There was a loud roaring sound as huge piston started up and began moving slowly toward the end of the hallway. Ali ran into the corridor and ran down to the piston. She could hear Ripley and another man speaking.

"Where is it?"

"It must have gone behind the piston."

"We gotta get it back!"

Ali ran off in another direction, this time following the sound of screams. She looked up and saw and air duct above her. Jumping, she managed to get inside and continued searching inside. At an opening she peeked down and saw a mangled body; Hicks had come through here.

"Hicks!" Ali screamed but there is no answer.

Suddenly, she heard an ear-splitting screech. She turned and went back the way she had come. She heard Hicks screech again and realized what was going on. Ripley was in danger. Ali had to get to Hicks fast; if Ripley was in danger, Hicks was about to go into defensive mode. Defense mode was even worse than instinct mode.

At the next opening, Ali dropped down to the ground and ran as fast as she could. She suddenly came out onto an observation deck. The observation deck had a chain-link fence around it that kept people from falling over the edge. Ali looked down and saw Ripley, a prisoner, and Hicks inside what appeared to be some kind of narrow corridor. Ripley was climbing up a ladder with the prisoner just behind her.

"No!" Ali shouted, "Hicks!"

Hicks grabbed hold of the male prisoner and pulled him back down into the narrow corridor. Ripley had just reached the top of the ladder and she looked back down toward the prisoner. She shouted something but Ali couldn't hear her as a shaft above opened. A molten material, lead, poured out of the bucket and down into the corridor; Ali realized now that it wasn't a corridor, it was a mold. Hicks screeched as he was covered in the molten lead.

Ripley was climbing up the pipes toward a giant crane where another prisoner was standing, waiting on a platform. Suddenly, the lead exploded upwards and Hicks appeared, covered in molten lead. He landed at the edge of the mold and shook his body, trying to wipe the lead off. Once he had gotten most of the lead off he looked up at Ripley and hissed harshly. He began climbing upwards toward Ripley.

"Douse it with the sprinklers!" the man on the platform said.

Ripley looked over to a chain near her and she grabbed it without a second thought. The sprinklers above turned on and rained down on Hicks. Long cracks appeared on Hicks' head and Ali screamed as the lead contracted and Hicks exploded.

"Ripley!" Ali shouted. Ripley looked up in shock and her gaze met Ali's. Ali started to climb up the fence to get to Ripley. "Ripley! I will kill you!"

Suddenly, the observation deck was filled with people. Two of them grabbed Ali and pulled her off the fence. She screamed and clawed at the two men, sinking her nails into their faces. They fell back with cries of pain and Ali grinned triumphantly. Suddenly, a harsh whistling noise filled the air, piercing Ali's eardrums. She screamed and fell to her knees, clasping her head in her hands. She felt two pairs of arms grab her and pick her up. She struggled weakly as she was dragged back and thrown against something. She writhed around on the soft padding as the screeching continued. Suddenly, the sound stopped and Ali looked up to see that a clear lid had been lowered over her. She screamed when she realizing that they were going to put her into hypersleep.

"I want to see her die!" Ali screamed.

The gas was released into the chamber and Ali fought against it as it slowly forced her into slumber. She looked out toward the crane where Ripley stood, balanced on the edge. Because of the gas it took Ali a moment to realize what Ripley was about to.

"NO!" the word was ripped through her throat as she watched Ripley fall backwards off the platform.

Ali raised a hand, fighting still against the sleep, and ran her nails down the lid as the Queen burst out of Ripley's chest. Ali succeeded in leaving five long gouges in the surface and screamed her throat raw as watched her future and Ripley vanished in the burning inferno. Her hand fell down onto her chest as she lost the battle of slumber. She closed her eyes and drifted off into a dreamless sleep.