Lynn awoke at the sound of a shrilling alarm. Who designed this as a wake up call, anyway? She rubbed her eyes and groaned. How did she get on this godforsaken station again? Oh yea, she chose this hellhole.

Lynn was escorted into a large room alongside with many other inmates. She was confused; in her three years here, a "meeting" never occurred before, so why now? She worked, she ate, she slept, and the cycle repeated. Nothing ever happened. Nothing ever changed.

Four guards were separating them into two lines: males and females. It seemed she was not the only one confused as to what was happening, chatter was growing increasingly louder as more inmates were brought in. A loud bang was heard as the last inmate walked in and the doors were slammed shut.

The chatter immediately silenced as a man walked to the center of the room. He wore a suit with a "Weyland-Yutani" name tag clipped on his right breast. Lynn had heard of the Weyland company before, who hadn't? They were a prominent company in the terraforming market. Building Better Worlds. Why would a terraforming businessman visit a high security prison? On Earth, no less!

All eyes were on him as he coughed into his hand. "Greetings. You may call me Walker. I am sure many of you are wondering why I am here, but what if I said I could shorten your sentence for a little of your time?"

Silence was the only answer to his question.

Walker chuckled, "tough crowd we have here. As I am aware, every single person that was escorted into this room has a sentence of a minimum of 15 years to a maximum of a life term. With the permission of your higher ups, Weyland-Yutani is willing to make a deal. You see, we have a space station that needs some working on. And I've been told the living quarters here are quite crowded. Work for us. We ask for five years. Then..."

Walker paused for emphasis, "you're free. Completely free. A second chance. You have one day to think about this, and one day only. If you agree, you will each be assigned a specific job and be trained for that job. I will see you all at this time again tomorrow, choose carefully and good day."

The guards immediately started directing the inmates back out of the room. No one protested; they were simply dumbfounded. Lynn could not believe what she just heard. It was true the prison was over crowded, but was something like this even legal? Law wasn't her forte, but she was positive this was something being done behind closed doors. Why would Weyland-Yutani be interested in hiring criminals? Didn't they have enough personnel to work on whatever stations they made? She was just so confused.

Lynn lay in her cot and thought her current situation over. She had been given a twenty year sentence. She had seventeen more years to go. She was not interested in any space affairs, and much preferred to stay on Earth, but the offer of being free in just five years was too appealing. She was only 27 years old! Half her life would be gone in the next seventeen years! This "deal" Weyland-Yutani offered could be described as shady at best. If it was too good to be true, well it probably was just that.

Lynn groaned. Every fiber in her being screamed at her to reject the offer. There HAD to be a catch to this. But what if there wasn't? Maybe she was just paranoid. As sleep took over, Lynn made her final decision. She would take the risk. She wanted her freedom more than anything else, and she was willing to do anything to get it.

As expected, she was escorted into the same room the very next day. And true to his word, Walker was there waiting as well. Lynn looked around; there was maybe, 300, no, 400 other inmates? Walker interrupted her train of thought.

"Well, let's get to this. I am a busy man and I have no time to waste. If you wish to decline my offer, please raise your hand and you will be escorted out of the room."

Not a single hand rose.

Walker's face split with a grin.

"Glad to see you all made the right choice."

Lynn hoped she did. God, she hoped she made the right decision.

Author's Note ~~

Heyo! This is my first serious fanfiction. I usually enjoy writing one shot little crack fiction (hence chapters will probably be short, sorry!), but this idea has been in my mind for some time, so why not.

What to expect in this story...well, I am a HUGE alien fan. I own the comics, the video games, all of the movies, action figures, I even have an alien tattoo, ha! It is for that reason, I will try my hardest to stick to canon material. With that being said, I don't see the aliens as being dumb beasts. So yes, I will portray the alien as being intelligent. No, I will not make the alien empathetic. I see a lot of alien stories do that, and while it is completely alright and I feel any writer can do whatever the hell they want with his or her story, I don't feel the alien would be an empathetic creature. Morals and empathy are something we learn via our experiences, we aren't born with it. And if the alien was born coming out of a human's chest, with other humans trying to kill it, what would you expect the alien to learn about humans? They're hosts, a food source, and an enemy. Not exactly empathy worthy in the alien's "eyes". Yes, Lynn will eventually come face to face with one. No, that doesn't mean I will make her hook up with an alien. So if you're looking for alien smut, I'm sorry this won't be it. I feel like I should get that out of the way to not mislead or disappoint anyone.

With that out of the way, I would like reviews since this is my first fanfiction story. If it's positive, great. If it's negative, tell me why. Don't just say "your idea sucks cuz yea". Tell me WHY and WHAT you don't like. I love to read, but I am not a writer. I'm sure I have flaws. I will try and update as quick as I can, but I have a very busy schedule. I already have a basic outline of how this story will begin and end so hopefully, updates won't be atrociously late.

Thanks for reading!