? Strings {A Camp Cretaceous x Male Reader Story - Ben}

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"She's blocking the way out." Sammy whispers as the trio moves to hide underneath a table.

Darius lets out a sigh of relief as the T. Rex begins to make her way back to her nest. But the relief is short lived. The dino stops suddenly and turns around, stalking towards the campers' hiding spot.

The three of them hold their breath, not moving an inch as the T. Rex begins nudging the table with her nose, causing them to have to move over slightly every time the table's position shifted.

All of a sudden, the T. Rex knocks over a chair that's laying nearby, causing Sammy to let out a terrified whimper. Pure silence falls and for a moment, the campers think that the T. Rex might have left.

They're wrong, of course. Instead, the T. Rex dips her head down to peek under the table and see the campers clearly.

The three of them scream and run towards a building where they're lucky enough to find a little nook in front of a window that's just narrow enough that the dinosaur can't reach them. This doesn't numb the terror though as the T. Rex tries it's very hardest to get to the kids as they shout and cry out nonsensically.

The moment feels like it goes on forever, the three of them latched onto each other, in fear these moments would be their last when suddenly, the intercom buzzes on. It starts spouting some promotional nonsense about the park but Y/N isn't hearing it. All he can hear is his heart pounding violently and all he can feel is the throbbing on the right side of his head.

The two senses almost flow in tandem. Every time his heart beats, the pain in his skull pangs just a little bit harder. He barely reacts when the dinosaur turns away and begins stalking down Main Street, growling loudly as it walks.

The lights at the plaza begin to flicker too, something else Y/N barely takes notice of.

A large hologram fizzles into view in the main area, distracting the T. Rex long enough for Sammy and Darius to gingerly help Y/N to his feet and for all of them to begin racing towards the exit.

The teens sprint through the jungle, ignoring the burning sensation in their lungs.

"Did that really just happen? Did we actually make it out alive?" Sammy shouts over the sound of their feet against the terrain.

"Uh... yeah... but the lights... were definitely not part of the plan." Darius admits with a confused chuckle.

"From now on, all our plans should begin and end with one step." Sammy sighs.

"Run?" Darius quirks an eyebrow.

"Survive!" The girl shouts back.

"How ya doing over there, Y/N?" Darius turns to the other boy who has yet to say a word.

Before Y/N can respond, an intercom crackles from... somewhere.

'Testing. Testing.' The familiar voice of everyone's favorite (not) rich boy crackles through the speaker.

"Kenji?" Sammy gasps.

'Party people! What, what?' Kenji shouts into the mic.

"You guys! Where are you?" Sammy beams.

'Hello, humans. it is I, your leader--'

The voice suddenly switches from Kenji's to Brooklyn's, 'We found a backup generator and turned on the power!'

'We can't hear you!'

'What are you trying to say?'

'What happened to Tiff and Mitch?'

Sammy and Darius are practically playing a game of charades trying to get their friends to figure out that Mitch and Tiff are heading to the watering hole.

"The watering hole!"

"Watering hole!"

"We have to--"

"We have to stop them!!"

"I still can't hear you! Act it out--"

"Is Y/N okay?"

Darius and Sammy turn to face the other boy.

A deep red liquid sits on his fingertips and drips from the side of his face.

"Y/N are you--" Darius begins.

"Yeah, I'm fine." He huffs.

"But why am I always the one that's bleeding?"

Darius lets out a breath of relief.

"Hey, watch out." Y/N pushes in front of the two of them and looks up at the camera.

Now, he would never admit this... but after Y/N met Brooklyn at VidCon, he might have watched a couple of her videos. One of those being, 'Unboxing Sign Language - Easy Lessons for Beginners (Featuring Jack Jason)'

He stands there for a moment, racking his brain. Which proves decently hard when you're probably concussed and have huge amounts of adrenaline rushing through your veins.

After a moment, he holds his hands up towards the camera and signs 'Water' and 'Big' which is apparently close enough.

"Mitch and Tiff are going to the watering hole?" Brooklyn shouts through the mic.

The trio nod furiously.

Darius and Sammy mime rifles and shooting.

"And they're gonna kill the dinosaurs..." Brooklyn whispers.