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

𝟷𝟶. 𝙰𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕

The kids race after Ben as he sprints through the jungle, his sights set on saving his best friend.

"Ben, slow down! We won't get Bumpy back without a plan!" Darius warns him in a hushed tone.

Y/N speeds up past his other friends to catch up to Ben, taking notice to how slow Yasmina's running.

All the campers finally come to a stop behind Ben right at the tree line. He's crouched down, watching the Kon's enter the warehouse, leaving two armed men to guard the door.

"Find her?" Brooklyn whispers, crouching down beside him .

"No, but I found Kenji and his new best friend." Ben motions towards the man at the door, the same man who was with Dr. Wu. The one that tried to kill them.

"Hawkes?" Y/N mumbles in shock.

"Ugh, Mr. Kon is exactly the type of guy who would work with a jerk like Hawkes." Darius grumbles.

"Yeah, but... who expected Kenji to be?" Brooklyn sighs.

"Well, at least he'll be mad when he sees the control chips are gone."

"And the blueprints are deleted," Darius beams, "How's he gonna sell his tech to BioSyn now?"

The campers turn their attention back to the door as Mr. Kon walks out, looking entirely unbothered.

"His 'mad face' looks pretty calm to me." Y/N whispers.

"So?" Hawkes turns to face his boss.

"The chips are gone, and the workshop is trashed." Mr. Kon explains casually.

"By the earthquake?" Kenji chimes in.

"And those children." His father scoffs.

"Okay, so what, we don't get paid?" Hawkes keeps his priorities straight.

"A Kon always thinks ahead," Daniel waves him off, "There's a backup of the chip schematics on a flash drive hidden in the jaws of one those BRAD-Xs."

"But all the BRAD-Xs are down, so--"

Kenji's cut off by his father, "So we turn them back on, son."

"And then it's just a matter of calling the right one over."

"Alright, let's go to the compound." Kenji shrugs and gets ready to leave.

"Hold on," Mr. Kon takes Kenji by the shoulder, "You're not going. I'm putting you in charge of the assets. The chips are the priority, but these dinosaurs need to be in perfect condition for Dodgson. And those twins, well..."

"Sure, dad." Kenji nods, "I'm on it."

Ben stands up with his fists clenched, "I'll follow Kenji, hopefully he'll lead me to Bumpy."

"Should we come with?" Y/N offers hopefully.

"No," Ben sighs, "The rest of you need to get to that flash drive first."

"Ben's right," Darius nods, "We didn't put all this work in to stop Mr. Kon just for him to blow it all up with a backup."

"I'll go with Ben anyway, couldn't hurt to have another set of hands." Y/N decides.

"Alright," Yaz nods, "Let's get to the compound before they do." Yaz starts off into the trees and the others follow.

Y/N and Ben walk side by side, carefully following Kenji through the jungle. Kenji stops in a large clearing and the boys hide out to watch.

The clearing holds multiple cages, the same ones from the docks. Two men are seated at some tables, using their controllers to move the dinosaurs around. One controlling Toro, and the other controlling... Bumpy.