I think we may have a Locke v James 'Sawyer' ford brewing in the distant future. If James finds out that Locke(didn't wuss out like he probably will) beat him to his life's goal, there may be a little trouble.
And Ben is genius. He tells Locke he is afraid of his father and doesn't want to go back to the real world since he's finally rid of him and.....
... Ben has Cooper conjured from thin air.

I smells me a con.