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

𝟽. 𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜...

There's a moment of tension as the four of them stare at the van sloppily peeled off on the side of the road. Gia turns on her indicator and pulls over the car.

The van tilts off the edge of the street and into the grass, Y/N notices the Biosyn logo marking the side door.

"That can't be good." Sammy shudders.

"You don't think that Pyrobird-thing is still in there, do you?" Kenji quizzes.

"...We should check." Y/N decides.

Sammy nods stoically, "Make sure the driver's okay."

Kenji hesitates, "We do have some time before our flight... sure."

"What's one more weird encounter, huh? Our final tour."

"An encore, if you will." He nudges Sammy playfully.

"Encore it is." She unclips her seatbelt and slips out of the car.

Y/N follows behind her, lingering outside of the car as they wait for Kenji, who groans as he gets up.

"You know?" Kenji stretches dramatically, "I bet bands hate encores. They're probably just exhausted and wanna go home." He chuckles.

"I'd bet." Sammy turns away and inches towards the van.

Kenji and Y/N share a glance before going after her.

The three of them creep towards the seemingly abandoned vehicle, observing its surroundings for anything that seems off.

"Tire's flat." Sammy whispers.

"No tranq dart. No slashes." Y/N observes.

"Maybe it's just from going off road?" Kenji suggests.

"I'll take it." Sammy nods before suddenly stopping in her tracks, her eyes falling on the shutdown keypad on the back of the van.

"We betting something's in there, or already out?" Kenji glances at his friends.

"Out." Y/N turns to Kenji.

"We'll check the back." He nods towards the van.

"And I'll check on the driver." Sammy turns to head the other way.

The two men hesitantly approach the back of the vehicle, Kenji taking a deep breath before they both reach for one of the door handles.

Y/N holds his hand up, counting down.

3...

2...

1.

They pull the doors open to reveal nothing inside but the trace of a few red feathers. Kenji finally allows himself to breathe while Y/N pokes his head in, trying to get a better look.

"Maybe we should--" Kenji's cut off by his own distressed scream.

Y/N whirls around as Sammy sprint over, both of them terrified about what danger Kenji's come across.

"Oh." Y/N scoffs when he spots it.

"What!?" Sammy skids to a stop beside them.

"That thing is disgusting!" Kenji huffs, pointing at the giant cricket sitting in the middle of the road.

"Did that pop the tire?" Sammy tilts her head.

Kenji whimpers as the insect skitters closer and closer before finally opening its wings and flying off.

The three of them trail it with their eyes, watching as it heads towards the trees until its suddenly torn out of the air by the jaws of an all too familiar dino.

Sammy gasps, pulling her friends back behind the door of the van to hide from the creature. The three of them crouch down, their eyes drifting over to Gia as she slowly and silently inches back into the car.

She beckons them over and they obey, quietly tip toeing towards her as the dinosaur continues with its meal. They make it to the car and pile inside, slowly shutting the doors.

The Pyroraptor flicks its head towards them just as Gia moves to lock the doors. They duck down, hoping the frost on the windows will allow them to blend in with the rest of the car as the dino approaches.

It sniffs around the car, its hot breath melting some of the frost before it trots around to the other side of the vehicle.

Gia shushes Smoothie, gently trying to hold his mouth shut as he squeals and flails around in her arms.

The raptor bangs its head against Sammy's window, and she has to cover her mouth to muffle the gasps of fear.

It then leaps up onto the hood of the car, bouncing up and down on it like the Pixar lamp and shaking the entire thing.

Nobody moves until they see its retreating figure through the back window.

Gia sighs as everyone allows themself to relax, "It's heading back to town."

Sammy huffs, looking back at the boys, already knowing what they're doing next.

"Second encore?" Kenji offers.