All the men whooped and laughed as Daisy danced on a table, attracting the attention of Enos and Boss Hogg, and occasionally Rosco. Luke watched the door from the sidelines, waiting for the signal. He chuckled slightly as he thought of how comical the situation was, all this just to sneak out to the Dixie.
He watched as Daisy kicked a guy through a table, and before long, Boss's cry of 'Rosco!' drew the sheriff away from his post. Luke seized the opportunity and slipped quietly through the door, managing to duck airborne beer glasses on the way.
He breathed in the cool night air, forgetting for a moment where he was and why. After spending so long in the Marines, he loved the freedom that the open air brought him. He quickly darted through the cars and jumped into Dixie, wrenching the handset into his grip.
"This is Lost Sheep One to Lost Sheep Two, Cousin you got your ears on?"
Luke waited, knowing that if Bo was asleep it would take him a while to register who was talking and where from.
"Bo come on, if y'all out there answer me, this is an emergency."
Now the fear started to creep into Luke's stomach when he still got no reply. He flipped the frequency to the Hazzard Net, hoping that someone was out there and not everyone was here at the party.
"This is Luke Duke callin' the Hazzard Net, anyone got their ears on?"
"Breaker One, Breaker One, I may be crazy but I ain't dumb. This is Crazy Cooter here Luke and boy am I glad you raised me, come back."
"Why's that Cooter?"
"Well I been tryin' to find y'all for a while. I'm headin' up to your place now, there's a whole load of smoke pourin' out from somewhere."
"Have you tried raisin' Bo on the CB at the farm?"
"No, I thought he'd be with you."
"He ain't. Listen Cooter, don't raise Bo yet, we got a feelin' here that Boss is up to somethin' and Bo may be in trouble. If he is still there, we don't wanna attract attention to the fact we know somethin's up."
"Alright, y'all still want me to head on up there?"
"Yeah Cooter, we'll go together. Meet us on Possum Road in a couple o' minutes."
"Ten four Luke, I'm gone."
Luke's heart thumped painfully against his ribs as he placed the CB back on the hook. If the farm had been attacked, then there was a good chance they could get there in time to save it, and do any repairs they needed to over the weeks, but what really mattered was where Bo was.
He was sure as hell Bo wouldn't sit around and let whoever had attacked get away with it, no matter how big or mean lookin' they were; 'specially if he lost his temper.
For those of y'all who don't know Bo as well as Luke does, that young boy has a mighty quick temper and tends to land him in a lot of trouble….as we's just found out.
Luke ran back into the Boar's Nest, collaring his family and explaining the situation. When he finished, Jesse's face looked paler than a ghost, but his eyes were blazing with fury. Daisy too looked infuriated and they all locked their gaze with Boss Hogg, who laughed and joked along with Rosco.
"I'm gonna kill him….if anything's happened to Bo I swear I'll…"
"Luke you watch your language. The good lord will bring us justice, right now we gotta concentrate on gettin' to the farm and makin' sure Bo ain't hurt."
"Well gees Jesse, that don't sound like a good idea. What if those thugs are still there?"
They all turned to see Enos standing worriedly behind them.
"I feel bad enough that I couldn't tell y'all sooner about what I found, I'd feel better 'bout it if y'all let me come along. Then I can be on your side if this thing goes to court."
"Alright Enos, we need to get out of here. You follow us in your squad car."
A quick nod from everyone set the plan in motion, sending Rosco and Boss such angry glares as they passed that neither of them dared to try and stop them.
Now ain't it typical that when Bo needs help the most, theys all lookin' in the wrong place!
All four vehicles pulled up at the farm almost 5 minutes later and skidded to a halt. Luke, Daisy, Jesse, Cooter and Enos all stepped out hurriedly, and stopped in their tracks when the barn came into their view. There was practically nothing left, just a pile of timber and hay, burning itself to the ground at a rapid rate. Daisy leant into Cooter, who wrapped comforting arms around her, Jesse and Enos just quietly looking stunned at how low Boss and sunk.
Luke however, was across to the house in an instant when he realized that the General was gone. He flung open the front door and stepped inside, stopping as soon as he saw the mess. The tables and chairs were overturned and broken, china smashed on the sides but more alarmingly….blood….on the floor and blood handprints on the sides.
He heard the others rush in too but didn't move an inch, hearing the gasps that his throat just wouldn't let him express. Within seconds he had bolted back to Dixie and had started up the engine and was about to speed off, when Daisy jumped in the passenger seat next to him and buckled up, and he saw Cooter leap back into his truck. He smiled thankfully at Daisy, who rested her head on his shoulder, as he turned the wheel sharply, and sped off into the night.
Don't y'all worry now; if Luke's lookin' for Bo, it shouldn't be too long 'afore they find him…that is if he ain't already too late.
A/N 2: ((lol)) Yeah so, please dont hurt me! I know Bo ain't in this chapter but there's a good reason for that -ducks flying beer glasses- alright alright, I promise Bo will be in the next chapter. If you all kill me I wont have a chance to and you will never know will ya. Anyway, please R&R as spectacularly as you have and keep on smilin' :-)