The next day came and Richard prepared Bo for what he was about to do. The plan was for Bo to find out all he could and when Erin went to school, slip her a note and let her give it to one of the undercover agents around the campus. Then the FBI would move in and take over. That was the best course of action they could come up with and Richard felt that it would work providing Bo didnt' get caught.
Richard took Bo out to the college around 3pm and waited at the parking lot for Erin to come back to her car.
"Are you sure that was her last class." Luke asked from the backseat.
"That's what our information said."Richard told him
Luke was about to say more when Bo spoke up "There she is." he said and opened the door "Wish me luck."
"Your remember what your supposed to do?" Richard asked him.
Bo nodded
"Please be careful Bo." Luke said
Bo leaned his head back into the car and looked at his cousin "I will, i promise."
Bo closed the car door and quickly walked to where Erin was going to her car.
Erin was about to open her car door, when she heard her name being called. She looked up and noticed Bo coming towards her.
"Bo." she said "What are you doing here? Are they coming to pick me up."
Bo shook his head "Change of plans. I'm coming home with you." he said
Erin frowned "I don't think that's a good idea."
Bo shrugged "It's going to have to be. It's the only way we're going to really find out anything."
Erin looked at him for a second, considering. "Alright, if that's what the FBI thinks is best." she said "Come on."
Bo got into the car and Erin turned it on.
"My parents said your the one that was stolen from them. I know it's not true, but i thought you'd might like to know." Erin said as she put the car in gear and backed out the parking slot.
"We were figuring on that." Bo said. "I'll just have to go along with that and hopefully get them to accept me."
"Good luck," she said as she pulled out of the lot. "My paren't aren't exactly trusting. I mean i think they bought my act yesterday, but it may be harder for you."
"Don't worry. This will work." Bo said "By the way, how did you figure you were not there's and how did you find out about Coy and Vance."
Erin shook her head and looked at him briefly before looking back at the road. "I don't really look like them for one thing." she said "I've asked a couple of times about that, but they have told me i'm being silly and that i'm their child." she stopped for a moment. "And about finding out about what my dad does. I've overheard some conversations lately that have told me things. I also accidently saw them bringing your cousins into the compound. They don't know that either."
"I'm sorry about all this." Bo said
"Don't be, it isn't your fault. It was bound to happen sooner or later." she said "I can't say i'm glad that it's happening to me or that i've been lied to all these years. I just hope this is over soon."
"Yeah, me to." Bo said
They didn't say much more during the drive to Erins' house. They arrived at her house about a half hour after leaving the school. Bo drew in a breath when he saw what the house looked like and suddenly thought that this may not be a good idea after all.
"Don't get cold feet on me." Erin said as she stopped in front of the gate and waved at the guard
"I'm not going to." Bo assured her as the gate was opened and they drove up to the house.
The arrived at the house moments later. Erin turned off the car and turned to her brother.
"Ready?" she asked.
Bo sighed "No," he said and laughed a little "I dont' have much choice anyway. Let's go."
Erin and Bo got out of the car and they walked through the garage area to the house and went inside.
"Mom!" Erin called out and shuddered slightly.
"How can you do that." Bo asked her.
Erin shrugged "Because i have to i guess." she answered.
"Were in here sweetie."  her mother answered.
"Come on." Erin said putting a hand on Bo's arm
They walked into the living room and Bo saw that Erin's mother and father were looking at him. He gulped and then made himself smile a little at them.
Erin was the first one to speak up. "Mom, dad. This is Bo." she told them
Kate smiled at Bo and got up off the sofa "Son," she said walking over to him "Welcome home."
Bo almost died when she came over and hugged and kissed him on the cheek. He wanted to tell her what he really knew, but he knew he couldn't "Hi....Mom..." he said after a moment.
Michael came over to them also as he was saying that and hugged Bo "Hi son. It's good to finally have you back in the right house."
Bo forced himself to smile at the man "Yeah." he said
Kate turned to Erin "Honey, why don't you show Bo to his room. Your father and I have to talk about a few things." she told her.
Erin nodded and then motioned for Bo to follow her. She walked to the stairs and stopped when she heard Kate speak again.
"Dinner will be ready around 6. We can talk then." she said and then smiled at Bo "We can celebrate your return to us then. It's so good to have you back."
Bo forced himself to open his mouth. "It's good to be home." he said.
Kate and Michael watched them walk up the stairs. Kate then turned to her husband.
"Do you think he suspects anything?"
Michael shrugged "I don't know. Probably not." he said and then added "We should watch him anyway."
Kate nodded "I agree." she told them and then they both sat down on the sofa and started talking about how they were going to get through all this

Erin took Bo up to her room and quickly shut the door.
"You ok?" she asked.
Bo looked at her and gave her a small smile "I think so yeah." he said "It's just hard trying to not tell them what i really think."
Erin nodded and sat down on her bed "Yeah. I had the same problems yesterday." she sighed running her hands through her brown  hair.
Bo came over and sat down beside her. "Don't worry." he said "We'll be able to get through this."
Erin smiled at him but wasn't sure she believed him. "I don't know what i'm going to do once this is over with. I mean this is pretty much all i know."
Bo nodded and smiled saying that he understood what she was trying to say. "My family is a nice family. You'll like them." he said. "And we can help you adjust."
Erin looked down at her hands. "I guess." she said and then changed the subject. "Do you have any plans on what your going to do?"
Bo looked thoughtful for a moment. "Is there anyone up at night. I mean guards and such." he asked
Erin nodded her head "One or two, but most of the time they are asleep. If you want to search tonight i don't think you will have to much of a problem. You just need to watch your back and make sure you dont' get caught."
Bo snorted "I'm good at that." he said
"I'm going with you though." Erin told him
Bo shook his head "No. Only one of us needs to go." he told her
"But..." Erin started, but Bo cut her off.
"No buts about it. If someone sees us then the game is up. It's better if you don't go. Then if I am caught then they won't know that you know anyting." he told her and a tone that told her not to argue. "I'll get some stuff and then i'll give it to you before you leave in the morning."
Erin sighed and looked at him, her deep blue eyes worried "Ok. Just be carefull ok."
Bo smiled "Always am." he said

Luke was sitting on the sofa at the Smith's. He was deep in thought and didn't notice when his uncle came in the room
"Luke?" Jesse asked
Luke didn't answer
"Luke." Jesse said again.
Luke jumped slightly and looked up at his Uncle. "Oh sorry Uncle Jesse." he said "Didn't hear you come in." he said
Jesse shook his head "Obviously" he said "What were you thinking about?" he asked, although he knew the answer.
Luke sighed "I was thinking about Bo." he said "I hope he can do this." he added, worry written across his face.
"He's going to be fine Luke. Don't worry." Jesse told him.
"He's never had to do something like this before though." Luke protested.
"I know." Jesse told him. "But he's a big boy and can take care of himself. He's going to be fine, don't worry."
Luke sighed and nodded, but didn't say anything else.
 
Dinner did not go well, or at least in Bo's opinion it didn't. Kate and Michael told him all about what supposedly happened after he was born, which he had to keep telling himself to listen and to not tell them that he knew what they were up to. As they kept on talking, he started tuning them out and started thinking about what he was going to have to do to bring them down. He only hoped Erin was going to be ok with all this, after all this was the only life she had known for twenty some odd years. They kept up talking to him after dinner to and Bo wasn't sure he was going to stand for much more of this. Finally after a few hours of having to put up with his 'parents' talking, they bid him there good night and went upstairs to bed. Erin and Bo followed a short time later. Bo laid down on the bed in the room that they had given him and waited.

Bo waited till around 2am and then got up. He went to the door and quietly opened the door and cautiously stuck his head out. He looked from one end of the hall way to the other and after not seeing anything he left his room. Erin had told him her fathers study was on the ground level back towards the kitchen and he made is way quietly to the stairs and started down them. As he started down them, he saw a shadow down below and quickly went back up and hid behind a planter at the top of the stairs. He cautiously peaked around it and watched as the shadow move away and out of the downstairs area. He released a breath he hadn't been aware he was holding and prayed that whoever it was, be it security guard or someone else, had not seen him.
He moved back to the stairs and made his way down them without incedent. Looking around, just to make sure he wasn't being followed he made his way back towards the study. Unaware that one of Michael's hired henchmen was following him.
He made it to the study without being seen, or at least he thought so. He put his hand on the door and turned the knob and found it to be locked. Sighing softy he took his knife out of it's pouch and within a few moments he had the door unlocked.
Smiling to himself, he quietly opened the door and went inside, closing the door behind him. The shadow staid behind, already knowing pretty much what Bo was up to.
Bo walked over to the desk and found a small lamp on top of it and turned it on. When the light was on, he took a glance around the study. He didn't notice anything out of the ordinary and sighed. He then pulled the chair out from under the desk and sat down. He tried opening the drawer in front of him, but he couldn't get it open and he pulled his belt knife back out. It took a few seconds, but he got it open. Once it was open, he rummaged around in it for a moment, looking for stuff. He found a date book and pulled it out. Looking through it he found names that he didn't recognize but he thought the FBI might. He looked around for a piece of paper and a pen and started writing some stuff down. He knew that if he tore the pages out, that Michael might see that and he would know something was up.
After he was through, he put the book back up and went looking to see  if he could find antything elsed. After a minute more of searching he came across a plastic bag towards the back of the drawer. He pulled it out and saw that it was a ziplock bag and it had to little charms in it. Opening the bag, he took one out and took a closer look at it. He sucked in his breath when he realized what they were and who's the were. The charms where the Duke Family's and they had the Duke Family Crest on them, a shield with a sword lying across it and the birthdate of each of them written across it. All the dukes had one and this one was Vance's.
"Oh Vance." Bo thought to himself. "I'm sorry we couldn't get here sooner. I swear we'll get these guys. On duke honor i swear we will."
He looked at the next one and it was Coy's "We're coming Coy. Just hold on."
Bo put both charms back in the bag and put them back in the drawer. He knew he couldnt' take them on the same reason that he couldn't take the date book. He wrote down what he had found and then after not finding antying else in the drawer, he closed it back up.
He got up from the chair and looked around the office for a few moments. Finding nothing much else, he walked back over to the desk, picked up the paper and turned the light off. He then quickly and quietly left the room and went back to his own. He would give the paper  to Erin in the morning.

Morning came and Bo snuck into Erin's room shortly before she was supposed to leave. He gave her the piece of paper and told her who to give it to and to not let anyone else see it. She promised that she would and after getting an assurance that Bo would be ok by himself here, she left. Unfortunatly Bo didn't know that something was about to happen that would change how things would go.
"Hey Boss?"
Michael looked up from the paper he was reading. "Yes Stuart." he asked
"I need to talk to you." he said
Michael got his meaning and he nodded. He got up and led the way into his study. "What is it?" he asked as he sat down.
"Sir, you aren't going to like this, but Bo was in here snopping around last night." Stuart told him
Michael frowned "Are you sure?" he asked
Stuart nodded "I followed him and he came in here and was in here for about 30 minutes. I didn't come in, but i'm sure he was looking for some stuff. I think hes a plant."
Michael rubbed his chin. "I had a feeling he was up to something." he said and then looked up at a knock on the door to the study. "Come in."
Walter Davis entered the room and Michael smiled "Oh good, your just in time. We've got a problem." he said
Walter frowned "What?" he asked
"Seems that Bo was in here snooping around last night. What do you think we should do?" Michael asked
Walter shook his head "I knew that kid had to be up to something." he said "I say we talk to him."
Michael snorted "He isn't going to tell us the truth." he said
Walter nodded and smiled "I know, but it will scare him a little. Give me a chance to figure out what to do to keep him quiet."
Michael smiled "Walter i often wonder why you went into law when you could have been a hit man or something."
Walter laughed "I'll go get him." he said and then walked out of the room.
"Should i stay sir?" Stuart asked
Michael nodded "Yeah." he said
Walter came back into the study a few minutes later with Bo behind him.
"You wanted to see me?" Bo asked
Michael nodded "Yes. Sit down son." he said gesturing to a chair in front of the desk.
"Uh oh." Bo thought to himself as he sat down in the chair.
Michael leaned forward "Stuart here tells me that he saw you come into this study this morning." he said
"Stay calm." Bo told himself and then frowned at Michael. "I'm not sure i understand." he said
"You came down here early this morning. I saw you come in here and then leave about 30 minutes later." Stuart clarified.
Bo shook his head "It wasn't me. I went to bed and didn't get up." he said trying to sound convincing.
"But it was you." Stuart said.
Walter spoke up. "It was dark wasn't it?" he asked
Stuart looked at him, wondering what he was trying to do. "Yes sir it was." he said
"Then it could have been anybody you saw." he said
Stuart glared at him. "Yes sir." he said
Walter nodded "Then it could have been anybody." he said and then looked at Bo and smiled.
Bo frowned. There something unsettleing in that smile, "I swear it wasn't me." he said
"We believe you Bo. We just had to ask." Walter told him "You can go now. That's all we needed."
Bo nodded and got up. He walked back to the door and then turned around. "Where's mom." he asked
"Kate went shopping." Michael told him "She'll be back later."
Bo nodded and then left, closing the door behind him.
Micheal turned to look at Walter and frowned at him. "What was that all about?" he asked
"Yeah." Stuart put in, an angry tone to his voice.
Walter held up his hand. "It's ok." he said "He was lying i can tell, but there isn't anything we can do for the moment."
"Kill him." Stuart told him.
"Not yet." Walter told him.
"Besides that would bring the feds down on us." Michael told him. "Do you have an idea?" he asked Walter.
Walter nodded "Yeah." he said "It will keep him in line and the feds off our backs for a little while till we decide what to do." he said
Michael shook his head "I don't want to hear it. Just do whatever you want." he said "If i dont' hear it then when the feds ask questions i won't be able to answer it.
Walter nodded "That's fine." he said and then started towards the door. "Come on Stuart. Mike, i'll see you later."
Michael nodded "Be careful." he told them as the door closed behind them. He shook his head and then got up and left the room.
 
Walter lead the way out of the house.
"What do you plan on doing sir?" Stuart asked, as he came up to walk beside him
Walter looked back at him briefly "For starters, Coy Duke has outlived his usefullness."
"Are we going to kill him?" Stuart asked.
"Yes." Walter told him "And then we are going to go grab Bo's cousin Luke and hold him."
"Why do that though. Why dont' we just kill him to." Stuart protested
Walter shook his head as he stopped in front of the little house that they were keeping Coy in. He turned around and looked at Stuart.
"We have to keep Bo in line somehow until Michael decides what to do with him. So, we are going to kill Coy and then take Luke and make sure Bo's knows and also make sure that if he says anything, then his cousin will pay that price."
Stuart nodded "Sounds good to me." he said
Walter nodded "Thought you would think so." he said, a slight grin on his lips. "Now come on, we have work to do." he added as he opened the door and went inside.

Luke was the only one home at Richards house. Jesse and Richards wife had gone out to the store and Luke had opted to stay at home. He wished Bo were here so he could talk to someone. He hope that his cousin was ok and hadn't run into any trouble. He thought about giving Richard a call to see what information had been turned in, but decided not to. He waited around for another 30 minutes before he finally decided he had to go do something. He found the keys to Jesses truck and then quickly wrote a note to Jesse telling him where he was going. Then he left the house and started driving towards Georgia State. He knew by the time he got there that Erin would probably be getting out of her last class and he wanted to talk to her before she left for home. He had to know what was going on and if Bo was ok. Unfortunatly Luke never noticed the tail he picked up shortly after he left Richards house.

About 20 minutes later, Luke got to the school. He had been detained for a little bit by traffic and hoped that Erin hadn't already left yet. He pulled into the parking lot that they had let Bo out at the previous day and noticed Erin's car was still here and he sighed in relief. He parked the truck in a spot about 3 down from her car and turned the truck off and waited. He wasn't paying attention when the car that had been following him pulled into a spot 2 spaces down from him.
"Alright." Walter told Stuart and the other two that were in the car. "You know what to do. Make it quick though, we don't need to be seen."
All three nodded and got out of the car and walked towards the truck. As they neared it, Stuart signalled for the other two to stand behind it as he went around to the drivers side. He looked around and after seeing that no one could see them, he pulled out his gun.
"Step out of the truck." He told Luke
Luke looked surprised and then looked over at Stuart and then at the gun. "What's this about?" he asked
"Just do as i say and make it quick." Stuart told him in a tone that told Luke he shouldn't argue.
"Ok," Luke told him and started to get out.
As he got out of the truck, he slammed the door open hard, causing Stuart to loose his balance and fall into the car next to him. He lost his gun in the process. Luke turned to run, but the two goons at the back of the truck blocked his way. Stuart quickly got back to his feet and picked his gun back up.
"You shouldn't have done that Duke. That wasn't smart." He said.
Luke turned back to him. "What is this all about?' he asked again.
Stuart grunted and then handed his gun to one of the goons. "Marty, you and Carlos take him back to the car. Make sure he doesn't try and do anything stupid."
Both goons nodded and escorted Luke back to the car that Walter had ready to leave. Stuart got into Jesse's truck and started it up. He pulled out of the space and Walter pulled up behind him. Both of them left the school.

Jesse and Sarah arrived back at the house about 30 minutes after Luke left.
"Luke, we're home." Jesse called out. No answer came "Luke?" he said again.
Sarah noticed the note that Luke had wrote sitting by the door and picked it up and read it. "Jesse." she said getting his attention.
Jesse looked at her and she gave him the note. He read it and frowned. "He shouldn't have done this." he said looking at Sarah.
Sarah nodded "Yeah i know. Look, i'm going to go call Richard and then we can go out looking for him." she said
Jesse nodded "Sounds good." he said gruffly, irratated at his nephew.

Richard was notified and he sent several people out to look for Jesse's truck. It was finally found at a parking garage near the Atlanta Police Department. Richard called his wife and told her where to meet them. While they waited for them to get there. Richard and his team found the note that said what had happened to Luke and then made the grisly discovery of Coy's body in the back of the truck.
"Richard!" Sarah called out to her husband when they arrived.
Richard meet them halfway, not wanting them to see Coy's body, he looked grim.
"What is it?' Jesse asked
"We found a note that says Luke has been kidnapped." Richard explained to them. "Also says if we don't back off this case then Luke will die and so will Bo and Erin.... To prove their point, they left Coy in the truck."
"Dead?" Jesse asked, already knwoing the answer.
Richard nodded
"Rich," Sarah told her husband. "We have to get these people somehow." she said
Richard nodded again and sighed "We will." he said as he looked at the stricken faces of his wife and Jesse "I swear."

Walter took Luke to a house in a run down neighboorhood not to far from Michales place. It would provide them the shelter they needed to make sure they weren't found until all this was resolved. Once they got there, Luke was taken out of the car and lead inside. They had already tied his hands up and put a gag in his mouth. Once inside, Walter forced him into a seat and took the gag out of his mouth.
"Here's you new home for a while Duke." Walter sneered.
"What do you want with me?" Luke asked, struggling with the ropes
Walter smiled at him and explained "Your hear to teach your cousin a lesson. Seems he got into some stuff he shouldn't have, so we decided to kill Coy and then take you hostage. It should keep him quiet."
"And if it doesn't?" Luke challenged
"If it doesn't then you are a dead man and so is he." Walter snapped.
Luke glared at the attorney "If you hurt him.." he started but was cut off when Walter slapped him across his face.
"You aren't in a position to make demands." Walter told him "I can do anything i want."
"Your boss isn't going to like that?" Luke quipped
Walter laughed "My boss will agree with anything I do." he told him.
Luke glared at him, which earned him another slap across the face.
Walter pointed a finger at him "Watch it." he told him "Or you'll end up the same way your other two cousins wound up, dead. And it wasn't to pleasant for Coy before he died, I can and i will make your life just as unpleasant." he finished his statment and looked over at Stuart who was leaning against a wall. The other two goons weren't to far off. "Am i right Stuart? Do you think we could do the same thing to Luke here that we did to Coy?"
Stuart nodded and smiled "Sure can." he said and pushed off from the wall and walked over to where Luke sat. "All we would have to do is make a nice cut across your throat and you would be dead within a few minutes.
Luke swallowed hard. "What is keeping you from doing it now?"
"Because we need you alive for the time being." Walter told him "Besides i want to find out how much information you know about us. So we know how much Bo knows."
"What if i don't want to tell you?" Luke told him.
Walter looked at him for a second. "Oh you'll tell us alright. Otherwise you will die along with the rest of your family."
"Don't you dare hurt them." Luke snapped
Walter backhanded him across the face and then leaned in close "Don't go telling me my job." he said, eyes blazing. "Now, your going to tell me what i want to know."
Luke glared at him again, but did not say anything.
Walter grunted "Ok, i want to know exactly what you know about us. What did your cousin find out last night when he went snopping around my bosses study?"
Luke didn't answer which made Walter a little mad. "Look plow boy, your going to tell me what i want to know or your going to pay the consequences." he told him.
Luke still didn't say anything.
"Ok Duke, now i'm running out of patience. Tell me what all you know!"
Luke still didn't open his mouth to say anything. He knew if he did, he would give away everything and that would put everyones life in danger or in more danger than they already were.
Walter was loosing his patience quickly "Alright have it your way Duke, " he said and then looked over at the two goons. "Carlos. You and Marty come here." he told them.
Carlos and Marty walked over and stood near the chair Luke was tied to. Luke looked at them knowing he was in for it.
"Whatcha going to do?" Stuart asked him, smiling.
Walter guester for Carlos and Marty to take Luke out of the chair and to hold him still. He smiled "Oh, just teach him a lesson. That's it not nice to not tell someone something when they want to know something." he laughed slightly  and then stepped up in front of Luke "Ain't that right Duke?" he said and planted a fist in Luke's stomach.

Once they got through with the crime scene at the parking garage, everyone meet back at Richards office for a conference.
"So what do we do now?" Jesse asked Richard
Richard sighed "Right now, we do nothing. Let them think we aren't going to move." he said and then raised his hand to forstall Jesse from saying anything further so he could finish "By tomorrow afternoon we will should be able to make a move."
"What were you thinking about doing?" Jackson, who was standing near the doorway asked
Richard shrugged "About the only thing we can do." he said "We storm the compound. Take it and arrest everyone."
"That could be dangerous though Rich" Clint spoke up from where he was sitting near Jesse.
Richard looked at him and nodded "I know Clint, and we are going to have to do it without to much vioence."
"Isn't there some other way?" Sarah asked her husband.
Richard shook his head "This is about our only option left open to us. They have Luke and are probably aware by now that Bo might be up to something. Meaning we are going to have to move quickly. Theres nothing we can do right now but bye tomorrow we will be ready
"But that may give them time to do something to Bo, Luke and Erin." Jesse said, concern etched on his face.
"I don't think so." Richard told him "They don't want another murder on there hands just yet. I think they will wait awhile before they do anything else and if they think we are leaving them alone, then that will hopefully lull them into a false sense of security."
"The problem is boss, do we still have enough stuff to make an arrest stick." Jackson asked
Richard nodded "Oh yeah. Plenty off stuff. " he commented and then named off a few items.
The conference continued for a few more minutes and finally broke up. They all agreed that by tomorrow afternoon they would go and take the compound and me the arrests. They could only hope that this would work and go off without to many people getting hurt.

Luke was lying on the floor, breathing heavily. Both Walter and Stuart had taken turns hitting him.
"Now" Walter told him, standing over him. "Your going to tell me what i want to know."
Luke stared up at him, he was bleeding from several cuts to his face and it also had bruises on it. He knew for sure he probably had a broken rib or two. "Not on your life." he said between gritted teeth.
Walter kicked him in the stomach, and Luke grunted in pain. "What does it take for you to learn plow boy?" he asked angrily
"Hey Walter." Stuart said. "Why don't you use something on him that will make him talk."
Walter smiled a little and thought for a second. "I do have something, but its out in the car." He said. "Get him back in that seat. I'll be back in a minute.
As Walter went out to the car and got what he wanted, Stuart and the two goons got Luke back up in the chair and situated so he couldn't get out. Walter came back into the house a few minutes later carrying a black bag. He put it down on a table near the chair where Luke was sitting and opened it. He rummage around in it for a moment and then brought out a bottle and a needle.
"What is it?" Stuart asked.
"Digitalis." Walter replied as he filled the syringe with the liguid.
Stuart grinned and looked at Luke "You should have talked when you had the chance Duke. This stuff is really nasty." he told him and then added to Walter "How much are you going to give him?"
Walter had finished filling the syringe and he set the bottle aside "Not to much. I don't want to kill him, just yet." he replied and walked over and stood in front of Luke. "Ok plow boy. This is your last chance to tell me what i want to know. It's either that or this which will make you talk. Your choice.
Luke only glared at him. That made it clear that he wasn't going to say a word.
"Ok, have it your way." Walter told him and then injected Luke with the drug.
Luke felt the burning start to flow through his veins and pump through his heart. He tried to relax, not sure exactly what digitalis did to a human body.
Walter smiled at him. "Don't fight it. That will only make it worse." he said laughing a little and then looked up at Stuart and the two goons. "Lets leave Luke alone for a moment so this stuff will have time to take full effect. I need to talk to ya'll anyway."
They left Luke and walked over to a wall out of earshot of Luke.
"Do you think this will make him talk?" Stuart asked
Walter shrugged. "I would think so, but you never know."
"So what's the plan boss?" Carlos asked.
Walter looked at Carlos. "I was getting to that Carlos. Just hold you horses." he said. "Ok, once the drug takes effect we question him again and if that still doesn't work, well i guess we will have to let him go. He will be out of it either way so we don't have to worry about him trying to get his cousin back."
"What about Bo?" Stuart asked.
Walter nodded "Well we let him know that we have his cousin, that if he wants to tell the cops anymore information, Luke here will be dead.
"But what if we do have to let him go."  Marty asked.
Walter shrugged. "We still do what i said.  Bo won't know if we have him or not." he stopped and looked over at Luke. "Its been long enough, lets go."
Luke could feel a strange tingling in his stomach, it turned into a sick feeling, as though his stomach was doing backflips. His head began to feel as though he were on a rollcoaster and everytime he looked around he felt as though the room and floor were swapping places.
"How ya feeling Duke? Terrible i bet. Want to tell me what i want to know now?" Walter asked as he came back over.
"I ain't got nothing to say to you!" He said through gritted teeth as a pain flared in his stomach.
Walter sighed. "You really are a stubborn one aren't you." he commented
Carlos spoke up. "Give it a minute more boss, he has to talk. Digitalus will make anyone talk."
Another pain hit his stomach and he squeezed his eyes shut against it . "I ain't dumb! If I tell you what you want to know my cousin is dead!"
Walter bent down puttin himself on the same eye level as Luke. "I may just kill him anyway."
Luke opened his eyes and glared at Walter hatefully, he tried to get up but suddenly a bad pain hit him in his head and he cried out and slumped back against the chair. He began to breathe heavy, trying to fight the pain. "If you hurt him, I'll kill you myself."
Walter smiled at him "You hurt don't you Duke." he commented. "And i doubt you'll be able to kill me, these guys here would get you first  before you could even get to me."
"Just try me Walter, I don't care if I have to crawl, I'll still have the strength to wrap my hands around your throat!" Luke could feel himself growing tired, his stomach felt like a thousand red hot pokers were stabbing it and his head was throbbing.
Walter ignored that last comment. "Ok, Luke. Now be a good boy and tell me what i want to know." he said
His heart began to beat at a terribly fast pace, making Luke feel weak and tired. The pain was still growing and his arms and legs were getting stiff and rigid. "Go to hell Walter.."
 "Dammit." Walter said loudly and planted a fist in Lukes stomach
 Luke cried out loudly, the blow to his stomach only caused the pain to flare up and he was certain his stomach was burning within him. He was panting now and this only made his captors smile with joy.
"Luke." Stuart said stepping into view. "I suggest you tell Mr. Davis here what he wants to know."
"Sergeant Luke Duke, 909-408-302, U.S. Marine Corps." He said weakly.
Walter grunted and slapped Luke across the face.
"Sir, permission to teach him another lesson." Stuart said
Walter glared at Luke. "You've asked for it Duke." he said angrily. "Permission is granted Stuart."
Walter stepped away so Stuart could move forward. He stood over Luke looking at him for a moment before looking at Carlos and Marty. "Get him on his feet."
Both Carlos and Marty drug Luke out of  his seat and got him to a standing position.
Stuart moved in front of Luke. "You should have told Walter what he wanted to know, now its to late." he said, punctuating that statment with a fist across Lukes face.
Luke took the blow with an air of defiance. "Luke Duke, Sergeant, 909-408-302, US Marine Corps." He said staring coldly at them.
"You fool." Stuart shouted at him and hitting him across the face again and then punching him in the stomach twice. "You've just condememd everyone your close to to death."
He hit him again in his stomach and face.
Luke took the punches bravely, even though they caused him great pain, he fell to his knees, panting heavily. His heart was beating much slower now and he wasn't sure if he could stay conscious much longer.
Stuart moved closer and smiled cruelly down at him. He took his foot back and then kicked Luke in the stomach.
It felt like his stomach had exploded and Luke lost his battle with the digitalis, everything went black as he crumbled to the floor.
 "Well what do we do now?" Stuart asked Walter breathing heavily
Walter sighed. "I really want to knwo what he knows but i don't think he's going to tell us. I guess we let him go." he said and looked at Carlos and Marty. "Take him to the car. Stuart stay with me."
Stuart nodded and both Carlos and Marty picked the unconscious Luke up off the floor. They took him out the car, while Walter walked over to the table and got out a pad and pencil.
"What do you want me to do?" Stuart asked him
Walter wrote something down before he anwered. "I'm going to drop you off at the house and i want you to give Bo this note along with....." he stopped and handed Stuart, Luke's pocket knife."..this. Make sure he gets them and then just stay there. I'm going to drop Luke off somewhere, probably near Richards house and then i'll be back home."
Stuart nodded and then both walked out to the car and got in.
Walter wrote something down before he anwered. "I'm going to drop you off at the house and i want you to give Bo this note along with....." he stopped and handed Stuart, Luke's pocket knife."..this. Make sure he gets them and then just stay there. I'm going to drop Luke off somewhere, probably near Richards house and then i'll be back home."
Stuart nodded and then both walked out to the car and got in.
A few minutes later, they were back at Michaels place and they dropped Stuart off.
"Remember what i told." Walter said.
Stuart nodded. "I got you."
Walter smiled. "Ok. I'll be back shortly." he said
Stuart nodded and then watched them drive away
About 20 minutes later, they were on the outskirts of Richards neiborhood and Carlos, who was driving stopped the car. He got out of the drivers side and opened the door so Walter could get out.
He then helped Walter drag the unconscious Luke out of the backseat.
"What do we do with him." Carlos asked
Walter bent down and took out a pocket knife. He then undid the ropes around Luke's wrist and then stood back up. "Now, we leave him here."
Carlos nodded and he and Walter got back in the car and drove off.

It was half an hour later when the pain coursing through every part of Luke's body, forced him to open his eyes. He felt the cold ground beneath
He recognized the neighborhood, Richard's house was a short distance from here. But the question was whether he had the strength to get up. He moved his hands and pushed himself to being on all fours, the ground seemed to shift violently and he felt light headed.
He got to his feet, the whole world seemed to be spinning and he wondered if his feet were going to stay on the ground. He had to try and get to Richard's house. Come on Luke, you gotta go..he thought to himself as he took a few stumbling steps in the direction he needed to go.
 
Bo lay on his bed thinking about things. He wondered briefly if his performance earlier had been bought but he seriously doubt it and then wondered why someone hadn't come up and done something about it. Sighing softly to himself, he sat up and decided to go see if Erin was home yet, see if he couldn't talk to her and see what if anything the FBI was planning on doing.
Suddenly their was a knock on the door. "Come in." Bo said.
Noone came in and Bo frowned. Sighing again he got up and walked to the door. He opened it and saw noone out there. Just as he was about to close it, he happened to look down and see a small bag on the floor. Bending down he picked it up and went back inside the room, closing the door behind him.
He opened the bag and looked in it. He saw a pocket knife and a sheet of paper. Getting a really bad feeling in the pit of his stomach he pulled them both out. He looked at the knife first and saw nothing about it. He turned it over hoping he wasn't going what he knew he might see. Unfortunatly his bad feeling was true and the saw Luke's  name carved in the wood of the handle.
"Oh no." he said softly and then looked at the note.

      Bo,
         We have your cousin Luke. If you say anything more to the FBI about us, he will be killed. We have already killed Coy, so you have already lost two cousins, i dont' think you want to loose at third. If you do what we say, then he won't be harmed, but if you don't...then his life is over.

The note was unsigned, but Bo knew who must have sent it and he cursed that name and then he cursed Luke for getting himself into that kind of situation. This job was sudenly going from bad to worse and Bo knew he had to do something about it, but with Luke's life hanging over his head, there was nothing much he could do.

 
Luke had walked but maybe half a block when he got a horrible pain in his stomach. He grabbed it and fell to his knees. He doubled over as the pain rippled like a crashing wave on the sea shore, he started to cough and he suddenly became sick.
"Oh God...help me get to Richard's..." He whispered as he slowly got back to his feet.
Luke was still holding his ailing stomach as he forced his legs to walk. He felt it the twinge and he bent over as he threw up again. He straightened up and looked straight ahead to see where he was going. His eyes were not cooperating either and he rubbed them, trying to get them to focus. He squinted his eyes and recognized the simple gray two story house that belonged to Richard.
 "Almost there.. almost there.." He said as he pushed his stiff legs to walk.

At Richards it was only Sarah and Jesse at home. Richard was still out with his search teams trying to find the missing Luke.
"Jesse," Sarah said watching him pace. "Please sit down, your making me more nervous than i already am"
Jesse sighed "Sorry," he mumbled and went over to the sofa and sat down. "I'm just worried is all."
Sarah nodded. "Yeah i am to."
 

 Luke was now very close the house, he crossed the street and started to walk up the driveway. His legs gave out from under him and he fell down hard against the concrete, which slammed against his stomach, making him throw up again. He fought for the strength to make it to the door and began crawling towards it. He made it upthe driveway and up onto the porch.
He saw a chair there and he pulled himself up to his feet and reached out and pushed the doorbell.
"Now who could that be?" Sarah asked, getting up off the sofa."I'll get it. Be right back."
Sarah walked to the door and opened it. The extremely pale and battered face of Luke Duke was looking back at her.
"Luke." she gasped. "Oh my god."
 Luke saw who it was and he cracked a small smile. "Sarah....where's Uncle Jesse?"
 Sarah kept her eyes on Luke but turned her head a little. "Jesse!" she called. "I think you better get out here."
"What is it Sarah?" Jesse asked coming up behind her and then he caught sight of Luke. "Luke... Oh Lord." he said
 Luke took a step inside the door and smiled at his Uncle. "I didn't tell them anything....they gave me digitalis and I still..." Luke started to sink to the ground as his eyes rolled back into his head.
 Jesse and Sarah both caught Luke as he passed out
 Jesse held Luke in his arms and tried to rouse him but Luke did not wake.
"Lets get him in the house." Jesse said
Sarah nodded and with Jesse's help they got Luke inside and laid him down on the sofa.
"I'm calling an ambulance." Sarah said and walked to the phone.
While Sarah was calling for an ambulance, Jesse tried waking his nephew.
"Luke?" Jesse asked, patting Luke's face. "If you can hear me, wake up."
Luke groaned softly and slowly his eyes fluttered open.
"That's it." Jesse incouraged. "You can do it. Can you hear me Luke?"
  " I hear ya..." He said softly.
 Jesse smiled with relief. "How ya feeling?" he asked. "What happened?"
 "Awful...my inside feel like fire..they hurt. Two guys grabbed me..they wanted to know why Bo was at their Boss' house."
 Jesse frowned. "You mean they wanted to know why Bo is at Michael's?"
Luke shook his head. "No...I ..I didn't tell them. They messed me up good though, didn't they?" Luke started to laugh, causing himself pain, he squeezed his eyes shut against it. "I didn't talk."
Jesse put a hand on Luke's arm. "Take it easy Luke, just rest. Help is on the way." he said soothingly. "That is good you didn't talk."
 Luke's eyes were still closed, his body seemed to grow tense at Jesse's touch. "Luke Duke, Sergeant, 909-408-302, U.S. Marine Corps."
 Jesse frowned trying to figure out why Luke had just said that. Then it dawned on him Luke probably may be caught up in delirum. "Luke its ok. You aren't with them anymore. Your safe now. Ok." Jesse soothed. "Luke you need to tell me what they gave you so i can tell the medics when they get here."
"909-408--302. I ain't telling you nothing about Bo, you'll have to kill me first." He said angrily.
 Jesse put his hands on Luke's shoulders and shook him. "Luke open your eyes and look at me. Its Uncle Jesse son, your safe here with me. You aren't with those people anymore.....Luke, look at me."
Luke heard his Uncle's voice and he opened his eyes. "Jesse...I just want to go to sleep, so tired."
Jesse shook his head. "No, stay with me." Jesse said shaking Luke again when his eyes started closing. "Luke. I need to know what they gave you. What is the name of the stuff son?"
Luke thought back to the shot they gave him, his mind was getting fuzzier with each passing moment. He heard one of the men say digitalis. "Dig..Digitalis...that's what they gave me."
Jesse eyes went wide. He knew what that stuff was and he knew it was very dangerous. "Oh lord." he said softly
Just as that statement came out of his mouth, he heard a siren outside.
 As Jesse got up, Sarah came on out of the kitchen and waved him away. "I'll get it. Just make sure Luke is ok."
Jesse nodded and knelt back down beside the sofa. He put a hand on Luke's arm. "You hear that son. The amublance is here. Your going to get some help. Just hang on."
A few minutes later Sarah showed in the medics and they came over to the couch bringing a stretcher with them. They motioned for Jesse to move out of the way and they got to work on Luke.
One of the medics looked back at Jesse. "What happened to him?"
"He's been given Digitalis." Jesse responded
"Digitalis? You don't happen to know how much do you?"
Jesse shook his head. "No i don't."
"Well obviously not a lot if he isn't dead Bill, check his stats while I go call GM."
"Is he going to be alright." Sarah asked.
The medic nodded and began checking Luke's vital signs while the other grabbed the CB mike. "GM this is Unit 51, respond over."
"This is Grady, Unit 51 over."
"GM, we have a young caucasian male, in his 20s, given small amount of digitalis, repeat DIGITALIS, vital signs are ..." He turned to his partner.."What are his signs?"
"BP 90/60, resp, shallow, HR 50." He said to his partner. "Did you copy that GM?"
"We copy that Unit 51. ER is standing by."
"Roger that GM, ETA 7 minutes, Unit 51 out."
The two medics finished loading Luke on the streatcher and got him out of the house and to the ambulance.
"Can i ride with ya'll?" Jesse asked
The two medics looked at each other."Sure, climb aboard."
Jesse got into the ambulance and then turned and looked at Sarah.
"You can follow us." he told her.
Sarah nodded. "Alright." she said. "I called Richard, he'll meet us at the hospital."
Jesse nodded and then one of the medics closed the ambulance back doors and they were off.
 

Part 3