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

"I can't believe it..." Darius is the first to speak as everyone remains rooted in their spot, looking up at the sky as if the plane will suddenly reroute and come back, "That was... she's alive."

"But how is this possible?" Yaz sputters.

"...I don't know." Darius huffs, "I don't understand."

"Or maybe she was in on it all along. She did just leave with the Broker." Kenji suggests, holding onto Bumpy's egg and stroking it gently.

"You can't really think that!" Darius scoffs.

"What else are we supposed to think!?" Kenji argues.

"She's our friend!" Yaz objects.

"She'd never do anything like that to us." Darius adds firmly.

"We have to find a way to contact her." Ben insists.

"That can't be good." Sammy swallows hard, looking out at the line of trucks pulling up the street with dino carriers attached.

"What now?" Yasmina groans as the six of them go to hide behind one of the vans parked nearby.

"More of the Broker's people?" Sammy questions as they peek out at the trucks pulling into the lot.

"I don't... think so." Darius frowns.

Everyone perks up at the sound of loud whirring, a jet-black plane coming in for landing on the asphalt. It rolls to a stop and the group scrambles to the other side of the van to peer out at who exits.

A tall, black man exits the back of the plane. His glasses falling down his nose as he takes a book from one of the workers and scribbles something into it in pen.

"Wait, that's... Barry Semebène?" Darius perks up.

The man turns toward them with a stern expression as he begins approaching.

"Wait, you know him?" Kenji raises a brow.

"I've never met him..." Darius smiles awkwardly, "But he was at Jurassic World at the same time as us. He trained raptors with Owen Grad--"

"That was a lifetime ago, Mr. Bowman." Barry comments in a French accent as he reaches the group, whipping off his glasses.

"Annnnd he knows who we are." Yaz huffs sarcastically.

"I am with French intelligence, so it is my job to know." Mr. Semebène goes on, "We have been tracking that jet and the people on it for a long time." He refers to Brooklyn and the Broker.

"But what brings you here? I haven't the slightest."

"I'm taking this plane to the States. I will ensure you get home safely." He smiles and heads back to the aircraft.

"Darius, you trust this guy?" Kenji whispers.

"I don't. What's his angle?" Ben huffs.

"Hey, Barry's good. He can help us." Darius reassures them before following the man to the plane.

The others share a glance before hesitantly following behind Barry. The board the plane and soon come to find it harboring a dinosaur as well, locked up in a pen to the side.

"Hang on, uh--" Darius chuckles awkwardly, "We're flying with a dinosaur on board?"

"That bodes well." Yaz scoffs.

"She's injured. So she leaves before the others." Barry explains, "Directly to a veterinarian."

"Have a seat." He motions to some pull-down chairs on the wall.