Chapter two. Finding Bo and At the Hospital

Luke felt the bullet graze his left arm but swung at Phil regardless, knocking him to the ground. They both struggled for the upper hand, then the gun went off. Dead silence as the others who were running towards the commotion stopped in shock.

"Luke?" Luke turned around breathing heavily as he slid off of Phil.

"Is he..?"

"Yeah Cletus, he's dead."

"You're hurt son." Remarked Jesse.

"We got to find him, Jess." Luke said as Jesse was tying a bandanna around his upper arm, in an attempt to stop the bleeding.

"He can't be far." Said Rosco as he walked down a path where he believed Phil came from. The second well they came upon, they shined a light down and saw a mop of blond hair.

"Bo?"

Bo looked up and whispered weakly, "Luke?"

"We'll get ya up, hang on." Luke answered. Rosco got a rope out of his pack and lowered it to Bo. "Can you put this under your shoulders? Then we can pull ya up."

"Yeah." Once Bo secured the rope they all pulled him up. When Bo was out, Luke pulled him into a hug. Bo suddenly collasped in Luke's arms, taking them both to the ground. "Bo!"

"Let's get ya both to the hospital. Cooter help me with Bo, Jesse take Luke to my patrol car. Cletus, contact the coroner to pick this filth up."

"Yes sir."

Cooter and Rosco carried Bo to Rosco's cruiser and Jesse walked with Luke. Luke sat in the back and held Bo while they sped to the hospital.

"Hold on Bo, we're almost there." He said while stroking Bo's hair. Rosco radioed ahead to alert the ER, so they were waiting near the entrance. As Rosco pulled up they approach the car and quickly took Bo in. Luke followed behind and was lead to a room to be tended to. Several minutes later Jesse, Daisy and Cooter showed up. They all waited in the waiting room on word of Bo and Luke's condition. About a half hour later a doctor arrived, "family of Lukas Duke?"

"That'd be us." Replied Jesse.

"Lukas received a gun shot wound to his left arm. The good news is it was only a graze, we stitched him up. The bad news is, he was getting very agitated so we had to physically restrain him. I had no chose but to give him a sedative. When he wakes I'll re-evaluate him and if everything checks out, he'll be free to go."

Jesse reached out his hand and said, "Thank you Dr?"

"Louis, Dr. Louis."

"Do you have any word on Bo Duke's condition?"

"I will find out and get back to you." The Doctor left and went to the nurses station. Several minutes later he returned to the Duke family. "It appears that he has a severe concussion and is dehydrated. He had a dislocated left shoulder that we reset. We are giving him an IV and he is resting now. He kept asking about his brother, Luke."

"Cousin," Jesse interrupted, "Luke is his cousin."

"Sorry, same surname, we assured him that Luke was safe and when he wakes he can see him. Well, you can come back and see Lukas now, they're finishing up with Bo. When he's situated you can see him as well."

"Thank you Dr. Louis."

"Your most welcome, follow me."

He showed them the small room where Luke was. They walked in to find Luke asleep. Daisy approached Luke and ran her fingers threw his hair. "Oh honey," she said as she kissed his forehead. They all sat around waiting for both Luke and Bo to wake.

"I'm gonna check on Bo." Said Jesse about fifteen minutes later as he got up from the chair. About an hour later Luke started to stir. "Bo!" He said as he sat up too fast. If Cooter wouldn't have been by his side he would of fallen off the bed.

"Whoa, got ya buddy."

"Where's Bo?"

"He's in another room."

"Got to see him."

"Now hold on there Lukas." Luke glared at Cooter.

"Let me get your clothes first, alright?" Luke looked around and noticed where he was.

"Yeah, thanks." Luke said as he sat on the edge of the bed. Luke put on his shirt then Cooter helped him into his jeans; because Luke was a little dizzy.

"Hey Luke, you're awake." Said Jesse as he walked into the room. "Bo's ok, I was just with him." Luke nodded.

"I got to go home and rest, you gonna be ok, boy?"

Luke looked up and replied, "yeah, I'll see ya later." Jesse patted his shoulder then left. Daisy walked up to Luke and asked, "you ok?"

"Yeah Daisy, I got to see him. Make sure he's alright." Daisy nodded, she always knew that the boys were close. So it didn't surprise her that he wanted to see him as soon as possible.

"I'll go get something from the cafeteria, to give you two sometime." Daisy left the room as Cooter helped Luke to his feet. Cooter walked next to Luke as he walked to Bo's room, just in case he got dizzy. He slowly opened the door and let Luke walk in by himself. Bo was sleeping comfortably on the bed as Luke approached. Luke sat on the side of the bed and touched the side of Bo's face. Bo turned into Luke's hand and slowly opened his eyes.

"Hey." He whispered.

"Bo, I'm sorry he hurt you." Bo noticed that Luke was trying hard to control his emotions.

"Luke, I'll be fine." Bo pulled Luke into a hug and held him close. "Come on." Bo told him as he moved over and pulled on Luke's arm; indicating for Luke to join him. Luke crawled into bed next to Bo.

"What if someone comes in?"

"I'll deal with that later, I suppose." They fell back asleep, about ten minutes later Cooter checked in on them and saw them together asleep.

"He awake?" Daisy asked Cooter as she approached the room.

"Luke's with him, we should give them some more time."

"I'm gonna go to the washroom, I'll be right back." Cooter walked into the room and gently woke Luke.

"Hey Lukas." Luke looked at him confused for a minute, until he realized where he was. He then looked at Bo who was also waking up.

"Hey Coot, what's goin' on?"

"Daisy's on her way." Luke nodded than got out of bed and sat in the chair next to the bed.

"Thanks."

"No reason to start another civil war."

"Got that right." Replied Bo.

"You ok?"

"Head's hurtin' but I'll be fine. Doc say when I could go home?"

"Tell ya what buddy, I'll go get the Doc now." Bo nodded his thanks as Cooter left.

"What happened to Phil?" Bo asked Luke as Luke looked away from him, unwilling to answer him.

"Luke?" Bo waited several minutes until Luke finally looked at him and sighed.

"He sunk up behind me, when we was lookin' for you. He had a gun, his aim was off and he hit my shoulder. We fought for the gun and it went off. He's dead." Luke once again looked away from Bo.

"I'm sorry Luke."

"Not your fault."

"No, I meant I'm sorry he wasn't the man you remembered."

"Thanks."

"The other two?"

"Rosco arrested them and the Feds took them into custody and took the money as well." At that moment Daisy came in with Doc Applebe.

"When I got here I was surprised." Bo looked at him, "about?"

"Surprised you're still here." Doc knew Bo hated being in the hospital and would often argue about staying. "They sedate you or something?"

"Nah, they did that to Lukas here." Joked Cooter. Luke smiled and didn't even reply to that comment. Doc checked them both over and replied, "take pain pills when needed and Luke keep your wound clean and bandaged. Both of you I need to see you in one week at my clinic. Bo, if you are still dizzy or feel sick after three days, come see me. Understand?"

Both replied, "yes sir."

"Don't worry about the bill, the Fed's took care of it and all the after care." Both said thanks and shook the kind Doctor's hand. Bo slowly sat up on the side of the bed with Luke's help, as Cooter got his clothes. Since he was very dizzy Cooter helped him get dressed. When he was about to zipper and button his jeans, Bo batted his hand away and told him, "let me." Cooter nodded and let him do it himself. Cooter helped him sit back on the bed.

"Thanks Cooter."

"No problem, buddyrue." Several minutes later two nurses entered the room with two wheelchairs.

"Are you two ready to leave?"

"Yes ma'am." Luke replied. The two nurses pushed the boys to Cooter's truck and helped them get in.

"Take care you two." One of the nurses told them.

"Bye ma'am." Cooter replied as he smiled and winked at her. "Daisy, wait here a sec. will ya?"

"Yeah sure." Cooter walked the younger nurse to the hospital doors. A minute later he came back smiling.

"Thanks Daisy, we'll see ya at the farm." Daisy shook her head as she walked to her jeep. She knew he got her number and was surprised that Luke or Bo didn't get it first in their room. He got in the truck and they were on their way to the farm.