TIGHT ON QUEEN: as it hisses with pure lethality. Newt looks out of the flooring at Ripley. Ripley moves the arms up for combat, both in swinging positions and takes two steps.

The Queen screeches and charges. WALLOP! A roundhouse from one great hydraulic arm catches the creature on its hideous skull, slamming it onto the deck.

The Queen gets up and Ripley hits it again with the other arm, sending it sliding into some heavy cargo boxes.

The alien rights itself, standing in a lethal stance. It hisses violently, clearly really pissed off. Ripley swings around, positioning herself toward the Queen.

RIPLEY: (screaming) Come on!

The Queen charges and Ripley closes the right arm's forks on the its skull. It lashes and writhes with incredible fury, coming within inches of her exposed body. The alien tries to bite at her, but Ripley moves away slightly. The Queen is desperate to get free and brings up its spear-like tail to strike. The creature swings it around twice, slapping it against the crash-bars next to Ripley.

Ripley releases the clamps, freeing the alien. It backs away. Both stand their ground now. Ripley, constantly moving her arms around, keeping the Queen back and the Queen, hissing, clawing, and striking with her tail to get at Ripley. It is a stalemate. Ripley senses this and changes the game plan.

TIGHT ON ARM CONTROLS: as Ripley keys in a command.

ANGLE ON RIPLEY IN LOADER: as doors of a rectangular pit open in the background. A vertical loading airlock. The Queen senses the change in direction of the fight and charges.

Ripley lowers an arm and closes it around the alien's neck. The creature screams. Its face is now right in front of Ripley.

The striking teeth extend almost a meter from inside its fanged maw, shooting between the crash-bars. Ripley ducks and the Queen strikes again.

Ripley ducks again and flicks open the cutting torch trigger on the control joystick. The flame on the torch shoots out, right into the alien's face. The Queen screams and moves it's head away.

Ripley screams with exertion as she lifts her right arm, bringing the alien off it's feet. It dangles in the air writhing. Tight on control joystick as Ripley hits the turning controls.

The upper body of the loader swings right, bringing the Queen with it. It is now hanging over the open loading airlock.

ANGLE UP AIRLOCK: showing the Queen swinging in open air above the lock. Ripley bends the loader forward, dropping the alien into the lock.

It grabs the loader, pulling it off balance. Ripley screams as they topple and fall together, over the lip of the pit.

INT. LOADING LOCK: They crash together five meters below. The loader pinning the Queen. It shrieks and claws in pain, trying to get free.

INT. CARGO LOCK: Newt sees them go over and jumps out of the sub-floor channels.

NEWT (screaming): RIPLEY!