WOOOHOOO! This story is finished! I hope you have enjoyed this story as much as I have. I may write a sequel to this if I get lots of reviews and I get a good idea. Thanx to all my devoted fans for sticking with this even through my hideous writer's block. My first story was a success because of you! Enjoy this!

Epilogue

X-13 swiped the key card and tossed it carelessly over her shoulder as the door hissed open, revealing Hager. He started in fear, blood draining from his face. X-13 and One stalked into the room, door shutting behind them. One hissed menacingly at Hager as he crouched by the door. X-13 made her way across the room and sat in a chair.

When she had Hager's full, horrified attention she said, "Hello, Hager. Miss Me?" X-13 grinned and looked him over. His health had deteriorated considerably since she had last seen him, or even ridden in his mind. His hair had gray threads in it, his skin was pale and dry looking and he had lost several pounds. An IV was still hooked up to him and Hager clutched the stand desperately. A hungry look was in his red-rimmed eyes. "Skye Didn't Agree With You Then? You Look Terrible! These Humans Are Not Doing Much To Help You, Are They?" X-13 said conversationally. Hager didn't say anything; he just panted slightly and stared at her. X-13 frowned, "Xenomorph Got Your Tongue?" Hager's breath came in whistling gasps.

Then he pointed a shaking finger at X-13 and screamed hoarsely, "My life has been hell thanks to you! Look at me! I look like I have aged ten years!" Hager clutched at the hospital gown on his thin chest. "Your monsters have done this to me! The doctors can't help me; it's like my own body is rejecting itself! My DNA is all screwed up and I've been getting worse every week!" X-13 crossed her legs and examined her claws. "The only way I can get better is heavy gene therapy! They can't use human DNA; it doesn't take! The fucking doctors have had to start using Xenomorph DNA and I'm turning into a freak like you! I never should have created you, you bitch! I can't take this pain and weakness!" Hager ranted.

"Poor Hager. He Doesn't Like Being Like Us." X-13 said to One who hissed slightly. "You Do Not Know Anything About Pain. Pain is seeing Everyone Who Ever Accepted You Cut Down Because They Were In The Way. Pain Is Being Lied To And Used Your Entire Life. Pain Is Captivity. I Am Pain." she hissed, standing. With a hop she landed on Hager's bed. Hager yelped and flinched away, stumbling awkwardly. X-13 darted out a hand and snagged his hospital gown. She pulled him back effortlessly and gripped the human in her strong arms. She traced a claw down his nose, past his chin and on his throat as she said, "Look At This. You Were Once The Strong One. You Lorded It Over Me. Now You Are Weak As A Baby And I Am Strong. You Are Pathetic!" Her claw stopped at the hollow of his throat and pricked him. Hager whimpered and twitched. X-13 brought the blood bedaubed claw to her face and sniffed it, detecting a faint Xenomorphness in it, besides the fear and illness. "Come, One. I Need Your Help To Carry This Pathetic Sack Of Flesh To The Ducts."

He bobbed his head and sent:YES MATRIARCH. I WILL HELP YOU.: One nuzzled her gently and seized Hager. He had changed since they had joined that night. He was larger, stronger, with the ridges on his head becoming even more pronounced and spreading into a small crest at the back. He also thought of himself as an individual now. X-13 ripped the needle out of Hager's arm. He yelled and struggled as One threw him over his shoulder. X-13 scurried up the wall and bashed open the air vent. One shoved Hager into the duct and followed with a venomous hiss.

Hager cowered in a corner of the small storage room X-13 had chosen for her lair, gibbering to himself. X-13 and One relaxed on a pile of rag covered crates. X-13 cast her mind out, searching for Skye, Gray and Ora. They were spread out throughout the entire compound, having found a gap in the defenses that separated the laboratories from the rest. They came at her call. X-13 stretched and lounged comfortably, watching Hager. Suddenly, a fiery pain split her head and another exploded in her belly! X-13 screamed and writhed in pain; she blinked away bright spots in her eyes and glanced around, looking for the source of her pain. Her body was unmarked. With a horrible sinking feeling, she realized that she had felt the death pain of one of the Drones. She whimpered and somberly noted this. Now that she was a Queen she could not only feel the feelings of her children, but their pain as well.

Ora sent to X-13. :MATRIARCH. A PREY HAS FOUND WEAONS. WE WILL KILL AND BRING YOU THEIR BLOOD.: X-13 grit her teeth grimly as she felt her Royal Guard swarm the room, killing the human swiftly. Another pain grazed her shoulder as the human got one last shot off before dying. The Praetorians were soon heard in the vents.

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X-13 smiled at the Xenomorphs. They had brought her the mangled carcass of the human. She respectfully tore off a strip of flesh and ate it before allowing them to feast on the carcass. Skye came forward, blood staining her teeth.

:WE DESTROYED THE WEAPONS, MATRIARCH. THEY WILL NOT HARM THE CHILDREN ANYMORE.: X-13 noticed a gash on her shoulder and sent a strong feeling of approval to Skye. Then she got up and made her way to the crying Hager. She prodded him with the barb of her tail until he looked at her. The Praetorians stopped their eating and stared sightlessly at Hager. X-13 bent down and grabbed the front of his hospital gown in one hand and hauled him up. She stared at him for a moment before slapping him across the face, re-opening the thin white scars from her previous attack on the ship. Hager yelled and fell over, blood dripping from the five gashes and a split lip.

"You Are Responsible For Everything Bad That Has Ever Happened To Me! For That The Only Punishment Is Death." X-13 punched him, her hard knuckles splitting his cheek open. He moaned and scrabbled away, but X-13 followed. She lifted him high, and then threw him into the wall. She pounced and dug her talons into his legs, ripping at them. Hager howled and punched X-13 in the head, then tried to claw at her eyes. He drew back his fist for another blow, but she lashed out her tongue and caught his fist in it. Hager screamed and struggled as she drew his hand into her mouth. X-13 snapped her head violently from side to side until his wrist broke. X-13 let Hager crawl away, cradling his hand and crying before she attacked him again, blood-hungry. X-13 kicked Hager in the face seconds before her tail arced around and ripped into his belly. Blood spurted upwards in a gory fountain as she buried her jaws in his body. Hager's agony filled screams lasted long after his struggles ceased.

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X-13 lay comfortably in One's arms, glutted on Hager's flesh. Throughout the compound, her Drones hunted down the remaining humans, dragging them back to be cocooned and impregnated. A few had locked themselves in armored rooms hoping for rescue, but the compound belonged to X-13's Xenomorphs now. They would soon be captured. X-13 sighed happily and leaned against One. He made a soft purring sound. She rubbed her belly gently. Inside grew her and One's child, her daughter.