Xavier gasped and stumbled backwards, but he wasn't dead, even more surprising, nothing hurt. That's when he realized he hadn't even been shot. Hughie Hogg gave a cry of pain. Xavier looked at him and saw he was on his knees holding his hand which had a bullet hole in the middle of it.

Xavier grinned and bent to pick up the gun Hughie had dropped. "Drop it Xavier!" A voice yelled. Enos Strate stepped out of the brush his smoking gun pointed at Xavier. Xavier's feeling of invincibility had cracked when Hughie pointed his second gun at him, Enos pointing a gun at him shattered what remained. "Xavier I thought I knew you, but here you are tryin' to kill someone? Your daughter needs you more then ever right now and you're abandonin' her just to avenge a death that never happened. If you had killed Hughie you would have been arrested and believe me, you would take Hughie's place in prison. That probably would shatter what was left of Alicia's sanity. Shame on you!"

Xavier's sanity had come back. He fell to his knees then put his head in his hands. "What have I done?"

Enos shook his head, then picked up Xavier's CB, changed the frequency and said, "I got him Brooke. Xavier's a little distraught, but he'll be ok."

"Oh good." came Brooke's voice. "Daisy'll be glad to hear that. I'm on my way."

In about half an hour, the others showed up, Brooke and Daisy in Nellie, Uncle Jesse, Alicia, Bo, and Luke in his pick-up truck. As soon as Uncle Jesse stopped the truck Alicia ran into her father's arms. "I'm so sorry Alicia. I am so sorry." Xavier said softly, while Brooke bandaged Hughie's hand then hand-cuffed him and escorted him to Enos's patrol car, which was hidden in the tree's. "Daisy I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me. Please, forgive me." Xavier begged, looking a little desperate.

"I'm sure I can forgive you." Daisy said with a slight smile. "If you serve me breakfast in bed for a week." Everyone laughed, even Xavier managed a small laugh. "I'm glad you're ok." She gave him a kiss on the cheek, then turned to Enos. "Enos, you don't know how glad I am to see you back in town."

"I'm glad to be back, sorry I missed your anniversary party, Daisy."

"Now Brooke, I think you owe everyone an explanation. How you knew Hughie would be here and how you knew Enos was nearby." Daisy said.

"I already knew Enos would be here. Los Angeles wants him to be a State Trooper like last time, but Boss will probably put him back on the payroll again to avoid it. Enos told me he wanted to surprise you all and that he'd be here day after your anniversary, the day he left Hazzard 5 years ago. After I helped Cletus arrest Hughie's henchmen, I talked with them. They mentioned how Hughie was let go by Boss Hogg, and he would be back soon, but I convinced them Hughie wasn't coming back and how he's gone insane. In the end they told me where Hughie was waiting for Xavier. When I learned Xavier had taken the bait, I told Enos where to wait to intercept them and to use caution, Hughie was dangerous and Xavier demented. Everything went according to plan. And do forgive Enos, he's not under Boss Hogg's employ yet, so he's taking Hughie to a mental health center in Atlanta before Boss Hogg steps in, so he'll be back tomorrow."

"Remarkably simple, yet it worked well." Xavier said shaking his head. "And to think that at first I said Hughie couldn't possibly be worse then Boss. Hughie almost killed 5 people, me included, and almost got me arrested for murder to."

Boss Hogg was furious that he couldn't arrest Hughie since it was out of his jurisdiction in Chickasaw County and even more furious that he couldn't arrest Xavier either and neither Brooke nor Enos would, Brooke even told Boss Hogg to his face no. Since neither Rosco nor Cletus witnessed Xavier's dementia, they had no grounds to arrest him on.

Hughie was committed as Brooke had promised. Brooke examined Xavier and said he was perfectly fine. She also said Alicia was ok, but shouldn't be put under any heavy stress for at least a year.

The General Lee fortunately was in fine condition, Hughie had only removed the distributor cap, which was easily replaced. They tested it by racing against Xavier's motorcycle, and now that they knew its secret, easily beat him and Brooke, forcing her to buy them drinks in the Boar's Nest again.

Everyone was happy that Hughie was gone for good, since Brooke said that once Hughie got out of the mental health center he probably would still require a little jail time, since the FBI wanted him for threatening her life.

Even though Daisy was only kidding, Xavier still served her breakfast in bed for a week.

So things are back to normal again, or at least as close to normal as you can come in Hazzard County.

Hughie Hogg sat in his padded cell, glowering, how dare Brooklyn Calloway think him insane? She would pay.

"I've got something for you, Hughie." A doctor said, coming in. Hughie looked up. "It seems you're not forgotten. Someone sent you an art kit. If you'll forgive us, we had to remove the scissors, but you should enjoy it. We brought you a small table to draw on, or use it how you like."

"Thank you." They set down a very small table in front of him and set the art kit on it. The second they were out of the room, Hughie opened the kit, to his relief, there was some tape in the kit. He was glad only two of his three henchmen had been arrested in Hazzard.

Later that day, as they took him to therapy, he managed to slip some tape on the door which stopped it from locking. When they returned him, he stood at the window. The next doctor who passed got knocked unconscious from a blow to the back of the head. Hughie quickly dragged him inside and traded clothes. He stepped out of his unlocked cell and removed the tape. He walked outside, nodding to anyone he passed, then hotwired a car and drove to the police station, looking for the impound, where his Beetle was sure to be.

3 hours later, Hughie Hogg was discovered to be missing, and a white convertible Beetle, noticeable for it's steer horns on the front, was also missing from the police impound.

Well, Hughie Hogg's on the loose again. This story is over though.

Thanks to all my readers.

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