The Eden, a station where it was once a city inhabited by many people; it had it's many places to go, from shops to hospitals or even homes; however it was known for having research lab that was meant to study lifeforms from distant worlds, how they behave and what can they do for them, to hunt them for resources or even to let them go if they have nothing that catches their eye; but now it's a deserted, destroyed place with barely any humans and more Xenomorphs there, as the current situation takes place, Daisy remembers her first time she awoke in that place or more specifically her first day of living a life.

She awoke from a room that looked safe, perhaps even having fancy looks, she barely knew what to do; she was lying in a bed, then got out of it and tried to stay on foot, which was difficult as first, she was young around five, yet Daisy's mind acted more of that of a newborn baby, she could barely walk, which took her time to get use to, as she investigated the room more further, she pictures which kinda helped her for the most part, doing things that humans normally do, like exercise, eating things, of course there was food provided, reading books and how to use them, even with the first time she began doing so, Daisy struggled to understand anything it said and how to read no matter if it's voice reading or mind reading; however a screen on her room turned on, scaring her at the process, it shown the same imagery just like the pictures she saw, except these ones where more helpful, she began to develop how to walk properly or even run, what things she should eat and what things she mustn't, how to put on clothes, given that there was some provides ones and most of all, how to speak; it took her a long time doing these things and behaving so in such way, Daisy had no idea who was giving these things to her, who was teaching her and what was truly going on, yet she didn't cared much about it for a long time, yet as time passed by, her body would grow and many things would change, from the size of her bed and clothes, to even newer resources.

But one day, around the age of nine, she had waken up, everything was the same, however a vent was opened, it was confusing for her, yet she felt curious, she managed to crawl inside it, capable of fitting and crawling through the vents, only seeing some other vents opened, she came down from one of them, though it was a short fall, she got hurt but not too much fortunately, yet she saw newer places in the station she lived, many spots where destroyed and crushed as if something happened, she stayed away from sharper objects or even the flames that were on her way, however she got to a dead end, just when she thought her learning to live would have ended days ago, she later began to develop newest things on her own, when Daisy touched the wall with one hand, she suddenly felt she could do something else, she proceeded on putting her other hand and even her feet on the wall and now she was crawling through the walls, not something that any ordinary human would do, but is Daisy even ordinary to begin with? Just as she continued to crawl, she was careful in where she was going, avoiding hazards or dangers ahead of her, but then she saw something moving from afar, like if something was crawling to the walls like her, she followed the movement, as such she began to felt something new, something different, she was able to feel the presence of whoever was in there despite not knowing what it is, when she did so, for the first time she saw a Xenomorph, it carrying a corpse, she felt confused and scared, but when the slender hunter felt her presence it charged towards her, even though she didn't moved her mouth, she talked... In a different matter:

"Stop!" -the girl said

Any human would have gotten killed in that situation, but this time, the xenomorph stopped as if he heard her speak, not knowing how he understood her and why, but it puzzled him even more further, he walked around her and made some hisses, she almost looked smaller compared to him, she looked human alright, but there was something unique he felt, Daisy still frozen with fear, she said:

"Please, I don't want to get hurt" -the frightened girl said

While her mouth didn't moved as she said so, she was shaking with fear, tears were falling from her face slowly, the hunter then decided to take her with him, she screamed, she had no idea if he was going to kill her, hurt her or anything else, she struggled, but it was useless, some time passed, the hunter along with holding Daisy from his long tail carefully, he brought her to his queen, the queen notices this and she asked to her fellow xenomorph:

"What is the meaning of this Kayuk? Why is the human not webbed to the walls as your duty?" -the queen said
"Your highness, this human is... Far beyond different that many others we have seen before, not just by size, but-" -Kayuk said as he was interrupted
"This still doesn't mean you should let it live, it can hurt us soon enough, plus you're wasting valuable source for our hive"
"Please, reconsider not having any facehugger get to her face"
"Enough Kayuk, I've heard enough!"

The queen did brought in an egg, normally it should opened when a nearby living being that isn't a xenomorph is around, but some minutes passed, it didn't opened and surely no facehugger got to her face, this confused the queen:

"Wha-what is the meaning of this?! She should-" -the queen was interrupted
"Please don't hurt me lady, I mean your highness" -Daisy said still without moving her mouth

This surprised the queen as well, she had never heard a human speaking the same language as hers, she then said:

"Child, what have you said?" -the queen asked while minimizing her tone
"I'm sorry if I did something wrong against you, I was passing by" -Daisy said with fright and tears on her face
"That is was I what trying to tell you your highness, this one is different" -Kayuk said

As so, there was many xenomorphs around them, confused, not knowing what was going on, despite one of them acknowledging there was a human there, he tried to get close and attack her, but the queen halted him to avoid problems, the tip of his tail made a small pinch on her, spilling little of her blood, as it fell down, the floor melted as if the blood was acid, they were all surprised, mostly the queen and Kayuk; them the queen got close to Daisy and asked her:

"Who are you child?"
"I... I don't know" -Daisy said
"A nameless child, that's a first... You'll be called Eve from now on"
"Did I do something wrong?"
"No, nothing at all, you've just only... Surprised all of us, yet... You're different in such a good manner"
"Your highness?" -Kayuk asked
"If this human isn't like the others, this means she is by no means a threat" -the queen said
"What if you're wrong my queen? What if she is a spy send by human scums" -a drone asked
"So far, there have been almost no humans around these days and neither this child attacked us, so this most mean, she is friendly" -the queen said as she gently caressed the child's head

Daisy not being able to comprehend what was happening, she followed the flow, the other xenomorphs respected her choice and left minding their own businesses, the queen looked at Kayuk and said:

"My loyal warrior, take this child under your hand, protect her and make her feel welcome among us"
"As you command, it will be done"

Kayuk would take care of Daisy as long as he lived, he would take her around the many places in the eden station, from the abandoned shops, to labs, anywhere, while teaching her how to survive and live like a Xenomorph, it would be hard considering that she had a human body no matter if she was capable to crawl to walls or if she had acid blood, which made her doubt many things, Kayuk looked at her worried face and asked:

"Is something bothering you Eve?"
"It's just... Who am I? What kind of person am I?"
"I'm assuming that you're wondering that because on how you look compared to us, am I wrong?"
"Maybe, they called me a human spy? I may not be a spy, but am I truly human? Do they crawl on walls and have blood that can melt anything?"
"For what I've seen in my life, you're the only one who has those features"
"So they're too different compared to me and to the hive?"
"Of course"
"Are they cruel?"
"Seems so"
"Is that why the hive despises me? Because I remind them of the cruel humans?"

The old warrior did not know how to answer such question to her, it's not like if any humans before her hadn't done anything bad, but so far Daisy or Eve truly hadn't done anything wrong against their hive, yet they were most likely used the fact on how humans can react, but there would be others who didn't fought back and yet they hunted them, that's one thing he had no idea how to answer it without frightening her; all of a sudden he felt something nearby, though Eve also felt something similar, however Kayuk then said:

"Stay here, I'll go check out"

Kayuk would investigate what's on the way, though it was dark, he still felt a living being, he was worried that it might be a human being like Eve, fortunately it wasn't a human, it was just simply a small group of Oswocs, a big mammal-like creature that was harmless but it still was a good source for the hive; even though Kayuk hunted those creatures, Eve was waiting, however another Xenomorph came from the darkness, it was sneaking towards Eve, it didn't had any idea that she was a unique kind of human, but then Eve felt it's presence and felt afraid, she then saw above a ceiling to see the other Xenomorph, she then said:

"Um... Hello?" -Eve said nervously

The Xenomorph wouldn't answer at all, then Kayuk felt it's presence, however he notices that it wasn't just only a Xenomorph, it was one from a different hive, he panicked to see that it was above her and told to her:

"Eve, dodge!"

While the other xenomorph was about to do a striking leap to Eve, the poor girl was frozen with fright, Kayuk came to defend her from this other warrior, moving her out of the way and this would make Kayuk face off against the attacker; when Eve got back to her senses, she watches on Kayuk facing off the hunter bravely, but he struggled to attack him, but once Kayuk had him knocked down, just when he was close to give the final blow, Eve shouted to him:

"Wait, Kayuk!"
"Eve back away, this drone is dangerous"
"But let me reason with him"
"Eve for your own sak-"

Kayuk was then pushed off when the drone regained strength to fight back, he then noticed Eve, hissing and gave a menacing roar as he was charging towards her, but Eve didn't felt fear this time, instead she repeated just the same exact thing when she first met Kayuk, the drone stopped, just like Kayuk, he had heard her voice and did not understand how is it possible that a human was able to speak without her mouth moving, how he understood what she said or even what was going on; when Eve did so she said:

"We're not your enemy"
"Eve, just what are you doing? He isn't from my hive?"
"We are seeking food and resources just like you, take three of those things (referring to the oswocs) as a peace offering"

The drone wasn't doing anything at that point, he just stood there, Kayuk would prepare to engage, but Eve was nodding her head towards him, clearly she had the idea what she was doing, at least she hopes so; the drone then called for his two companions to get the three oswocs, as such the drone told to her:

"How do I know you're not lying to me child?"
"I give you my word, you don't have to speak about this to your hive, just please don't hurt my friend or me"

The drone hissed silently, but he backed away and left with his companions while they dragged the heavy bodies of the strange mammals, slowing them down; Kayuk stood up and went towards her as he said:

"Eve, just why did you do that? It wasn't necessarily, we could had-"
"There is still enough for the hive, but I didn't want them to hurt you or even I don't want your hive to go on a war with another, is that what you wanted?"

The old warrior knew what she tried to do, she may had succeeded now, but he was worried that it may not work with the other hives, perhaps not even easily:

"Why didn't you want me to make peace with the drone? Is it bad?"
"No... I was... Afraid, I was so afraid to lose someone I know"
"Though we barely know each other"
"Maybe, (he chuckled) but the truth is... Never have I ever wanted to strike down humans at all or any Xenomorph in this case, let's say that I've lived my life believing that my kind must hunt down any single one of them... I've always hoped to prove myself wrong and yet... Here you are, my wish came true"
"What was your wish?"
"That my hive may accept a human to be one of us"

Eve felt sympathy for Karuk, after all since there aren't any other humans around who care for her so far, she is glad to be accept by a different species, even if she is the only human among them; when they returned to the hive with the oswoc corpses, the hive would feast on them, as they thank Kayuk for his efforts, though it seems that the queen and Kayuk where the only ones who appreciated Eve's help, only the queen was told about this, it would worried her, but she hopes there isn't any sort of hive wars to happen, but then Eve said:

"If you don't mind your highness-"
"Please child, you can call me mother, if that is alright with you" -the queen said
"Very well, so mother I have to leave now"
"Leave? But where are you going?" -Kayuk asked
"I have a part on this large place, I know where it is hopefully" -Eve said
"Will it be long that you'll be gone?" -the queen asked
"Don't worry, I'll be back, now that I think about it, Kayuk can come with me so that I can show him where I live and let him tell you where is my place"
"Oh boy, another trip" -Kayuk said tired
"It's not that far I can assure you that" -Eve said
"If that is your request, than you shall, but will you truly come back?" -the queen said
"I promise, with my soul and heart"

As such, the queen allowed Eve to leave alongside Kayuk, to guide him to the location of her home; some time later, they've arrived at the vent where Daisy would often crawl into, she went there and Kayuk followed her; as they entered, Eve felt tired, surprisingly there was already fresh food, despite that Eve never knew how where it come from and definitely she didn't cared a she got used to it; Kayuk wasn't surprised really, as perhaps his hive isn't quite the good place for her to rest yet, but if this made her feel better, than it shall:

"Will I truly be accepted soon?" -Eve asked
"Accepted? You mean by the queen? You're already part of us" -Kayuk said
"The queen has accepted me, but the rest of the hive hasn't, I feel like they look at me as if I was... As if..."

Eve's face was about to be stained with tears, Kayuk sees this and tells her:

"You're not what people want you to believe and think who you are and you aren't alone either, in time they might accept you, i accept you, the queen accepts you, even if every second, minute or hour in your life is about to feel pain, don't let get to you, the pain sometimes is meant to help you learn things, not to dwell on them"

Eve smirked at the old warrior, she gave him a heartwarming hug, as she continued to cry, not with sadness, but with joy, no matter if Kayuk looked menacing, he had a soft soul for Eve, hoping to do more than helping her in the station, that he'll love her as long as he lived, he then said:

"Well then Eve, I'll have to go now"
"Will I see you tomorrow?"
"Of course, you're my best friend, don't you worry, though in order to help you get the hive to care about you, I'll introduce you to many my youngest sibling, Iris, he still needs to catch up some things or two, but I'm sure you two will get along"
"I do hope so Kayuk, otherwise i-"
"Do not think otherwise, it will let you down" -he said gently
"Very well, see you soon Kayuk"
"I'll be seeing you soon Eve"

And so time happened, Eve would take time to get along with the hive, even if some days were fine as a diamond and some days were rough as a stone; all of this would be a memory that Daisy or Eve would remember, as in her current state, her queen asks her to become her successor, a very impossible task, considering her human body incapable of making hive nods, make a ovipositor or even to lay eggs like any Xenomorph queen would do, still confused and had no idea on what to do or what to say, she was along with Iris and the queen, as such Daisy said:

"But how can I be?"
"Eve, don't over think about it, just like how father would say" -Iris mentioned
"I have a human body, I'm not a praetorian like half of my sisters are, just doesn't make any sense" -Daisy said
"But you can do things that humans can't do, you even have some traits that we have and humans don't, maybe in time you'll grow into a queen like me" -the queen said
"But how? My body changed through time, but not like in your way, even if I share the same kind of blood as you, I crawl to walls and speak your language, how can I be the next queen if I can't make any eggs like you"
"Maybe in time you'll get better changes?" -Iris assumed

While Daisy felt confused and was doubtful, the queen understands what she is saying, but she had a different reason as well:

"My time is coming to it's end" -the queen said
"What? That's unlikely, queens usually live longer" -Iris said
"But I feel how my life is slowly fading away each hour, I'd wish I could live more to guide you" -the queen said
"But why not my other sisters? They might take your place" -Daisy said
"Because... I feel there is something about you that will make the future of my children better than what I can do" -the queen said

Daisy wasn't so sure how to take those words seriously, no matter how true her own words might be, she still had a feeling that the queen is going to make a grave mistake choosing her, but she then thought and said as she held the queens smaller hands from her second pair of arms:

"My mother, your highness, I know that you're willing to give this task to me, but I don't think I can, just give this to any of my praetorian sisters, maybe they'll do the better job than what I do" -Daisy said, hoping to convince her queen the unlikeliness of her becoming one
"If that is what you ask, then I shall accept your request" -the queen said
"I must go, there is something I need to take care of" -Daisy said
"I'll go with you" -Iris said
"No Iris, I'll deal this one alone, it's alright" -Daisy said

Daisy then left the place, as Iris stayed alongside his queen,but as such her queen felt sad, perhaps she did wanted to take this seriously, however Iris understood as well and he just wished that his father Kayuk would still be there for him and for Daisy, but then he asked to his queen:

"Did you truly believe she would be capable to do so?"
"Being the new queen? I don't truly know, yet I wanted to believe so"
"I'm surprised we don't know how did she got those traits similar to ours and yet we care about her"
"I've never cared how, but I'm glad to have a human who isn't going to hurt us and be part of our hive, Kayuk did made a beautiful choice"

Meanwhile in Vahan, Samson would be deleting all the traces of Reginald being in his home and other further evidences, but then Delilah came to him, she looked curious, too curious actually, yet she asked to her "father":

"Why did you made me do it?"
"I beg your pardon?" -he said with confusion
"Why did you made me kill Reginald"

Samson was surprised at the start, he had erased her data related to Reginald, but she still remembers his name, his looks perhaps and his personality, but then he was amazed, then Delilah said calmly despite her interrogating him:

"You had wipe out my memories of have and yet I can't get them out of me, still why did you made me kill him?"
"He was... Blind to understand what was I working on the eden station, something that only me and Mr Weyland know about"
"But you were luring human beings to the station"
"Yes, to feed the hives that is true, but let's say that isn't the big part of my work here"
"Big part? What big part?"
"You see, this project we are working on, she has already been amongst with the Xenomorphs, but we needed humans as well, to make her feel comfortable"
"And does this Weyland person agree?"
"Not entirely, he still wants to make her into a weapon, but that isn't my true purpose to her, no, it's more beautiful than that"
"Is that why you said "hope for both kinds"?"
"Perhaps, but she still needs to grow further, she'll take her time"
"Is that her?" -Delilah asked as she pointed out one of the cameras looking at her crawling to the walls of the station
"Of course"
"Something puzzles me now"
"And what would that be?"
"Am I based on your dead daughter? I feel... Something bad... Like if it was something I don't like"
"Sadness, that's how you feel, yes, you are made to look like her and act like her, she was always a curious angel, she would be afraid sometimes, but she was brave and independent for the most part, yet... No doctor was capable to save her from the incurable sickness she had, they couldn't treat it with medications either, this broke my heart"
"What was her name?"
"You're aren't called Delilah for no reason"

Delilah didn't like what Samson has done, even if she felt pity for the old man's daughter's death, she wasn't going to let this go easily, but she didn't want to know what Samson will be capable of if she fought back, she then asked:

"Are you going to wipe out my memory again?"
"No Delilah, I don't think I'll do so"

After that Delilah was looking for Pahla to pass time with, though Samson was sad by mentioning his daughter's death, he still felt joy on the synthetic he had created and was still observing Daisy's actions, maybe he did do something with her, but what can it be?