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

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"I think they said antidote, I'm not--"

Yasmina perks up, "Where is this lab?" She rushes over to Brooklyn and grabs her by the shoulders.

Brooklyn pulls a map out of her jacket and hands it to Yaz, "Near the raptor paddock."

Yasmina scans the map for a moment in thought before shoving the map back into Brooklyn's hands.

"Take care of Sammy until I get back." She pushes past the others.

"Wait, Yaz, the Scorpios went that way!" Darius calls after her.

"I don't care what's out there. I'm saving her!" Yasmina doesn't stop for a second.

They watch as she sprints past the gate and into the jungle.

"She's nuts!" Ben cries, "She can't outrun that thing!"

"We have to figure out a way to help her!" Y/N interjects, a look of determination painted on his face.

Darius nods, "Okay, think. What do we know so far about this dinosaur?"

Kenji begins his list, "It's straight up terrifying, it climbs, breathes like a pug with a cold, and it moves weird." He finishes off by mimicking the creature's strange posture.

Brooklyn rolls her eyes and trails off, focusing on the tree that's still smoking from the fire, "But when the lightning hit that tree--"

"It didn't run from it, it went towards it, almost like it was hypnotized for a sec." Darius finishes for her, "That's how we'll clear a path for Yaz."

"Only our explosion will be better, bigger, louder, fierier."

"I'm in." Ben steps up, "I know the jungle better than anyone."

"Plus, bigger, louder, fierier-- those are all my favorite words." He loops an arm around Darius' shoulder.

"Try to keep up." He wanders off.

"Me too." Y/N doesn't really give a reason, but nobody seems to care.

"You do realize that this plan of yours is a complete long shot." Kenji cocks his head at Darius.

"Yeah..." Darius sighs.

"But it's worth it." Y/N adds, "We have to try."

Ben runs out of the gate, Darius and Y/N are quick to follow.

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"Now, I have some ideas about how this should go." Ben explains as he leads the other two boys through the jungle, "One, you guys create a diversion, while I blow something up."

"Two, I create a diversion, and we all blow something up."

"Three, one of you creates a diversion and the other one helps me blow something up."

"Four, forget the diversions all together, I blow something up!"

"Yup, sounds good, Ben blows something up." Y/N nods.

"Sounds about right." Darius agrees.

"Whatever that something is, it's gotta be big enough and high up enough so that the Scorpios can't miss it."

Ben gasps, "I know just the thing!"

He picks up speed, causing his friends to strain in order to keep up.

"How do you know where you're going?" Darius asks as they burst through some bushes.

"Told you, I spent a lot of time wandering this place with... Bumpy..." His smile fades at the thought of his best friend.