Double Duke Trouble

[BoJamesDuke]

But Bo doesn't answer him, only looking frantically out the window, not caring one slightest bit about his breathing. All he could feel was his heart racing as he searched the road below them.

All of a sudden he saw it, the real truck that they were looking for heading in the opposite direction to the phoney one they had trapped. Somehow the other guys knew, and had set up the set up. Within seconds, adrenaline surging through him, taking over his actions, he had hoisted himself half out the General, waiting for the General to catch up more with the truck.

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke grips the steering wheel so hard his knuckles turn white as he sees Bo half out the General's window. Keeping his eyes on the road ahead as he holds the car steady silently praying Bo doesn't fall. The fear that Bo will be hurt due to his weakened state comes through Luke's voice.

"Bo what the hell are you doing get back in here before ya fall out and I run over ya"

[BoJamesDuke]

"Just keep General Lee steady Luke, just steady for a couple more seconds....."

He saw the oppertunity and for a fleeting moment, he was frightened as he looked down to the top of the truck. But as he saw the faces of the men laughing in the mirrors, all that fled. He pushed himself fully out the General and made the jump onto the truck, landing with a solid thud on the cargo hold's roof, gasping for a second as the wind was knocked out of him before coughing slightly and pulling himself more to the drivers cabin at the front.

He leaned over to the left as he slid onto the roof of the cabin and dived his hand through the open window, wrestling with the steering wheel.

[B.L. Davenport]

"Wha............" Luke never gets to finish his question as Bo leaps from the window landing on the truck below. Luke's heart stops as he see's Bo from the corner of his eye. Mumbling to himself

"If that didn't kill him I will"

Luke surges ahead to the point where the two roads come together. Veering off the upper road onto the lower sliding to a sideways stop across the road in front of the truck giving it only two choices,stop or drive off the other side down the steep embankment.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo saw Luke skid up ahead and smirked as the two guys in the cabin cursed. He heard the troopers and the rest of his family coming up swiftly behind the truck and finally managed to get a hold of the wheel. He jerked it hard left and sent the truck skidding down the embankment, just moments before it was due to hit Luke and General Lee.

[B.L. Davenport]

As the truck skids down the embankment Luke hits the ground running the troopers catching up and then making it to the truck pulling the two guys from the inside as Luke pulls Bo from the truck just as Uncle Jesse,Daisy,B.L. and Cooter reach them.

Jesse taking Bo from Luke's grasp turns Bo to face him asking frantically

"Bo are you ok"

B.L. leans weakly with the relief against Cooter who wraps his arm around her shoulders hugging her close.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo gasped and winced slightly as Jesse grabbed a hold of his left arm, the one he had used to jerk the wheel sideways.

"I's...fine...Uncle...Jesse....just...hurt my....arm....a little...."

[B.L. Davenport]

Jesse eyes Bo with a critical eye checking for obvious injuries that Bo may be hiding but when nothing catches his eye an it seems the only thing wrong besides the arm is Bo's ragged breathing Jesse sighs relieved.

By this time the troopers have the two henchmen cuffed and are escorting them up the hill back to the patrol cars. Alan shakes Jesse's hand in farewell as he prepares to follow his men.

"Thanks Alan for all your help. Maybe we can get together sometime on a happier note."

Cooter gives B.L. another brief hug as he turns going back up the hill to get the tow truck so he can tow the truck back to hazzard.

B.L. steps over to Daisy wrapping an arm around her friend's waist.

Luke hasn't said anything since just before Bo jumped. He's trying to get his warring emotions under control before speaking to Bo. He was worried Bo would get hurt seriously when he jumped now seeing there was no real damage Luke's worry has turned to anger at Bo for scaring him so badly after Bo made Luke promise he wouldn't beat the guys up on his word as a Duke only to do something as stupid as jumping on the moving truck when not fully recovered from the hospital stay and brief death experience.

[B.L. Davenport]

Jesse eyes Bo with a critical eye checking for obvious injuries that Bo may be hiding but when nothing catches his eye an it seems the only thing wrong besides the arm is Bo's ragged breathing Jesse sighs relieved.

By this time the troopers have the two henchmen cuffed and are escorting them up the hill back to the patrol cars. Alan shakes Jesse's hand in farewell as he prepares to follow his men.

"Thanks Alan for all your help. Maybe we can get together sometime on a happier note."

Cooter gives B.L. another brief hug as he turns going back up the hill to get the tow truck so he can tow the truck back to hazzard.

B.L. steps over to Daisy wrapping an arm around her friend's waist.

Luke hasn't said anything since just before Bo jumped. He's trying to get his warring emotions under control before speaking to Bo. He was worried Bo would get hurt seriously when he jumped now seeing there was no real damage Luke's worry has turned to anger at Bo for scaring him so badly after Bo made Luke promise he wouldn't beat the guys up on his word as a Duke only to do something as stupid as jumping on the moving truck when not fully recovered from the hospital stay and brief death experience.

[BoJamesDuke]

Daisy slipped her arm round B.L's waist, crying softly as she realised that this was all over now. That Bo could finally begin to heal. Sure she was a little bit shocked and angry at his actions, but then again she was also happy because it was a sign that Bo really was coming back to his usual self.

Bo smiled as Jesse broke away and gently leant against the truck, steadily gaining his breath back as his legs started to feel like Jelly beneath him again. He caught Daisy's eye and smiled at her, unable to see where Luke was at that moment.

[B.L. Davenport]

B.L. holds onto Daisy just a little bit tighter as Daisy starts to cry knowing it's tears of relief this time instead of worry and fear. B.L. gives Bo a wink of approval as he looks over at her and Daisy although she too wasn't happy with Bo's actions.

Luke has stepped away from the rest of the group a few paces and sat down on the ground his legs having felt like they were going to collapse from under him. Trying to get his pounding heart and hard angry breathing under control.

Jesse takes a few moments of his own to lean against a nearby tree and collect his ownself.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo nodded gratefully and was pleased to note his breathing had come under control a lot quicker than the previous times he had been so out of breath. He leant his head back against the truck and closed his eyes, breathing a sigh of relief that it was over....but then frowns as he starts to think about how they knew what the plan was....

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke takes one more calming breath as the adrenaline begins to subside. With his mind clearing, thoughts of why there was a decoy truck and how the guys knew they were going to set a trap for them. It just doesn't make sense as to how they were discovered unless there was someone giving them inside information or maybe another bug somewhere. Jumping to his feet suddenly running back up the embankment to the General Lee. Leaning in the passenger side window Luke opens the glove compartment pulling out the flashlight,proceeding to check every inch of the orange stock car for another bug.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo saw Luke bolt towards General Lee and gave a quick worried glance to Jesse Daisy and B.L before clambouring up the embankment after him, going as quick as his breathing would allow him. He finally got to the top, and saw Luke pulling all sorts of things out the General.

"Luke...what in....gods name....are ya doin'?"

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke is so busy with his search he forgets his anger at Bo and answers as he crawls under the car after checking the grill

"I'm lookin for bugs how else did they know what we was planning"

As Bo clambors up the embankment B.L. looks over at Daisy with a questioning look before dragging her up after Bo

"Somethin's up"

Jesse pushes away from the tree and follows them up stopping next to Bo.

"What's he doing?"

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo frowned and quickly joined Luke in his search, clambouring into the General awkwardly to search around. He ducked underneath the dashboard and quickly came back out, waving his arm out the window at Luke and gesturing to the CB.

Daisy watched, as she and B.L clamboured up the embankment, Bo and Luke scrambling about frantically in the car, with a frown that was equal to Uncle Jesse's. She didn't understand what was going on either, but she had a feeling from the way hardly any of them was speaking that it wouldn't be the best of ideas to start questioning them.

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke having just stood up from under the car,joins Bo inside the car. Leaning down in the seat feeling under the dash and around the cb. Luke feels something out of place on the cb it's like an extra knob on the side,giving the object a pull then holding it up for Bo to see and gesturing for him to be quiet. Looking at the others out the windsheild watching them Luke puts his finger to his lips once again shushing the others.

Uncle Jesse catches on to what they are looking for as Luke tells them to be quiet. It all makes sense now why the crooks knew what was happening when and where.

B.L. at first thought they'd both lost their minds scrambling around the car like they were but as Bo waved his arm and pointed at the CB she realized they were obviously looking for something and Bo thought he'd found it most likely.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo gave a low groan and put his head in his hands. Maybe these bugs really where everywhere....maybe he wasn't as free as he thought he was...

Daisy saw the look of desapair and frustration return to Bo's eyes, the look she recognised that he had had the every first day they noticed somehting was wrong...before he got sick. She quickly broke away from B.L and leant in the General's window, wrapping her arms around Bo's neck, signalling to Luke to do something with it. She didn't know what and didn't care how, as long as he got rid of it.

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke noticed the dejected look Bo had too and when Daisy leant in the window hugging Bo and signaling him to get rid of the device he didn't need to be told a second time. Climbing from the General he held up the bug for Uncle Jesse and B.L. to see. Uncle Jesse's eyes cloud with anger and frustration against the men once again seeing his youngest wrapped in Daisy's protective arms. Covering his face with his hands he mutters

"Dear Lord......"

B.L.'s eyes flare with the same anger that's in Uncle Jesse's as she kicks a nearby try in frustration swearing once again not even caring that she's swore more in the last week than in her whole life.

"Damn it"

Luke takes the offending electronic device laying it on a flat rock and picking up another large one begins to hit the device over and over smashing it to pieces letting his rage and frustration pour out through the rock. As the adrenaline slows and Luke's arms seem like lead with the rock in his hands he stops hitting the bug that is nothing more than sand now. Standing and throwing the rock down at his feet he returns to the General Lee sliding in the window shaking with rage still as he wraps Bo in his own protective arms from behind encompassing Daisy in the hold as well best he can with her outside the car.

Uncle Jesse then steps up to the car wrapping his arms around Daisy barely able to reach Bo but just able to touch him.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo let himself be encased in Daisy's arms, glad for her support but still keeping his hands firmly over his face, refusing to let them see him cry again.

But as Luke's arms them wrapped around him he couldn't take it any longer. He broken down into sobs, part relieved that they had the guys behind bars, but also terrified that there were more guys out there waiting to get him, waiting to get his family.

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke couldn't take it as Bo started to sob. Squeezing his eyes shut to stop the burning tears from escaping. Whispering as he holds Bo tightly

"It's ok Bo, it's all over and I'm going to give the General and farm a good goin over just to be sure there's no more bugs first thing in tha mornin."

B.L. wanders over to the General hoisting herself up on the hood waiting for the family to be ready to go home. She can tell they are all exhausted but Bo and Luke the most, Luke not having slept more than a few hours all week. Pecking on the windshield drawing the attention of the boys she blows them a kiss letting them know she's there if they need her.

[BoJamesDuke]

Daisy let go of Bo once he sobbed harder hearing Luke's words, signalling for Uncle Jesse to move back. Bo looked up to her teary eyed as she let go, giving her a questioning look. But all she did was smiled and signal to something behind him.

He turned to look and saw the gentle tears slipping down his cousin's cheeks and quickly wrapped his arms around Luke's neck.

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke wraps his own arms around Bo's waist unable to stop the audible but muffled sobs as he presses his face to Bo's shoulder. Gently rocking them both back and forth as best he can in the confines of the car.

As Uncle Jesse moves away at Daisy's signal B.L. hops off the hood to go stand next to them suddenly finding herself encompassed in a bear hug from Jesse along with Daisy. Wrapping her own arms around Jesse and Daisy.

[BoJamesDuke]

After a while his sobs die down and he lets Luke cradle him a little more before pulling away and smiling slightly*

"Let's go home Luke."

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke returns the smile nodding,scrubbing an arm across his eyes and nose to remove the remaining tears before turning the General on to go home.

"Sounds good"

B.L. lets go of Daisy and Uncle Jesse walking behind the general and getting in red fury turning the ignition and pulling out from behind the other car so the boys can get out.

Uncle Jesse looks worriedly in the window as the car's motor purrs

"You sure you's ok to drive home?"

Luke nods and tries to stifle a yawn

"Yes sir we'll be there right behind ya'll"

With that reassurance Jesse heads for his pickup waiting for Daisy to follow and either get in the pickup with him or in B.L.'s car. For the first time in days realizing how tired he himself is as he climbs in the driver's seat.