A Xenomorph Queen stalked through the forest. She had been brought onto this planet by the Yautjas. Most likely, it was so they could use her spawns for hunting. However, she wouldn't give in to them.

The forest became silent and the Xenomorph Queen found it strange. There also seemed to be a familiar but dangerous presence. It seemed, there was another Xenomorph in this land.

Becoming alert, the Xenomorph Queen looked around. Unfortunately, she could not find them. Suddenly, something crashed into her. The Xenomorph Queen screeched with surprise as Tanya pinned her down and proceeded to tear her limbs.

Acid spewed in the air and melted the surroundings. The Xenomorph Queen struggled fiercely but couldn't do anything as the last of her limbs was finally torn. Tanya lifted her arms and proceeded to beat down the Xenomorph Queen over and over. The limbless Xenomorph Queen screeched with pain until she couldn't.

Tanya dragged the Xenomorph Queen with her. She wanted to do experiments and see if she could learn anything about Xenomorph Queens. Especially painful and dangerous experiments. Many of them would be done to confirm Ceri's knowledge about Xenomorphs.

Tanya didn't know why the Yautjas brought the Xenomorph Queen down upon the island. Perhaps they wanted it to compete with her for territory or they wanted to see it fight her. Whatever the case was, she was grateful for their gift.

Up above on a Yautja ship, five Elders talked among themselves. Bone Clan had spoken of a powerful Xenomorph. One so strong an Elite Yautja had close to zero chances of winning.

Although Elite Yautjas weren't high in the Yautja hierarchy, they were still respected and a great pride of many clans. To say there was a Xenomorph that could easily kill an Elite Yautja was a big claim.

The five Elders had come to confirm Bone Clan's claim. From what they had seen, Bone Clan's claims were true. This Xenomorph was without a doubt very dangerous. There was no doubt the Xenomorph named Paragon would be one of the greatest prize trophy for any Yautja.

It was worth bringing a Queen Xenomorph to test the capability of Paragon. The Elders talked amongst themselves excitedly. Each of them wanted to hunt Paragon for themselves even if the likelihood of death was high.

"Shall we make it so that only Clan Leaders and above will have the qualification to hunt Paragon?"

"No, or the young Elites will find it unfair."

"The young Elites are valuable, we shouldn't lose any of them to this Xenomorph. They should instead focus on hunting weaker Xenomorphs."

Bone Viper and Bone Hawk roared. This was to let their disapproval be known. The two were only Elite Yautja in the hierarchy and did not want to lose the right to hunt Paragon. Bone Viper spoke for the two.

"We have invested two Xenomorph Queens in order to spawn Paragon. We have every right to a hunt."

The five Elders talked amongst one another. Being fair was part of Yautja tradition. The five Elders quickly came to a decision.

"Very well, we will allow Elites to hunt Paragon."

At the settlement by the lake, a young man by the name of Mike tended to a field of vegetables. When he joined Weyland Yutani as a storage organizer, he had not expected to one day end up here.

Captain Ceri had betrayed everyone. With her authority over the synths, she easily suppressed them. Now, he wondered what she was doing with that strange Xenomorph Queen.

A synth looked at Mike and he quickly got back to work. Ever since the synths turned on everyone, the synths started to look very scary. Everyone kept their head down and made sure to not attract attention. However, underneath, a plan of rebellion was forming.

In the former hive of what was once the enemy hive of Tanya's hive, a Praetorian finished transforming into a Queen. She looked around the dull and silent hive. There wasn't much left but dead biomaterial. They were materials she would need to make a hive.

Unlike her former Queen, she would play smart. She would slowly gather power in silence. Once she was ready, she would take over the whole island and then the whole planet.

Tanya rammed the Xenomorph Queen into the cavern walls. The Xenomorph Queen didn't make a sound. Placing the Xenomorph Queen down, Tanya proceeded to butcher her more. The Xenomorph Queen made rasping screeches of pain.

Tanya Xenomorphs gathered around. She screeched at them and they understood. They were to harvest Royal Jelly from the Xenomorph Queen every day in every possible way.

Far away, Ceri looked at the sight as a Drone ran by her. She was sure of it, there were supposed to be no more Xenomorph Queens on the island other than Angel. Was it perhaps a newly born Xenomorph Queen from the scattered two hives? That seemed unlikely because this Queen was quite big. Too big to have been a Praetorian just a while ago.

Most likely, the Yautja had brought this Xenomorph Queen onto the island. They were planning something, Ceri could tell. Whatever they were planning, she didn't feel good about it and planned on preparing for it.

Prima and Vara watched from afar and analyzed the Xenomorphs behavior. They did not understand why the Xenomorphs were keeping an enemy Queen alive. Usually, Xenomorphs killed rival Xenomorphs without hesitation if they had the chance.

There was something strange going on with this Xenomorph hive. Especially its strange Xenomorph Queen. Captain Ceri seemed to know something but wouldn't tell them. Was Captain Ceri perhaps controlling the Xenomorph Queen? It seemed very unlikely.

Far out in space, a small Weyland ship flew towards the planet. On the ship was a man by the name of Jang. Jang had been sent to the area to investigate the disappearance of Captain Ceri's ship. Hopefully, nothing bad would happen to him.