Ali opened her eyes slowly and looked up through the broken glass of her sleep chamber. She blinked twice before reaching up to push on the chamber. It was heavy but she managed to get it open and she crawled out. There was a scurrying sound and Ali peered around the five sleep chambers and saw a lone second stage, crouching behind the chambers. She smiled and held her hands out. The second stage crouched down slightly before springing forward and landing on Ali's shoulder. Ali looked back at the sleeping forms within the chambers. On a closer look, she discovered that the android had been crushed behind repair and Hicks had part of his own outfit sticking out of his chest. But Ali couldn't tell if Newt was alive or not. The thing that brought Ali's full attention was the presence of a third stage. And it was coming from Ripley.
"This is a fitting end for you, Ripley," Ali said; her voice hard.
Ripley's chamber had a hole in it similar to Ali's but the woman inside lay unresponsive. Ali smirked and walked toward the exit. The door opened when Ali approached and she found herself staring out into a strange world. The escape pod was floating in a body of water but land wasn't that far away. Ali could see people moving around on the land; clearly the crashing escape pod hadn't escaped notice. Ali's smirk widened as she dove into the black waters.
Ali wove through the water expertly, her feet kicking behind her to propel her further. The second stage swam along beside her; using its tail to propel it forward. When Ali's head broke the surface she was almost at the shore. She looked back at the escape pod and could see movement on it.
"Didn't take them long, did it?" Ali said to herself.
The second stage screeched, jumped on Ali's shoulder again, and tapped her with one of its digits.
Ali looked down at the second stage and smiled. "I haven't forgotten about you, my precious. I'll find you a host."
Ali walked toward the giant building where she hoped to find a suitable host for the second stage. The building was empty when Ali snuck in through a window; the people who lived here probably came to investigate the crash. A faint clicking sound alerted Ali to something moving ahead and around a corner. She walked slowly forward and waited. After awhile, a Rottweiler, stepped out into the hall. The dog started to wag its tail when it saw Ali and she grinned; it would be interesting to experiment with a four legged animal. A slight weight pressed down on Ali's shoulder before the weight left completely. The second stage flew through the air and hit the dog straight in the face. The second stage sat awkwardly on the dog's slightly long face and its digits cut into the dog's head as it got a grip on the dog's head.
"My mission is completed, Aglaia," Ali said softly. Take second stages and find hosts to impregnate them so that my children may live on.
She had been trying to avoid thinking of her Queen and best friend but as she looked over the unconscious dog and the second stage on its face, their deaths came crashing down on her. She shook her head and tried to push them back out; she didn't have time to mourn over their deaths. She stood guard over the second stage until it fell off and died. She picked up the second stage and tried to find a spot to hide it so that no one would suspect anything.
Once she had disposed of the body, there was nothing to distract her of Timothy's death and it washed over her in a tremendous wave. She fell to her knees and buried her face in her hands, letting out loud wails of anguish and cursing Ripley. Something warm and bristly ran over her hand and Ali raised her head. The Rottweiler was standing over her, wagging its tail and licking her hand. Ali reached a hand up and placed it on top of the dog's head. There were still marks on its head where the digits of the second stage had cut into its head.
"Soon enough," Ali said, stroking the dog's head and thinking of the alien inside of it, "Soon, Ripley will understand our fury!"
She tilted her head back and let out a laugh that rose in hysterics as the dog continued to lick her hand.