INT. EGG CHAMBER: The explosions around the Queen have caused her supports to break, dropping her into the flames around her. She lashes out in pain and anger, and pulls herself free from the egg sac, ripping away and dragging torn cartilage and tissue behind her.

INT. CATACOMBS - CORRIDOR: Ripley and Newt run, blindly, with panting intensity verging on hysteria. She sees one of the flares dropped earlier and turns.

Sees another, Ripley sprints toward it as the foundations of the world shake. Rounding a corner, Ripley finds the stairs she came down and dashes up them.

At the top, the entire superstructure rocks as another explosion ignites within the heart of the station. Ripley holds on and then keeps going.

Upon rounding a corner, she sees the lift. Ripley sprints to it, gasping for breath, and hits the up button. Nothing. She hits it again and looks up the shaft for the elevator.

RIPLEY'S P.O.V.: as she SEES the lift slowly coming down the shaft. Flame billows all around it.

Ripley moves to the adjacent lift and hits the up button. The sound of lift motor's whine as it begins its slow descent as well from several floors up. She is frantic, hitting the buttons over and over again, hoping for some faster action.

An enraged screech echoes in the corridor behind them. Ripley turns, eyes wide with terror. She begins hitting the buttons again.

RIPLEY: Come on! God damn it!

The SCREECH again. Closer. She looks up the corridor once more and sprints for a nearby ladder going up.

RIPLEY: Hold on to me!

She begins to climb, just as the silhouette of the Queen rounds a corner and slowly makes it's way up the corridor. Ripley backs down the ladder.

The Queen sees them and hisses. Ripley hears the lift and looks back to SEE it stop and open for them. She races into it and jams the up button.

RIPLEY'S P.O.V.: as the Queen quickly moves it's way up the misty corridor, screeching at the top of it's lungs. Ripley drops Newt and readies her weapons to fire.

The lift cage slides closed just in time as the Queen comes up to it. Ripley fires her flame thrower through the cage. The Queen screeches and reels back. Ripley continues firing until the unit runs dry. The Queen notices this, but the lift doors close to quickly for an attack.

The elevator starts upward quickly. Ripley and Newt hug the back wall, terrified. A large explosion nearby rocks the lift.

ANGLE DOWN THE SHAFT: We see the elevator coming up. Some debris falls on its roof with a bang as a huge fireball slightly engulfs the lift.

INT. CORRIDOR: The second lift reaches bottom, the doors rolling open for anyone. The Queen looks over and freezes, as if contemplating the open lift cage.

INT. ELEVATOR - PLATFORM: The ride up is not comforting as explosions constantly shake the tiny lift and its occupants. The mechanical voice of the warning system is heard again. It is much shorter now.

VOICE: You now have two minutes to reach minimum safe distance.

The lift reaches the top and Ripley and Newt hustle out onto the platform. Ripley looks around through wind-whipped streamers of smoke and she sees...nothing. The ship is gone.

RIPLEY: No.

The platform is completely empty. Ripley looks up and shouts an outrage at the final betrayal.

RIPLEY: Bishop! God damn you!