AN: Thank ya'll for the wonderful reviews. I'm so happy that you guys thought the barn scene was good. That went through a lot of rewrites. You should see the notebook I keep with me while I'm at school, it has at least three different versions of that scene. Anyway, on with the chapter.

Chapter 10

"Sheriff, we need an ambulance for Jack!" called Clark. By now he had taken off his shirt and was using the wad of material to stem the flow of blood. Enos looked a little flustered at the command but quickly pulled his mind together. With one hand he unsnapped his walkie-talkie from his belt, ever grateful that Rosco had seen fit to upgrade the police department to more modern equipment. Enos knew he didn't have to search the channels for his deputy, who he knew would be lurking around the edges of the field they were in. On the way to the barn, Enos had cb'd the deputy, asking if he could lurk around the back roads nearby just in case. The deputy quickly relayed the message to the hospital requesting a ambulance immediately to the barn and took off toward it himself, intent on helping out with the prisoners.

Enos replaced the walkie-talkie and grabbed his handcuffs passing them to Jonathan. Jonathan grabbed the cuffs and quickly secured Perry, who was still huddled on the dusty ground. He resisted the urge to squeeze the cuffs hard, wanting the man to feel the pain that his cousin was in right now. He had briefly considered pulling the trigger but knew that taking Perry's life wouldn't make Jack better and that it would only make the aftermath of this much for complicated. Shooting him would only have Jonathan getting in serious trouble since it can easily be proven that it wasn't in self defense.

Since Enos only had one pair of handcuffs on him, Clark decided to leave Jack's side briefly to find something to tie the other men up with.

"Mr. Davenport, can you hold this here for a minute?" asked the teen.

Cooter nodded. He took the wad from Clark and applied pressure to the wound. Jack gulped down a few breaths of air trying to control the pain ripping through his body.

Clark couldn't help but to discreetly use his x-ray vision to aide his search. The urge to run back to his hurt uncle was pulling at him full force but Clark tried to stay focused at the task at hand. Finding the rope wasn't difficult, but trying to get to it without raising eyebrows was. His eyes had immediately spotted the coil under some hay in the corner of the barn but the group would get suspicious if he had just walked over and dug it out. Gradually he made his way over to the hay and slowly uncovered the rope. The sound of his uncle's pain filled moans made Clark feel terrible for his slowness but he knew it had to be done. He jogged over to the group and helped Enos tie up the men.

After all the men were tied and kneeling on the barn floor, the night seemed terribly quiet, save the labored breathing from Jack. The deputy had arrived at the barn to see he wasn't exactly needed at the moment but Enos proved him wrong. The sheriff quickly started taking charge of the situation. Telling the deputy to keep a gun on the goons, Enos jogged back to where he left his patrol car and pulled it up to the barn along side his deputy's. Both Enos and the deputy, along with some of Jonathan's help, got the five men into the cars. Perry and two of the guys crammed into the back of Enos's car and the other two in the back of the deputy's car. Just as Enos was putting the last one inside, the ambulance was pulling up. It sirens seeming too loud in the still night air.

"Over here!" called Cooter from Jack's side.

The medics quickly took a stretcher over to the wounded man and loaded him very carefully onto it. They checked the senator's vitals before placing him into the ambulance. Jonathan tried to follow inside but was quickly stopped. After a heated argument between Jonathan and one of the medics, the medic finally announced to the crowd that Jack would be taken to the Tri-County hospital and promptly shut the door in Jonathan's face.

"Dad, I know you wanted to go with Uncle Jack but he's in good hands right now. We'll follow the ambulance," chimed in Clark hoping to cool some of Jonathan's temper.

Jonathan watched the ambulance go through the night and nodded his head. It felt a twinge of amusement with the whole thing. When Clark got upset it was usually Jonathan that helped him think his problems through. Now Clark was doing his job now. Everyone jumped as Enos loudly exclaimed his favorite expression. Turning toward the sheriff they saw him quickly snatch up the cell phone vibrating on his belt.

"Hiya Daisy…wait, how?…really?…I'll tell him…Well I got to get these guys back to the jail and then go to the hospital but I'm sure Bo'll pick her up….well Luke done been shot…He'll pick you up too then. Love ya bye."

Enos snapped the phone in place and then looked at their awaking expressions. Why were they lookin' at him like that? Then it hit him.

"Oh! I'm sorry ya'll. Daisy wanted me to tell ya that Bo's wife showed up at the house. Can ya believe that? She got away from those guys holding her and then just started running and ended up at our house. Odd huh?"

"That's wonderful," said Jonathan extremely anxious to see his wife again.

"I told Daisy that you'd pick her and Martha up before heading to the hospital. I gotta take these fellers to the jail before I can go. Call me if anything happens ok?"

Enos and his deputy got into their respective patrol cars and sped towards town while the others walked back to the cars left behind.

The reunion between Jonathan and Martha was embarrassing for Clark to say the least. As much as he missed his mother and father together again, having them kissing in the front yard was too much. Like all children, he knew that his parents kissed he just preferred not to witness a make-out session. With a cough from Cooter, the two separated. The night hiding the blushes on their faces. Jonathan quickly introduced his wife to Cooter but it was cut rather short since they were all anxious to get to the hospital. Even though the air was tense with worry for Jack, Martha couldn't help but giggle as Jonathan helped her into the '69 charger. Jonathan explained quickly why the door was stuck on the passenger's side when he helped her in. She couldn't imagine having to climb in and out of the windows every time she wanted to drive anywhere. The Kents had taken the General Lee while Cooter had taken a ride with Daisy and Diana to the Tri-County Hospital. This gave the Kents the chance to bond a bit after their ordeal. Jonathan explained what was currently going on but promised her that later he would sit down with her and explain the whole thing. Martha was too happy to be back with her husband and son to make much of an argument.

Thankfully because of the time of night it was, the parking lot to the emergency room was relatively empty. They parked and Jonathan led the group into the brightly lit waiting area. Bugging the receptionist only yielded a little information on Jack's progress. He had made it to the hospital fine but there had been internal bleeding so he was immediately prepped for emergency surgery. The receptionist kindly had one of the hosptial volunteers lead the group into the OR waiting room.

AN: Now time to review! Oh, I just wanted to mention that from here on I'll be dabbling in the medical field and hospitals. I don't work in a hospital (although I plan to) so I don't know exactly how they are run so if something is off, I pray that you'll forgive me and blame it on my ignorance. Thank you .