Ali stared down into the cargo bay where the alien Queen had made her home. The walls were coated in a slightly lighter color but the Hive looked the same for the most part. The Queen tilted her head when Ali entered and hissed.

Who is this? The Queen asked the Warrior that had accompanied Ali.

Ali smiled; the voice in her head had never felt so wonderful. "My name is Ali."

You can hear me? The Queen asked, slightly surprised.

"Yes. I was born with DNA of a third stage. I'm like you, just a human on the outside."

Where do your loyalties lie? The Queen asked.

"I will serve you," Ali replied.

The Queen hissed, That is very good. My name is Orla.

Ali bowed. "It's nice to meet you, Orla. I promise that I be of use to you."

Thank you. The first thing you can do for me is tell me about the people on board this space vessel.

"Unfortunately, my Queen, I don't know anymore about them then you do. You see, I've been in hypersleep for the past two hundred years and was just woken up by one of your Warriors about an hour ago."

Then it appears you have a mission to fulfill. I want you to find the remaining survivors and find out what you can about them; I expect a report every few hours or so. Then, I want you to find away to get this vessel to a planet with life so that my Hive can grow.

Ali bowed again and walked out the opening where she had come in. She couldn't be happier with the way things were playing out. She was going to get a chance to find Ripley and spread the Hive. She didn't have to look long. Ripley, along with the eight other survivors, was standing at the end of the hall having some kind of argument. While watching the group Ali was shocked when she smelled an alien scent coming from Ripley. She remembered how the soldier had told her that they had cloned Ripley for the alien Queen inside of her. She must have received some of its DNA during the cloning. Now she was just like Ali. She smiled to herself before turning the look into that of a frightened child and walked up to the group. The arguments immediately stopped.

A/N: sorry it took a while to get this chapter posted. And sorry that its so short, i know i said that it would be longer, but there are a lot of stressful things going on right now so its been a little hard for me to think. Anyway, Orla's name roughly means royalty.

~Ali Wenstern