Acura of Life

Woooow guys this story got a lot more love then I thought it would have gotten over the span of time it was out. I'm super glad you guys enjoyed the first chapter, and there's been a bit of editing and tweaking to the first chapter if you want to take a look.

Anyway, off with chapter 2, hope you guys like it, we get a bittt more detail on our human lead Micaela :P. Now, lets begin.

Chapter 2: The memories of the past

This was psychotic, Henry wanted her to be the trainer and caretaker for an Acrocanthosaurus, a 40-foot-long theropod that had 50 plus teeth of 3-inch daggers for teeth! She was getting lightheaded. She stumbled and tried to catch herself.

The Doctor acted quickly and rushed to grab Micaela before she dropped to the floor. He slowly placed her on one of the chairs in the incubator room. He ran out of the door to get her some water and something to eat. Micaela just sat there holding her head, how could she do this? How could she possibly be strong enough to raise such a monstrous animal.

She got herself together and looked up slightly to see the egg. It was still so small, so... innocent, it's hard to believe it would grow to become such a large animal, that could tear a hundred pounds off an animal with a single bite. She simply stared at the egg, and slowly fell to sleep.

It was a cold winter morning and the Bronze family was in the heat of a rush, Mr. Bronze was running around attempting to find his suitcase while his wife prepared to pack their children's lunches for school. Sat at the table was 11-year-old Micaela and her brother Jackson. They continued to munch on their toast while their father kissed their foreheads and his wife. "BYE DADDY" the both of them yelled as he ran out of the door. A couple minutes later they packed their school supplies and plopped their school bags on their backs. Their mother kissed them and sent them out so they would not miss their bus. They both yelled bye and ran to their bus stop, without tripping over the deep snow of course. Micaela was always thinking about her mother. Her mother, Alyssa Bronze was an extremely popular Animal caretaker, she was the caretaker for the Lion family at the Pittsburgh Zoo, and was also a national Geographic scientist and narrator for their series Earth.

Micaela always wanted to be like her mother, to raise exotic animals and protect them from the dangers of poaching and climate change. The lion population, for example has dropped around 50% since 1960, and her mother was one of the many people attempting to stop their numbers from dropping even further. Her brother and herself finally reached their bus, and both sat down next to their friends. Micaela, despite her age, was an extremely intelligent girl, knowing almost everything her teachers taught her, and she always seemed to be listening and wanting to learn more. However, she had a little secret, while her friends loved barbie dolls, and playing on their new smart phones, Micaela had another interest. Dinosaurs. Ever since she watched the Walking with Dinosaurs Series with her mother she was hooked. She could always learn more and more.

However, one day on the playground, would cause her love for dinosaurs to suddenly vanish. She was on the swing, rocking slowly back and fourth reading one of her prized dinosaur books, when her grade bullies started walking towards her. She tried to ignore them, but they were slowly making a b line for her. She closed her book quickly and tried to put it in her bag, but one of the boys grabbed it before she could. "Watcha got here Micaela, OH a dinosaur book, so you're a dino nerd huh?" She tried to ignore his insults while the other boys simply watched, but it slowly started getting to her. "OH I got one, we could call you DINO BRAIN, cause Dinosaurs had small brains HAHAHA." The other boys laughed in unison. "Go away Owen, I never did anything to you, so just give me my book and leave me alone…" He slowly looked over at her, "You want your book back? Here take it! As he proceeds to throw the book into the nearest puddle, completely wrecking it. She started to tear up, as Owen decided to say one last thing. "That's what you and your family will always be, a bunch of low life tree huggers, and you, you'll always be a DINO BRAIN!" The boys walked away laughing as she walked over to her book, completely ruined. She looked at it longingly, the insults of her bully still haunting her mind. She got up, leaving the book in the puddle, and slowly started walking away, small tears in her eyes "Never again" She silently muttered, repeating again and again, as she walked back into school.

Micaela suddenly burst awake, trying to grip her surroundings. She slowly calmed down and got her nerves under control. She looked up and saw Doctor Wu walking in with a glass of water, as well as a nurse. "Micaela are you okay, you almost passed out earlier, I went to go get you a nurse and some water." As he handed the water to Micaela. "Thank you, doctor, I don't know what got into me, but I believe I am feeling better now..."

Wu still called the nurse over to make sure she's okay. Checking her vitals, temperature and other small details. After the Nurse left, Wu sat back down next to her and the room was silent for a couple minutes. Micaela finally spoke. "I'm sorry doctor, but I am going to have to refuse this offer." Wu looked at her, pulled his glasses off his head, and simply got up. She could see the hurt in his yes, the hope he had, was all but gone.

"I am sorry this opportunity was not the one you saw fit Ms. Bronze." He put a ticket down on the table next to the door to the incubation room. "This ticket will get you a VIP pass back to the mainland, you can use it whenever you like today, it was… an honor to meet you Ms. Bronze, I wish you the best of fortune." He then left the room, leaving Micaela once again in the room alone with the egg.

She got up, grabbed the ticket, and walked out of the room leaving the lone egg in the room. She walked past the labs, keeping her hands in her pocket, and her head slightly lowered. She got to the exit. She hesitated a bit, looking back and seeing Incubation room 2, still with it's orange little light on. She pushed the door open and put her hand over her head to block out the bright sunlight shinning down on her. She looked around, noticing the hustle and buckle of the park. It was packed, the first hours of it's opening, and it was already a cluster. She wasn't too surprised as she began her small adventure though the park back to one of the departing ferries. She kept to herself, dodging all the excited kids, and their frantic parents trying to keep up. She could not deny, this park was beautiful, it's designs, the happiness it caused, it was definitely a great place. However, this was not her destiny, she had other places to be.

She spotted the dock, along with the fleet of ferries, as she altered her course and headed for the departure dock, obviously, there was barely no one here, apart from a few teenagers and families who probably did not enjoy it as much as they wanted. She walked up to the ticket booth, showed her ticket to the staff member, and got it back with the bar code taken off. "Thank you for visiting, we hope you had a great time with us." As the staff member smiled with a wave. Micaela slightly smiled back and began walking to the ferry.

Suddenly a familiar voice called out to her. "MICAELA WAIT!" She turned back, and saw Henri Wu running towards her with something in his hand. He caught up to her and had to catch his breath. "What is it Doctor, I've already made my decision, there's no effort in stopping me now."

He finally caught his breath and looked up "I wasn't trying to convince you again… phew, but you forgot this when you left the Incubation room." He lifted the necklace from his hand, and a golden necklace with a sharp tooth hanging from its cord. Micaela went wide eyed, and suddenly memories started flooding back.

The lights off the ambulance rang as it sped down the freeway at high speeds, trying to get their patient in the back to the hospital. In the back, Alyssa Bronze, on a raspatory system trying to stay alive. Sat next to her, was her 2 children, Jackson and Micaela sat with worry in their eyes. Following the ambulance at high speeds was their Father. The ambulance got to the hospital, and the paramedics worked fast to get her inside, followed by her husband helping their children down from the vehicle. Their mother was rushed into emergency, as the rest of her family sat in the waiting room, hoping for a miracle. Hours and hours went by, hours feeling like days, until finally, a doctor called their father over.

Their father walked back and told them their mother wanted to speak to them. They slowly walked in and the rushed to their mother, crying and calling for her to get better. "Shhhh my little snowflakes." as they looked up to her with teary eyes. Their mother explained to them what was happening, but that she would always be there for them, they would never be alone. After taking to her son, she called her daughter over. "My little angel, you were always what I dreamed my daughter would be, but you are so much more than that. I want you to believe in yourself, you are strong, brave and smart. You will be anything you want to be. She slowly took off her necklace, and handed it to her, the gold and bright tooth shinning in the room light. She places it in her daughters' hands, folding them over each other, and smiled at her. "You and your brother, will always be my greatest creation. Nothing will change that. You will always be… my little diamonds."

The kids were brought just outside the room, leaving her mother and father alone. They both, silently hearing the long beep from inside the room a few minutes later, her brother crying, as she held him close. In her other hand, the necklace, that she would cherish dearly. She will not let her mother down. Her thought slowly fading away as she held her brother closer, with the sound of a long beep, blanking all her thoughts.

Micaela looked at the necklace, and slowly took it from Doctor Wu. "Thank you, Doctor, this means a great deal to me." He smiled, and gave her a small wave, as she started walking to the ferry before the Doctor added. "That's a nice Acrocanthosaurus tooth by the way, it's the best intact one I've ever seen.

Micaela almost immediately halted in her tracks, and looked back to him. "W..what did you say?" He slightly giggled, the tooth on your necklace, it's an Acro tooth, you can tell by the sharpness and size of it, beautiful tooth. Micaela slowly grabbed the tooth with her fingers and looked at it. She stood there for what felt like a century, before Wu spoke. "Well, I must be off, enjoy your trip back, and thank you, for giving this a try." He started to walk away, before Micaela spoke up.

"WAIT!" He halted, and turned around, "Is everything okay?" looking over at her with a concerned face. She walked up to him, tooth in hand, and gave him the most determined face she has ever had. "Doctor WU, I would like to take you up and your offer and become the Caretaker for your Acrocanthosaurus. Wu had the biggest smile on his face, before saying.

As she looked down, at her necklace her mother gave her, "I won't let you down mom, I'll be the person I've always wanted to be". I look back up at Doctor. Wu, "I'm ready Doctor, let's do this." As we both begin walking back to the research center, both of us with big smiles on our faces.

"Micaela Bronze, welcome, to Jurassic world."

Holy crap guys this chapter, I felt so much emotion writing it and I really hope you all do as well. Now for a little question if you guys wish to answer. This chapter is on the short side, but I wanted to get an update out for you guys. So my question is, I will be able to update every Monday, at 8pm EST, and the chapters will be around 4-5k words. Would you guys like me to make them slightly longer at 6k words or make them slightly smaller at 3k words.

Let me know what you guys would like, and I hope you enjoy this chapter :P

Until next time, Vaporzz out :D