After narrowly escaping the alien in an escape pod, the ship s officer drifted for years in a cryogenic chamber at the edge of the known universe. One day she woke up tied to a chair in a hospital ward. The doctor, Dr. Morrigan, tells her how she was found - and that she must stay for a few days of observation. She does not mention that an alien larva is growing in the officer s abdomen and will soon hatch. During the night, the officer is awakened by a bright light and her stomach begins to cramp. The alien awakens! Tied to the chair, the officer can do nothing but struggle and watch as the alien hatches from her ass. A short time later, it is fully grown and begins to penetrate the officer s mouth, laying its first eggs there before moving on to her ass and continuing to lay eggs there. The officer is torn between fear and excitement. Finally, the alien retreats, presumably to find the next host in another part of the space station. The officer takes the opportunity to squeeze the eg