Fleeting Touch

Disclaimer: I don't own the Dukes of Hazzard, not making any money
just cheap thrills.


Warnings: Angst


Fleeting Touch
Chapter 3


Enos drove to the Duke farm as fast as he could, still reeling from
the news about Bo, and wondering what the sherriff had meant about Luke.
*How am I going to tell Jesse and Daisy about Bo?* All too soon he
was turning into the Duke's drive, still not knowing how he was going
to tell them. As he stepped out of the car, Jesse and Daisy came outside.


"Hello Daisy, Uncle Jesse...um...listen y'all I got some bad news to
tell you. See um...the thing is the bank got robbed today and Bo and
Luke were..."


"Now Enos you better not be telling me Rosco arrested them boys. Ya
know as well as we do they ain't gonna rob the bank, nor anything else."
Jesse growled, angry that once again Rosco and Boss were trying to set
the boys up for some crime.


Enos swallowed hard before going on, "No sir, I just wish that was
all it was. I don't know all of the details, but I guess Bo and Luke
musta been in the bank when it got robbed. The sherriff sent me to get
you cause he figures you'll be needed. Oh, dang I just don't know how
to tell you, I'm sorry y'all but, they...they killed Bo." Seeing the
shock on their faces Enos could have kicked himself for not being gentler
about it.


"How's Luke doing Enos?" Jesse asked, as he wrapped an arm around
Daisy, giving her the support she needed.


"I don't know Jesse but the sherriff wants you to come back to town,
he figures Luke's gonna need his family."


"Well for once Rosco's right about something, come on Enos let's go.
We'll follow you in Dixie." Jesse told him, leading Daisy over to the
jeep.


As they pulled around the corner they saw Rosco cuffed to the railing
outside the bank. In the distance they saw the General disappearing
around the corner. Jumping out of their vehicles they all ran up to
Rosco, Enos using his own key quickly released him. Retrieving his gun
from the bushes, Rosco yelled at Enos to get after the robbers as he
ran to his own car and jumped in.


Left standing on the steps of the bank Jesse and Daisy took a step
towards Dixie, stopping when they heard Miz. Tizdale yelling at Clifford
to call an ambulance. Hurrying inside, wondering who else had been hurt,
they stopped in surprise when they saw Miz. Tizdale hovering over Bo.


"Emma? What's happening? Enos said Bo's dead, but I heard you ask
for an ambulance." Jesse asked, afraid to hope that Enos had made a
mistake.


"Oh Jesse, thank goodness you're here, Bo's alive, but we all did
think he was dead. He surely did look it, 'cept when I came over to
shut his eyes I saw he's breathing."


"Thank God" Jesse breathed in relief as he and Daisy hurried to Bo's
side.


As they headed to Tri-County Emergency behind the ambulance, Jesse
realized that Luke didn't know about Bo. "Shepherd to Lost Sheep...Come
in Lost Sheep...Luke answer me please?"


In the General Luke reached to turn off the cb when he heard his
uncle's voice. There was no doubt in his mind that Jesse intended to
talk him out of getting revenge, and he wasn't about to let that happen.
Those men had to pay for killing Bo and he wouldn't let anybody, not
even Jesse stop him.


Unable to reach Luke, Jesse called Rosco and told him the news about
Bo. "Rosco you've got to keep Luke from doing something he'll regret
for the rest of his life. Me and Daisy are on our way to the hospital,
don't let Luke do anything stupid, I'm counting on you Rosco." Jesse
shook his head, he sure never thought he'd be saying that to Rosco.


A few minutes later Luke was finally able to force the other car off
the road. As he and Cooter jumped from the General, the bank robbers
were getting out of their car, guns in hand. A second later Rosco and
Enos pulled up too.


"Alright now, freeze...drop the guns and put your hands up." Rosco
yelled.


Seeing that they had no choice the two men did as they were told.
As Enos rushed to cuff them, Luke reached down and picked up one of the
guns that lay on the ground.


"Luke drop the gun now, you don't want to do this."


"That's where you're wrong Rosco, I have to do this for Bo. They
have to pay for killing Bo, I promised him I'd make them pay." Luke
calmly stated as the tears streamed down his face.


"Luke you don't have to do this, Bo's alive. He's alive and on his
way..."


"You're lying Rosco, I saw it, I saw the bullet hit his head. It
spun him part way around, that's how hard it hit him, so quit trying to
lie to me." Luke growled at him.


"Luke buddy, the sherriff ain't lying to ya. I heard your Uncle
Jesse tell him that Bo's alive, he's on his way to Tri-County right now.
Believe me Luke, you know I wouldn't lie to ya." Enos begged, hoping his
friend would listen.


Looking into Enos' eyes and seeing the sincerity there, Luke dropped
the gun and ran for the General, followed by Cooter. Cooter had barely
gotten in when Luke threw the car in gear and pealed out, headed to the
hospital, to the lover he'd thought was lost.


TBC


Alright y'all now that ya know Bo's alive, ya best express yourselves