"Dude, are you serious?" Hurley asked. The twins nodded solemnly and Hurley continued, "Don't you think everyone's, like, too old for Truth or Dare?"
"No one is too old for Truth or Dare," George said.
"Everyone has a kid inside of them," Fred continued.
"Something no one knows about them – "
"Or something they've always sworn never to do – "
"So Truth or Dare is probably the only game everyone here can relate to," they finished, saying each syllable at the exact same time.
"Cool, we can, like, do it tonight," Hurley said, though he wasn't entirely convinced that it was going to be fun.
"Here you go!" Charlie said, handing Ron a small case that had a piece of metal with rust on it and "DriveSHAFT written in the upper right hand corner. "That song you wanted is Track 2."
"Um, Charlie," Ron said, accepting the case. "I'm not really that…familiar with Mug-regular people stuff…would you mind explaining it to me?"
"No problem, on one condition…What is it you're going to do and does it involve your girl, Hermione?
"Uh, that's two conditions."
Charlie's cheeks turned faintly pink and he said, "Just answer the question."
"Well, actually, I was going to play it for-"
"Hey, dudes!" Someone said from behind them. They turned around to find Hurley running towards them. "Hey, Fred, George, and I were gonna, like, have a quick game of Truth or Dare tonight, and we wanted you two to, like, come. So, are ya in?"
"Sure," Charlie said. Ron wasn't sure what this was, but nodded just the same.
"Cool," Hurley said. "See ya later!"
"Thanks for the shirt Claire," Hermione said, coming out of Claire's tent, wearing khaki capris and a light blue tee shirt.
"No problem," Claire said, gently rocking Aaron.
"I noticed you had a guitar in your tent," Hermione said, tickling Aaron. He giggled and she continued, "Do you play?"
"No, that's Charlie's."
"Oh, is he your husband?"
"No, just a really close friend," Claire said, her cheeks tinted with a light blush. "He used to be in a band, DriveSHAFT."
"Oh, I've heard of them. I really like their one song, 'Burn'," Hermione said. "Thanks again for the shirt Claire, but I should probably go check up with…"
Hermione stopped, leaving the rest of her sentence unheard. Claire was staring behind Hermione, as though lost in a trance. Hermione asked, "Claire, are you all right?"
But she just stood there. After what felt like an eternity, Claire pointed behind Hermione and said one word. "Sawyer."
"Sawyer? Claire, who's Sawyer?" Hermione asked. When all Claire did was continue to point, Hermione turned around and gasped. A young man with long hair and ripped clothes was shambling through the jungle. He leaned against a tree trunk for a few minutes before fainting. Hermione immediately ran over to him. She felt his forehead for a sign of fever, but it was normal. He must have just been tired. Claire was by her side now. "Come on. We have to get him up to the beach and get some help."
Between the two young women they managed to get him up to a shady spot by the camp where he could rest. Hermione looked up to see Ron running down the beach with a man in his mid twenties.
The man Ron was with said quickly, "What happened? Is he alright?" He seemed to just realize that Hermione was there, because he held out his hand and said, "Hi. My name's Charlie."
Hermione shook his hand and said, "Pleasure to meet you. I'm Hermione."
Charlie shot Ron a quick wink as he let go of Hermione's hand. Hermione shook her head as Claire said, "Look, he's waking up!"
Everyone looked down to find that Sawyer was starting to stir. His eyes opened and he blinked a few times, his eyes adjusting to the light. He sat there in silence for several minutes before muttering, "Bloody hell," and puking onto the sand beside him. Everyone backed away several steps, looks of disgust on their faces.
Sawyer sighed, wiped his mouth on the back of his hand, and closed his eyes. Claire approached him cautiously and sat down beside him. She said in a soft tone, "Sawyer, we need to know where Jack and Kate are. Hurley said they took all three of you."
Sawyer's eyes opened and he managed to croak, "We escaped. We were running through the jungle when they caught up to us. They all had these walking sticks. I managed to keep running, but Jack and Kate were caught."
"How did you escape?" Charlie asked.
"There was a tunnel leading out of their hatch. We went through there. Now that Jack and Kate know where it is, they'll try again. I know they will." Sawyer said, and fell back into unconsciousness.
