The old man leaves the brig.
"Dwayne!" exclaims Ripley.
"I'm here, Ellen."
They both rush to opposite sides of the wall separating their cells. They clasp the ends of their fingers together, reveling in the brief respite from their continuing ordeal.
"What's the goddamned Company doing here?" the Marine asks.
"They want one of those things on Earth. They're working for Bio-Weapons, just like that bastard Burke. Are you OK, Dwayne?"
"Don't worry about me, I'm fine. I need to tell you something about Newt." Hicks says.
Ripley fears the worst. "Is she awake?"
"Yeah, and they're planting one of those things inside her."
Ripley gasps and lets out a painful tear. With her unoccupied hand, she covers her mouth to contain a sob.
"It's OK, Rip. There's still time. I know where she is. We can still get her out of here."
"What about that thing inside her?" Ripley says.
"I overheard them talking about how they got here. They've got enough cryopods on their shuttle to get all three of us back to Earth safe and sound." Hicks explains.
Ripley regains her composure, but her voice is still quivering. She sees the reason behind Hicks' plan. "Ok. And then we can keep her frozen in the pod so the Gateway docs can get that thing out of her."
"Exactly. We made it off that rock, we can get through this, OK?" Hicks says.
Ripley lets out an anguished sigh, trying to keep her thoughts away from the horrifying things the Company has done to Newt.