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

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"We gotta move faster." He shakes it off, "Sammy and Yaz are counting on us."

Dinosaurs screech overhead and Ben tackles both boys to the ground, holding them down and shushing them as he observes the source of the sound. They remain on their hands and knees in the tall grass even when Ben stands up.

"Hey," He holds out two large leaves, "Hold these above your head if you don't want to get snatched.

Darius and Y/N comply, letting the ferns shield them as they moved through the trees.

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Ben darts from tree to tree while the other two boys struggle to keep up. He's looking for something, but has yet to clarify what.

"Oh, there!" He rushes over to a tree with a large X marked on it.

Darius and Y/N trail behind him as he pulls a large gas can out from the bushes.

"Gasoline?" Y/N quirks an eyebrow.

"Dude, how much did you take?" Darius inquires almost judgmentally.

"Not much." Ben shrugs, "I figured we had enough to get to Costa Rica, so I stashed some away, y'know, for a rainy day."

"Ben, you beautiful, disturbed, beautiful boy." Y/N chuckles.

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Ben tapes the gas can down to the bottom of one of the gondolas leading to Lookout Point.

"Let's go, Ben! For all we know, the Scorpios has caught up to Yaz by now." Darius urges.

"Almost ready." Ben grins as he lights a firework.

"Hit it!"

Y/N powers on the gondolas and the rotation starts. The boys run to the railing to watch Ben's bomb go off.

"I hope it's enough." Darius bites down on his lip.

"Oh, it will be." Ben smirks.

"You may wanna cover your ears, this should be a pretty big boom." He almost boasts.

Y/N and Darius don't dare doubt it and quickly cover their ears, waiting for the explosion. It's quite anti-climactic however, almost like a tree falling in a really, really, really empty forest.

"What-- but that--" Ben uncovers his ears in disbelief.

"We have to do something!" Y/N groans.

"Uhm-- I might have some more gas stashed a few clicks from here!" Ben brainstorms.

"Clicks!? What the heck are clicks!?" Darius snaps.

"Ben, we're out of time!"

"I know, I'm--"

A booming explosion goes off all the way at the top of the mountain, causing all three boys to freeze where they are.

"Ben, it worked!" Y/N beams and hugs Ben tightly.

Ben chuckles, "You can't keep saying hugging isn't your thing if you're gonna keep doing it."

Darius and Y/N join in on the laughter, the tiniest bit of hope washing over them. They don't get much more time to relish in the moment as a large, fiery rock comes hurling towards them, just missing.

"We should probably--"

"Yeah..."

The boys head off, escaping from the blazing projectiles as they race back to camp, praying that everything went to plan. When they arrive, Sammy lays unmoving on her makeshift bed with Brooklyn about to inject the antidote.

"We got back as soon as we could!" Ben pants.

"Is she...?"

Yasmina sobs as she holds onto Sammy's hand with all her might.

Everything is still for a while as the campers watch Brooklyn carefully. These moments are vital. Everything has been done right up to this very point, these seconds could mean her life, and nobody knows what's going to happen.

Tears form in everyone's eyes when Sammy doesn't move an inch even after the injection. Brooklyn and Darius slowly come into a hug, holding each other tight while Yasmina rests her forehead on she and Sammy's conjoined hands, sobbing quietly.

Ben turns away, unable to look, as the tears fall down his cheeks.

Kenji backs away and takes a seat, his head spinning.

Y/N doesn't move an inch. He just watches. He watches his friends break down, he watches Sammy's face, looking for any sign of movement. He watches Ben wipe his tears.

And there's nothing he can do. He spent so much time worrying about what he wasn't doing and how he wasn't helping. But when he finally does, when he needs to the most. It might not have been enough.

Sammy begins coughing loudly, pulling everyone out of their despair. They all crowd around her, watching as some color returns to her face.

She finally opens her eyes and is met with the teary-eyed face of her best friend.

"Hey, Yaz..."

"Hey, Sammy..."