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

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"Guys," Darius sighs and turns back to his friends, "I know that phone is our only way off this island, but we have to--"

"Save them." Y/N finishes with a nod.

"Yeah, we do!" Sammy cheers.

"Wait, really?" Darius seems dumbfounded, I mean, I, I was gonna--"

"Give one of your classic 'save the dinos' speeches?" Kenji scoffs playfully, "No need, bro. We're with you."

Darius smiles.

"Kash must be controlling those drones from his compound," Brooklyn deducts, "If we can get in there, we can disable them and keep the dinos from hurting each other."

"We'll have to lure him out of there first." Darius adds.

"I've got some ideas on that front." Ben grins devilishly.

"Sammy, you're with Ben," Darius nods, "Once Kash leaves his compound..."

"We'll trail him," Brooklyn finishes, "Make sure he stays out."

"Y/N and Yaz," Darius turns to the pair, "The three of us will sneak past the raptors, sneak into the compound, and get control of the drones."

Y/N nods but Yaz seems rather uneasy.

"Are you sure you'll be--" Sammy places a hand on her shoulder.

"I got this." She smiles confidently.

Brooklyn and Kenji run off and so do Ben and Sammy, leaving the last three campers to get to work.

"You do got this." Darius grins at Yaz before he starts leading the two of them through the brush.

Y/N follows after him but Yasmina lingers behind. Her breathing quickens and she freezes up, much like how she did when they ran from Big Eatie the first time. By the time Y/N notices this and reaches out for her, she's already collapsed onto her hands and knees.

"Yaz?" Y/N comes down to the floor with her.

Darius notices too and rushes over, kneeling down to see what's wrong. Y/N helps her onto her knees and Darius holds a hand on her shoudler.

"I'm sorry, I just..." Yaz hesitates, "I'm fine."

"Hey, you don't have to say you're fine if you're not fine." Y/N smiles, "Stuff like this doesn't really have a quick fix."

"Stuff like what?" Darius' brow furrows in confusion.

"Nothing," Yaz stiffens up, "It's..."

"Yaz," Y/N stops her, "Just tell him."

"Tell me what?" Darius' confusion grows.

Yaz sighs, "I've been having these... nightmares. That I'm alone, being hunted." 

"When I told the others and found out they've been having them, too. I... felt better. But I am, obviously not as fine as I thought."

"Everyone's having nightmares?" Darius frowns, "Why didn't anyone tell me?"

"It's not like a big secret or anything..." Y/N stops to explain, "It just got brought up after we stopped to save Pierce and... when we missed the plane home."

"And we didn't want you to feel bad because we all... agree it was the right thing to do." Yasmina adds.

"Just like we're doing now."

"New plan." Darius smiles.

"How about you guys go with Sammy and Ben, and I'll take the compound solo?"