With their Queen destroyed, the Hive quickly dies, freeing their victims and ending their threat. She put up a brutal fight but in the end, the Queen is killed by Nanomech's bio-electric blasts. Even though she tries to control Nanomech, she is unable to do so as Nanomech is still half-human (because the chips can adapt and humans never give up, according to Ben, who makes this statement before killing her). However her plan is thwarted by Elena, Gwen, Kevin and Ben (in the form of his new alien, Nanomech).

The Queen uses the Hive Chips to infect human hosts and plans to take over the entire planet. Validus keeps on studying the Nanochips (which are actually members of the Hive), until he is completely taken over by the Queen.

Validus tries to warn Max about the Nanochips, but Max doesn't believe him and expels Victor from the Plumbers. However he was caught removing them from the Vault and is accused of stealing them by Max. Validus discovers he had been infected by the alien chips and secretly starts studying other Nanochips found by the Plumbers. The Decoy Queen uses the body of Victor Validus as her host. This, however, ultimately led to her defeat at the hands of the part-human Nanomech. She was also overconfident, claiming that she could easily defeat a 'puny' drone. She was however somewhat merciful, as she tried to force him to join her using her telepathy and influence, but was unsuccessful. The Decoy Queen was vicious, cold and reckless, showing no mercy during her battle with Nanomech. She largely resembles a wingless mechanical mosquito with yellow orange eyes.

The Decoy Queen is very minuscule, but is still larger than the other Nanochips, and even Nanomech.

Swarm queen vs birth queen