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

𝟾. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚛𝚘𝚙

"What are you talking about?" Dudley frowns.

"Those guys who showed up with the dinos ran our van off a bridge." Sammy explains with her arms crossed.

"What?" Dudley let's out a surprised chuckle, "No..."

"So, you had nothing to do with it?" Y/N pushes.

"No way." Dudley sighs, "Here, come with me. We can go someplace safe."

"Figure out..." As he's trailing off, Sammy sweeps his leg, knocking him on his back. Y/N swipes his keys from off his belt loop and the four of them run off, Dudley calling after them.

The group maneuvers around between large storage containers, Ben taking the lead in the dim light. Once they're sure their far enough, they all stop to take a breather.

"Is that Cabrera dude in on this, or is he really bad at his job?" Yaz asks in a whisper.

"Either way, we shouldn't trust him." Y/N crosses his arms.

"But he did seem pretty clueless to me," He smirks, jingling the keys, "These'll get us into an office or something."

"There could be info about why two random DPW officers are after us." Ben nods.

"Or, at the very least, a phone, so we can warn Darius and Kenji." Yaz adds.

"There." Y/N nods towards a trailer-looking office building, looking around to see if the coast is clear.

"Wait--" He pauses, hearing a familiar low growl, "Did you hear that?"

"Is that--" Before Yaz can even finish Ben if off, the other's right behind him as he follows the sound.

"Bumpy!" He gasps, coming up to the container where she's being kept.

"I knew you'd get away from those raptors. Bet you gave 'em a wallop, didn't you?" Sammy grins.

"Don't worry, we're gonna get you outta here." Ben promises.

Bumpy blinks slowly, her pupils dilated as she begins stomping around and growling, shaking the crate.

"She never liked being locked up... but this is different..." Sammy steps back.

"Something must be wrong." Ben frowns, his hand u against Bumpy's prison.

"She looks--"

"Dead?" Yaz cuts Y/N off, reading the statement on the side of the crate, "It says dino number seven is deceased."

"You saw how those DPW officers treated those other dinosaurs. What if they did something to Bumpy?" Ben sighs as Bumpy bangs her tail against the walls.

"I swear, if they--" He fumbles with the stolen keys, "Which one of these opens this thing?"

Y/N hears a loud clanking and peers over to see an armed DPW officer patrolling the area.

"We got this," Yaz taps Y/N's arm, "You guys get Bumpy." She glances at Sammy and Ben.

"You sure you two will be okay?" Ben asks, earning him a couple of unimpressed looks from the couple, "...Just asking."

"We'll be fine." Y/N smiles, kissing the top of Ben's head, "And we'll be right back."

"Famous last words." Sammy jokingly sighs, earning her a playful nudge from Yaz before she and Y/N run off.

"Helloooo!" Y/N drawls as he and Yasmina move out into the open, revealing themselves to the officer.

"Boo." Yaz giggles before the two of them run off, leading the man on a chase and away from Ben, Sammy and Bumpy.

They zip across the pavement, making hard turns and slipping around as they maneuver the storage containers.

"Won't this guy ever quit?" Yaz scoffs as the man remains right on their tails.

Y/N glances behind him as the officer lines up a shot. He pushes Yaz out of the way and they keep running, never losing momentum.

"Look!" Yaz points out at a parking lot, DPW issued vehicles infesting it.

They both rush towards a white jeep, tugging at the door handles, but the car was locked... obviously.

"Woah, okay!" Y/N ducks down and ushers Yaz away as the officer shoots darts at them, the small bullets clinking against the vehicle.

They move onto the next truck, which is miraculously open with the keys sitting right in the driver's seat. Y/N hops in and Yasmina wastes no time following him.

Y/N turns the key in the ignition and speeds off, swerving around the DPW officer and onto the rough, grassy terrain.

"Y/N!" Yaz shouts, looking out the rearview mirror as a DPW truck gains on them.

"Don't worry about it." Y/N smirks, picking up the speed, something he's become notorious for at this point.

"You do have a plan, right?" Yasmina asks, clutching onto her seat for dear life.

"Always." Y/N chuckles as he pulls towards the gate of the large dino enclosure, smashing right through.

"Time for a dino stampede!" Yaz grins as Y/N honks the horn excessively, trying to spook the dinosaurs. But the dinos don't move. They barely even acknowledge them.

"Huh... that usually works..." Yasmina ponders.

"Plan B it is." Y/N shrugs, accelerating towards the water and swerving out of the way just at the right moment to cause the DPW driver to plunge into it.

With the officer off their tail Y/N turns back around, heading over to Ben and Sammy. They quietly roll in, trying not to bring any attention to themselves.

"Alright, here's the plan," Y/N starts, "We grab them, then we--"

"Wait--" Yaz's breath catches in her throat, "I see them... but you're not gonna like where they are."

Y/N follows Yasmina's gaze to see Sammy and Ben hiding out inside a DPW truck alongside Bumpy as it rolls out of the lot.

"Yeah. I don't like that at all." Y/N huffs.