Dwayne x Ellen

Dwayne x Ellen is the het ship between Dwayne Hicks and Ellen Ripley from the Alien fandom.

Aliens
Corporal Dwayne Hicks was a member of the combat unit deployed to planet LV-426 on the USS Sulaco, under the command of Lieutenant Scott Gorman. The unit was dispatched to Hadley's Hope, the main colony of LV-426, with two civilian advisors, Carter Burke and Ellen Ripley. When the unit entered the central administrative building of the colony, they realised that a Xenomorph infestation had taken place. They eventually found Rebecca "Newt" Jorden, a young girl hiding in a ventilation duct and presumably the last survivor of the infestation.

Eventually, the unit was overwhelmed by the Xenomorphs. When Gorman was knocked unconscious in the Armored Personnel Carrier, Dwayne became the acting commander, and he and Ellen formulated a plan to destroy the entire complex with a nuclear strike in order to kill off all of the Xenomorphs. Their plan involved them and the rest of the survivors being picked up by Corporal Colette Ferro via dropship. However, the dropship was attacked mid-flight, thus causing the dropship to crash into the Armored Personnel Carrier, narrowly avoiding the survivors.

It was later revealed that Burke had planned to bring Xenomorphs specimens back to Earth by impregnating both Ellen and Newt. After learning this, Dwayne made the decision to execute him. However, before he could execute him, Ellen stated that she believed that he should be sent back to Earth, where he would face justice for his crimes. Soon after this, the Xenomorphs cut power to the building they are hiding in and began a large assault on the survivors. During the assault, Newt was separated from the group. Ellen and Dwayne then used a locator bracelet which she had been given to locate her. However, before they could reach other, a Xenomorph captured her and took her away. Dwayne and Ellen were then forced to flee by another wave of Xenomorphs.

As they escaped, they were cornered by a Xenomorph in the elevator. Dwayne managed to kill it with a pulse rifle. However, the highly acidic Xenomorph blood splattered onto his face and his chest, melting through his chest armour. Ellen brought him to the dropship, where he was sedated by Lance Bishop, the Sulaco's android. Before Ellen left to rescue Newt and Dwayne passed out from the sedatives, they revealed their first names to each other. Dwayne, Lance, Ellen and Newt later left for the Sulaco.

Alien 3
The ship later crash landed on planet Fiona 161. During the crash, Dwayne was impaled by a loose beam in the EEV. He and Newt, who had also died in the crash, were both cremated on Fiona 161. Ellen was later brought to the Fiorina 161 Class C Work Correctional Unit, where she learned of the deaths of Newt and Dwayne.

Alien: Colonial Marines
It was revealed that Dwayne had actually swapped places with a colonist name Turk while aboard the Sulaco, and that Dwayne had actually survived. However, the events of Alien: Colonial Marines are generally considered to be non-canon.

Fanon
The ship is the most written ship for both characters on AO3. It is also the ship with the fourth most written works for Alien on AO3. This is largely due to the fact that they are the main characters of Aliens. It is mainly rivalled by Annalee x Ellen. It currently has 80+ written works on AO3.

Fandom

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