When Jesse heard Kira and Jebb pull up, he knew that Jebb had finally told Kira about coming to Hazzard. Well, considering everything, he reckoned that he could let the fact that they were both late for supper pass just this once. When the two came in, all of the cousins seemed to begin to talk at once since everyone had already been filled in on the purchase of the neighboring farm. It connected to the Duke farm up at the top forty. Of course, it will be fun to watch the folks of Hazzard get used to the fact that there will now be TWO Duke Farms. And poor Emma Tisdale, she’ll have to sort mail for two J. Dukes. AGAIN. She hasn’t had to do that since John moved to Placid nearly thirty years ago. Jesse couldn’t help the bit of amusement that he felt at the thought.

Dinner was spent discussing the renovations needed to the other farmhouse. Fortunately, there really wasn’t that much that needed to be done since Hansen had kept the house up even though no one was living there. Bo and Luke had already checked out the roof as well as the rest of the house. Their only declaration really was that the barn would need to be replaced before any live stock was put in it. Slowly the conversation eased into the coming planting season (about which Kira knew absolutely nothing so she simply listened while the rest of the family went about predicting the weather and crop yield). Jebb had asked just how long Vance and Coy were staying in town; unfortunately, they planned to leave out first thing Monday. If it wasn’t for the fact that they were needed at Uncle Abner’s, they would stay to help too.

The rest of the evening was spent both planning and joking around while continuing to discuss the new farm (Or as Jesse was referring to it, the new addition to the farm). Kira bit her tongue when that sparked a new round of guessing just how long it would take for there to be news of a different sort of addition to the family to come along. Jebb wasn’t any help there. He had just shrugged his shoulders at his wife and let the jocularity pass him by. Eventually, it was time to turn in for the night. Jesse and Daisy each went to their own rooms and the four bachelors headed on up to Bo’s and Luke’s room.

Kira and Jebb slipped into the guest room (which until the other farmhouse was ready would remain THEIRS) and began to settle in for the night. Once on the bed, Jebb reached for Kira and began to kiss her. As he let his hand wander, he got a rude awakening about just how thin these walls were in the old farmhouse. Or rather, the floor/ceiling in this case. Directly overhead, Jebb could hear his four cousins talking in the fellas’ room. He couldn’t tell exactly what was being said, but it was enough to know that if he could hear THEM then they would be able to hear HIM with KIRA. Jebb let out a groan of frustration at the knowledge that there was no way that he and Kira would be doing anything with her brother and the others really only ten feet away.

“You want to remind me just what we did the last time we were in Hazzard sleeping a mere few feet from everyone else.”

Kira couldn’t but help but laugh at Jebb’s frustration. “If I remember correctly, we spent a lot of time away from the farm. Let’s see, there was Eagle Point, the old Indian caves, the mines, the barn over at the other farm...”

“Now I remember.” He gave her a deeper kiss pulling away only when a loud noise from directly above then was heard. Indicating that one of the four men in that room had knocked into one of the beds or cots. “That settles it. The first room that we have to get ready in the house has got to be the bedroom.”

“A bedroom? Here in Hazzard? Now that would be a novel idea. Of course I’m always willing to try something new.” Kira giggled as Jebb grabbed her and began to tickle her.




The next morning, the whole Duke family headed off to church where there were more than just a few odd looks and stares sent Jebb and Kira’s way. Jebb took it in stride and considering she’d never met most of these people before, Kira tried to as well. In fact, she was reminded of the festival after Thanksgiving. No one knew that she was Bo’s sister at that time so she got many of the same looks then that she was getting now. It appeared that the female population of Hazzard typically decided as a group not to like anyone that took a Duke Boy out of their grasp. After preaching, Lulu Hogg came over to talk to Daisy about the coming Ladies’ Auxiliary meeting and used that opportunity to speak with the two Newlyweds.

“Why good mornin’ Miss Lulu. That’s a mighty fine dress you have on.” Jebb, like all the other Dukes genuinely liked Lulu. They never held the fact that she was married to the greediest crook in the county against her. Plus, she was definitely someone that you wanted on your side if you ever went up toe to toe with Boss.

“Why thank you Jebb. Do ya like it? It’s one I got when J.D. sent me to New Orleans.” Lulu did a little spin at the compliment.

“It wouldn’t look right on anyone else.” Lulu, flushed just a bit when Jebb took her hand and gave it a kiss. “Miss Lulu, have you met my wife? I’d like you to meet Kira Duke. Kira, this here is Miss Lulu Hogg.”

Kira raised a brow at the HOGG part. But she seemed pleasant enough. Plus, Boss Hogg didn’t seem too happy with the fact that his wife was talking to the Dukes. “A pleasure, Miss Lulu.”

“I’m pleased to meet’cha as well. Now, did I hear this right? I heard that you are also Bo’s ...”

“Sister.” Kira finished the sentence for her. “You heard it right. Jebb and I have been together for a long time, well before we learned about the whole about being related thing.”

“Oh.” Lulu dropped it there since she knew of several friends from her younger years that had flirted with the idea of dating or marrying a distant cousin or two. She knew that Jebb, like Bo and Luke, was a good fella so she wasn’t goin’ to hold his marriage to Kira against him. “Well, tell me, how long are you two goin’ to be in town.”

“Now that’s just it, Miss Lulu. We’re movin’ to Hazzard.” Jebb gave a lop-sided grin as he replied.

“WHAT!” Boss shouted, letting his cigar fall from his mouth.

“We bought the old Hansen farm. We’ll be fixin’ it up and movin’ in as soon as we can,” Jebb replied enjoying it as he watched Boss take in the fact that his county was about to get not one but TWO new inhabitants that were DUKES.

“But...But... I wasn’t notified that you were being transferred to Hazzard. Your probation papers haven’t been sent to me for approval. And I don’t HAVE to approve them.”

“J.D.!” Lulu said in a warning tone.

“Don’t worry about it Miss Lulu. The reason Hogg didn’t get the papers is because Jebb’s not on probation anymore.”

“He’s what?” Kira briefly wondered if there was anything wrong with enjoying how Hogg’s eyes bugged out.

“That’s right. The last four months of my sentence was vacated. I’m free and clear now,” Jebb grinned.

“Well, seein’ as how you two will be livin’ here in Hazzard now, Kira, why don’t you just plan to join Daisy at the next Ladies Meeting? We can always use one more.” Kira almost refused but since the rest of the family really did like Lulu, plus if she puts up with her husband she must be a saint, she accepted. The kicker was that the next meeting was to be held at the Hogg residence. Boss wasn’t happy about having two Duke Females roaming around his house. Which just made the prospect even better for Kira. Anything to sour his day would make hers.

“Well, good. I’ll see you on Thursday. Bye-bye now.”




When Kira and Daisy went to the ladies’ meeting, they used the opportunity to get Lulu to help get the fellas’ permission to go to Placid and Atlanta to help bring Kira’s and Jebb’s stuff out to Hazzard. Bo helped Kira in Atlanta and Luke went to Placid with Jebb and brought their stuff down to Hazzard the next weekend which didn’t take long since all of the furniture in the apartment remained in the apartment.

In only a couple of weeks Jebb and Kira were moving into their own home. Kira had gone over to Capital City with Daisy and picked out some furniture for the rooms that had been finished. When the guys moved the last of the furniture in, Bo flopped onto the couch.

“Well, at least when you end up sleepin’ on the couch, Kira made sure that you’d have a comfortable bed. I didn’t like haulin’ this heavy thing it but at least it’s comfy.”

“Move over.” Luke moved Bo’s legs off the couch to make room for him.

“Funny, Bo. But I ain’t aimin’ to be put out on the couch.” Jebb set himself in the matching chair ready for a breather as well.

All of the other guys had half expected Kira to buy the daintier furniture that Daisy was likely to have chosen. Instead, Kira liked the heavier (or as Daisy had called it, masculine) leather furniture. Of course, Jebb hadn’t expected Kira to go for anything too frilly since that just wasn’t her style. He knew that he wouldn’t have to worry about sitting on a pink couch or anything. She’d hate something like that as much as he would. Jebb bet the other guys will keep that in mind the next time they offer to help. He had began to worry whether or not they’d be in the house before they all started the plowing out in the fields. They had barely made it. Now they had just a little time to rest up before the hard work in the fields begins. But at least he’ll have his own place to go home to at the end of the day.




Kira was in town with the intent of getting some groceries. Shopping was something that she really hated to do but it needed to be done. All of the men were hard at work out in the fields and Daisy was pulling the early shift out at The Boar’s Nest. She had planned to pick up the mail as well while in town but figured that it’d be best to park first at the small general store and walk over to the Post Office. On her way by the bank, Kira noticed that Hogg had closed the bank in the middle of the day and had the blinds drawn. Feeling a bit curious, Kira couldn’t help but to take a peek inside through one of the bent blinds.

Inside, it looked like Hogg had hired a couple flunkies to rob his bank again. The others had told her of some of his past schemes and this one seemed to take the cake. These guys were dressed for the part, too. They already had on their masks while Hogg was emptying out the vault. Looking around, Kira figured that she’d sneak around and see if Hogg had locked the back way in since it seemed no one in Hazzard was ever really worried about people going where they weren’t suppose to. There was no doubt in Kira’s mind just who Hogg had planned to take the fall and Kira was well aware that it would be easier to clear the guys if she first knew where Hogg would have these guys lying low at. No doubt, Hogg would have the two Bank Robbers head out the front so he could make a big show of trying to get help.

As Kira reached for the door handle of the back door it open with the two masked men and Hogg stepped out. One of the men was carrying the bags of money while the other had a pistol trained on Boss Hogg. Who at the moment looked as if someone had just took away his reason to live. Which by looking at the bags of money might be pretty close to the truth. Kira’s eyes went wide when the man trained the gun on her and ordered her to stay still. Seeing the look on Hogg’s face, something told Kira that for once Boss wasn’t behind the robbery of his own bank. Kira raised her hands in surrender as the two men shoved both her and Boss away from the door and toward the car that was parked in the alley way.

“Now what? What are we suppose to do with her?”

“Take her with us. It ain’t like we have much of a choice now.” Kira heard the two talking and saw that they were only halfway watching her. They actually seemed to be more worried about Boss doing something rather than her.

When the guy with the gun reached passed her to open the door so that she and Boss could be shoved inside the back seat, Kira brought her elbow back much in the same way Bo tends to do during a fight. With his breath knocked out of him, Old Mr. Gunman lost his grip on his gun. Kira brought her arm around in a sweeping motion and sent the gun flying off to the side. Mr. Moneybags grabbed Boss as if he was a threat and seemed to be trying to figure out what he should do. Gunman must be the brains of the operation. He quickly regained his breath and brought his hand down across Kira’s face. Kira leaned back on the car then threw herself forward to tackle the man. Kira felt him get a few really good blows in to both her torso and face before she was able return those blows. It seemed that Moneybags had made up his mind and went in the direction of where he’d seen the gun fly. Now that he’d been released, Boss went waddling out to the street shouting for help.

Kira was still wrestling with the once gunman when Moneybags came up behind her and pistol whipped her on the side of the head. Hearing bells, Kira switched her attention to the other robber. Kicking his feet out from under him, Kira began to reach for the gun. While trying to grab the gun, it went off, though the bullet went harmlessly into a trash can nearby. Hearing the first robber getting to his feet, Kira rolled and put money bags between him and her then brought her knees up and pushed him towards his partner. Getting to her feet as fast as she could, Kira sent a roundhouse towards Moneybags to keep him off balance and again dislodged the gun from the hand that held it. Kira then turn once again to the other man as he sent a right cross her way catching her on the cheek. Kira sent an upper cut back as Moneybags came back for more. Just as Kira was trying to decide who to strike next, Moneybags went flying against the building’s brick wall. Kira gave a side kick to send Gunman to the wall to join his pal then Kira looked up to see just who had come to join the fun.

“Now Darlin’, I don’t know why I ain’t surprised to find you out here dukin’ it out with these two old baddies. I thought I’d come by and see if you could use any help. Though I ain’t sure if you needed it.”

“Thanks Cooter. How’d you know?” Moneybags started to move as if to get back up so Kira kicked him in the gut. “Stay down ‘til the Sheriff gets here.” She ordered and Cooter watched as the man wisely decided that it was probably better to not move again.

“Well, I was over at the garage when Boss came runnin’ out of here hollerin’ about a robbery. I was tempted to ignore him right up until I heard a gun go off. That’s when I came a runnin’.”

“I’m glad you did.” Kira smirked. Finally, after what seemed like forever, both Enos’s and Rosco’s cars haphazardly pulled up at the end of the alley. Rosco put Enos to work reading out the rights to the two crooks and Rosco came over , Kira assumed, to take her statement but seemed to get derailed when he took a look at her.

“Great Judas Priest! Are you alright Miss Kira?” Rosco took in a good look at the young woman in front of him. He didn’t know much about these sorts of things but it looked to him that Kira was going to need a couple stitches where she must have been hit with something on the right side of her head. Not to mention the network of other marks that were showing themselves against her pale skin. “Gjit. Maybe I should call the Doc.”

Kira rolled her eyes. “I’m fine. And as far as any of this,” Kira indicated to her face where she knew bruises were already making themselves known. “I’ve certainly been hit a lot harder before.”

“Bitch!” Gunman shouts from over at the patrol car.

“Now you HUSH! You should know better than to talk to a lady like that.”

“It’s alright Sheriff.” Kira walks over to the patrol car and leans toward the window to respond to Gunman. “I hope you enjoy responding to that name. Because the way you hit, you can bet that you’ll be the one to be someone’s Bitch in short order. But when you hear it hurled at you, it’ll be with the order to bend over and spread ‘em. Enjoy The Big House.” As Kira headed out of the alley, Cooter, Rosco, and Enos stared after her. Not believing their ears after she spoke to the crooks.




Kira quickly finished her errands and headed on home. She was putting away the groceries and figured that she’d still have a couple of hours before Jebb would be home from the fields. Just as she was finishing up getting the last of the food put away the door from the kitchen to the farmyard swung open. Looking up, it was Bo that came running in, though a quick look out the window, Kira could see that at least Luke was fast at his heels.

“Kira, what’s this about you being attacked in town?”

“Did Rosco call y’all?”

“No, Cooter. He said something about a couple of gun men robbing Boss’s bank and that you played the hero.”

“Cooter? Great. Well, that ain’t quite how it happened. But as you can see, everything worked out just fine.”

“It certainly don’t LOOK fine. You look terrible.”

“Bo!” Luke had gotten inside just in time to hear his cousin say one thing that a man should NEVER say to a woman to his sister.

“What a shame. I guess that means I won’t be able to run for Miss America after all.”

“Real Cute! Did you even go by Doc Appleby to have him check you over?”

“What for? They’re JUST bruises. I’ve had worse.” Bo gave her a look that clearly said he didn’t want to hear about the past. He just wanted to make sure that she was taken care of this time. Speaking of which, why isn’t Jebb here yet.

“Well for one thing, you need stitches. That’s what for.”

“Bo, go home. I don’t need you fussin’ at me, or over me. I’m fine.” With that, Kira left the kitchen and headed up the stairs. Bo was about to head up after her when it seemed that his cousin/brother-in-law decided to make an appearance.

“I wouldn’t do that if I were you. You go up there right now; she’s likely to toss you back down the stairs just to prove to you that she can do it.”

“What took you so long?” Bo glanced up the stairs still considering heading on back up after his sister.

“I helped Jesse put the stuff away that you and Luke left out when y’all jumped into The General.”

“Why ain’t you up there tryin’ to get her to the doc?”

“Because doin’ it the way you want me to will get ME tossed down the stairs. That’s why. Go on home guys. Jesse insisted that we come over for supper anyway. Hopefully Kira won’t still be runnin’ on adrenaline by then.”

“She needs to see Do...”

“I know Bo. Trust me. We’ll be on out later.”

“Come on Bo.” Leave it to Luke to finally get Bo to budge from the bottom of the stairs. The two cousins headed on back out to the stock car to head home.

Jebb went to the freezer and got an ice pack and went on up the stairs to see just what the damage was and how stubborn his wife would be when it came to seeing the doctor.

When he went upstairs to his and Kira’s bedroom, he found her lying on the bed with one arm across her face. “Go away.”

“And here I was just bringin’ you an ice pack.” Kira moved her arm to look at Jebb. Seeing the bruises and the gash on the side of her head, Jebb cursed under his breath. “I don’t think I brought enough though.”

“I can’t look THAT bad.” Now that HAD to be one of those trick statements that his Pop had warned him about. The kind that no matter HOW a man responds to his wife it will be the wrong thing to say. Jebb went over and gingerly put the pack over the cheek that seemed to be swelling more than the other.

“I’ll give you the choice of havin’ the Doc come here or you can go to him. But you’ve got to get this,” Jebb gestured to the gash, “taken care of before we go over for dinner. Jesse made me promise we’d come over after what happened today.”

“Everyone’s actin’ as if this the first time I’ve ever been in a fight. AND YOU KNOW BETTER!”

“Yep. I do. But that don’t mean that you still don’t need to see Doc Appleby. What made this any way?”

Kira shrugged, “I was pistol whipped. It’s not like I was shot.”

Jebb frown at the thought of what COULD HAVE happened if one of those men had used the gun for what it was designed for. “Do me a favor; don’t say that around the others. I’m gonna go call the doc.” Jebb got up and gave Kira a light kiss then went down to call the doctor. And here he thought that Kira would wait until the racing season began to get into any fights now that they were married. One thing was for sure, there’s absolutely no doubt that she is a Duke through and through.




Jebb had been true to his word. Once the doctor was on the phone he gave her the choice of either heading back to town or having the doc come out. Kira hadn’t really relished the thought of going back into town so here she sat, waiting patiently as Doc Appleby put in the stitches. All this for a couple scrapes and bruises. Not that they didn’t hurt, they did. But she’d suffered worse before, and without having to sit through all of the poking and prodding. When Doc finished, he didn’t say anything that she hadn’t expected. He gave her some pain pills, and since there was a threat of a concussion, she was to be awakened every couple of hours tonight. That ought to make tomorrow morning a great one.

When it was time to head over to the other farm, Jebb was only mildly surprised when Kira hopped on her bike instead of getting into the truck behind him. Shaking his head, Jebb figured that Kira was out to prove a point. That she was perfectly capable of handling herself. He hoped that she wouldn’t try any of those stunts that she’d learned back when he first met her. Back when, looking back at it now, he was certain that she’d had a death wish. Fortunately, she only rode to the farm in a relatively sedate manner. Even if she was still a bit sullen once there.

Jesse had a poultice made up for the bruises on her face though after a mere few minutes, it was left abandoned. Kira went over what had happened in town. Of how she had been certain that Boss was robbing his own bank at first. Everyone had pointed out that she should have called for the rest of them. (Even though they weren’t near a CB since that wouldn’t have been a good argument. She could have called out to Bo easily. Nor would the fact that they were a good twenty minutes away, by way of as The General flies.) And she shouldn’t have taken on any men with a gun with no real back up. She should have just complied and told Bo where THEY could have come and rescue her and Boss.

Kira was getting tired of hearing the shoulds. It was giving her a headache. Or maybe it was the concussion. Either way, she was ready to go home. Reluctantly, Kira agreed to ride in the truck on the way back. Once home, she went to wash away the day and took her first good look in the mirror of herself. Okay, so maybe she didn’t look that great right now. That still didn’t mean that everyone had to go on about it.

Heading to bed, she did her best to find a comfortable position that would hurt the least while Jebb got himself cleaned up. The pills that Doc Appleby gave her did nothing to curb the pain though they were making her a bit drowsy. Maybe he gave her the wrong pills. What sense did it make to give her medicine to help her sleep if she was gonna just have to wake up every few hours anyway?

When Jebb climbed into bed, he figured that Kira must be mad at him for calling the doc since she was turned away from him. One good thing about going over to eat supper with the others tonight, they said everything that he had wanted to say but knew better. That way Kira would be mad at THEM for saying it and not him. Turning over, he put an arm across Kira’s waist to pull her over and felt her tense up and then hiss in pain. Looked like she was in more pain than she was owning up to. Jebb let go and turn back onto his back. He might as well get some sleep while he’s waiting to have to wake Kira up for the first time tonight.




The next morning, Jebb woke up to a familiar blanket of red hair covering his chest. He watched as Kira slept while he thought over the night. He’d gotten worried when he couldn’t wake Kira up the second time he’d woken up to check on her. Eventually, he had been able to get her awake. Though she hadn’t been happy about it. Glancing at the clock, he saw that it was already close to mid-morning. He was glad that Jesse had told him not to bother coming over to help today. He was beyond tired from the lack of sleep. Just as he was sure Jesse knew he would be. Jesse told Jebb to just worry about taking care of Kira today. Brushing her hair away from her face, he figured he’d be able to handle that.

“Would you stop staring at me? You’re weirding me out,” Kira mumbled without opening her eyes.

“I didn’t know you were awake.”

“Don’t want to be.”

“How’s the head?” Jebb knew that her side was giving a hard time too since she’d wince every time he’d bump her in the night. She never seemed to be able to get comfortable, either.

“Like there’s a jack hammer goin’ to work in there.”

Jebb took a closer at the gash. At least there wasn’t any sign of infection. Out in the hall, he heard the upstairs phone ringing. Jebb figured that it was probably their uncle calling to check on Kira. Sliding out away from his wife, he went out into the hall and took the call. Kira figured that she might as well get dressed since it was already so late, so she dug through her dresser to find a pair of jeans and shirt. Something that would fit a little loosely.

When Jebb came back into the bedroom to get dressed, he announced that that was one of the reporters at the Hazzard Gazette. They wanted Kira to come down to talk about the hold up so they could put it in the paper.

“They even want to put your picture in the paper.” When Kira looked up horrified at the thought of having her picture taken, he had to laugh. “What’s wrong? You’re the one who said that you didn’t look that bad.” A comment that earned him a pillow being flung in his direction from where Kira was making the bed.

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