After the shockwave from the Nostromo had ceased both women let out a sigh of relief. Lambert began to cry tears of relief but she was also mourning the loss of her friends and co-workers. Ripley saw this and hugged Lambert.
"We did it" she whispered into Lambert's ear, "It's over, it's finally over."
Lambert smiled at Ripley and wiped the tears from her eye. Ripley was right, the alien was dead and now they were both safe. Both women sat in silence for several minutes while Jones sat on Ripley's lap. Ripley had her eyes closed, she was in deep thought re playing the events of the past two days over in her mind. She was trying to find logic in the madness that had just occurred and if there had been anyway things could have played out differently. After a few minutes she got up and placed Jones into one of the two-stasis pods.
"Lambert we should go into stasis now, it's a long way to the frontier." Ripley said as she placed a hand on Lambert's shoulder.
Lambert nodded and got up; they both began stripping into an undershirt and panties as they both prepared to enter stasis. Ripley was getting the pods ready and was in a corner preparing the stasis pod when suddenly a hand popped out startling her. She covered her mouth as she saw the alien staring directly at her. Lambert noticed as well and was shaking in fear, Ripley quickly got up running and grabbed Lambert by the hand and pulled her into a storage unit. Both women were watching the alien behind the closed pressurized door. Lambert was beginning to panic again and Ripley was desperate to keep her calm. Ripley was formulating a plan in her head to get rid of the alien when she noticed the spacesuit next to her and came up with an idea.
"Lambert I have an Idea." Ripley said as she turned towards Lambert and began getting into a pressurized suit. "I'm going to drive the Alien out of hiding and shoot it out the airlock".
"What!" Lambert yelled in surprise. "Ripley that is insane idea, how the hell are you going to draw it out?"
"I'll use the pressure from the coolant system to force it out and then I will shoot it with this harpoon gun." Ripley answered,
"I want to help." Lambert said bluntly as she got into a suit, Ripley began to try to stop her.
"Lambert it's too dangerous, I'll do it alone." Ripley was surprised when Lambert faced her she was enraged.
"I'm tired of crying Ripley, that thing killed our friends and I want to make sure it pays." Lambert said with a hint of determination in her voice.
Ripley was shocked she had never seen Lambert act this way before. Lambert wasn't the kind of person to put herself in danger, Lambert tended to avoid danger and was the kind of person who would run in a fight or flight situation. But the look in her eyes showed that she wanted to destroy this creature that had killed her crewmates once and for all.
Ripley sighed, "Alright you can help me but we have to do this quickly." Lambert nodded before following Ripley out of the door towards the chairs. Lambert was extremely nervous and she could tell that Ripley was nervous.
As they approached the spot were the Alien was hidden Ripley began to sing to herself softly. It was terrifying to approach the creature that had killed their crew. Both women sat in their seats before strapping themselves down. Ripley opened the console controlling the pressure and began to slowly increase it near the Alien.
"You are my lucky star…" She sang to herself as she pressed the final button causing the Alien to scream in pain as it fell from its hiding place. Lambert watched from her seat as the Alien began to rise slowly, intense fear began to build inside of her. Ripley looked away for a second before looking back to find the Alien in front of her. It towered over her at 7ft tall. She let out a scream before pressing a button opening the airlock sending the Alien flying back. As the Alien tried to climb back into the shuttle Ripley fired the spear gun hitting the Alien directly in the chest causing it to lose it's grip and be sucked out into space. As the door closed the spear gun got stuck causing the Alien to be able to grip on of the shuttles engines with its tail. As it climbed into the engine Lambert hit the exhaust causing the Alien to spin into space burning. Both women watched in relief as the Alien' s burnt corpse floated into space. Both women laughed in relief as they realized it was finally over.
A few minutes Later Ripley and Lambert were preparing to enter stasis. Ripley was giving the final report.
"Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo, third officer reporting. The other members of the crew Kane, Parker, Brett, Ash and Captain Dallas are dead. The only surviving crewmember besides me is Lambert. Cargo and Ship destroyed, we should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick us up. This is Ripley one of the two last surviving members of the Signing off."
"Come on Cat." Ripley says as she picks up Jones.
Ripley, Lambert and Jones enter cryo sleep as the Narcissus slowly drifts through space.
I will be doing a sequel to this story, which will follow Aliens but with Lambert added in.