Benjamin Linus

Hello me... Meet the real me
And my misfits way of life
A dark black past is my
Most valued possession

It would take a great deal of imagination to see Benjamin as a caring, devoted father. But that's exactly what the manipulative man was. Sure, he was a smidgen overprotective, and perhaps a bit overbearing at that, when it came to 'his' children's safety, but then again... the kind of life he led demanded such things. One wrong slip, and his enemies could ruin his world and kill the toddlers.

Of course, Ben didn't raise the toddlers all on his own. In the community that was set up around him, the rest of his loyal members helped out with rearing the twins, though always under his watching eye. As it was, Benjamin was sitting at his desk, enjoying a good book while he let the two play in the living room.

Feeling paranoid
True enemy or false friend?
Anxiety's attacking me, and
My air is getting thin
I'm in trouble for the things
I haven't got to yet
I'm chomping at the bit, and my
Palms are getting wet, sweating bullets.

Emily

Emily was content building a tower with blocks for the longest time. The best part was knocking it down an starting all over again. The toddler swung a hand at her tower, sending all the blocks scattering on the ground. She laughed and laughed, but stopped when she noticed a peculiar formation of fallen blocks. It looked vaguely like a cat, or at least to a three-year-old. She stood up and walked to her father's desk. "Daddy?" She asked, peering up at him with her bi-colored eyes. "I think we should get a kitty. A baby kitty. A bunch of baby kitties!" Out of the blue, she had her heart set on a cat.

Renji

Renji on the other hand loved playing with toy trucks, cars and plains and horses. Right now he sat there playing with his trucks making them crash into each other. He watched his sister run off and quickly followed.EWWWie ! Kitties are nasty! We should get puppies bunch and bunch of puppies! or Horsies!He spoke out over his sisters words.His red eyes staring at his father.He was jumping up and down.

Benjamin Linus

Setting his book down and offering a sort of sincere smile that virtually no one aside from Aralyn earned from him, Ben pushed back the glasses on his nose and peered down at the two youngsters, "You want a cat?" And then to Renji, "A dog, and a horse?" The man set his book down, neatly tucking a page holder inside before pushing it to the corner of his desk and devoting his full attention to the twins, "Would you like to go to Uncle Ethan's and see his animals?"

Emily

Emily nodded, a huge smile spread across her face. "Yeah! A cat! One like your pirate friend has! A fluffy one! And it has to be cute." She exclaimed, going on and on, "And it should be a baby cat, and I want it to be orange with a white belly. Can I get a baby cat? Does Uncle Ethan have a baby cat for me? Let's go to his house!"

Renji

Renji kept jumping up and down for a whole minute before settling down.Yah Yah a Dog and a Horse! I want a husky a siberian One like the one in my book daddy! and I was a big horse! A big horse that is dark grey!He jumped up and down again.Yah yah lets go to uncle house does he have animals for me?

Benjamin Linus

The amused smile remained sincere on his face, given without reservation for the two toddlers. If his dedication as their father wasn't evident enough in his attentive response to their words, the ample frames scattered about his walls and table tops, each filled with pictures of Emily and Renji, should testify to it.

"We have a horse already, Renji. Don't you like Swan?" Benjamin questioned his son lightly, speaking of the lighty dappled gray mare, "I'll talk with Uncle Ethan though, and see if he might let you pick out one of his horses. How does that sound? And yes Emily-" The smile took on a grinning quality, knowing just how much Mikhail hated to be called a 'pirate' by her, but didn't dare voice his displeasure with Ben around, "We'll get you and orange and white kitten. Before we do that though, I want the both of you to pick up your toys."

Emily

Emily looked at her brother as if she had just won an argument. "Yeah, Renji. And we have a dog too. You know, Canem?." She stated, remembering the vicious dog her father captured before she was born. "But we don't have a kitty yet. Kitties are nice and cute. Dogs are dumb and stupid. And they bite and bark. They're noisy."

Her gaze suddenly snapped back to Ben, "For real? An orange and white kitten?" She exclaimed, grinning. With that, she rushed off and hastily began to pick up the blocks she had been playing with. "C'mon, Ren! Hurry up and help so I can get a kitty and you can get a horse!"

Renji

He glared at his sister and snorted.DOgs aren't dumb and stupid they can do tricks and they obey ! Cats they have their own mind and don't really care too much for us!He stuck his tongue out.

yah yah i want my own horsy and my own Doggy too daddy!He said. Right after he ran out and picked up his trucks, horses and cars and placed them in his toy trunk.ha i finished first!He cried out happily as he ran over to Ben jumping up and down excittedly.