hope ya'll liked that chapter. Bo is gonna be in trouble when Jesse and the doctor finds out he left the hospital without permission. Anyway, ya'll know what to do now, so please do it, it'll make me very happy.