⍟ Strings {A Camp Cretaceous x Male Reader Story - Ben}

𝟾. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚘𝚜 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚢

A/N: N/N means nickname.

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"They're on their way now!" Darius shouts, still talking to Brooklyn through the camera, even though she can't hear them.

"I... I know what I have to do." He turns to face Y/N and Sammy.

"I have to stop them. Alone."

"What? No way." Y/N shakes his head.

"You're gonna get killed if you go it alone!" Sammy shouts.

"I have to... this is all my fault." Darius sighs.

"What are you talking about?" Sammy's face falls.

"Look," Darius starts, "The only reason Mitch and Tiff know about the watering hole is because I showed them."

"I'm the one who didn't listen to you guys! The dinosaurs are in danger because of me!"

"I promised you all that I'd get you home. And I--" He looks up to meet his friends' concerned gazes.

"Mitch said their boat is at the northwest dock. Get everyone together and get off the island now while Mitch and Tiff are busy."

"What about you?" Sammy asks.

"Darius I--" Y/N starts.

Suddenly, the intercom crackles.

"We've got your back, Darius. Forget the boat, Mitch and Tiff are going down!" An eerily familiar voice shouts.

"Ben!?"

"You're alive?"

"Holy shit."

Y/N, Darius, and Sammy stand dumbfounded.

"Oh, rightttt, you didn't know, yeah." Ben says casually.

"Also, we found the sound button, so we can hear you."

It's silent for a second.

"And I defeated Toro." Ben quickly adds.

...

"Bumpy also says hi."

The trio have no words, their mouths wide open in shock.

"I think I broke them..." Ben mumbles, staring at the frozen teens.

"Yeah, Ben's alive, we're very happy about it." Yasmina takes over the mic.

"Point is, we're not going to let you do this alone!" Brooklyn adds.

"We're in."

"You don't get it. You guys can get to the boat, save yourselves." Darius argues.

"No, you don't get it." Y/N shakes his head, "You're one of us."

"And we're not gonna let Mitch and Tiff get away with killing dinosaurs." Brooklyn sounds determined.

"It's dino saving time! Camp fam for life!" Sammy shouts giddily, pulling Y/N and Darius in for a hug.

"Okay... now that we've established lifelong camp family status, how do we stop them?" Yasmina asks.

"Feed them both to the Mosasaurus!" Ben replies excitedly.

Everybody goes silent.

"Really feels like we're not getting our full use out of the Mosasaurus, guys..." Ben mumbles in disappointment.

"Well, uh, if Mitch and Tiff are going to the watering hole to kill dinosaurs, all we have to do is--" Y/N begins.

"Make sure there aren't any dinosaurs there for them to kill!" Darius' face lights up.