Camp Cretaceous (Ben x F!Reader) *Slow Updates*

Chapter 58

I'm back :D

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Y/n POV

There was a beeping alarm sound coming from Dr. Turner's tablet. She turns around and says, "Hmm. That's a new sound." While she's busy looking at the tablet, we huddle and Sammy whispers, "I don't think she has any idea Mantah Corp is bad news, which makes them double evil lying liars!" Dr. Turner reads out loud, "'Unauthorized life form detected in sector four.' "Elimination protocol initiated.' Oh, that sounds extreme." Darius asks, "What's 'Elimination protocol'?"

Ben POV

We watch in horror as the robo-dog shoots out electricity at the compy. We hide behind the boulder as we hear the compy get zapped, then the robot continues to scan the area with it's green lasers. We peek from the boulder and we see the robot start to walk towards us. We keep hiding behind the boulder and hope it doesn't scan us.

Y/n POV

Sammy, Darius, Aleem, Dr. Turner and I are all running to hopefully where the others are. My eyes widen as I see some sort of green scanner moving around a large area of the jungle. I gasp as I see some sort of robot dog, what in the world is that doing here? As the robot is about to check what's behind the boulder, Dr. Turner shouts, "Oi!" The robot turns around and scans her, when it finishes it says, "Dr. Mae Turner, authorized life form. What can I do to assist you?" Dr. Turner chastises, "Never do that again for starters. You killed a Compsognathus I could have studied! We don't have any here on the island. Why would you do that?" The robot responds monotone, "Primary directive is to protect biome ecostasis. Unrecognized lifeforms pose a threat to ecostasis. Finishing patrolling."

I almost gasped when I see the others crawl from the boulder, just as the robot is about to turn and see them Dr. Turner shouts, "Wait! Uh... No, never mind." She managed to distract it long enough for them to run away from it's proximity. The robot then goes back to scanning the area, I let out a sigh of relief. Thankfully the others managed to get to us safely. "Thank goodness you're all okay" says Dr. Turner when she approaches us. Ben questions somewhat angry, "What was that thing?!" She answers Ben, "One of the BRADs. Bio Robotic Assistance Droids. They care for the island, but I had no idea they did that!" Brooklyn asks sarcastically, "You mean killing?!"

Dr. Turner looks down as she says, "Back to the cave. The BRADs aren't authorized to go in there, you'll be safe inside. And then, you can explain why you lied to me, and why you were out here in the first place!" We all look at each other, guess we'll have to tell the truth.

~Time Skip~

We're all back in the cave, most of us are sitting down as Dr. Turner waits for us to answer her questions from earlier. Sammy started to tell her about her story of Mantah Corp, "After everything Mantah Corp said they'd do to my family, can you blame us for not trusting you?" Dr. Turner answers , "No, I suppose not. But the work I'm doing is good. How could understanding dinosaurs be bad?" Brooklyn adds sarcastically, "Yeah, well, until five minutes ago, you thought those BRADs were just friendly assistants." Dr. Turner tries to defend, "Okay, the BRADs were programmed to protect the biomes. I don't think anyone anticipated six kids and a Compy showing up unannounced."

After she finishes her tablet beeps, and she curses, "Drat, It's almost dinner time." She grabs her tablet and gets up, Kenji asks, "What, you getting takeout?" She answers back, "Dinner time for the T-rexes. I get the rare opportunity to observe mother-daughter eating habits. It's actually surprisingly sweet. Until I can figure out how to ensure your safety, you all remain here." Yasmina answers with sarcasm as she lifts her feet onto the table, "Stay away from killer robots and dinosaurs? Yeah, no problem." As she leaves and the door slides close, Sammy and Darius look at each other. Both of them get up and leave, Aleem asks me, "Do you want to see the feeding?"

I shake my head and sigh putting my face in my hands, "It would be nice but I don't want to get in trouble and you?" Aleem looks down, "Yeah, I'll stay with you." We both sit next to each other and look at a random magazine with boredom. I look up and see Kenji trying to scoot closer to Brooklyn but Ben sits between them, most likely not noticing Kenji's movements. So it seems he likes her, how curious. Suddenly Yasmina calls out while holding cards, "Hey! Ben, how about a game?" He responds back, "Not much of a card person." Yasmina sets the cards down, defeated and walks behind the couch they're on, "Cool, Yeah,...cool. Uh...Them, uh, wanna help me make some snacks in the kitchen?"

I narrow my eyes, she better not be trying anything with Ben. Ben doesn't get to answer as Kenji sits up and exclaims annoyed, "I do, Yaz!" As they both walk into the kitchen, Aleem whispers into my ear, "What's up with them?" I chuckle silently and whisper back, "Love trouble, I guess." Aleem facepalms softly and goes back to reading the magazine. When Kenji and Yasmina walk back from the kitchen the door slides open. Confused as nobody walks in, I listen and hear robotic movements approaching. Yasmina gasps as Ben exclaims, "She said they weren't allowed in here!" Kenji pulls Brooklyn and says, "Hide!"

We all run into the farthest corner and hide under the sparsely available furniture. I can hear it scanning the room and walking around. I see it get close to where Ben and Yasmina are hiding and scans Dr. Turner's desk. It starts to walk away but turns and sees Ben and Yasmina, it's scanner turns red as it says, "Unauthorized life form detected." It starts to charge up it's electrical shot but suddenly Kenji comes in and hits it's head with a pan causing it to fly off. The rest of the body collapses as the exposed wires spark. Kenji sighs and asks them, "You guys okay?" They smile, signaling that they are physically okay. We help them up as Brooklyn amuses, "Wow. Did you see that swing? Oh, it was perfect!"

I see Yasmina grab Ben's shoulder, but Ben side-eyes her and says, "Hey, guys. Could you give me and Yaz a second?" Brooklyn replies, "Uh... sure." I scoff softly and walk to the couch again, this better not be mixed signals.

Ben POV

As the others walk away, I decide to confront Yaz about the way she's been acting towards me recently. All that smiling and trying to spend time with me isn't sitting right with me. "Yaz, listen. Um... You're a great girl, and I like you. But I just don't like-like you. You know about Y/n and me, right?" Yaz's eyes widened at what I just said, "What?" I keep talking, "Don't be upset. It's just that Y/n and me are a thing, and we still have to work things out. It isn't perfect but I love her... and you acting like this makes me uncomfortable considering the relationship." Yaz seems to cringe and looks somewhere else, "Ben! I... totally understand... Thanks." I pat her shoulder and walk away, I hope Y/n didn't hear that.

Y/n POV

I have my arms crossed as I see Brooklyn and Kenji spying on whatever Ben and Yasmina are talking about. "You seem jealous, sis. Something making you grow jelly?" asks Aleem, seemingly making fun of me. I huff, "Don't make me think about it." I roll my eyes. The door suddenly opens and Dr. Turner walks in with a white cub in her hand, then looks up and sees the broken BRAD. Darius and Sammy catch up to her as she asks, "What happened here?" Kenji answers, "Uh, it came in a few minutes after you left. It was scanning all over the place." Sammy turns to Dr. Turner and says, "There goes the one place we were supposed to be safe."

Dr. Turner sighs and responds, "Apologies, Sammy. Seems you were right to be suspicious of Mantah Corp." Sammy smiles and Dr. Turner goes to her desk, placing the white cube on it.

"Time to find out what they're doing to my dinosaurs."

A computer beeps as it shows that a BRAD was destroyed. The computer screen is smashed in anger. The sound of an elevator closing is heard. 

Someone is coming.