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

𝟻. 𝙶𝚒𝚟𝚎 & 𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎

Y/N hesitates for a moment before getting an idea, "We'll go around!"

He rushes across the platform with Darius on his heels and retrieves the shock prod that had rolled off the roof previously. He runs for the door on the other side, cursing under his breath when he realizes its locked.

He looks up at the roof and the predator sitting on it, second thoughts clouding his thoughts for only a moment.

"Stay close." He turns to Darius, "Match my exact path."

Darius swallows the lump in his throat before nodding unsurely. Y/N turns back around, making quick work of scaling the ladder onto the roof. He weaves around the Quetzalcoatlus, sliding under it and effectively throwing it off.

He only takes a second's glance back at Darius before dropping down into one of the, now shattered, skylights and onto a table below. Darius follows right behind and lands on top of him, both men groaning in pain.

They roll from the table and onto the floor just as an obnoxiously familiar beak descends upon them. As the two of them scramble underneath a desk to buy them some time, Darius wipes the sweat from his brow.

"That was... impressive." He chuckles, leaning his head back against the wall, "What now?"

"I stopped thinking ahead when the door was locked." Y/N shakes his head, "I'm stumped."

"No problemo... we'll just..." Darius looks around, desperate for anything, "There!" He points over at the wall where a stun gun is mounted.

"Bowman, you're a genius!" Y/N grins, shaking the man by his shoulders.

The apparent bonding is interrupted by the beak of their newest opposition as the creature tears the desk off the ground and tries to pull it through the tiny skylight hole.

The two men rush for the wall, Darius snatching up the gun and some ammo. As he tries to load the darts, the beak returns, snapping towards him and smacking the gun from his hands.

"Okay, okay, another idea!" Y/N quickly helps Darius with the ammo before sliding over to the other side of the room, "When I say go... slide under the skylight and shoot."

"WHAT!?" Darius exclaims.

"It'll be fine, D!" Y/N encourages.

"What if I-- What if it--" The other man begins to ramble.

"Darius--" Y/N pauses, pulling the two of them away as the creature pecks into the room once again, "You're freaking out! You can do this! You've done plenty of things like this before!" He holds the man by his shoulders, "Do you want me to do it instead?"

"No... No, you're right!" Darius grips the gun, "This is easy!"

"That's the spirit." Y/N grins, "Now wait for my signal..." He inches forward, grabbing a desk chair and pushing it forward, the seat rolling underneath the skylight and tapping against the Quetzalcoatlus' beak.

The predator instantly snaps at the object, pulling up through the skylight and trashing it around.

"Darius, now!" Y/N shouts and Darius listens. He runs over, sliding under the opening and getting three clean stun shots into the Quetzalcoatlus' chest.

He remains there for a moment, his breathing heavy as he and Y/N wait for the creature above them to cease movement. It screeches for a moment, dropping the chair back through the hole and shaking its head from side to side.

Y/N nods towards the door and Darius is quick to get to his feet. The two men creep out as silently as they can and climb down the ladder towards the truck.