Well, here's the final chapter. I apologize for the delay in updating, but life's been hectic. (mainly cause my mom won't give me a chance to type) A/W, I hope ya'll enjoy it and I appreciate all the reviews I've gotten for this story. A big thanks to those of you who stuck with me through this. Well, enough blabbering, on to the story! ENJOY!

Within a matter of minutes, Luke and Cooter were out on the partially frozen lake, looking for the crooks. They had passed a few small boats that had people on them, ice fishing. Since the sun had long since been hidden behind the grey clouds in the sky, the temperature was slowly dropping, and being out on the water was not helping a certain Duke and Davenport stay any warmer.

Even with their winter coats, scarves, hats, and gloves on, the two Hazzard boys were freezing.

"I..I hope w..we find th..them guys s..soon. It's c..cold out here!" Cooter said through chattering teeth. Luke looked at him and nodded as he rubbed his hands together before going back to steering the boat. Since there were patches of ice scattered all over the water, Luke had to be on his toes and watch the water like an eagle watches it prey.

Meanwhile, not far from Luke and Cooter's location, the two bad guys were heading to shore to escape the cold water. Carefully guiding the boat towards an old fallen tree, one of the crooks reached to grab an over hanging branch, planning to help steer the boat next to it.

Once the boat was next to the tree, Charlie went about securing it, while Chuck made a makeshift bridge out of some planks of wood that he had found laying around on the boat.

Once the boat was secure and the bridge made, the two crooks carefully walked across the water and onto dry land. From there, they took off into the woods, hoping to find a cave or some other kind of shelter to stay in for a while until things cooled down with the law and the Dukes. After a short time, they found an old fishing shack and went to hide in it. The shack was old and run down, but still made for a half-decent shelter.

Not even ten minutes after Charlie and Chuck landed on shore and got to the shack, Luke and Cooter had found their boat bobbing up and down gently in the waves. Luke pulled their boat up to the abandoned boat, slowly and cautiously, keeping a look out for any sign the crooks were still there. Not seeing any danger, Luke secured their boat to the crook's and carefully climbed across to the other and over the small bridge. Once Luke was across and gave a thumbs up, telling Cooter it was safe, Cooter carefully crossed over and stood next to the eldest Duke boy.

"What now?" Cooter asked when Luke didn't say or do anything after a minute.

"Well, first off, we should make sure that is the crooks boat and if there's any tracks. The snow here's not as deep as the other side of the lake, so it's a bit harder to tell." Luke said looking at the boats then the ground. Cooter nodded and together, they started looking for clues or footprints, indicating they had indeed found the crook's trail.

While Cooter and Luke were playing detective, Bo had arrived at the lake as well. Not seeing any cars he recognized, Bo started to think he made a wrong turn somewhere. Reminding himself that the General could be hidden, and the crooks could've switched cars, Bo parked the pickup and looked around.

Bo didn't want to leave the warmth of the truck, but regardless of what he wanted, his pride got the best of him. Pulling his coat tightly around his shoulders and body, Bo shut off the engine and got out. The sudden change of temperature and the coldness of the air, aggravated Bo's lungs, making him start coughing. Once his lungs had finally and painfully adjusted to the cold, Bo waited until he caught his breath before starting out.

Walking over to the docks, Bo saw that there were no boats left, the remaining boats having been put away for the remainder of the day. Sighing, Bo looked around for an alternative. Not seeing one, he decided to hike through the woods, hoping he would be able to and that he'd spot Luke and Cooter, or possibly the bad guys.

Without thinking twice, Bo headed for the woods.

Everything was going good for Bo, or so he thought. He had forgotten about his injured foot, since it hadn't been bothering him, thanks to the brace. As Bo was walking along, hugging himself to stay warm, and not really paying attention to where he was walking, he didn't see the branch sticking up out of the snow. When his bad foot got caught in it, Bo got a painful reminder that he had hurt his foot. Crying out in pain, Bo stumbled and fell face first into the snow.

Sitting up, Bo turned over and sat up. He looked at his foot, then over to the snow that had been disturbed, thanks to the branch and him tripping on it. Bo laid down in the snow as he waited for the pain to subside. Once it did, nearly ten minutes later, Bo slowly and carefully got to his feet, coughing as he did so. It hurt him to put weight on his foot, but he knew he had to if he wanted to find Luke and Cooter, or the crooks. Sighing, Bo looked at a watch he had stuck in his pocket, and saw that he'd been walking for nearly an hour, not counting then ten minutes he'd spent on the ground. Pocketing the watch, Bo headed off again, this time going slower then he had before and with a noticeable limp.

While Bo was keeping his eyes open for more pesky branches, Luke and Cooter had concluded that the crooks had indeed been on the boat, and had gone off into the woods.

Because the tracks the crooks made were hard to find and follow, Luke and Cooter ended up walking more then they'd planned. They had just found the crook's tracks again, when Luke heard something in the distance that sounded like someone walking. Stopping Cooter, Luke motioned for him to stay quiet while he listened.

As he listened, Luke became more convinced that it indeed was someone walking. Picking up the largest stick he could find, Luke and Cooter hid, planning to take out whoever it was that was coming towards them. Luke peeked over the brush and saw someone in a black coat, their face and hair covered by a scarf and hat, limping their way. Thinking it was one of the crooks, Luke readied the stick. Cooter and Luke watched as the person stopped and leaned against a tree.

"I don't think that's one of them." Cooter whispered to Luke.

"I think your right." Luke whispered back. Lowering the stick, but never putting it down, Luke and Cooter slowly and quietly snuck out of their hiding place and over to the person, who had sat down and was making noises that sounded like coughing. As Luke and Cooter got closer, they could just barely make out wisps of blonde hair sticking out from under the hat. Luke looked at Cooter, getting a feeling he knew who the person was.

"Please tell me that's not who I think it is." Luke whispered just loud enough Cooter could hear.

"You don't honestly think he'd be dumb enough to come out here in his condition, do you?" Cooter whispered back in the same low tone. Luke just looked at Cooter and gave a small nod. Their suspicions were proven correct as the person moved the scarf from their face while getting what looked to be an inhaler out of their pocket and stick one end in their mouth while pushing the button that released the medicine. Luke frowned and got angry. Tossing the stick down, he marched over to the person who indeed turned out to be Bo.

"Beauregard James Duke!" Luke yelled, making Bo jump and turn around. Bo pocketed the inhaler and stood up, being careful of his foot. Cooter also came over and joined his friends, but made sure to stay out of the conversation.

"What're you doing here?" Bo asked, his voice a little hoarse from all the coughing he'd been doing.

"I should ask you the same thing!" Luke snapped. "Are you trying to kill yerself or something?!"

"I was only trying to help." Bo said.

"The only thing your helping with is making sure your funeral is sooner then its supposed to be!"

"That's not true."

"It is too! Why do you think you were in the hospital to begin with?"

"I'm fine now."

"You know what? Go ahead and do what ya want. Your just a good for nothing, idiotic jackass, and I'm not going to waste my breath on someone who won't listen to me. As of now, I don't care what you do, its your life and if you wanna kill yourself because your to damn stubborn for yer own good, then fine by me." Luke said as he stormed off, leaving a very shocked Cooter and a hurt Bo behind. Cooter watched as Luke disappeared out of sight.

He then turned his attention to the youngest Duke, who was standing still and staring out into space. Seeing that Bo was beyond upset, Cooter went over to him and gently guided him over to a snow-covered log. After cleaning the snow off of it, Cooter ushered Bo to sit down.

"Bo, c'mon buddy. Ya gotta calm down, its not good for ya to get upset." Cooter said softly, hoping the younger man would listen and calm down before he made himself have an asthma attack that the inhaler couldn't stop.

"He hates me." Bo mumbled through the tears.

"Aw Bo, Luke doesn't hate ya. He's just worried about you."

"He sure has a funny way of showin' it."

"Don't let it bother ya. Luke's just stressed out right now, what with them bad guys still loose and you being sick."

"He still hates me."

"Bo, now you listen to me and you listen real good. Luke does not hate ya. He may say he doesn't care, but I promise ya he does."

"If you say so."

"I do say so, Bo. If he didn't care about ya, would he have made ya stay at the hospital instead of letting ya come? He didn't want you to get hurt again or get sicker." Cooter said, hoping he was getting through to Bo. The only response he got was a sigh from the young blonde. Cooter put an arm around Bo's shoulders and rubbed his arm, hoping to calm him down more.

When Cooter felt Bo calm down, he looked at him.

"Now, what do ya say we go help Luke get them guys and end all this?" Cooter smiled a little when he got a nod from Bo. Helping him up, Cooter let Bo lean on him so he wouldn't have to put as much weight on his foot. They then proceeded to go in the direction Luke went.

At that moment, Luke had found the crook's temporary hideout. Almost having blown his cover, Luke stayed hidden, watching silently from a window. Sure enough, Charlie and Chuck were inside. Luke didn't see any weapons, but knowing that they could be hidden, he started to formulate a plan. While Luke was formulating a plan, Cooter and Bo caught up to him. Luke heard them and turned around. When he saw them, he motioned for them to stay quiet and to stay low. Cooter nodded and helped Bo over to Luke, making sure to stay low and quiet.

Once they were all together, Luke let Cooter see that the guys were in fact inside. Sitting down, Cooter looked at Luke, hoping he had a plan.

"I think we might be able to surprise them, which would give us the advantage. But we don't know if they have guns or not." Luke whispered so Cooter and Bo could hear.

"We should check to see if there's a back door." Cooter whispered back, earning a nod from Luke.

"I'll go do that now." Luke whispered as he stood up, but stayed low enough that he wouldn't be seen. Cooter and Bo watched as Luke snuck around to the back of the shack and disappeared. Minutes later, Luke came back.

"Alright, there's a back door. Before we go in, we should arm ourselves to be safe." Luke said as he tossed Cooter a part of a large branch. Cooter caught the branch and got up. Luke was about to start walking, when he turned to Bo.

"And you better stay put, got it?" He whispered in a warning tone as pointed a finger at Bo. Bo just simply nodded, not wanting to make Luke angrier with him. Once Luke was certain Bo wasn't going to follow, he lead Cooter to the back door.

After going over the plan one last time, Luke slowly opened the door, glad that the old hinges didn't squeak. When Cooter was in, Luke closed the door. He then led Cooter down a small hallway, making sure to keep a watch out for any movement that wasn't their own. When they reached the end of the hallway, Cooter stepped on a floorboard that creaked and moaned under his weight.

Charlie and Chuck were in the next room and looked up when they heard the noise. Chuck motioned for Charlie to go check it out. Getting up, Charlie cautiously went over to where the sound came from. Luckily, for Luke and Cooter, there was a room they could hide in so they wouldn't be spotted until they wanted to be spotted.

Not seeing anything, or so Cooter and Luke thought, Charlie went back to the other room.

"Well?" Chuck asked looking at his partner. Charlie leaned in and spoke in a quiet voice.

"I think we got company. I saw some movement in one of the rooms, and it was to big to be a mouse or rat." Chuck nodded and got out his gun. Cocking it, he and Charlie both snuck over to the hallway. Going to the room Charlie had seen the movement from, they peeked inside and saw Luke and Cooter whispering to each other.

"Well, well, well. What have we here?" Chuck said as he opened the door and walked in. Luke and Cooter turned around and looked back at them.

"If you cooperate, then no one will get hurt." Charlie said as he walked over to Cooter and Luke.

Seeing the gun trained on them, Luke and Cooter had no choice but to listen. Charlie grabbed Luke's arm and pushed him forward, then did the same to Cooter. They then led Luke and Cooter out to the front room and tied them up.

Bo had started to worry, since Luke and Cooter hadn't come back yet. His worry was doubled when he looked in the window and saw Luke and Cooter tied and gagged on the floor. Not knowing what else to do, Bo got up and made some noises, hoping to draw one of the baddies outside. Just as Bo had hoped, Charlie came outside, looking for the source of the noise. What he didn't count on though, was Bo hitting him over the head with a stick, knocking him out cold.

Hearing the sound of something falling against the door, Chuck got up and went to see what was going on. Pushing the door open, Chuck was shocked to see his partner out cold on the snowy ground. Bending over, Chuck checked Charlie over and found a large goose egg on the back of his head. Frowning, Chuck stood up and turned around just in time to receive a nice sized goose egg of his own. Bo watched in satisfaction as the two crooks lay on the ground, out like a light. After making sure they wouldn't go anywhere after they came around, Bo limped inside to check on Cooter and Luke.

Bo sat down on his knees and untied Cooter before he took the gag out of Luke's mouth. Instead of hearing what he expected from Luke, which was a thank you, he got yelled at again.

"What the hell do you think yer doing?! I told you to stay put!" Luke snapped. Bo just frowned at him and stood up. "Yer welcome." He said as he limped outside. Cooter looked at Luke, then untied him.

"Ya know, I think you owe Bo an apology." Cooter said.

"I don't owe him squat." Luke said as he rubbed his wrists and stood up. Cooter and Luke looked towards the door when they saw Bo dragging the limp forms of the two men who had caused more trouble then Boss Hogg ever had. Bo stumbled a little, as he dragged them inside. Once they were in, Bo dropped them.

"There ya go." Bo said as he started walking outside. Sighing, Cooter went over to Bo and stopped him. He then turned to Luke and gave him a dirty look.

"Bo, thanks for saving us." Cooter said. Bo just simply nodded and walked away again. Luke watched Bo go, and started feeling bad for the way he'd treated his youngest cousin. Without saying a word to Cooter, Luke followed Bo.

"Bo, Bo wait." Luke said when he was within earshot of the younger man.

"Go away, I'm just a good for nothing idiotic jackass, remember?" Bo said returning Luke's words.

"Bo, please. I was mad and worried. I didn't mean any of that." Luke said as he stopped in front of Bo. Bo didn't look at Luke, he just tried to walk past, but Luke prevented him from doing so.

"Look at me. Bo, I said look at me." Luke said when Bo didn't look. He gently put his hand under Bo's chin and turned his head so he was looking at him.

"Bo, I swear to you I didn't mean any of what I said. You know I'd never live with myself if I let my best friend get hurt again."

"Then yer talking to the wrong person."

"No I'm not. I'm talking to who I wanna talk to. Uh huh, sure you are."

"I am, I swear on uncle Jesse's life I am."

Bo looked Luke in the eye and saw that he was indeed telling the truth. "Yer not lying, are you?" He asked.

"Of course not." Luke said. No more was said between the two cousins for several minutes. Finally, Bo broke the silence, by hugging Luke.

"I'm so sorry Luke." Bo said as tears started stinging his eyes. Luke returned the hug and rubbed Bo's back.

"Its alright cousin." Luke said softly. Bo and Luke turned to look at Cooter, when the mechanic cleared his throat to get their attention.

"I hate to break up the reunion, but we should get going. Uncle Jesse is gonna be worried about us." Cooter said as he put one of the guys over his shoulder. Luke nodded and picked the other guy up. He then put his free arm around Bo's shoulders and helped support him as they walked back to where the cars were parked.

When Bo, Luke, and Cooter were back in Mansfield, they handed the crooks over to the local law. Chuck and Charlie were charged with kidnapping, attempted murder, and theft and sentenced to life in prision, and poor Bo was immediately sent back to the hospital, where he was ordered to stay until he was well enough to leave again. Bo however protested, saying he felt fine, but after the threat Jesse made about tanning his hide, Bo gave up and stayed where he was supposed to. Bo and Luke's bond of friendship was repaired and their friendship seemed to be stronger then it was before.

A couple of weeks later, Bo was well enough to leave, but was ordered to rest. With the bronchitis gone, Bo's asthma wasn't as bad as before, however, he still had to have an inhaler. The Dukes and Cooter stayed in Ohio another week, to give Bo time to rest up for the trip back home. Once he was back to his old self, they headed back to Hazzard and the adventures that awaited them there.

The End

There's two more mouths to feed now. Now ya'll have Iggy, Skippy, and Godzilla to feed reviews to. And Godzilla eats a lot too. (BTW, those are my lizards. 2 iguanas and 1 water dragon)