BoJamesDuke

Uncle Jesse could do nothing but watch as the events transpired, looking confusedly between the two cousins as the look in Daisy's eyes changed and she ran out the room, and then as Luke started to smile. Frowning he looked to Luke, expecting an answer whether it be written or spoken. Soon, it became clear that Luke however was lost in his own thoughts and Jesse was just about to demand to know what was going on when Bo's doctor and Doc Walker re-entered the room, both looking grim.

Daisy took the note, getting more and mre agitated as Luke kept coming up with comments that counteracted everything she was trying to argue. The worst part of it was, deep down she knew what Luke was saying was the truth. She knew she could get so caught up in this world that she wouln't be the same once she'd got done doing what she felt she had to. Swallowing she passed the pad back to Luke and shook her head, not knowing what to say but feeling the drive that was pushing her to get to Bos and Rosco and teach them a lesson they would never forget. Yes, Daisy could be fiesty and once or twice she had marched into Boss's office and gave them a piece of her mind....but as Luke kept looking over her, seeing her battle the two arguements inside her head, he knew that this time would be different and Daisy could get into real trouble... Trouble was never usually something that was unusual to the Dukes...but this time, there was no Bo, Luke and General Lee to bail her out...none of them to come to their rescue...if Boss and Rosco got rid of Daisy by locking her away or even breaking her further...then there would be no more Dukes around to stop their money making plans and Hazzard as they knew it. Swiftly, he scribbled down. "Please Daisy...look at the bigger picture here....if something happens to you there won't be any of us in Hazzard to stop Boss from doing what he wants anymore....god knows how long me an' Bo are in here for...if its revenge you want then you can stand up to him how we usually do, stop his plans before he can really start them...cousin....I don't want to see you get hurt and wind up here with us...please think longer about this before you run off and make some foolish, rash decisions..."

The Nurse sighed as she turned and carefully laid Bo down, slipping him under the covers as she talked. "It's a prescribed relaxant. The noises that are neccessary to make to help him learn to control his fear make his heart rate speed up. Until he can control it, we have to give him the relaxant to make sure he isn't in danger of having a heart attack...." She turned to them again once Bo was settled staring blankly at the ceiling, eyes half closed, and put her hands on her hips with the steely glare remaining on her face as she regarded the men. "Unless of course you want him to have a heart attack?"

Daisy swallowed gently as she looked over to Bo again, noticing he had gotten even paler. Swiftly she put two and two together and guessed that what they had just done was a part of Bo's treatment... no wonder the poor kid hadn't slept with all the noises going off at random times...he was probably too frightened to sleep. Just then, one of the nurse's walked in with a syringe in hand, shuffling past the Dukes and sitting next to Bo. "C'mon Bo....gimme yer arm...let's see if we can do this the easy way this time huh?" Bo swallowed and looked to her, shaking his head slightly. "Please don't....please..I'm a good boy...I....I haven't done anything wrong...please...please..." The nurse shook her head and gripped his arm tight as he tried to pull away, swiftly sliding the needle in and slowly depressing the plunger, watching as Bo started getting limper under her hands. "That's it....just relax....have to keep your heart rate down dont we..."

Bo didn't even really notice when the sound stopped. He was too used to that kind of thing happening now, even though his head still screamed with fear when they came on, his body just didn't react to it anymore. There wasn't a lot that he did react to anymore..not even his punishments for doing something wrong. Daisy eventually took her hands away from her ears. "What...what was that?!"

"Oh..." Bo whispered out before looking back to his bare feet again.They didn't let him wear his noramal everyday clothes anymore, they put him in the hospital approved clothing that made him just the same as everyone else. Suddenly there was a loud noise that sounded like the clanging of pots and pans, cars backfiring and people screaming and shouting. Daisy jumped and huddled more into Luke, covering her ears with her hands. Bo however....Bo didn't even move, frozen in place with his hands still shaking as he just stared listlessly at his feet. Inside he was quacking but he had long since learned that he shouldn't show that around here....he shouldn't show his fear because he would be punished.

Bo looked to Jesse, pulling into himself a little more before whispering out in a emotionless, strained voice. "Why're you here..."

Bo jumped a little at the hand on his shoulder and his trembling increased as he looked up, slowing a little when he saw Luke even though his blank facial expression didn't change. He felt so low, he had done ever since he had been taken away from the farm and dumped in this place that nothing really mattered to him anymore. He responded to what the doctors here were telling him and followed what they made him do....but really he just didn't care.

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Daisy swallowed gently, biting her lip as Bo didn't even look up from where he was sitting. He was sat on his bed in the corner of his room, his knees hugged up to his chest as he stared down at his feet. It looked like he hadn't slpet since he had arrived and his hands had now undertaken a premanant tremble as they were clutched tightly together.

Hey! Bo here and there ain't no way i'm gonna let the deputy down! Me an' Luke may like runnin' from the law but what's the point when there ain't no law to chase us?! Story comin' your way!

Nearly a week later, the call had come through to the Duke Farm that Bo was allowed to have visitors. At first they hadn't allowed it because they had wanted to get Bo settled into routine and start his treatment undistracted by anything. But now, the three Dukes were all sitting in the waiting room, waiting for the nurse that would take them to Bo's room to see them. Daisy was cuddled softly into Uncle Jesse, hearing screams coming from somewhere and moans and crazed mumblings coming from elsewhere, hating to think that this was what Bo was hearing everyday.

Luke clenched his jaw as he heard Daisy talk about Bo like that...it was like she had already given up hope of Bo even coming back alive through those doors anymore. He knew that Daisy was feeling bad, but this was just plumb ridiculous...he missed his Daisy...the one he had left behind four years ago and had so suddenly disappeared. Writing what he wanted to say, he looked her directly in the eyes before handing it to her, never once wavering. "No Daisy...I don't....because one of the most important things you learn in 'Nam is that revenge is not the answer....if someone guns down your friend you don't go after him into the battlefield just to make him suffer the same fate....because you don't know what'll happen....same applies here Daisy...what if you lose your temper...what if you DO pull a gun on Boss and Rosco in the heat of the moment. If you go, i'll call Boss and Rosco and have Uncle Jesse warn 'em..."

Luke shook his head, turning his hand over and gripping her wrist tightly, writing with his other hand. "This isn't justice Daisy, this is your own personal revenge for him making you feel the way you do about yourself....if you were really doing this for Bo you would know he wouldn't want you to do this this way....And me and Bo doing it is different...no one has ever been in hospital possibly dying when we've gone and done it....we do it for the right reasons Daisy...right now your doing this for all the wrong ones..." He wrote desperatly, trying to make her see sense.

Luke shook his head. He didn't trust her, not while she was in this state and there was nothing he could do about it. She couldn't do this...she couldn't do this to Bo and she couldn't do this to Jesse...but most of all she couldn't do this to Luke....quickly he scribbled down another note before she could walk away. "Daisy, the docs said no more stress on me right...if you walk out that door your gonna be adding to it....I won't be able to just sit here and do nothing....Daisy you can't do this to me...you know I can't follow you if you go out the door....please don't do this to me..."

Daisy shook her head, cuddling into him again "No....No it don't...>"

As Luke listened to Daisy account of what had happened to Bo, his heart thumped in pain for the lonlieness and depression Bo had to have gone through in the 4 years he had been completly alone...isolated from the people he loved the most without a hope in the world...with no one to tell him that everything was going to be okay again. Suddenly, he looked up when Daisy went really quiet in response to his next question and saw with a slight amount of shock the anger that was suddenly burning in her eyes. Who she was angry at he didn't know....but he could take a pretty good guess as he too started to piece things together. Luke had never been slow off the mark and now he had time to think about what had happened, this time wasn't any different. His ability to speak and walk may have been impaired but his sharp mind wasn't. Quickly he scribbled down on the pad. "Daisy....don't you go doing anything right now okay....Bo needs us to be here for him...he's been left alone by his family for too long already...if Boss decides he wants to get you too, which he can do....Daisy just think about this properly...please..."

Daisy sighed "I know but...you gotta remember this is psychological problems they's delaing with Luke....even the most tame looking ones can break at any time...."

Daisy swallowed gently and nodded. "I know...you and I and Uncle Jesse and B.L...everyone knows Bo aint like that except them guys....they have to take precautions Luke its their job....and I aint sayin' I agree with what they did to him or nothing either before ya say so! Its just...I can understand why they did it...."

Daisy heard the steel arise in his voice and quickly sat up, shaking her head. "No! No Luke you can't be mad at Uncle Jesse...Luke he's so confused and upset....he wanted to help Bo even more than you did but he just doesn't know how to anymore...he's.....Luke we're all getting older now and problems are arising that can't just be healed with love and kisses anymore...he doesn't know how to handle that....god Luke please....you should have seen him the other night...."

Daisy looked up as Luke wheeled himself out of Bo's room and came out to her. She wanted nothing more than to run away from him at that moment, to run away from everybody and be left in solitude where she belonged, to be left to think about what she'd done to her little brother and pay for the crimes she not only committed against him but also against her who family. She didn't run though, Luke was still her older brother and she couldn't bare to cause any of them anymore pain. If she ran Luke couldn't follow but he would sure as hell try and she didn't think she could handle punishing herself for that crime too. She reached out a shaky hand as Luke showed her the pad of paper with the written question on it, not knowing how to respond to the very simple question he wanted the answer to.

"Well we should have done! We should have done! We're his family...."

Daisy shivered as Luke rubbed her back, pulling the pillow away and huddling into her older cousin. "What have we done....Luke what have we done....did you see what they were doin' to him already!!"

Daisy didn't answer, her head buried under her pillow so she couldn't hear anything but her own gentle sobs.