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

It's cold. Reaaalllly cold.

Y/N still hears the alarm blaring; he hears his name being called alongside other things that he can't quite make out over the muffly buffer that's covering his ears... what is that anyway?

He hears breathing beside him, shouting.

"Gia!?" Kenji cries from within the snow mound.

"Gia!" Y/N suddenly comes to his senses.

He hears Smoothie's little squeaks from above as the snow begins to clear. He sees Gia's face first as passersby begin to help her pull them out.

He looks around.

1, 2, 3, 4.

Smoothie, Sammy, Kenji, Gia.

They're all there, and all safe.

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"Hey!" Gia comes up, balancing a few mugs in her hands, "Hot cocoa, from the man with the snowmobiles."

She hands one to each of them as they shiver in the sharp chill.

"Said it was the least he can do for yelling at you. I'm sorry their aren't any blankets."

"I guess they were in that supply shack, but..." He looks back at the cabin where it stands, buried in snow. All she can do is sigh.

"Well, you know what happened to that."

"Lady, if you don't stop apologizing." Sammy grins, "We're alive. Thanks to you."

"Hey, every near-death experience should end with hot cocoa in my book." Kenji chuckles.

"Am I right?" He clinks shaky cups with Y/N and Sammy.

"Oh no." Gia looks down at the notification on her phone.

"Something wrong?" Y/N takes a sip of his warm drink.

"I think you missed your flight." Gia frowns.

"Aw, man." Kenji pouts.

"Well, I guess I shouldn't be that surprised. At least that Pyroraptor is long gone."

"That's true." Y/N nods, "But where do you think it went?"

Kenji and Sammy pause for a moment in thought before Sammy grabs for the tablet.

"Let's see if this thing still works."

"Woah..." Kenji squints at the map on the screen, "It looks like Biosyn owns a valley nearby?"

"A whole valley?" Gia takes a seat beside them, "I knew they had headquarters somewhere close, but..."

"I thought it was just offices."

"They'd only need a place that big for one thing..." Y/N shakes his head.

"Holding dinosaurs." Gia gasps, "That must be where the Pyroraptor came from."

"Their security must be pretty bad if a dino was able to escape so easily."

"But if it's headed towards Biosyn that means... it's going home." Kenji comes to the realization.

"Which also means... we can go home too!" He jumps up, spinning around and cheering with Smoothie in his hands.

"You hear that, Smooth Man? We're done! No more feather monsters for us."

"Just a one-way ticket to--"

"Kenj." Y/N cuts in, his eyes never leaving the tablet screen.

"There's a manifest on here." Sammy explains, "It lists all the dinos that have been transported to Biosyn valley."

"A new asset arrived a few days ago."

"Meaning?" Kenji pushes.

"Bumpy's not at home." Y/N holds the tablet up, "She's here."