Ben glanced around at the children. He was making Clementine feel a little uncomfortable. Aaron was staring around at what used to be his home, and Zach and Emma were as well. Clementine was worried about what her mother would do to her father if she was not returned in a couple days.

"Sir", she asked hesitantly, "Why are we here?"

"I cannot be certain, but I believe it is because of the cycle."

"What cycle?"

"See, many people were brought to the island by Jacob as candidates to be his successor, and Hugo took the job."

"And..."

"Well, Jacob eventually had to pass on the job. Hugo will as well. If I am correct, and I hope for all of your sakes that I'm not, then you all are the next candidates."

"Already?"

"Well, you will remain here until you are needed. The island can keep you young."

"But why are we here?", asked Ana. "Why us?"

"Well, Ana, with you particularly, you are special, as Hugo is. You see things, you can do things, that others can't. But the group of you... you all are connected to the island, and each other, by your families. You're the Lost Children."

"Well... how do we get found?", asked Ji Yeon impatiently.

"Unfortunately, dear", Ben replied, "I just don't know."

...

The group of anxious parents and families ran to the camp to find their children and found them gathered around Ben. Kate ran up and grabbed her daughter, and Claire grabbed both her children. All the other parents grabbed their kids, until only Ji Yeon and Megan stood alone.

"I'm so glad we found you", said Kate.

"Me too", said Mary.

"A lot of weird stuff happened while you were gone", said Aaron.

"Really?"

"Oh yeah."

"Well, we can talk about it later", said James. "Let's go home."

"Right. Let's", said Claire.

"Mom", said Aaron, "Don't you see? We can't."