MacGyver

"WHOA MARYANNE!" Mac looked at the size of the box. "Just put some of the powder in the lock itself, stuff some cloth in there and light it. That way the blast won't hurt Anyone."

Looks at Daney. "Oh yeah sure I'm sure he does, but frankly a coffin isn't one of them."

Mac nodded at Daney's offer. "That would work but its put a risk on Brian, with flying bricks and chunks of concrete. What I have in mind wouldnt hurt him, the only thing that would be damaged would be the doorlock."

"I got a way MaryAnne, and it wont require sweeping up bits of Brian." Mac said as he stepped forward, his gaze bouncing between the two Coltranes in front of and behind the bars. "Will you let me help now?"

Mac crossed his arms over his chest. "Well let's see, got a few new citizens. Rosco flattened a few more patrol cars, the Duke boys drove the General around...other that things have been pretty normal Brian."

"Been there, done that Brian and trust me this place is a picnic compared to where I was." Mac reaches out and grips the bars. "Just as solid though."

"Gee Daney thats encouraging." Mac looked at the woman standing in front of the jail cell. "The next full moon is not for a couple of weeks at least."

Mac gets up and brushes off his clothes. "Steel door huh Deputy? Bullets and steel equal big hullabaloo! I have an idea on how to get Brian out but I'd have to borrow your gun in order to do it." He glances at Brian. "And Brian has to trust me."

Mac's dark eyes widen. "Uhhh Deputy, that might NOT work!" He covered his head and ducked around the corner from the cell. "Brian! I suggest you get far away from the door! That bullet just might ricochet!"

MacGyver hears the swearing from the angered Coltrane and walks down the steps into the basement, seeing MaryAnne having problems. "Need any help with the lock there Deputy?"

Hi Gang... In case you all were wondering what happened to Min and the Dukes AFTER my original Min series and BEFORE the DOH Millennium series I'm doing with Crazy C (Krista) here is the answer! In January of 2002, I started a new series in which sent Min and the rest of the Duke gang to LA for more adventures. Which one of them gets married? Who has a baby? Who has their own business? You'll just have to read and find out! Here is a link to where the series is. http://www.twochickies.com/serialsemerg.htm Just scroll down to the Min and Johnny Series. I've had a whole lot of fun with it and I'm sure you all will too when you read the stories. Got any questions about this series or any other ones I've listed emial me! Dreamwvr73@earthlink.net Jax

Here's what the word suppression really means. Suppression: The act of suppressing; forceful prevention. I was online during the night in question and I seem to recall things being a little different then what has been mentioned. Let's not forget kids that there are TWO sides to every story... "I wanted to jump in but a few of my peers kept telling me not to." NO ONE can stop another person from posting, unless they can somehow reach through the monitor and cut off hands or snatch keyboards. We are all free to post what we want as long as it was USEFUL to the thread, according to MaryAnne's rules. Just thought I'd put in my opinion since everyone else is... Alex

MacGyver gave Brian a nod. "Yeah I'm heading into town, my Jeep's just over there. I was just out and about exploring this place." The two men walked side by side along the road heading into the swamp. "But if you've seen one swamp you've seen them all." Mac replied with a sigh. The bright red Jeep standing out; framed by the deep green of the trees and bushes. Brian shook his head as he looked at the newest resident of Hazzard. He raised his right foot and set it down but instead of the ground being solid it gave way. He gasped as he suddenly found himself sinking and grabbed Mac's arm, his weight pulling both of them into a sudden soft spot of quicksand. The two men suddenly found themselves chest deep in a nasty mixture of sand and silt, the consistency of it like runny oatmeal. "Brian..." Mac said with a slight hint of panic in his voice. "We're stuck in here, we're all alone and there doesn't seem to be any way out." Mac looked around, the roar of an engine got his attention as he saw Daisy's white Jeep pull up and Daney get out of it.

A loud clap of thunder answered Brian's question as he raised his face to the sky; seeing dark storm clouds looming over his head. The Coltrane sighed as he kept walking; kicking the occassional rock. The pitter patter of falling rain drops rang out all around him; he paid them little mind under another rumble announced the arrival of a harsh, cold rain. The ground hissing from the sudden burst from above. Water ran down Brian's face; he wiped his hand down it, wishing there was another less wet way to get into town. "Enjoying your bath Brian?" A voice suddenly rang out, whipping the Coltrane around. His dark eyes widened at the sight of MacGyver, standing in his black leather jacket holding an umbrella over his head. "How would you like a ride back to civilzation?" The blond man asked, a small smile on his face.

The pair of criminals looked at one another and shrugged their shoulders. "Let's show them Gillian." Alex said to his partner as the two of them peeled off their face masks to reveal Cooter Davenport and his cousin Hilery. Bo, Luke and Daisy groaned and Mac wiped his hand down his face. "Okay like THAT makes sense." Enos smiled as he looked at his sister. She had been let out of the cell and now stood beside her brother. Mac glared at Rosco, raising an eyebrow. "Have you had enough of this or WHAT?"

MacGyver ran his fingers through his hair and sighed. "My boss knew it because I asked for the time off." He thought about it, shaking his head slowly. "I didnt tell anyone else I was leaving LA for a while." He raised his eyes to look at the three Coltranes that surrounded him. "But that doesnt mean that Min didnt tell people." He glanced at Brian. "I dont know if those two knew I was coming, I didnt even see that other guy's true face. The one time I woke up I saw him looking like me and thats when he cracked me one in the head."

Mac pulled a letter out of his backpocket and handed it to MaryAnne. "I came here by invitation to see my friend." MaryAnne saw the return address on the envelope was from Hazzard, with the name Min Duke above it. "Min invited me out here to show me what Georgia was like and the little town she always mentioned in her letters. I thought I'd come out here to see for myself and it's been an adventure so far to say the least." He saw the skeptical gleam in MaryAnne's blue eyes and ran his fingers through his hair. "Look if you dont think I'm telling the truth give Min a call."

MacGyver could understand the Deputy's question, with all that had been happening with the other one it was no wonder she had asked. "Deputy, I'm the guy that got bonked in the head, tied to a bed, got plaster smeared all over my face so my evil twin could run around and cause havoc and destruction." He held out his hands. "Look if you don't believe that I'm Mac then by all means feel free to take my fingerprints." He stood there with his hands out towards the dark haired Coltrane, waiting for her to either check his prints or maybe slap the cuffs on him.

"If you're sure that's what you want to do, I can do it." "Yes, I don't want him harmed, I couldn't live with that and the consequences could be disastrous" "Don't worry Miss Strate, he won't be harmed." Rosco and the Dukes listened to the audio tape that was in the black box, all of them stunned beyond belief. "Well that tears it." Rosco said as he shook his head. "I guess she really is guilty." "So what do we do now?" Bo asked, sitting on the edge of Rosco's desk. "Search Val's place, that's standard SOP in something like this." Luke nodded, his arms crossed over his chest. "All right, but we'd like to help out with this, if you don't mind." Rosco stood up from, picking his black hat up and slipping it on his head. "No Luke, I don't mind. We're all involved in this." "We'll meet you at the boarding house." Rosco took the spare key to Val's room, courtesy of Enos, and stuck it in the lock. He gave it a couple of turns and finally the lock clicked. The door swung open and Rosco put his hand out, stopping everyone else from just barging into the room. He craned his neck around the door frame and his blue eyes suddenly rounded. "Judas Priest on a pony!" He lowered his arm and everyone went into the room, stopping when they got the bed, the reason for Rosco's exclamation right in front of them. A blond man was tied to the bed, his head lolled to one side against his shoulder; a large bloody gash in his temple. "But I thought he was dead!" Daisy gasped as she looked at her cousins. Bo and Luke went over to the bed and untied him, touching his neck. "He's alive." Luke noticed the white plaster marks around his neck. "Looks like someone took a mold of his face." "But for what?" MacGyver groaned, his head moving a little as he opened his eyes, looking at everyone gathered around him. "Val...she grabbed me and brought me here." He touched his bloody head, hissing through his teeth as his fingers brushed the cut there. "They're going after Brian and he looks just like me." Bo nodded. "You dont know the half of it, Mac. Come on we'll fill you in." They helped him off the bed, he was a little unsteady on his feet. "You guys taking him to Doc Appleby's, I'll finish searching this place." Rosco said as he took off his hat and set it on the bed. "I had just finished posting on the bulletin board and decided to go to the Busy Bee when I ran into Val. She said she had to talk to me and we went behind one of the buildings. The next thing I know I'm in her room." MacGyver touched the gauze on his head, wincing at the pain it caused. Luke, Daisy and Bo all stood around the table. "Well there's way to much to tell you but the sum up is your evil twin is dead and so is his accomplice and Val has been arrested." Mac nodded at Luke. "What about Brian?" "He's okay, he's with MaryAnne and Cully." Luke sighed. "Yeah we're glad he's okay too. Rosco wants us to take you to the Courthouse. He's going to need to take your statement." Mac slowly climbed off the table and thanked Doc Appleby for patching up his head. With that the group left, heading back to town. They parked the General Lee beside Maverick and headed up the steps. "Hey Enos, hey Cletus." Bo smiled at his friends as they walked into the booking room. The pair of deputies looked wide eyed at Mac. "I thought he was dead!" Mac only grinned at them. "Yeah I get that a lot." Rosco came out of his office and tapped Mac on the shoulder. "See the person that kidnapped you?" The blond man nodded as he turned and looked to the booking room cell. "That's her, she's the one." He turned back, seeing a brunette woman.

"I can't believe this cousins... I really can't." Daisy walked down the Courthouse steps between Bo and Luke. The posse had returned to Hazzard and Val had been taken into custody and locked up by her own twin brother. It was a sad state of affairs, that had left its mark on all that were involved with the chasing down and ultimately the death of the two hired thugs, MacGyver and Gillian. "Yeah I know Daisy, I can't believe it either. I can't believe that Val would sink that low." Bo sighed, his thumbs hooked in his belt loops. "We don't know for sure it was her, all we have is a note." Luke pointed out as they made it to the bottom of the steps and started around the corner. Daney's hunter green Duster was parked on the other side of the Gazebo and when Daisy saw it she tugged on Luke's sleeve. "Hey cousins...Hunter is there, we should bring it to the farm for Daney." "Got the spare key?" Daisy nodded. "Yeah Luke, I have a spare. I'll drive him over." The three cousins started across the street, mindful of a few cars as they finally made it over to Hunter. Daisy opened the driver's side door and slid behind the wheel. She stuck the key in the ignition and was about to turn it when a black wrapped box with a big black bow caught her eye. It sat on the passenger seat and what almost happened to Diablo crossed her mind. "Bo! Luke!" She shouted as she carefully opened the car door and stood up, her eyes wide. "What is it?" Luke asked, he and Bo were about to cross the street again when they heard her shout and saw her concern. "A package..." She muttered. "Daisy step away from the car." Luke said as he went over to Hunter. "Bo you and Daisy get back, MacGyver might have left one last surprise." Luke carefully opened the passenger side door and picked up the package, bending his head towards it. He heard no ticking, no beeping or any other clue that it was dangerous. "Luke? Is it a bomb?" Bo asked, swallowing hard. "I dont think so cousin." He walked around to the hood and set the package down, taking off the lid. What he saw there only creased his brow. A white envelope marked Daney sat right on top and he picked it up and opened it, pulling out a piece of paper. Just in case things don't go exactly as planned, use this for what you will. M- "It is from MacGyver, he says this is just in case things dont work out." "What does that mean?" Bo and Daisy wandered back over to stand beside their cousin. Luke pulled out an audio tape, another bigger envelope, and a wad of bills; the band across them read 5000 dollars. Luke opened the second envelope and pulled out color photographs. "Oh Lord." He whispered as he looked at them. They were pictures of MacGyver and Valerie Strate, the Game Warden handing him the wad of bills. "Where would Val get that kind of money?" Bo picked up the stack and flipped through it. "I dont know Bo, but we better go take this to Rosco." Luke gathered everything up and the three Dukes started around the corner towards the Courthouse.

Mac laid face down on the ground, the hoof of the horse heavy in the center of his back. He flexed his wrist, a small gun shooting out into the palm of his hand. He fired it, the horse reared up, spilling its rider. Quick as lightning Mac grabbed Daney, pulling her against him, aiming the hidden gun to her temple. "I suggest you all just back away right NOW!" Gillian slowly got up, she too pulling out her gun and aiming it at everyone in sight. "You all just couldn't leave well enough alone. You could have let us go but oh NO you're southern PRIDE And JUSTICE just wouldn't have it." His gaze flicked to the faces of everyone there. "You want to know who hired us?" He reached into his other pocket and pulled a piece of paper and dropped it at his feet. "Come on PI, let's move." He put his arm across Daney's shoulders and forced her to walk. The pair of assassins play Daney walked to the edge of Kissing Cliff. He turned his head, gazing at everyone. "You want Southern Justice? I dont think so." He gave Daney a hard shove away from him as Gillian jumped into his arms, the couple fell over the side of the cliff; straight into the burning wreckage of the patrol car. Daney watched it shaking her head as she went back over to the piece of paper Mac had dropped it and unfolded it. The paper read two simple words... Valerie Strate

The three Coltranes plus Cully stood a short distance from Maverick, staring down at the burning remains of the stolen patrol car along with the Dukes, the Straits and Cletus. From a group of bushes a short distance away, Mac and Gilian hid; crouched down low. "As soon as they leave we can go." Gillian whispered as she peered through the branches. "Maybe...might not be that easy." He had his hands on her shoulders, pressing her down a little lower. Mac kept his eyes fixed on Brian especially. "He's after us because he wants to get even with me, not because he wants to know who hired us." "So what do we do?" Gillian asked looking over her shoulder at her partner. Mac still watched Brian as he stood on the edge of the cliff. "We watch and wait."

MacGyver watched the Firebird in the rearview mirror, it was getting closer all the time and the speed of the patrol car was being pushed to the limit as it was. "Mac...they're gaining, it's only a matter of time." Gillian whispered in defeat as she turned in the passenger seat, gazing out the broken back window. "They just don't learn, do they?" His dark eyes narrowing. "I let Brian go once against my better judgement. He can't just leave well enough alone." Gillian's gaze shifted to the driver. "We weren't paid to kill him and you know that." "Then they should have gotten someone ELSE to do their dirty work if they couldn't handle getting a little blood on their hands." He sighed as he wiped his hand over his face. "This is ridiculous." Mac turned the wheel hard, taking a small side road that headed into the hills. He watched Maverick follow and a cold smile lit up his face. "That's it Deputy, come on down." The white patrol car coughed and wheezed but managed to make it up the winding dirt road to the top of Kissing Cliff. He backed the patrol car up and a great distance from the edge and put it in park. "They're going to be here any minute." Gillian reached out and touched MacGyver's arm. "You know we can't be taken in. We know way too much, we'd never be allowed to live." His grip on the steering wheel tightened. "I know...and I'm not about to let Brian win. No one takes me in... no one." Gillian nodded, sighing. "Then you know what we have to do." The white patrol car took off with a burst of speed heading straight for the edge of the cliff. Maverick and the General Lee got there just in time to see the white patrol car hit the edge of the cliff and become airborne. It exploded, black smoke and bright orange flames blowing out the windows as it dropped like a rock, landing at the bottom of Kissing Cliff and exploding a second time.

MacGyver turned around slowly to see the broken back windshield, the wind blowing through their hair as he turned back; gripping the steering wheel firmly. "Man that's one angry Deputy! I guess she didn't appreciate us borrowing the patrol car." Gillian shook out her hair and brushed the glass from her shoulders. "Or the fact we left her friends by the side of the road." "We didn't hurt them." He focused his attention once more on the road as he slammed his foot down on the gas. The patrol car taking off in a sudden burst of speed. "She's going to be coming after us, we better put some distance between us."

The tires on the patrol car spun as it took off, kicking up a dust cloud into the faces of Val, Enos and Cletus. The three uniformed people were no longer that as they sat with their hands cuffed behind them on the side of the road. Enos and Cletus wearing nothing but their white t-shirts, boxers shorts and socks; their blue shirts tie around their mouths. Val sat between the two men, she too had her mouth gagged by her own shirt, leaving her in a white t-shirt. MacGyver and Gillian now had a set of wheels and headed down the road in a hurry, trying to find the quickset way out of Hazzard.