Chapter 13: Endgame
Jake climbed like crazy, keeping a grip with both hands, switching chains and keeping at least one hand on the chain at any time.
Looking down, he could see the form of Bishop dealing with molten lead on top of him, writhing in agony as the molten lead started to eat away at his artificial skin.
He could also see the creature climbing up the chains, moving with a speed that seemed un-natural.
Jake had climbed up slightly past the control platform, and kept climbing.
He looked down and saw the creature closing in on him. Jake also saw that the chains he was climbing were running out; he nearly reached the ceiling.
"Pull the fire alarms!" he heard Morse yell "Their those cords up above you!" Ripley clarified
Jake looked up and found what he was looking for. Running along the ceiling was a cord that ran between a sprinkler system.
Jake reached out, and when his fingers wrapped around the cord, pulled down.
From the ceiling all over, the sprinkler systems released their payload of water. Jake looked down at the creature, which was steaming, turning to black, and forming cracks along it's surface.
For a moment the creature remained, before it started to crumble. It broke into a thousand pieces, falling to the floor.
Jake slid down to the platform, and looked down. He saw Bishop get up, and start to walk away, lead having fused onto his skin in many places, and internal workings showing in his legs.
Jake looked around. He started to walk to the ladder leading to the platform, and ran into the people from the company.
The Bishop look-alike was being followed by these people in white hazmat suits.
"Move out of the way kid." The look-alike said. "Where's the lady with the queen?"
Jake started to walk backwards and pointed to Ripley. He then fell back through the Suits, and found Aaron and Newt.
"Their here to help mommy right?" Newt asked. Jake looked at them as they approached Ripley, then said "If they are, then they really should make that known."
Ripley was starting to step away from the Suits, and walked onto a platform above the blast furnace.
"I don't want you to get it!" She yelled. The Bishop look-alike replied "I insist that we will destroy it."
"You won't though!" Ripley yelled, "You're just going to put it in a freeze tube and use it for your bio-weapons program. And then you'll just kill the rest of them."
The Bishop look-alike was appaled. "I assure you that won't happen. I admit that we won't destroy it, but rather pickle it in formaldehyde and have it for later study. But I assure you that's it."
Ripley didn't seem convinced. She started to back away towards the end of her platform. Jake knew what she was about to do.
"Don't do it mom!" Jake yelled "Let them cut it out of you! I know that they won't kill us, and if you just let them cut it out of you, the Company will take care of it. I'll personally watch them to make sure. Just don't jump."
Ripley had paused for a moment, and then started to walk back. The Suits had something they used to put her under, and they all went with them.
It seemed that things would be alright, just have to work together.