Qualapec the She-Wolf

The guard fumbled for words, if Enos had cared to notice, he'd scared the man good, "But...Regulation-" "Forget Regulation!" Enos snapped with suprising anger. How hard was it too get, a man was going to die unless he did something. "...Alright...Full responsibility?" "Right just do it." Enos already had a wrap of guaze in one hand ready to patch up his friend as best he could. "Did they cut too deep?" Enos asked. "How am I supposed to know?" The young deputy suddenly felt like he had to do everything himself. He dashed back over with the bandages and checked out Bo's right wrist. It was bleeding so much but Enos remembered something about how even small cuts bleed lots. He just hoped they hadn't gone too deep. He bandaged one wrist tightly and then the other. Maybe now that Bo wasn't bound anymore he'd settle down. Mixing another cup of solution he gave it to Bo. He just kept doing it every now and then having to stop to shake Bo back to semi-conciousness. ~She-Wolf

If Enos had ever felt helpless, it was then. Bo kept getting paler and the fever kept getting worse. Suddenly, Dr. Michaels came back through the door, "I was right, it's cholera." "...Possum on a Gumbush...can you treat it?" "We need to replenish his fluids." He strode over the IV and switched the bags. Then walked back over to his various cubbords and shelves. Finding a prepackaged pack of something, looked like a sugar pakage only bigger. Michaels used distilled water from his fridge and poured the contents of the bag into a cup. Enos asked one of the questions on his mind, "Why do you use the distilled water from the fridge?" Where he normally would have gotten a snide remark from Boss or Rosco, Michaels gave him an honest answer, "Because if the water sourse is contaminated." He picked up the cup and checked the IV again. He handed the cup to Enos, "You need to make sure he drinks as much of that as possible. When you're out get more of the water from the fridge." He pulled as many pakages of the mixture out of the cubbords as possible; checking each fo them carefully to make sure it was right. "Empty the pakages into the cup. It's a very simple precedure. And if he starts vomiting call me at this extention." He scribbled a number down on a napkin." "Wait doc, where you goin'?" "If it's Cholera, which I'm very sure it is, I have to do everything I can to keep it from spreading. You can handle this deputy right?" "Yessir, I can." The doctor smiled, "Good man." He patted Enos once on the shoulder and jogged off down the halls. "Luke..." Bo groaned again. "Luke!" He cried and his breathing intensified. As his friend went into another fit Enos was caught by a sliver of doubt. How could he do this? He was just some dipstick deputy from Hazzard? ~She-Wolf

"Hey!" Enos called to a guard, "Get the doc! He's gettin' worse...and take these cuffs off." The guard shuffled his feet, "Can't do that Deputy it's against regulation." "Then if he runs I'll take full responsibility. Just get them off." "It's regulation." "It's sadistic and unessesary." "Sorry deputy...I'll get the doc though." Enos frowned, he wasn't really one to call someone dumb. But he was smart enough to know when a rule was stupid. But deep down he knew that he couldn't blame the guard. The man didn't want to lose his job and the rules were there to keep posibly violent prisoners from escaping or hurting staff. They couldn't make exceptions for one prisoner. Michaels came back in, "I'm sorry, there's a man who broke his back in the other wing. I can't move him...I find myself running back and forth." He gave a half-hearted smile, "What's wrong?" "Fever's gettin' worse." Michaels frowned as Bo cried out again in his sleep and faught harder against his bindings. "...At first I thought it was just malnutrition and overworking...but I'm starting to worry about bacterial infection. Colera follows conditions you'd usually find in a prison...But I'm careful about things like that. Could you stay with him why I go and swab his cell? If it is colera we'll have an epidemic on our hands. I'll start him on antibiotics and see if that helps anything." He walked over to a cubbard at the far end, "Anything on his family?" "I...I'm afraid they ain't comin'." The doctor sighed, "That's too bad...I've seen some prisoners get sick...give up...just die." An icy claw gripped Enos's heart as he glanced at Bo. Could that happen to his friend? "Why?" "They give up for different reasons. Some can't stand prison life anymore but don't commit suicide because of religious reasons. Others just don't have anybody...I think the latter is more your friend's case." Another, louder moan came from Bo, Enos strode back over, "I'm here Bo...I'm here. Just hold on..." ~She-Wolf

Bo was asleep again, but Enos didn't leave the room. He felt so helpless...The best thing he could do for Bo right then was to find something to back up his story. Something the detectives didn't. If he was Boss Hogg, what was the first thing he'd do? Well, assuming the bad guys had kidnapped Bo to kill him then Boss hadn't had anything to do with that. Luke comes in like the cavarly and Bo hits Luke. The first thing Boss wold have Rosco do after that would be to get rid of the evidence to back up Bo's story. Sheriff Rosco was afraid of fire, so Enos would bet good money he buried it instead of burned it. Of course it had been four years...the chances of finding where he buried it were next to nothing. There were a thousand places in Hazzard where he could have. Enos could try to shake information out of Rosco. Rosco was a good person deep down, if he was lucky he could talk it out of his Boss. He'd have to do it when Boss wasn't around, Rosco wouldn't talk if Boss was near. But he might it he wasn't...Every Wendsday Boss came into work about an hour late because he had a long breakfest at home with Lulu. Enos would have that hour to talk to Rosco. In the mean time he would go back to the warehouse where everything happened and see if he could find a needle in haystack with luck alone. But for now he'd stay by Bo's side until he knew for sure the young man would make a recovery. He was beginning to worry, Bo's fever kept rising...next time Doc Michaels came in he'd have to ask about it. Using a paper towl despencer he found by the sink Enos drenched on length of it in water and left the other dry. Using the soaked towel he wiped Bo's face, neck and even the small bit of his chest before the blue prison jumpsuit. Then he repeated the process with the dry towel. ~She-Wolf

Enos was suprised to say the least. The science fiction book was about 2 inches thick. Bo had never been much of a reader back in Hazzard, but from what the Librarian told him Bo was there every day. The picture was a nice, small black and white. In it Bo had one arm around Luke's neck, Daisy had the other around Luke's waist and Jesse was right next to them. They all looked so happy. Where on earth did those days go? Bo brightened up again the second Enos came back, "Here you go Bo." "Thanks...So has much really changed in Hazzard?" "Not much...Lots of people are confused about what happened that night...Oh yeah! Doc Petticord became a granddad." "That's sweet. How's Cooter?" "Well...he's been hurtin for buisness a little. Since General ain't been given' us nothing to chase anymore we haven't been wreckin' our squad cars so much. But he's makin' it." Bo licked his lips, "...So how bad is Luke?" "He ain't brain dead...Which is good news. But the doc says that if he hasn't woke up by now chances are he won't." "I miss him Enos...I miss them all." Enos sighed, "Yeah Bo, me too." ~She-Wolf

"Bo..." Enos asked something that suddenly came to his mind, "I gotta ask this. Is there anything at all you can think of that might prove it was an accident and not attempted murder?" Bo closed his eyes and tried to think hard. "Yeah...maybe you can find something at that ol' warehouse that might back up my side of the story. They never found the bag they put over my head...But it ain't no use, I'd still need Luke's testimony to get out." "Yeah...but if I find something to back up your story we might be able to convince Daisy and Jesse that you didn't mean nothin'." Bo squeezed Enos's hand, "Just uh...don't leave my right now alright? I've been so long without someone to really talk to..." "Sure thing Bo...anything I can get you?" Bo thought, "Yeah...if you could get me that picture of my family from my cell...it's hid between my matress and the frame...and uh...there's a book in the library I've been readin'." ~She-Wolf

Bo stared at the handcuffs in distain, "So...do they really hate me?" he asked the other question that had managed to plauge him every day. "They don't hate you Bo...I just think it's easier for them to deal with what they reckon you did if they stop caring." Bo tried to swallow the rising lump in his throat, "So they just stopped caring like that?" He snapped his fingers, "Just so they could ease their own pain. It was that easy for them?" Enos squirmed, he looked uncomfortable, "No, Bo. It ain't like that at all...They're afraid to find out they were wrong." ~She-Wolf

The denim jacket always reminded me how cool he would look as the main character of a survival-horror movie. I don't know why but that's always what it reminded me of. Despite that I think that was one of his better outfits. ~She-Wolf

"How is he?" Enos asked the doctor. "He's woken up. He's responding to commands, but he's basically out of it. Not talking, will only look your direction when you speak to him." Enos nodded and walked into the office. He found Bo. The blond man was handcuffed to either side of the bed. Procedure, Enos supposed but to him it was just sadistic and unessesary. Bo wasn't going anywhere. Enos was crushed to see Bo's sparkling eyes dead inside. Like he had nothing to wake up for but he had anyway. "Bo?" Enos said softly. Immediatly there was a slight change in Bo's demeanor. A simular light came back to his eyes, they were dull, but still there. "Enos? You came back?" "No...I couldn't rightly leave you alone like that for another four years...You've been so strong already. I wouldn't have lasted so long." ~She-Wolf

He began to walk out the door but stopped and looked back at them, "How? You raised him, Jesse, when his parents died. And Daisy, you with them...how can you two just turn your backs on him." Jesse spoke, "What he did...it's unforgivable. He broke the bonds of this family...he don't deserve to be a part of it no more." "But how can you be so sure?" "There ain't no way J.D. could have planted the evidence against him." "Because he did it to Luke but he didn't mean to." Daisy interupted, "Enos...you're real sweet...but you're also gullible..." Suddenly, he understood. He understood why they were so unwilling to believe Bo innocent. Because they'd left him alone so long, they'd stormed out of the courtroom and left him to stand by himself. After all they'd done to him, they couldn't face the idea that they'd been wrong in leaving him. So they'd forced themselves to believe it. "Well...I'm sorry ya'll feel that way..." Striding back to his squad car in frustration and anger he slammed the door and turned the ignition back on. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. Anyway, Enos knew he had to get back to Bo. He'd had to stand alone for far too long. VVVVV After Enos had left Daisy looked over at Uncle Jesse. "Uncle Jesse...I don't know what's got into him lately. He's all stuck on the idea that Bo's innocent." Uncle Jesse looked up, deeply troubled, "But what if Bo is innocent...how could we ever face him again?" The slight doubt that always plauged her took off; what if he didn't mean to? Now Bo was sick...She'd never really thought about it before but Bo could die. He could die before they ever had the chance to say they were sorry. Only if he was innocent though. Was he? ~She-Wolf

Enos swallowed nervously, this was it. "Alright...I...I went to Georgia State Penetentary. To see Bo..." Daisy rose from her chair, a fire in her eyes, "You what?" "Oh now Daisy, ya'll promised not to talk till I was finished..." Uncle Jesse put a hand on her shoulder, "Let him speak..." "...Well I went there to talk to him...I asked him for his side of the story. I just needed to do it in person. He broke down. I don't know how long he's been holding in what he was but he told me what happened...He collapsed...and had to be taken to the hospital wing. The doc said that he's sufferin' from exaustion, and dehydration..." Uncle Jesse nodded once, as though this was no big news, "It sounds like something the doctor can handle." "But Uncle Jesse, Daisy, it's worse than just that...he's calling out for all of you...Doc says it'll do him good to know somebody cares if he dies..." ~She-Wolf

Enos drove through the heavy Atlanta traffic with the siren on. As far as he was concerned it was an emergency. Still, only when he got to the backroads of Hazzard did he make really good time. He couldn't wait to get back. The only time he slowed down was when he knew he was coming up on one of Rosco's favorite speed traps. Though Enos didn't think he had to worry Rosco wouldn't go out of his way to catch him like he would most other people. It was about an hours' drive from Atlanta to the Duke farm. Enos cut that in half. All the while thinking about what he was gonna say to Uncle Jesse and Daisy. The exact wording was important. He wondered if they even regretted their decition in abandoning Bo...Lord...this whole situation was messed up in the big time. Familiar chills rushed down his spine as he parked his patrol car. From his view of the window he could tell Uncle Jesse and Daisy were sitting down to dinner. Words were exchanged; and only once did Daisy say something that made them both smile, only faintly, but at least it was a smile. Walking up and pausing nervously at the door he prepared what he was gonig to do. Taking a deep breath he knocked once and entered the Duke household. ~She-Wolf

Enos uncomfortably scratched his head, "Well...uh. That might be a bit of a problem...when he came here it pert near broke their hearts. Is he gonna be alright?" The doctor sighed and took off his glasses thoughtfully, "He should be alright. These are some of the most common sicknesses we see here. Too tell you the truth the food is horrible, it's not uncommon to see someone skip a meal when it's something they don't like. Guys go outside to excercize and work themselves too hard. Sometimes just to escape from where they are. They lose a great deal of water in the process although they may not realize it." Michaels opened his mouth as though he wanted to say something more, but his face turned thoughtful. "What is it?" Enos asked, he'd been reasured by what the doctor had told him but suddenly that same old fear came back to him. "He's delirious...I'm only a little worried about his metal state. Especially by that he's been having trouble sleeping. Attributing to most of his troubles...May I ask what brought him here?" Enos sighed, he hated this. He felt like a one man army against a whole bunch fo problems that were trying to stop him, "...He was accused of attempted murder of his cousin. Might as well of been brothers though. But between you and me it was an accident I know it. After he was convicted his family turned their backs on him...nobody I know has spoke to him for going on four years. I don't think he even knew his cousin was still alive until just a couple minutes ago." "That explains alot. Hopefully that took a lot of pressure off his mind. That makes me feel a little better about it." He turned to walk back through the door but stopped, "Deputy, I think it would do him a great deal of good to see his family now...Prison is a horrible place, and not many who come to this wing have the comfort of knowing there are people who care if they live." ~She-Wolf

Daisy was washing dishes when it came to her. A sudden cold came over her. She shuddered. Oh no, the first thought that came to her was Luke. Placing one of the dishes quickly on the towel she shot over to the phone and dialed the hospital number. Unfortunatly she dialed it so fast the first time she accidently pressed an extra number. "Aw, shoot...cummon. Common..." She begged the phone. "Hello?" The receptionist said. "Hi, I'm Daisy Duke callin' to find out about my cousin?" "Sure hon, what's his name?" "Lukas Kristopher Duke." "There was no change in his condition." Daisy frowned, her brow furrowed, "What was the last time you looked?" "Just a minute ago. I don't know what you're worried about." Bidding him goodbye and hanging up the phone she bit her lip. If it hadn't been about Luke why had she suddenly gotten that chill? VVVVV Enos bolted upright as the doctor walked out of his office. Swallowing and preparing himself for the worst he straightened his back and met the doctor halfway. ~She-Wolf

"Bo don't talk like that. It's gonna be alright." He walked briskly, in step with the stretcher. Bo slipped out of conciousness again, and came back. Enos couldn't even imagine the pain the young Duke was going through. His family had abandoned him when he was sent to jail for a crime he didn't mean to commit. And his best friend might never wake up because of a mistake. Enos had never felt such pain as he did watching the young man writhe on that stretcher. "Bo...You have my word I'm gonna make this right." He said, although Bo had already gone into unconciousness again. "I'm gonna make it right..." "Deputy, you're gonna have to wait out here." Resentfully, Enos slowed to a slow walk and then a stop as he watched the doctor dissapear with Bo behind the door. Man he had a lot on his mind. He would make it right...he would find evidence that cleared Bo and he would get that family back together. But now Bo was sick too. Enos couldn't do it all on his own...he was just one man. He was also the one man who believed Bo was innocent. ~She-Wolf

"Hey!" Enos called to a guard outside, "What do you have in way of a medic? He needs help." The tone in his voice was a commanding one he'd never known he had in him. The guard mumbled a yessir and dashed off. "Bo...how much you been eating?" He got no reaction, just more sobs. Enos just tried to calm him down but he didn't know how. All he could really do was just hold the younger man until the doctor showed up. A young man in a labcoat came through the door and bent down to take Bo's pulse and temperature. "Deputy, could you help me get him back to my office?" "Sure thing doc." With that he helped the doctor lift Bo onto a stretcher and get him back to the office that served as a hospital wing. ~She-Wolf

Bo folded his hands and waited a long time, trying to see if he could gather the strength. Finally he sighed, "It started that morning. I was just walkin' to get the danged groceries. Luke wasn't with me. When I was done I was drivin' back to the farm and I don't know how but suddenly my tire blew out. I got out and..." Bo paused trying to regain his strength, "And I have no idea where they came from. They slipped this bag over my head. Tied me up and dragged me off somewhere. I don't know how long I was passed out. But by the time I woke up I was in some weird warehouse. I don't know what I used to cut the ropes, but it was some kind of metal. When I pulled the bag off it was real dark and I was alone. Then..." the tears came to his eyes, "Then I groped around in this tool box and pulled out the danged tire iron. I heard someone coming and I waited at the door...the guy came through and I hit him in the head with the tire iron." Enos couldn't contain his gasp, "Luke?" Bo didn't even try to contain his tears, "Yeah...Enos. You have to believe me it was an accident. I don't belong here. I...I never meant to do that to him." He broke off suddenly wracked with sobs, sobs that he'd held in for four long years. Bo was comforted greatly when Enos walked over and laid a hand on his shoulder. ~She-Wolf

"Hiya, Bo." Bo was stunned at his grinning friend. He walked over and shook Enos's hand. Not being able to hold it back any longer he simply hugged him. It had been so long since he'd seen Enos. When they seperated he asked the one question that had plauged him every day for years, "Is Luke alive?" "Course Bo. He ain't woke up yet. But he's alive." Bo nearly collapsed to the ground, "...Thank god...I was always worried he wasn't alive no more...that I'd have to spend another eleven years here." For if Luke had died from his injuries there was no way the parole board would give it too him. Then he went to the inevitable question, "Enos, why are you here?" ~She-Wolf

After their time at the hospital was up they drove to a nice little park in the outskirts of the city. They ate the biscuits and the sandwiches that Daisy had prepared. Enos spoke no more of their discussion about Bo. He was quite fortunate she'd reacted the way she did and hadn't taken his head clean off. After he dropped Daisy off he'd claim he was on official police buisness then he could come to the prison as late as he wanted. If Bo gave him some way of finding out what happened that night, then he'd tell Daisy. And if there wasn't, and Bo was the person they were all taking him for, then Daisy never had to know about it. VVVVV Bo had taken to reading as a time passer. That and excersize of some kind. Every friday if there wasn't some kind of riot they had a movie playing. Every now and then they got a good one, but even if it was a bad movie everyone took the oppertunity to get out of their cell for a little while. Right now he was reading a science fiction novel, it was late and soon he wouldn't get to read in the library anymore. It was funny how prison would make you take pleasure in the littlest things that you never really did before. Like books and bad movies. "Bo Duke!" A guard walked into the library and called out. Remaining quiet, Bo rose from his seet and walked over to the guard, "That's me." "You have a visitor." ~She-Wolf

They drove in silence until they reached Atlanta General Hospital. Daisy and Enos signed in at the front desk and even though they knew the routine the nurse still took them to the room and told them they would have fifteen minutes before the orderly had to come in and change the sheets. Enos watched as Daisy sat down on the chair next to Luke's bed and began to talk to him. It was sad...the blow Luke had taken to the head had healed mostly, but he couldn't breathe on his own. If they took him off life support, he'd die. He was hooked up to all kinds of machines. He listened in on what Daisy was saying: "Luke...this family's falling apart. We need you back. Just so we know we were right to leave Bo like we did." Enos licked his lips and prepared to say what he wanted to to Luke, "Luke...If you can hear me, I just want you to know that. That I'm gonna look in to what happened. I'm gonna find out if Bo meant to do that to you. So just know that even if you can't find the strength to wake up just now, that when you do wake up Bo's gonna be right here with you and the rest of the family." ~She-Wolf

Enos knew the words had been bold and had really spoke before thinking. He got afraid of her again. Instead she just slipped her hand over to his. "Thank you Enos...You're a good friend to me. And a good cop." He found himself smiling despite her hopelessness that he would find anything new, "I don't think I've ever been called that before. Usually dipstick. Never 'Good Cop'." ~She-Wolf

Daisy paused, wishing he'd just leave the subject alone. Then again, the only motive the prosecution had given was that Bo wanted General Lee all to himself. Which at the time Daisy hadn't doubted. But Bo and Luke had always shared the General Lee... It wasn't hard to plant evidence. No...Boss hadn't planted Luke's blood on the tire iron, the medical examiner they talked to said it was impossible. But Daisy knew that even Boss wasn't crooked enough to hire somebody to do that to Luke. Bo had to have done something. "Enos...I really don't want to talk about it. You feel free to check it out. But I honestly don't believe you'll find anything different." ~She-Wolf

As soon as the words left Enos's lips he'd braced himself for the yelling. But it never came, there was only a long pause. For quite a while Enos thought she was pretending he hadn't asked the question or was just giving him the cold shoulder until she finally spoke. "Enos.....do you know something....about what happened? Is that why yer so all fired anxious to see Bo?" He answered honestly, "I wish I were so sure Daisy. But I swear if Boss was up to something I knew about I'd of told you." "I know Enos..." "It's just that. I never thought he would do that to Luke. I have to admit...deep down I still don't." "But all those things...tire iron. Bo's fingerprints all over it...Lukes blood." Enos frowned, and decided to go out on a limb he'd been afraid to go out on, "But Daisy. You can't rightly believe Bo did it?" She didn't look at him, just kept her eyes firmly on the road, and her hands gripping the steering wheel so hard Enos was afraid he'd gone to far too soon. "I used to think so, Enos. But the evidence at the trial was enough to convince me: He tried to murder Luke." CUE ~She-Wolf

Enos was a comparitavly safe driver compared to most people in Hazzard. When he wasn't in Hot Persuit. He pulled up to the Duke farm and climbed out. Garbed in coat and tie atire he sauntered over to Uncle Jesse, who was feeding the chickens outside the barn. "Hiya, Uncle Jesse." "I ain't yer Uncle Jesse." Enos sighed, what Bo had done to them had broken the hearts of everybody in the Duke family. Nobody in Hazzard could have seen that coming. Those boys were like two sides of the same coin and Enos could never imagine Bo had it in him to hurt Luke like he did. And he never reckoned he'd get the image of the guards dragging Bo away out of his head. How he struggled and cried at the top of his lungs that he was innocent. But what had truly hurt the youngest Duke was when Daisy and Uncle Jesse literally turned their backs on him and walked out the court. After that, Bo had just quit struggling and quit yelling. It was tragic, deep down Enos always wondered if Bo was telling the truth and he hadn't meant to hurt his cousin. Glancing over at the General Lee, now covered by a thick gray tarp, another wave of sadness hit him. Daisy suddenly came out of the house and strode over to him a picnic basket in one hand. As always, she managed to instantly lighten his mood, "Hi Enos." "Hi Daisy." As they said goodbye to Uncle Jesse Enos found himself wondering. The thought came to him that they could visit Bo today too. There would be enough time to get from the hospital to the prison before visiting hours were over. He was also a little afraid, last time he'd suggested that Daisy had a fit. Then again, the last time he'd suggested it had been four years ago. When it had just happened. When they were on the road and halfway out of Hazzard, Enos got up all the strength he had, "Daisy...I was just wonderin'...maybe we should visit Bo today too." CUE Anyone ~She-Wolf

Daisy prepared for her weekly trip to Atlanta to visit Luke. Glancing over at Uncle Jesse shuffling over to the barn to feed the animals she closed her eyes. He'd been heartbroken after what Bo had done. Then being told that Luke would probably never wake up to tell what had happened that night. It was so sad watching her uncle. He'd stopped going to see Luke only a year ago. Neither even spoke about visiting Bo. Daisy thought about it sometimes, but it was only replaced with a thick feeling of pain and betrayal. She still hadn't forgiven him for what he'd done. Pushing the thoughts of her younger cousin aside she placed the biscuits and two sandwiches in the basket she brought with her. Enos had been so nice, he and Cooter were always helping out around the farm. Even Rosco sometimes, he was one of the many who felt guilty for that night. VVVVV Bo watched the new guy sitting next to him. "You know if you aren't going to eat your mashed potatoes I'll have them," The man said. "Sure," Bo replied, the mashed potatoes were junk and if this guy could eat them there would be a certain amount of respect. Nobody else in the prison could keep them down. "You seem like a nice fella," The man said, "What are you in for?" "Only if you tell me what you're in for." "Fraud. Five years." Bo smiled nervously, he'd hoped the guy wouldn't respond so he wouldn't have to say, "Assault. Attempted Murder. Fifteen, next year around this time I'm eligable for parole though." Bo found himself biting his lip. Of course. If he died from the injuries Bo would go down for murder one. The detectives had enough evidence. All Daisy or Uncle Jesse had to do was decide to pull the plug. Luke would finally pass on, and after that there was about a ninty percent chance Bo would find himself on Death Row. But...If Luke could just wake up and tell them what really happened. If he cousin could save him just one more time... Heh...wishful thinking. CUE Anyone ~She-Wolf