When The Stars Align | A Ben Pincus x Reader Fanfiction

46. Evasive Action (Pt. 2)

Arguments, tunnels, and the Nothosaurus.

[3rd POV]

(bush rustles)

"You got something, Mae?" Mr. Kon asks her.

"Uh, nope. Thought I had to tie my shoe. Turns out I didn't." She nervously says, standing up straight from the fronds around her.

"Let me kindly remind you that if you want the people you care about to remain safe, you will help me." Mr. Kon says lowly.

Mae sighs with a glare to the ground.

"Sweet." Kenji suddenly says. "Check out the Stego plate. Looks fresh." He sadly remembers Darius passionately talking about them.

"A Stegosaurus came through here?" Mr. Kon asks.

"But Stegosauruses aren't carnivores, so I don't see that we need to..." Mae trails off at Mr. Kon's raised hand.

"Carnivores may be better for showing off the tech, but I can still use an herbivore as bait." he says.

Mae sighs as they continue walking.

Kenji walks alongside Hawkes. "Why are you even here?"

"Excuse me?" The man scoffs.

"We obviously don't need you." Kenji adds

"What's your problem kid?" Hawkes roughly says with his coarse voice.

"What's my problem? Oh, gee, I don't know. Maybe the whole kidnapping and threatening to kill me and my friends over a lousy laptop thing."

Hawkes rolls his eyes. "What's your point?"

" 'What's my point' ?" Kenji says disbelievingly.

"I was doing a job. And you and your friends got in the way." He responds curtly. "Now the job's to make sure you and your dad don't die."

"So I'm just supposed to believe you're a good guy this time?"

"I don't care what you believe. You dad's the one who signs the checks. So as long as you stay out of my way, then you and I won't have an issue."

Kenji frowns.

[Y/N POV]

"Come on, let's try this way." Darius says, and Sammy and I sigh. We follow him to another direction.

Smoke hisses overhead from the pipes, and I try to fan myself.

"Whoo! It's like Texas in July in here." Sammy says, clearly sweating too.

We suddenly reach a large machine at the dead end. It's lit up by some lights, and it seems to have a gloomy aura.

"Whoa!" Darius breathes.

We explore it for a bit, until we spot a small blue screen showing some type of drill.

"Does this thing power the whole island?" I wonder out loud.

"Okay, um, which tunnel should we try?" Darius says. "This one?"

"Maybe." Sammy says, unsure.

"Or this one?" I suggest.

"Oh, maybe." Sammy repeats.

"Sammy, just make a choice! What's with you today?" Darius bursts out.

"What's with me?" She says. "What's with you? You're the one not talking about your best friend lockin' us all in a room."

Darius huffs, about to say something, but then we hear a loud gurgle from the water.

We gasp, trying to look over the edge of the railing.