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

𝟺. 𝙴𝚟𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝙰𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗

Y/N sits beside Ben on the floor of the pen, the two of them play a silent game of tic-tac-toe by scratching their symbols into the ground with a left-over bone from a dinos meal, though they're running out of room by now. Sammy and Yaz sit against the glass wall in silence while Yaz does sit ups, and Darius stares out into the lab.

"He left us..." Brooklyn finally mutters, breaking the silence in between Yaz's pants and her counting.

"I can't believe her just left us." She buries her head in her arms, "I don't get it!"

"Why would Kenji do this?" Yaz mumbles.

Ben sighs, "You think you know a guy."

"Maybe we're just... finally seeing his true colors." Y/N shrugs.

"Yeah, what you all said..." Sammy nods slowly, "What do you think Dar--"

"Four, three, two, one..." Darius stares at the clock on the wall and just as he finishes counting, the door slides open, and a BRAD-X enters.

It scans the teens and takes a brief moment before confirming, "All accounted for."

As soon as the bot leaves the room, Darius turns back to his friends, "Alright, guys, that BRAD patrols every half hour. Which means we have 30 minutes to find a way out of here." He explains, pacing the pen for a clue.

Without a word, the others rise to their feet and begin searching for an escape as well. Sammy and Brooklyn try to just tug the glass doors open while Ben practically begs Y/N to give him a boost onto the power box, which he does, regrettably.

"Oh, ah, a little to the left!" Ben wobbles, trying to balance on Y/N's hands with one foot.

Y/N stumbles more towards the box and Ben reaches out for it, "Yeah, okay, maybe if I can get my foot on to this I--"

Ben's foot slips and he plummets towards the ground, dragging Y/N with him. Sammy and Yaz rush over to help them up, Ben chuckles awkwardly.

"Pro tip: try not to step on my face next time." Y/N rolls his eyes and accepts Sammy's hand as she helps him up.

Ben chuckles, "Sorry, when I said left, I thought you'd go left. My bad."

Suddenly, their attention is directed to Darius and Brooklyn as the former pulls a giant grate out of the floor. They rush over to the hole and instantly plug their noses. The smell emitting from the ground can only be explained with one, very simple word. Shit. It smells like shit.

"Why does it smell do bad?" Sammy's voice is naisily.

"Pretty sure this is a sewer." Yaz recoils.

That explains it.

The kids hear footsteps approaching the door and rush to act casual as the BRAD comes in to check on them.

"All accounted for."

Once it leaves the room, Darius pulls the grate back up and the campers prepare themselves for the disgusting way down. Yaz jumps first, followed by Y/N, then Ben. All seven of them gradually make their way down to the sewers.

Just as Darius' feet land on the metal, an alarm starts blaring throughout the building overhead.

"That thing knows we're gone, we gotta move." Darius urges.

"This way?" Sammy points down the dark, winding hall, "Or maybe this way?" She points in the opposite direction, though they both look the same.

"I-- I don't know, we just gotta pick one." Darius huffs.

Suddenly, the water beneath them sloshes around and a bright green light accompanied with some very, very familiar metallic footsteps start towards them down the hall.