Sting continued to stare at his new hand as he walked.

It was still hard for the young hunter to believe that his real arm had been taken from him by the filthy human who had betrayed him. Now there was a new arm on his body that had saved him from death and stopped his bleeding process. However, the predator knew that it would never replace the real one, and the white lombax next to him seemed to realize that, "You'll get used to it...took me a long time too."

" Something's coming!"

The heroes and the hunter were immediately on alert again when Eric heard a noise. Weapons raised, they stared intently at the bushes, which began to rustle as two familiar figures appeared. It was a big surprise for the lombaxes, because it was Tusk and Kenny who had survived. "You two! Sting, put the gun down. They belong to us," Ratchet asked the hunter to retract the blades, to which he only gave a slight growl.

"You...have...befriended that thing," the bird-like one's breath caught, but the rebel stepped in, "Do you see the mark on my prosthesis? He's in our debt because we saved his life." The troops stopped for a moment before the android started again, "That's great, then we can march on to the quarters and..."

"Don't you get it," the pink alien barked suddenly, "We're dead!"

The statement came as a surprise, but Tusk wasn't done yet, "Everyone's dead! We're next. And now there's this monster! WE CAN'T WIN! IT'S GAME OVER MAN, GAME OV..." Before his shouting could continue, Ratchet slapped him on the cheek with the flat of his hand, "Pull yourself together, soldier! We still have a chance! Qwark will appear in a few hours and then we'll be out of here! So calm down already!" It had been quiet after the lombax's announcement. Nobody dared to speak out loud when Ratchet himself spoke up again, "What weapons do you have?"

"A few bombs and some ammunition," the bird-like man put down his backpack and counted the weapons.

However, something else had caught Sting's attention.

The predator received a signal over his helmet, and it was his second partner calling for reinforcements. And luckily for the lombaxes, the second yautja was near the base, where his comrade said the nest was. Sting immediately drew attention to himself, his growl being translated by Eric, "He says: We have to move on immediately! His comrade has reached your meeting point and is in trouble! Mr. Iron can't be far either then!"

"Then we should be on our way before this human gets any more stupid ideas," Clank suggested, whereupon the heroes immediately raised their weapons. "We still have a problem," continued the android, "The nest is in the base! Mr. Iron will use every means at his disposal to capture the queen!"

"Then there's no time to lose! Let's put an end to all this," and so the troop marched on, but Tusk kept his distance from the predator, "The freak can go ahead! I'm not helping him save his buddy." At this stupid statement, Sting stuck out his hand. The pink one briefly thought he was about to get hurt, but then he saw the predator's claws form into a hand signal, pointing a middle finger directly at the soldier's face before continuing on his way.

This action made Rivet grin cheekily and with pride as she nudged her boyfriend with her elbow, "I taught him that."

As the heroes drew closer and closer to the base, Christopher Iron had already reached the lower areas. Followed by two androids who shot their way through for him, he entered the nest where SHE was hiding. The same webbing was all over the walls, with several hosts hanging from it and the queen herself concentrating on laying eggs. But her senses had immediately picked up the intruders coming straight for her. The androids next to the humans had large cannons next to their guns, which were aimed directly at the mother and then began firing without warning.

However, no bullets were fired, but liquid nitrogen, which was released as vapor. The queen screamed painfully when she was hit by the cold substance. The androids tried to freeze the big mother, while Mr. Iron grinned diabolically. However, he immediately heard the drones approaching to save their queen, so he turned around with a remote control, "Not another step or I'll blow up your beloved mistress!" The queen also heard the threat. Before the xenomorphs could attack, she hissed back at her brood. If the human did that, the eggs, her children, would die. She bowed her head in annoyance and surrender, which only elicited a sadistic laugh from the humans: "You're smarter than I thought...go on!"

And so the androids continued with their attempt to freeze the queen.

"WE ARE HERE," Kit cried out as the large base finally revealed itself. It resembled the smaller buildings, but was much larger and a landing pad had been built on the roof. The observation ended immediately when they heard a battle cry, which Sting knew too well. He ran off, and immediately recognized his comrade fighting with one of the aliens where some eggs had been laid around them. "That proves the nest is here," Ratchet and the others came after the predator, who was watching his partner take down the xenomorph. This predator was missing its helmet, but it was still standing and alive.

Then one of the eggs opened.

Quickly, a facehugger leapt at the second young hunter, but it didn't stick to the face for long. He ripped the beast off his face and tore it in half before destroying the other eggs. Finally this one recognized Sting, and it seemed everything had indeed turned out for the better. Shots were the next thing to follow. Before Sting's eyes, his partner was pierced by androids that shot a missile through his tree and opened the pit he was standing on. The heroes were knocked short, and the lifeless predator fell down the canyon. Sting stood motionless for a moment before he caught sight of the enemy robots. Enraged, he leapt towards them and, thanks to his new hand, chopped them to pieces in just a few moments to avenge his fallen brother.

"Damn...we're too late," Rivet gasped as she helped Ratchet up. "Thanks," it wasn't the right time, but he kissed his girlfriend quickly before checking Clank, "You okay, buddy?"

"I'm fine so far," beside him, Kit had also revealed herself to be perfectly fine before the squad took the stairs leading up to the predator. Sting was currently on his knees, mumbling through some of his people's prayers again as he was unable to save his comrade. "I'm...sorry, Sting," Ratchet put his hand on the young hunter's broad shoulder, but he let out an angry growl. It wasn't directed at the lombax, and Eric translated that immediately, "The human will pay...that's what he said." At this statement, no one had an objection until the rebel had a great idea, "If the nest is here...we have to blow up the whole building here!"

"Yes...we'll let them die in the fire," agreed Tusk, the rest of the group also agreed, "Well then: we'll spread the bombs inside the building, preferably near flammable things. Kenny, you stay here and wave to Qwark when he appears!"

"Yes, Commander," the bird-like raised his rifle alertly and moved into a safe position. The troop, on the other hand, then stepped in through the roof to finally put an end to it all. Still descending the stairs, Tusk scattered the first bombs on the walls.

The lombaxes were now also placing the explosives, while Sting and Eric checked the surroundings. "Good, that's it then. And now for Mr. Iron," then the lombaxes strode off, but Sting just managed to stop them. "He located some xenomorphs! We're trapped," the android pulled out his pistol and the heroes their weapons. They wouldn't go down without a fight, but then Tusk started banging on the wall and moving away from the team, "What are you doing?"

"I'm drawing their attention to me! Go...you have to continue without me," the pink one with the tusks had a determined look on his face, but the lombaxes wanted to object again.

But Tusk interrupted them, "Please...let me do the right thing for once!"

Ratchet recognized the determination in Tusk's eyes. The soldier had made up his mind, and unfortunately the lombax had to live with it, "Farewell, Tusk!" The hero saluted the soldier one last time, who then ran back down the corridor and called attention to himself, "I'M HERE! COME AND GET ME!" The troop also went their way and could already hear the xenomorphs crawling behind the pink aliens. Now on their own again, the troop walked down to the lowest floor, as Sting had discovered something big. Thanks to his helmet, he was also able to locate the thermal image of the aliens, and down there was a specimen much larger than the other xenos, as well as three other thermal images. "Mr. Iron...he's reached the queen," at the android's statement, the lombaxes literally ran down with the yautja. The human had to be prevented from fulfilling his dark purposes.

By now, Tusk had the full attention of the brood, who hissed in pursuit. The soldier then arrived in a new room that lay directly in his path. It was the boiler room, designed to keep the facility warm. He ran through the door, but found that there was no way out. The snarling aliens were getting closer and closer. His end was sealed, but the pink one wasn't going to let it go like that and pulled out his gun, "Come on, let's go!" And as if on cue, the xenomorphs stormed into the small room and pounced on Tusk, who screamed and aimed for the heater. Before his arm was bitten off, he fired and hit the flammable object, which immediately blew up. The aliens were caught in the fire, along with the soldier, and the flames shot out of the exit uncontrollably.

However, one of them came too close to the bomb.

The heroes had finally reached the corridor where the main nest was located. The door was already framed by the webbing the xenos had created and Eric opened the door immediately. He, like every other android, knew the password and then stepped inside with his friends, who immediately saw some victims on the walls and Mr. Iron standing in front of the queen with two androids. "Holy...she's HUGE," Ratchet and Rivet stared in shock at the broodmother who was still sprayed by the nitrogen. "MR. IRON, STOP IMMEDIATELY," the lombax twitched his weapon and walked with his girlfriend towards the human, who turned to the hairy aliens in surprise, "Oh! I'm only doing this for the company! Otherwise Weyland Yutani will perish and I can forget about my job."

"That's what this is about? Profit," stunned, the rebel threatened to shoot, but the moustached man held up the remote detonator, which was warning enough, "We have the perfect killer organism in front of us! If we can master this weapon, we'll make a fortune with the xenomorph. Just imagine how much companies will want to pay for such a monster that kills on command."

"THEY CAN'T BE CONTROLLED," Ratchet blurted out, "If this species spreads across the universe, there will only be chaos!" Mr. Iron didn't care for these words, for his hard gaze had settled on the android, "I should have known you were no good, Eric! Look at you, and I called you my greatest creation..."

But before the android himself could reply, it was Rivet of all people who stood up for him, "This android is more human than you and anyone else before you will ever were!"

"...Kill them," was all the human said as his two androids pulled out their guns. Before a firefight broke out, the earth shook beneath their feet. Then it got louder and louder, and suddenly flames poured out of the walls and floor. The heroes jumped away as the fire finally spread, "The bombs have been detonated, but how?" In the midst of the battle, the predator shot down the two androids with his shoulder cannon, but the older human barely managed to escape. Things only got worse, as the eggs caught fire and burst open from the heat, causing a pitiful hiss to escape the queen's throat.

The sight of her children dying was enough for the large xenomorph and now the creature struggled with all her might to break free from her tissues and free herself from the egg sack. "Ratchet, Big Momma's mad," came the warning from Rivet, who packed up her weapon again. The squad realized that it wouldn't be long before everything would explode and decided to retreat, "STING, WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!" Ratchet and Rivet led the others to the exit, where Mr. Iron also took flight. However, the door was locked right in front of his face by none other than his androids, "Eric...let me out! I created you, let me out! THAT'S AN ORDER! ERIC!" The android, on the other hand, merely turned his back on the human and followed his comrades.

Without warning, the older human was pierced.

The queen's spiked tail pierced his chest and lifted Mr. Iron up close to her eyeless face. "No...NO," the human stammered, spitting blood pleadingly, but the broodmother's wrath was immense. Her lower arms grabbed his legs while her main arms gripped his shoulders. With an effortless tug, she ripped Mr. Iron in half, screaming, and scattered his remains across the room. Her deep roar echoed through the halls as she saw her burnt children fall victim to the fire and the lombaxes. Her rage had not yet been calmed.

Her instinct screamed at her to hunt the heroes.