[D-Roc]

Been thinking about this.
The thing is, we know Ben doesn't die..he knows that Keamy wont kill him..so really Ben still has an advantage. Of course you never quite know with variables - as he found out with Keamy killing Alex - but I think that Ben will talk his way out of his current predicament.

What will be interesting to me is whether Ben will move with the island, or be trapped somewhere..or leave for the real world with the O6 - does he prep them and help them to Sumba, before going back to the island, or the real world by himself?

Interestingly I recently noticed that Ben gives Locke his baton/stick..yet we see Ben with the baton in the future when he 'teleports' to Tunisia (4.09). So we can assume that Ben and Locke come into contact again at somepoint.. is this symbolic of Ben reclaiming the 'torch' after all but passing it over to Locke in "Cabin Fever" - does Locke make a mess of things after being so near to reaching his 'destiny'? I don't think I could bear another Locke collapse..but then, I relish any Ben ascension.