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

𝟹. 𝙳𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚑

"I don't wanna hear it! That destructive carnivore should've been put down months ago!" He points at Bumpy accusatorily.

"She's an herbivore," Y/N scoffs, "Sammy who is this guy?"

"He owns this property," Sammy sighs, running her foot through the dirt beneath them.

"I sure do," Carl crosses his arms, "And that monster's been wrecking my property! Now it's nearly crushed me!"

"Look what it did to my truck!"

"I just can't wait to call the DPW and see that creature dragged outta here." He turns back to Sammy and Y/N, pure malice in his eyes, "There's nothing you can say to me to defend that monster this time."

"You're lucky if that thing sees another night not mounted on my wall!"

"She's not the monster here!" Ben shouts, stomping towards them.

"Well, ain't you brave?" Carl gets up in his face and spits on the ground in front of him.

"Maybe I'll just skip past the DPW and take care of that menace myself. Use something a little more... effective than a truck." He grins evilly.

"I'd like to see you try." Y/N folds his arms, coming to stand beside Ben.

"Now, let's all hold our horses a moment, and not do anything to escalate this predicament than we already have." Sammy comes between the two parties.

"I'm just gonna assume you all hear me through those stares," She adds when none of the men reply.

"Here's what we're gonna do," She turns to Carl, "I'll get Bumpy off your property and fix the fence extra well this time. I mean that."

"Carl, go home, and I'll bring over one of my famous pies. How's that sound?"

Carl snarls, locking eyes with Ben.

"Get outta here, Carl." Y/N spits, "Before you do something you'll regret."

He sneers one more time, shifting his gaze from Y/N, to Ben, to Sammy before turning around and getting back in his truck.

He drives off, making sure to speed extra close to the group, probably in an attempt to intimidate them.

"Dude was totally bluffing." Ben scoffs.

"Not really the bluffing type, more of the loose-cannon type." Sammy puts her hands on her hips and looks up at Ben and Y/N.

"He seems like a guy who owns actual cannons." Darius huffs, coming up beside them.

"You should make him a mud pie." Ben rolls his eyes.

"Arsenic pie sounds better." Y/N scoffs.

"Oh shoot, my pie!" Sammy sighs and runs off towards the house, "Let's go Bumpy!"

"Wait, we need to talk to you!" Ben calls after her, "It's important."

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟

Darius, Y/N and Ben lean on the counter, catching their breath while Sammy takes the pie out.

"The pie is--"

"No!" Ben cuts Sammy off this time, "No more distractions! We need to talk to you!"

"Someone is hunting us! I don't know who, but I think those same people were behind Brooklynn's death."

"And they're after all of us, that means we need to warn Yaz and Kenji. If these people... and raptors, apparently, find any of us, they'll..."