Luke had been trying to pick up enough nerve to go over to Erin's house
and apoligize to Bo for most of the day and finally decided to go over
there about the time Bo was being kidnapped.
"Cooter," Luke said
Cooter looked up from the solitare game he was playing. "Yeah." he
said
"I'm going over to Erin's." Luke said, putting his jacket on and grabbing
the keys to the General Lee. "I'll be back later."
"Are you sure you should do this?" Daisy asked, looking up from reading
something.
"I need to Daisy." Luke said and then walked to the door.
"Do you want anyone to come with you?" Cooter asked, moving as if to
get up.
Luke shook his head. "No, i'll be fine." he said as he walked out of
the door.
Daisy sighed as she watched him go "Do you think someone should go
with him?" she asked
Cooter didn't answer her for a moment and then shook his head
"No, i think he's going to be alright. I just hope they can work things
out."
Daisy nodded "They always do." she said and then smiled slightly "Keep
your fingers crossed though."
Cooter smiled a then went back to his card game.
Luke drove over to Erin's house and made it there about the same time
that Erin was pulling into the driveway. He got out of the car and meet
Erin as she stepped out of her car.
"What are you doing here?" she asked
"I came to talk to Bo." Luke told her
Erin nodded "About time." she quipped "Come on." she adde and then
started for the door."How are you doing?"
Luke shrugged "I'm better and i should apoligize to you to." he said
and then went on "I'm sorry Erin."
Erin stopped and turned around "Apology accepted cousin." she said
and then smiled "Let's go inside. I'm sure Bo will be glad to see you."
Luke hesitated for a brief moment "Is he doing ok?" he asked
"Yeah. Pretty much." Erin told him and then opened the screen door.
Luke saw the partial open door first and then put a hand on her arm.
"Wait Erin." he said "The door."
Erin looked and then frowned "Now, why would Bo leave the door slightly
open." she asked, suddenly getting a feeling that something was wrong.
Luke had the feeling to and shook his head. "Let me go first." he said
and then moved in front of her and went inside cautiously.He looked around
for a few moments, neither finding Bo or an intruder. He went back to the
door to tell Erin it was alright to come inside.
"I don't see Bo in here anywhere?" he said as Erin came inside.
"His car is here, he should be here." Erin said and then moved off
towards the back of the house.
Luke sighed and walked to the door to go check outside. He looked down
at a table near the door and noticed a note. He frowned and picked it up.
Then he read it.
After he moment, he looked up from the note, visibly upset. "Erin,"
he called. "Come here!"
"What is it?" she asked as she came towards him.
Luke handed her then note and she read it to.
Dukes,
As you may have found out by now, Bo is missing. I have Bo. Do not
attempt to come and find him, otherwise I will not be able to guaranttee
your safety. I would advise that you start watching over your shoulders
anyway considering i may come after you once I'm finished with Bo. Be aware
that the next time your see him you will be planning his funeral.
My revenge is finally being completed and it will be a pleasure to watch
Bo as he slowly dies. I say again, do not attempt to find me. Your efforts
will be in vain.
Frank Allen
Erin gasped and looked at Luke. "Frank Allen,"
she whispered "He's the guy. . ."
She broke off as Luke nodded. Erin knew the name
only because Bo had told her once what had happened.
"Please tell me this is a bad joke." Luke said,
but his eyes told her that he knew it wasnt'
Erin shook her head "I don't think it is." she
said and then added almost to herself "I need to go call Kelly."
She moved over to the phone, Luke following closly behind her and called
the Hazzard Police Department.
The drug seemed to have taken effect on Bo and Frank waited just a moment
more to make sure. He had injected him with a substance called Methachloridone
which was a type of drug used in places to torture prisoners. It made the
person think that whoever was torturing him was someone close to him and
that helped to wear down the resistance of the prisoner. The drug also
put the prisoner in alot of pain.
"Bo." Frank said, smiling evilly
Bo turned his head slightly towards the sound, but didn't look at Frank.
"Luke?" he asked
Frank smiled again. This was going to be better than he thought
"It's me." Frank said.
Bo shook his head, as if to clear it. "No...no, your not Luke." he
said, trying hard to fight off the effects of the drug, but he was slowly
loosing.
Frank frowned, wondering how he was doing that. "Oh, but i am." he
said
Bo grimaced in pain, the drug had all his nerve endings on fire. He
was trying to think clearly, but he couldn't and a few seconds later, finally
gave into the drug.
Frank could see that and he put a hand under Bo's chin and made him
look at him. Bo could see the face off Luke and the insanity in his eyes.
"Why are you doing this?" Bo asked, trying to struggle against the
ropes tied around his hands.
Frank slapped him accross the face. "I want to see you suffer." he
said
Kelly had arrived at Erin's house and she and Luke filled her in.
"What prison was he put in?" Kelly asked as she walked towards a phone.
"I think Atlanta." Luke told her.
Kelly nodded and called Enos on the phone. She filled him in and put
the phone back down a few minutes later and came back to where Erin and
Luke where.
"I'm going to have to go back." Kelly said "Enos is going to call Atlanta,
but i need to be there."
"We're going with you." Erin said, before Luke could say anything.
Luke nodded, worry written across his face. "We should probably tell
Cooter an Daisy what is going on." he said
Erin nodded "Where are they any way?" she asked
"At the farm." Luke told her and then sighed. "Look, i'm really sorry
about what's been going on."
Before Erin could say anything, Kelly spoke up "Let's talk about this
while we go to the police station." she said and started towards the door
with Luke and Erin behind her.
They walked outside and Erin walked to her car in the driveway. "I'll
follow ya'll" she said.
"Kelly." Luke said as they walked to their cars parked on the street.
"Yes?" she answered, stopping and turning towards him
"I'm really sorry about what i said to you and Bo. I was coming to
talk to him today to straighten things out. . ." he stopped and shrugged.
"The way things have been lately, it has had me out of sorts and i haven't
been thinking clearly. I'm really sorry."
Kelly looked at him for a moment. Luke searched her light green eyes
for anything to know what she was thinking. What he did see, when he found
it was understanding and something else he couldn't quite make out. He
got the feeling though, that she understood and made a mental note
to ask her about it later. Bo hadn't told him much about Kelly except how
they meet and that he really loved her and knew that she was someone he
would want to spend the rest of his life with.
"It's ok Luke," she said simply and then walked the rest of the way
to her car. "Do you want to ride with me, or are you going to drive that
thing?" she asked, smiling again as she pointed to the General.
"Thing?!" Luke protested "That is the General Lee and he is not a thing."
Kelly laughed lightly and Luke knew she was only joking with him. She
then stopped and got serious immediatly
"Come on, let's go." she said
Luke nodded and got into the General and followed her, radioing Cooter
and Daisy to tell them to meet them at the Police Station.
"Don't do this." Bo said, grimacing as a wave of pain crashed over him.
"I'm going to do anything i please." Frank told him and hit him a few
times across the face.
"Please don't do this Luke." Bo pleaded
Frank sneered and took hold off Bo's hair and pulled it back. "You are
worthless cousin. You don't deserve to live." Frank said and then realsed
Bo's hair and backhanded him across the face.
"No." Bo said
"I'm am going to watch you die and i'm going to love every minute." Frank
said and then started circling Bo's chair. "No one is going to care once
your gone, no one. Life will go on and everyone will forget that you even
existed" he said and then laughed.
"I'm going to let you die slowly so you can suffer. I've always wanted
to do this to you dear cousin. I've never liked you. I've always hated
you and was waiting for the day when i could kill you. Once your dead,
i'm going to take that pretty girlfriend of yours as mine and make her
forget that you even existed."
"Leave her alone." Bo said through clenched teeth.
Frank backhanded him "Shut up." he sneered "I run this show and i do what
i want to do. Your girlfriend is mine.
"No." Bo whispered
Cooter and Daisy walked through the Police Headquarters door a short
time after Luke called them. Erin had arrived a little bit before them.
"What's going on?" Cooter asked
Luke sighed "There's something wrong."
"Where's Bo?" Daisy asked as she looked around
"That's the problem." Luke told her. "He's been kidnapped."
"What!" Cooter said
"By who?" Daisy asked
"Do you remember Frank, Jennifer's brother?" Luke asked them and went
on when both nodded "Apparently he's out of prison and he kidnapped Bo
from Erin's house last night."
"Oh, no." Daisy said and then walked over to where Erin sat on the
couch and sat down.
"How in the heck did this happen?" Cooter asked Luke
Luke shrugged "I don't know." he said, anger in his eyes "Kelly has
called Atlanta and we will know shortly. Fact, scuse me." he said and walked
over to where Kelly was on the phone. Enos was hovering near her also,
apparently not really noticing that Daisy was in the room.
Cooter sighed and sat down, running a hand through his graying hair.
"Luke seems like he's doing better." Erin commented
Cooter nodded "Yeah he is." he said "He's really upset though about
all that's been happening."
Erin nodded and she, Cooter and Daisy continued to talk for a couple
of minutes until Kelly, Luke and Enos came over to them. None of them looked
at all happy. Luke sighed and sat down in a chair.
"What's the news?" Erin asked
"Not good," Luke said, beating Kelly to the answer "Frank was released
two days ago, apparently on good behavior."
"What!" Cooter said in disbelief.
"That's what the prison said." Kelly answered him.
"Why weren't we told?" Erin asked
Luke snorted "They didn't think it was necassary."
"Not necassary." Erin said. "Excuse me?!"
"That's what i said." Kelly told her, anger in her voice. "They just
didn't think it was neccasariy since they thought Frank had changed."
"Ya'll," Daisy said, breaking into there conversation. "We can't worry
about that right now, we have to come up with a way to get Bo back."
"Daisy's right." Luke said "Every minute we waste here, is that
much longer off of Bo's life."
"I just thought of something." Erin broke in. "If he's been out for
2 days, chances are he knows what's been going with us and he can use that
against Bo as well."
Luke sucked some breath in "She's right." he said and hopped up. "We
have to go find him."
Kelly put a hand on his arm. "We will when we know where to look."
Luke sighed, started to say something further, then thought better
of it and then sat back down. Erin reached over an patted him on the leg.
"Look," Luke said "Were going to have to do something and do it soon."
"I know Luke." Kelly told him and then turned to Enos. "Are Rosco and
Cletus still sick."
Enos nodded
"Could you give them a call and tell them what's going on. We may need
all the help we can get." Kelly asked him
Enos nodded and walked away from the group. Daisy got up and followed
him.
"Where do you think we should start?" Kelly asked, running a hand through
her brown hair
Luke answered for them all "Why don't we just split up and start looking.
If we do that, chances are we can find where Frank is hiding quicker.
We should check abandoned buildings and such."
"That sounds good to me." Kelly said, nodding her head
Both Cooter and Daisy nodded their heads.
As they made their plans, Enos and Daisy came back over to the group
a short time later.
"Both Rosco and Cletus said they would help in anyway they can." Enos
told them
"Great." Kelly said "Ok, let's split up and got looking. Keep in touch
and if anyone finds anything let the others know."
Everyone nodded their heads and then left to start on their search,
praying they would find Bo before it was to late.
Frank had continued to play his mind games with Bo until the drug wore off and Bo passed out. He then untied Bo and took him into the bedroom. He took his shirt off and laid him down on the bed. He got some handcuffs out and then handcuffed Bo to the headboard. He smiled and then walked out of the room to wait until Bo would wake up again and he could continue his toruture.
Luke and Kelly had just finished searching the old Indian Caves for
any sign of Frank and Bo. They had come away with nothing and were now
looking at a map. It was fast approaching the middle of the afternoon and
they new they need to hurry before it got dark and started snowing again.
"What about these farms over in here?" Kelly said, pointing to an area
on the map.
Luke didn't say anything for a second as he thought. "All those have
someone living in them, except the old Hannible place."
"Do you think he could be there?" Kelly asked and then shivered.
Luke shook his head "To close to people. We can take a look though."
he said and then added "You ok?"
Kelly nodded "Yeah, it's just cold."
Luke nodded "Temperatures dropping again. We had better hurry." he
said
They both got back into the plain green car they had borrowed from
Cooter. They both had known that either the General or a police car would
stand out to much and opted on this one. Kelly cranked the car and got
the heat going. Luke picked up the CB
"Search Party 1 to everyone else. Come back."
It took a second before someone responded "This is Search Party #2
here. Go ahead." It was Cooter
Luke could hear the frustration in his friends voice and already new
the answer before he even asked the question. "Did you find anything?"
This time it was Daisy who answered him "We checked all the places
that we went to when we skipped school and their not anywhere near any
of them." she said "I just don't know where they could be." she added
The other search teams then reported they hadn't found anything either.
"Alright, keep looking then." Luke said "Kelly and I are going to go
check out the old Hannible place and we'll let ya'll know if we find anything."
"Be carefull ya'll." Cooter told them "The temperature is going back
down again and they say that it's going to start snowing again."
Luke sighed "Thanks Cooter." he said and then added "Over and out."
Luke turned to Kelly and they looked at each other for a moment. Each
was trying to figure out something to say to make the other not worry so
much. Unfortuanatly they both new that there was noting they could say.
"Lets go." Luke finally said
Kelly nodded and then drove towards the Hannible place. Neither said
a word on the trip there.
They searched until the sun went down and it started snowing heavily
again. Noone had turned up a thing and they were all tired, frustrated
and upset. After deciding they needed to regroup and talk things over,
they agreed to meet at the Duke Farm to discuss things.
As the sun went down, Bo slowly awoke. The first thing he noticed was
that his whole body hurt and he felt sick. He also felt cold and he knew
it had to be because the room was freezing and his shirt was off. At first
he couldn't remember where he was, but then it came back to him. He tried
moving, but discovered that he was handcuffed to the bed. He was lying
on his back and both of his hands were handcuffed to the headboard. He
tried to struggle but it did little good and he soon stopped. He then started
thinking and trying to remember what had happened earlier and then vaguly
remembered that Luke or what he had thought was Luke had been here and
had been hurting him.
He heard the door open and he looked up. That movement brought a wave
of dizziness and he put his head back down on the bed. Frank came into
his line of vision and he was smiling.
"Well you decided to wake up. Took you long enough." he sneered
"Let me go." Bo said
"No way." Frank said and then took a bite of the sandwich he held in
his hand. "Luke said to tell you that he will be back to torture you some
more later." he added
"Your lying." Bo said "Luke would never do such a thing."
Frank smiled then took another bite of his sandwhich "Well then, why
was he doing it earlier."
Bo went to respond, but then thought about it and closed his mouth.
Frank laughed and then brought a chair over to the bed and sat down
in it. "I know you probably don't believe that Luke was here, but he was."
he said and then looked at his sandwhich. Grinning he waved it over Bo's
face. Bo glared at him
"I know you probably want this." Frank said "You have to be hungry."
"I'm not." Bo said
"I'm sure you are, but that doesn't matter." Frank said "I'm not giving
it to you anyway."
Bo didn't respond. Frank then waved it in front of Bo again and Bo
turned his head away from him.
Frank smiled and then finished the sandwich. He then reached over and
pulled Bo's head back to look at him
Bo struggled and Frank hit him "When are you going to learn that you
can't do things like that?"
"Never." Bo said "You aren't going to get away with this"
Frank grunted at him and then got up and wandered over to the dresser.
He picked up something that looked like a cattle prod.
Bo's eyes widened and Frank smiled and then walked back to the bed.
"No." Bo said "Don't do this!"
Frank cuckled and turned the thing on and put it on the highest setting.
This was going to be fun he thought.
Bo moved, trying to get away from Frank, but it was of no use. The
handcuffs held him in place.
Frank bent over him and placed the prod against Bo's left side.
Bo closed his eyes tightly and gritted his teeth.
Frank did it again in the same place, but Bo bit his lip to keep from
crying out.
Frank did it a few more times and in other places on Bo's bare chest,
before he stopped for a moment.
"Doesn't feel to good does it?" Frank asked
"Stop." Bo breathed "I'll do anything you want." he added, not really
meaning it.
Frank laughed and put the prod next to Bo's neck and shocked him there.
Bo made a low moan deep in his throat, but he refused to cry out.
"I would take you up on the offer if i needed you to do something for
me." he said "You could come with me though."
"Come where?" Bo asked
"I'm meeting up with what's left of the group my dad formed once i'm
through with you." Frank told him "I could keep you alive and you could
come with me and work with me. You might make a valuable assest."
"Never." Bo seethed
"Have it your way." Frank said and and used the prod again on Bo's
neck.
Bo whimpered softly, but did nothing else.
Frank grunted. "You know," he said "I always thought my dad should
have tortured you more than he did. Unfortunatly he didn't do things the
way he should have including surendering himself. If i had been in charge,
things would have been different."
Bo didn't respond to him
"To bad my sister isn't here." he went on "It would be fun to torture
her to."
"You son of a....." Bo started, but got stuck by the prod again before
he could finish the sentence.
Frank raised an eyebrow. "Did i touch a nerve?" he asked casually "Speaking
of touching a nerve." he added as he placed the prod up against Bo's body
again and left it there for several long moments
Bo gritted his teeth and clenched his hands into fists, trying desperatly
to keep from crying out. He was hurting, but didn't need Frank knowing
that.
Frank could see it though and was getting very irratated with Bo not
giving in and crying out. He wanted him to cry out and he was going to
get him to do it anyway he could.
Frank placed the prod near Bo's face and Bo drew in his breath as he
waited for him to touch him with it.
Bo waited for the pain that he knew would come.
Frank touched him with the prod, then did it again and again. Bo whimpered
and bit hard into his lip, drawing some blood. Frank then moved the
prod, touched Bo on his side, then moved up, touching him here and there
with it and then back down to where he had started and repeated the process.
He continued doing this for nearly another hour and Bo finally gave
in and started screaming, unable to take the pain he was in any more. He
pleaded for Frank to stop, but Frank did it more and Bo continued screaming
until he could scream no more.
Everyone was sitting around the Farm talking and trying to figure out
what to do next. Both Rosco had Cletus had been there for a little bit,
but then finally had to leave since they both were sick.
"He could be anywhere." Daisy said from where she was sitting next
to Enos.
"Daisy's right." Cooter said. "They could be in another country for
all we know."
"I hope they aren't." Kelly broke in "Their probably around here, just
well hidden."
Luke snorted "Unfortunatly." he said and then added "We'll have to
start the search again when the snow stops in the morning, if it stops
then. Anybody got any good ideas as to where we should look this
time."
"Maybe we should try in a couple of the other counties." Enos said
as Daisy shifted and leaned her head against his shoulder "Maybe towards
Atlanta to."
"That might be a good idea." Luke said as he got out of the chair he
was sitting in. "Split up again and look around further out this time."
he added and then went on. "I'm going to see what's keeping Erin with the
coffee
As everyone else continued to talk, Luke walked into the kitchen and
saw Erin was pouring the coffee into cups.
"Erin?" Luke asked
Erin jumped slightly. "Luke, don't scare me like that." she said as
she put the pot back down on the stove.
"Sorry." Luke apoligized and then looked at her for a moment. "Are
you ok?" he added
Erin nodded "Yeah," she said "I'm fine, just lost in thought
"We'll get him back." Luke told her
Erin nodded and then picked up the tray with the coffee on it.
"I'll take it." he said, taking the tray from her and walking into
the den with it.
Everyone drank there coffee for a few moments in silence, lost in there
own thoughts.
"He's right under our nose. I just know it." Luke said, breaking the
silence.
Kelly closed her eyes and nodded "I'm sure he is to, but the question
is where." she said and then slammed a fist down into the sofa. "I hate
not knowing!"
Luke put a hand to her arm. "It's ok." he told her "We'll find him"
"But will we be in time?" Cooter asked "I'm sorry, i shouldn't have
said that." he added
"We have to find him in time." Luke told him "Not finding him is not
an option we have."
Everyone agreed with that.
Frank had left the room minutes earlier to go do something, leaving
Bo in pain and half consciouss on the bed. Frank came back into the room
a few minutes later with a syringe in his hand. He looked at his watch
for a second. Seeing that it was around midnight and mentally calculating
how long it would take for this drug to wear off.
"What are you doing?" Bo whispered. He didn't think he could stand
anything else Frank was going to throw at him.
Frank shrugged "Something to keep you occupied for the rest of the
night."
"Don't." Bo moaned
"Oh shut up." Frank said "This does pretty much the same thing the
one i gave you earlier does. Hallucinations are nastier and the pain is
more intense." he added and then injected Bo with the drug.
Frank sat down in the chair and waited for the drug to kick in. He
wanted to wait for a few minutes to see what it was going to do then go
take a quick nap. All this excitement had made him tired.
It didn't take to much longer for it take effect. Bo whimpered and
gave a small cry as it took full effect on his body. The pain was so intense
it made him want to pass out, but something was keeping him from doing
even that.
Frank leaned over him and smiled "Don't feel to good do you?"
"Make it stop!" Bo cried between clenced teeth.
"No can do." Frank said and then got up out of his chair. "I'm leaving
you now, let you alone with your problems." he added and walked towards
the door.
He turned around for a second and watched as Bo withered on the bed.
Frank stood there and continued to watch him as he cried out in pain once
again, his hands straining against the cuffs around his wrists.
Frank smiled, opened the door and turned off the lights. He walked
out of the room and closed the door, leaving Bo alone.
The night passed slowly for everyone. The drug held it's effect on
Bo until the early hours, then it wore off and Bo finally passed out. Luke
and everyone else stayed at the farm and tried to sleep. Luke had gone
into his and Bo's old room mostly because he wanted to be alone. He had
drifted off to sleep sometime over in the wee hours of the morning.
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He stood before the door leading to Uncle Jesse's room. He hesitated
to go in, knowing what he was going to see. He had had this same dream
every night since his Uncle had died and it usually went the same way.
Just as he usually did, he opened the door and went in. He stood in
the doorway for a moment and then walked over to the bed.
"No," he said softly. He knew what he was going to find.
As he got closer to the bed, he saw that a body was on the bed and
a sheet was pulled up over it. The sheet was covered with blood.
Luke's hand reached out, without him wanting it to and, and took hold
of the sheet. He pulled it back and gasped. Instead of it being Jesse as
it always had been, it was Bo and he was covered in blood.
"Bo." Luke gasped. "Oh no. . . No!"
As if he had heard him, Bo's eyes flew open and he sat up and stared
at his cousin.
Luke almost screamed, but it caught in his throat.
"You could have saved me." he said "But because you didn't try, this
is what has happened to me."
"No." Luke whispered "We're looking for you. We'll find you."
"To late for that cousin." Bo said as he got off the bed and started
moving towards Luke.
Luke backed up, trying to get away from Bo
"You can't run." Bo said as he advanced on him.
"Stay away." Luke said and then stopped suddenly as he backed up against
the wall.
Bo smiled and stopped when he got closer to Luke "Your coming with
me cousin. Your punishment for not trying to find me, for not even caring
to find me.
"I care." Luke said, pressing himself against the wall.
Bo only smiled evilly and took a hold of Lukes arm.
Luke felt coldness go through his body and he screamed.
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Luke sat up, a scream dying in his throat. He was breathing heavily
and his heart was racing. He sat on the edge of the bed and tried to get
himself back together. He kept telling himself that it was only a dream,
that it wasn't real and that they would find Bo before something did happen
to him. If they didn't then he didn't know what he was going to do. He
felt bad about that to, considering he would have to live with the fact
that he had never told Bo how sorry he had been about the way he was acting
lately. He would never be able tell him all the other things he needed
to say, and he just didn't think he could live with that guilt.
Sighing loudly and feeling like he wanted to cry, he got up off the
bed and moved towards the door. As he got closer he could hear a few people
outside talking in low voices and decided since he didnt' think he could
sleep any longer that he would join them. He prayed as he left the room
without a backwards glance that they would find Bo.