BoJamesDuke

Daisy and Jesse both looked up as Enos entered, seeing the nervous look on his face and also the worry and fear in his eyes Daisy immidiatly rose from her seat and wrapped a gentle arm around his shoulder, guiding him gently over to the couch, Jesse not following too far behind her. She sat him down and each person sat on either side of the deptuy "Enos, are you alright? What happened?" Enos nodded gently and ran a hand down his face. "Yeah i'm fine it's....Daisy....Jesse i need to tell you something and I need you to promise not to talk until I'm done....please hear me out....its real important..." Daisy nodded and saw jesse do the same, waiting for Enos to start his explanation

Bo looked out the window at the sunset he could see starting to appear. Looking back over at Luke he asked quietly. "Luke....would ya take me outside? One last time....let me sit with the General and on the proch swing...and in the barn....please...." At this Daisy couldn't hold back the sobs, they shook her small frame and she had to squeeze her eyes shut.

Bo could do nothing in response to Luke's tight hold but smiled gratefully as Daisy lifted his arms and wrapped them around Luke so he could hold onto his cousin. The malaria had already started consuming his body and made him weaker than ever before although the yellow colour was starting to fade a little from his skin. "Luke....don't go after them guys....they'll go down fer.....fer murder now.....fer life.....Luke I love ya so much ya gotta know that I ain't doin' this cause I don't love ya, any of ya, I just can't cope with all this no more."

Bo blinked a couple of times at Luke, making sure he was hearing right. Luke said that he was....letting Bo go....permission to carry on with what he was planning on doing....something he hated to think about because it hurt Luke so bad.... He squeezed Luke's hand slightly and whimpered a little. "I'm sorry Luke...I'm sorry I just can't hang on anymore....I can't its too hard....it's too hard."

Bo swallowed gently and spoke, finding it didn't actually hurt as bad as he thought but his voice was so weak that it was barly a whisper. "Luke....Daisy....I'm sorry I'm sorry I hurt you..."

Jesse nodded with a heavy heart, and remained looking over the land before turning back and going back into the barn. He would talk with Bo once Luke and Daisy were done, the cousins needed each other now more than ever, it was probably the last time they would ever get to spend together. Bo looked over weakly at Luke as he knelt beside him and smiled slightly, hurting a little at how upset he could see he had made Luke... Daisy looked over at him too and reached out with one hand to take his, squeezing it gently.

Jesse shook his head lightly, just looking out over the land... "No....I'll be fine....I better start plannin' the wake and the f...funeral...." Daisy gently held Bo close, wishing that things didnt have to be this way. It was so hard to be holding Bo knowing his life was just slipping away with each second that passed.

Jesse nodded and hugged Luke tighter. "I know.... I know...and I hate to say it but....its true....I think Bo really is waiting for your acceptance before he....moves on....he loves ya Luke and if you asked him to hard enough he would hang on for as long as he could....but you can't ask him to do that Luke....it isn't fair to ask him to keep holding on...." Daisy pulled Bo's head and shoulder's into her lap gently and cradaled him softly, wondering how much longer she would be able to do this for....how much longer her little cousin had left before he vanished from their lives for good...

Enso closed his eyes and nodded, looking to the floor as he scrubbed a hand down his face. All he could do was try and tell Jesse and Daisy about Bo....but he was determined that Bo would not go through this alone anymore. HIs reaction alone to what had really happened that night and only strengthened Enos' resolve to prove his friend was innocent. "Doc....let me know how Bo is...keep me regularly updated...here's my CB channel and my telephone number...." With that he handed the Doc a piece of paper with the information on it and headed out the doors of the prison...driving as quickly as he could back to the Duke Farm to deliever the news....

Jesse sighed and closed his eyes, pulling Luke closer. This was the hardest thing he had ever had to do... "Luke....now you know I want Bo better as much as you do....but boy....it is creul to keep Bo livin' as he is when its clear that he don't want to no more and that its hurtin' him ta do so...." He felt Luke shudder in his arms, and he knew that Luke knew this already. It was just a matter of getting through the grief in Luke's head and pointing him to the best course of action. "Lukas....I cannot go against what Bo wants, not now. I don't want him to pass on....but he'll be in a better condition if he does and Bo knows this now...otherwise he would have tried to take out the IV beforehand...he's held on for as long as he can Luke, but now he just feels its time to go....you have to accept his decsion and I know it's hard....my ol' heart is breakin' slow inside here too...but we HAVE to Luke, sometimes you just have to let them make this decsion..." Bo looked over at Daisy and shook his head slightly with a small smile, reaching up to wipe the tears away. Daisy sniffed and smiled gently back at him, running her fingers through his golden blonde hair. "Oh Bo...I wish it didn't have to be this way....we're gonna miss you so much hunny, but you know what you're doing and....Bo....I'll let you go....I just want ya to know that i'll always love you and I'll always miss you....but I can see why....why....doing what you are...." Bo nodded softly and smiled his thanks, still too scared of talking after the last time.

The Doctor smiled gently and reached over to shake Enos' hand. "Good Afternoon Deputy, I'm Doc Micheals....are you a relation to Beaureguard Duke?" Enos sighed and shook his head "No....I'm a family friend....I need to know how he is so I can take the news back to them though....see if they'll come see him." The Doctor nodded and frowned, looking down at the notes he had written before looking back to Enos. "Well....Beaureguard is in an almost critical condition. We've put him on an IV to combat dehydration and we'll try getting him to eat something soon enough when he's rested up a little more. He also has a rising fever....we think he may have over worked himself as he is also suffering from exhaustion, and it appears lack of sleep. He is a very sick yong man at the moment Deputy....and he keeps calling out for someone named....uh Luke and Uncle Jesse and occasionally Daisy...." "There his family..." "It might be a good idea to get them to come in then, because he isn't co operating well enough for us to help him properly. We've had to put him under sedation to keep him quiet so as not to disturb the other prisoners."

Jesse rushed forward and gently supported Luke as best he could...this was like seeing Bo all over again. "Luke....Luke ya have to calm down and explain this ta me properly...." Daisy crossed to the bed and gently sat next to Bo, crying gently as she held his hand and smoothed the yellowed skin on the back.

Bo just closed his eyes and shook his head. It didn't matter none about the feeding tube now, now that the medicine had gone it was only a matter of time before the virus consumed him. he would rather have the tube in, tham be forced to eat more when he was just too weak to do so. Daisy tried to grab Luke as he ran past but found it pointless, she couldn't stop him now... Jesse stepped out of the barn when he heard frantic breathing and heavy footsteps. He called out when he saw Luke "Luke? What in tarnation is going on?"

Daisy's heart broke at what Luke was saying, the way Bo was now they could keep putting the needle back in but he would keep on taking it back out...there was nothing they could do now...Bo really had made up his mind. "Luke....we can't....we can't Luke this is his choice..."

Bo didn't answer, only contiiued to watch as the needle slid further and further out the back of his hand. Daisy, who had heard Luke yell, looked up quickly at the doc seated opposite before bolting for the room, the Doc not too far behind

Enos sighed and sat outside on one of the chairs. he figured if Bo was sick then he might as well find out just how bad before he went back and told Jesse and Daisy...not that he knew if it would affect them in anyway. he prayed and prayed for Bo to be alright....he had to be better for hsi parole release. He needed his family and he needed them right away, the only problem was, they didn't want anything to do with Bo and Enos didn't even know how to convince them.

With a slight whimper he didn't even realise had escaped, he slid it out a little faster, now having got up to so half the needle was out the back of his skin. He was almost there....as soon as he had this out it wouldn't matter if he had a feeding tube or not, the malaria would soon overtake him and he could be free of everything.

Bo turned his head to look down at his left hand....the Iv tube running out the back of it....slowly he reached over and took it between his fingers and gently started to pull it from the back.

Enos stayed with Bo all the way to the hospital wing, concerned as Bo seemed to now be starting to slip in and out of conciousness. "Hey Bo....Bo buddy ya gotta listen to me now...stay awake fer me Bo...." Bo sobbed more, his head now starting to hurt from the crying and his whole body just felt to weak. "I didn't mean ta hurt him Enos....oh god I just want Luke here so bad ta tell me everything's alright....but it ain't and it never will be will it...."

There was nothing going through his head though....it was just an empty void that was meaningless...nothing had any meaning anymore. He was living because he was forced to, take away the medicine and the feeding tube and he was dead... Take away that and he was....dead....

But Bo made no move to show he had either heard Luke speak nor felt Luke move. His eyes remained focused on one point, soft blinking the only movement they made, the rise and fall of his chest accompnaying it.

Enos had to take a firmer grip on Bo however as he felt the young man collapse underneath his hand. He grabbed Bo under the arms and gently lowered him to the ground. Bo was exhausted and Enos was shocked at just how much weight Bo had lost. Bo was not healthy at all, although at first glance he appeared to be just fine. He dug out his handkerchief and gently wiped the tears away from Bo's cheeks, resting his shoulder's against his (enos's) legs and trying his best to soothe the young man...he needed to see a doctor....

The silence in the room was over whelming, although Bo made no movement to show any emotion whatsoever. he just lay in his bed, watching the sunbeams that were rapidly turning darker as the sun set to allow evening to pass its time, his mind just turning blanker until he really was just staring pointlessly at a spot.

Bo did nothing but blink softly at the news....remaining fixated on the cieling. He hated the tube already, it wasn't exactly pleasent having something jammed up yer nose and run down to your stomach....nor was it nice having something forcing you to stay alive either....

Enos frowned slightly and gently guided his friend to a seat. Bo appeared to be the same old Bo....although his appearence had drastically changed. His thin figure had gotten worse, he was like a rake, his dark eyes showed the nights that he had missed sleep and it looked like there was a lot of them....Bo looked ill although his eyes shone with a joy of seeing a friendly face. "Bo...I want ta help ya find the truth....I's been tryin' ta convince yer family and all to help but....they don't want ta but I don't believe you'd hurt Luke so bad Bo....I need ya ta tell me what happened that night....please....if ya could...."