? Broken Strings {A Chaos Theory x Male Reader Story - Ben}

The sky grows darker by the minute, tension growing as the boats bob stationary in the water.

"How could we have left her behind!?" Sammy exclaims in frustration.

"I-- I didn't see her!" Darius stammers.

"We have to go back for her!" Kenji urges.

"Right," Zayna nods, "We should turn the boats around and--"

"No." Sammy stops her, "Pull the boats to shore!"

"Sammy, this area we're in, it's not safe to travel by land." Zayna reasons.

"Land, water, air... It's all dangerous, Zayna." Sammy huffs.

"Look, we're all worried about Yaz," Darius agrees in a hushed tone, "But we can't just shout out our ideas for the dinosaurs and hippos everywhere."

"That's not all that's out there. There are--"

"The current is too strong for us to stay on the water." Sammy cuts Zayna off again.

"And it'll take too long, time Yaz might not have." Kenji adds.

"So just steer the boat to shore!" Sammy shouts, eyeing Ben where he sits beside the motor.

Ben pauses, looking up at Zayna who simply shakes her head.

"Turn the boat, Ben!" Sammy demands.

"Sammy, we can't." Zayna insists.

Sammy glares at Zayna before huffing and taking her seat, "FINE."

"Who knows this area better than Zayna?" Y/N offers calmly, "If she's saying land isn't the way to go, shouldn't we listen to her?"

"Just go already!" Sammy ushers.

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟

The boats meander through the water at a rather slow pace. Y/N shines his flashlight out into the water, keeping an eye out for anything trying to creep up on them.

"Can't this thing go any faster!?" Sammy groans.

"Sammy, I hear you, but if we push it too hard, we won't have any boats at all." Darius tries to reason with her.

"Wouldn't have this problem on land." Sammy huffs, sitting back down.

Y/N's finger anxiously taps against the side of his flashlight. He finds it almost impossible to sit still with the pace they're moving at.

He flinches, turning around when Darius and Ben suddenly switch boats, leaving Ben alone with Kenji as Darius pushes them off.

"Heyyy.... how ya doin? ... Champ?" Darius smiles at Zayna.

Y/N tries his best to block out the noise as Darius attempts a rather awkward one to one with Zayna. He instead keeps his focus on the noises outside the boat, listening for danger, which seems to be everywhere.

"What's that?" He perks up to the sudden sound of screeching.

"Ugh, Dimoprphodons." Darius groans, quickly switching off his flashlight, "Maybe they won't notice."

Zayna gasps, "Too late!"

The winged creatures flap towards them aggressively, everyone ducking down to avoid their jaws and claws.

Darius shields Zayna with his body, wrapping his arms around her as a dinosaur shoots right towards them.

"Y/N!" Ben calls, tossing him an oar which he uses to swing at one of the dinos, knocking it away before it can maul the pair.