"Dude, we're bigger now!" exclaimed Hurley.
"Guess we're teens," said Kate.
"So, like, what now?"
"WWJD?" asked Charlie. (Translation: What would Jesus Jack do?)
"I don't know! Ask him yourself," grumbled sawyer.
Claire continued to hold onto her teddy bear, even though now it was technically an "emo bear."
Ben gaped at Hurley. He was, shockingly, much thinner than usual.
He smiled. "I had a thin phase."
"I was just a bit surprised, Hugo," said Ben by means of an explanation.
Hurley understood; most people were. No big deal.
"Well, well, well Freckles. Guess you was always pretty," said Sawyer.
Kate smiled, showing off her braces. He started laughing at her.
"It's not funny James!" Kate yelled, "I'm going to my room!"
"Kate that's my room," called Locke down the hall. He received no answer.
Claire, going through her gothic, rebellious phase, decided to sulk in a corner. Charlie strummed his guitar and started yet another rendition of You All Everybody, but this time his voice cracked. His teenage self's voice hadn't changed yet. Everyone got a kick out of this.
Locke, on the other hand, was praying that the rain would stop so that he could go see Richard and fix this mess. He was looking out the window when a lightning bolt flashed across the sky, making the room go white, yet again. When it ended, they teens were back to being children again.
"Dude, what was that?"
"The flashes are getting closer together now. We need move, rain or no rain," answered Locke.
"How you gonna keep us all together?" asked Sawyer smugly.
He had an idea. "Bring me some rope.
Luckily, Sayid happened to "find" a length of rope in his bag. Locke tied each kid to the rope by their wrist, alternating which side each one would stand on.
"It's too tight!" shouted Kate, "I can't feel my fingers!"
"Korean! Korean!" agreed Sun and Jin.
"Yeah, you can't do this to us!" said Jack.
"Don't tell me what I can't do!"
"Oh, for the love of God, John. Where do you think we're going to go?" asked Ben.
"Well, you ran off, didn't you? Children are easily distracted and prone to wandering."
Ben shut his mouth. Hurley cheered, "Yeah, Locke just treated you, man."
"I'll remember this, Hugo…"
"Silence is golden," began Locke, "and duct tape is silver." He then covered Ben's mouth with a piece of tape.
Sawyer snickered. "Too bad there isn't enough tape to cover Jumbotron's fa--."
He too was cut off by tape covering his mouth. He made muffled, angry noises, eyebrows meeting in a look of rage. It gave Locke the shivers.
"No! Let him go! Don't hurt him," pleaded Kate.
"Kate, I thought I was your boyfriend today," Jack said disbelievingly.
"I love him!"
Everyone's eyes widened in shock. They all knew that the three of them were in a love triangle, both men, er, boys, fighting for her attentions. They all wanted to know who she would pick.
"Whoa…déjà vu," thought Locke, thinking back to Season 3, episode "I Do."
Jack's eyes began to water. "B-but, I shared my juice box with you."
She shrugged. "Sorry."
Hurley then said, "You're lyin'. Locke, she's not telling the truth."
"Hurley, man, just stay out of the love triangle. I've seen things get messy before," said Charlie.
"Ok, we're going now whether or not Kate is lying," replied Locke, picking up the rope and pulling them along.
The complaining began almost immediately.
My feet hurt.
I'm thirsty.
Are we there yet?
Korean! Korean!
Do you even know where you're going?
"Everyone needs to stop whining or you might alert the Smoke Monster," ordered Locke, giving a perfunctory tug on the rope.
"John, only I can summon the Smo--," started Ben, but was silenced by another piece of tape over his mouth. Locke had no idea how he'd managed to pull it off without him noticing.
"Anyone else have a smart remark? No? Then let's keep moving."
They hadn't gotten more than a few miles when they heard someone crying from somewhere out in the jungle.