Okiedokie. This is my sequal to To Survive YAY few of you asked for something like this but I made one anyway cause I got bored! This story shall be done in chapter format seeing as I'm to lazy to write out everything at once again. Thank you for your time I do ever so much hope you'll enjoy...and if you don't oh well.

Screeches echoed through the halls, screams of dying victims following. Diana and Newt huddled together in an air-vent hiding until the slaughter was over. Scratching sounded at the front entrance. Diana pushed Newt behind her and shouldered her rifle. The young girl whimpered. "shh newt." The scratching stopped and Diana edged forward quietly making her way to the small hole. Peering inside Diana let out a sigh, it was nothing. Suddenly an eight legged creature leapt out wrapping itself around Diana's face. She let out gargled screams until…

Diana awoke with a scream, and rolled off the cold metal table and onto the floor. She huddled herself in a corner muffling a pained whimper. "Well you certainly didn't wake like the others." Diana looked at the man whom had spoken. "Who are you? And where the hell am I?" The man eyed her for a moment before tossing her the sheet. "Cover yourself. My name is Clemens. I'm the Medical Officer here on Fury 161." Diana wrapped the sheet around herself. "Great, I'm on one of Weyland-Yutani's backwater work prisons. Where are the others?" Clemens sighed and shook his head as he walked to a cabinet and began pulling out clothes. "The woman Ripley and the man Hicks are here…the little girl didn't make it and the android was smashed beyond repair." Diana's chest tightened and it became hard to breath. "Newt…" Tears ran down her face and she almost fell back to the floor but two arms wrapped around her. "I'm sorry Diana…" Diana looked up at the man who'd caught her. "God Hicks why? She was so young…" Hicks picked Diana up and sat on the metal table rocking her slightly. "Was she your daughter?" The grief stricken woman looked up at the doctor. "Yes, I adopted her after her mother died." The doctor nodded to himself. "I am terribly sorry…There is a bathroom over there and here are some clothes. I'll be outside waiting."

Diana looked up at Hicks. "How long was I out?" He looked down at her and then up at the wall. "You were out a good two days longer than Ripley and I. We were beginning to get worried." Diana looked up at him and caressed his face. "I'm sorry." Hicks smiled. "It's alright…Common let's get you dressed." Diana shakily stood and dropped the sheet. All the wounds she had received on LV-426 had healed, but many left scars like she had feared. "You are still beautiful Diana." Hicks pulled her against him and kissed her softly. "How did she die Dwayne?" Diana pulled away and began dressing. "She drowned in her cryotube Dr. Clemens doesn't think that she was aware of it." Diana nodded, sniffling as she pulled on the last of her ensemble. "Can we get something to eat?" Hicks smiled and nodded. "Common."

Together they walked down the dimly lit hallways to the mess hall. "You're limping." Diana nodded. "I know, I don't think my hip healed right, it feels…off." Hicks nodded slightly. "We'll have Clemens look at it later." The aburn haired woman shook her head. "It's only going to raise questions. I'll be fine." The pair stepped into the mess hall and the room went quiet. "So there's the other one..." Hicks placed a possessive hand on the small of her back and lead her to the buffet. "Oh my god! Real food!" Hicks smiled. "It's only cornbread and soup lady." Diana looked up at the black man who'd spoken. "Well compared to what I had been eating before this is a gift from god!" Diana picked up her tray and walked over to said man. "Diana they really don't like..." Diana brushed off Hicks' warning and sat down. "Hey I'm Diana." The men ignored her and Diana chuckled and began eating. "Sorry to dissapoint you but I'm not leaving anytime soon. Get used to it. I don't want to be here as much as you don't want me here." One man looked at her a dark look on his face. "Dillon. Murderer. Rapist of wemon." Diana cracked a smile and brushed her hair out of her face. "Nice to meet you Dillon." Hicks put a hand on her thigh and squeezed. "You've been crying. Was the girl yours?" A wave of grief washed over the lone woman and she closed her eyes forcing back tears. "Yes." Dillon looked her over. "A little young aren't you?" Diana forced a small smile. "I adopted her after her mother...died." Diana picked up her tray no longer hungry and walked out leaving Hicks to follow.

Diana stopped in the middle of the hallway and wrapped her arms around his stomach and started to cry. "I'm sorry Dwayne I didn't mean to be..." "Shh Diana, its okay I understand." Diana shook her head. "It's not okay, Newt didn't deserve to die!" Running steps were heard down the hall as Ripley appeared. "There was an alien on the ship." Hicks stiffened and pulled away Diana still holding his arm. "What?" Ripley panted a little. "There was an alien on board with us. It's here." Diana squeezed Hicks' arm. "We have to warn them." Ripley stepped towards Diana. "Diana...You should know something...it was in Newt's capsule." Diana's legs gave out. "Oh god no. Is her body here." Ripley nodded. "It's on ice." Hicks knelt next to her. "Diana we can check there's a posiblity that it didn't get in." Diana shook her head. "It's a fool's hope"

"Dr. Clemens I need your help." The doctor looked up from the medical report he had been reading. "What can I help you three with?" Diana took a deep breath. "I need you to do an autopsy on Newt." Clemens looked more than a little surprised. "Why?" Ripley stepped in. "A possible contingent." Clemens' eyes narrowed slightly. "What kind of contingent." Diana shook her head. "A deadly one now please this is in public interest so unless you feel like dying please hurry." Clemens hesitated. "Does this have anything to do with the burn marks that have been found?" The trio stiffened. Diana leaned against Hicks. "Maybe…."

Newt's body lay on a metal table, from her waist down was covered in a white sheet. Clemens looked expectantly at Diana and Ripley. "The cause of death was drowning." Ripley shook her head. "Open her chest." When the doctor began making the cut Diana hid her face in Hicks chest tears leaking from her eyes. His arms wrapped around her and tightened when Clemens began sawing at the child's sternum. With the crack of ribs breaking it was over. "We have nothing unusual. Everything in place. No sign of disease. No sign of any contagion.-Lungs flooded with fluid - ergo, she drowned." Diana sniffed and turned. "Thank you." Clemens rolled his eyes. "Now, since I'm not entirely stupid, do you want to tell me what you're really looking for?" Hicks sighed and was about to answer when a door smashed open, the Superintendent Andrews and his assistant, Aaron, clattering down the stairs to the scene of the autopsy. "Mr. Clemens." Andrews acknowledged. Clemens looked up . "Superintendent. I don't believe you've met Corporal Diana." The superintendent brushed off the introduction. "What's going on, Mr. Clemens?" Aaron like an echo repeated his superior. "Right sir, what's going on Mr. Clemens?" Diana rolled her eyes already disliking the pair. Clemens readily answered probably used to it from the number of years he had served in the prison. "First, Corporal Diana is feeling much better, as well as Lieutenant Ripley and Corporal Hicks. I'm happy to say. Second, in the interests of public health, I'm conducting an autopsy." Andrews started getting red in the face. "Without my authority?" Clemens remained calm under the scrutiny of the larger man. "There didn't seem to be time, but it's all turned out all right, the body shows no signs of contagion." Andrews nodded slightly but was still fuming. "Good. But it might be helpful if Corporal Diana and Lt. Ripley didn't parade around in front of the prisoners, as I am told they have in the last hour. It might also be helpful if you kept me informed as to any change in their physical status. Or would that be asking too much?" Ripley stepped forward unfazed by the man's rant. "We have to cremate the body." Andrews huffed out a breath. "Nonsense. We'll keep the body on ice until a rescue team arrives." Aaron chuckled slightly then looked to his superior. "Cremate—that's a good one, sir." Hicks spoke up looking at Clemens. "There is the public health issue…" Clemens looked like he wanted to sight. "The corporals feel that there is the possibility of a communicable infection." Andrews stared at Clemens. "I thought you said there was no sign of disease." Clemens nodded slightly. "It would appear that the child drowned, though without the proper laboratory tests its impossible to be absolutely certain- but I think it would be unwise to tolerate even the possibility of an unwanted virus. An out break of…cholera would look very bad on your report, wouldn't it?"

The unhappy superintendent turned toward the trio. "We have twenty-five prisoners in the facility. All double Y chromos, all thieve, rapists, murderers, forgers, child molesters…all scum…but scum that have taken on religion. I, for one, don't think that makes them any less dangerous. So I try not to offend their convictions. I don't want to disturb the order. I don't want ripples in the water. And I don't want women walking around giving them ideas." Diana was too emotionally exausted to argue so she just nodded and leaned against Hicks. Ripley rolled her eyes slightly though. "Yes. Obviously for our own personal safety." Andrews nodded. "Exactly." They locked eyes for a moment before Andrews turned back to Clemens. "I will leave the details of the cremation to you, Mr. Clemens." With that the duo left leaving behind the autopsy.

Diana's legs almost gave out again but Hicks picked her up. "You need your rest." He carried her up to the infirmary and laid her down in one of the beds. Diana grabbed the back of his shirt. "Please don't leave me." Hicks nodded and crawled in beside her and together they fell asleep. Mumbling quiet 'I love yous'.

R&R please. - Ashten