⍟ Broken Strings {A Chaos Theory x Male Reader Story - Yasmina}

𝟹. 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚏𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝙷𝚘𝚖𝚎

"Worried about what?" Sammy folds her arms, "That I'd double cross you?" She tosses the lockpick kit onto the ground by Ben's feet.

"What..." Ben's eyebrows knit together in confusion, "No?"

He picks the kit up off the ground and moves towards the cage door. Y/N shoots Sammy a curious glance but she just shakes her head.

The two of them watch as Ben works meticulously at the lock.

"You know, when you think about it," Sammy speaks over the jingling of the metal, "Maybe you should be worried about me."

"I mean, I could have gone back to my old Mantah Corp spying days, sneaking around, stealing corporate secrets."

"Sammy," Y/N places a concerned arm on her shoulder, "What are you talking about?"

Sammy huffs and pulls a sticky note out of her jacket pocket, holding it out in Ben's face, "Possible suspect, Sammy Gutierrez!?"

"Oh..." Ben sighs, "Sammy... I didn't mean-- I was just being extra cautious."

"I just had to explore all possibilities, you know?"

Sammy thinks for a moment, her gaze shifting to the ground, "Yeah... I get it, I guess."

"You had to at least consider if the five of us were involved in this thing, just in case."

"Right," Ben stands up slowly, "Yep." He nods, but Y/N doesn't find his tone convincing.

He pushes the door open and the three of them step inside and start slowly freeing the dinos from their leashes.

"You did look into the others too? Right?" Sammy adds at Ben's uncertainty.

"Not just me?"

"Um, does it really matter?" Ben asks, occupying himself with the stiggi.

Y/N takes this as a no. If Ben had looked into the others he would've just said so, but Ben hates to lie, so instead of just admitting it to her, he was trying to carefully dodge the question. But it's clearly not working.

"Ben..." Y/N sighs, already considering how this may play out.

"What!?" Sammy drops the stiggi leash and gasps.

"You're the only one I couldn't rule out right away!" Ben argues, "Like you said, you did spy before."

"That was a long time ago!" Sammy huffs.

"I know, I know, I'm sorry!" Ben throws his hands up, "But I promise, I do trust you."

"Now..." He finishes quietly as he releases his dino.

"Now!?" Sammy shouts.

"Sammy that's not what I meant!" Ben shouts back.

As soon as the leash drops off of Y/N's stiggi, it begins flailing around and screeching, clearly bothered by the yelling.

The other free dino beings squealing as well, the two of them ram into each other.

"Calm down!" Ben reaches towards the clashing dinos.

Y/N rolls to dodge out of the way of the bout.

"Sorry, I'm sorry!" Sammy gasps.

"Oh, you'll definitely be sorry." A voice calls from the doorway, the three of them turn around to find Bobby standing there, looking enraged.

He stomps in the cage and the three of them slowly back away, "What do you three think you're doing!?"

Sammy chuckles awkwardly, "Guys, I told you this wasn't the ladies room."

Bobby's face goes a bit red, and he lunges straight for Sammy, but Y/N stiff arms him to the side.

"Oh, you little!" Bobby grumbles as he picks himself up off the ground.

Ben keeps trying to free the third Stiggi but it's hard with all the commotion. He finally gets the leash off and all three of the dinos sprint from their cage, wreaking havoc throughout the amusement park.

Ben, Y/N and Sammy takes this opportunity to make a run for it, sprinting back towards the parking lot.

But just as they're nearing the fence, Bobby catches up to them and tackles Ben to the ground. He reels back for a punch, but Sammy makes quick work of pushing him into the dirt.

"Hands off my friend!" She shouts as Y/N helps Ben to his feet.

Bobby lunges for her again, but Sammy is ready. She weaves around him and kicks him in the back, sending him rolling in the dirt.

Bobby yells out in frustration.

"Alright, Ralph Macchio, let's get out of here." Y/N smirks, pulling Sammy along with him and Ben.

They run as fast as they can, their shoes slipping around in the dirt. When they finally make it to the van, they pile in and take a collective deep breath.

"Looks like Bobby's gonna need to find another attraction." Ben smirks, looking out the window as the stiggies run off into the dessert.

He starts the van, and they roll off back onto the street, cheering for their victory.

"Aw, man." Y/N pauses, "We never got any food."

"Not so fast," Sammy smirks, dumping a bunch of chips and corndogs out of her bag, "I got you covered.

She hands the two men a corndog each and takes one for herself.

"You totally saved my butt back there!" Ben beams.

"Seriously, girl," Y/N offers Sammy a high-five, which she eagerly accepts, "You're gonna have to teach me those moves some time!"

"You know, Sammy," Ben glances at her in the rearview mirror, "You're also on my list of loyal and amazing friends."

"Along with this dork." He nudges Y/N.

"Oh, yeah?" Sammy smirks.

"Totally!" Ben chuckles, "It goes Bumpy, corn dogs, then you guys."

"No wait!" He gasps, "Bumpy, corn dogs, my van, then you guys."

Sammy playfully punches him in the arm, and he chuckles.