 The invasion proves to be disastrous; instead of a surprise attack, the humans walk right into a Mimic trap. Cage, despite his inexperience and incompetence, kills an unusually large Mimic, but dies covered with its blood. He wakes up finding himself back at Heathrow the previous morning; no one believes his story that the invasion is a trap. Cage repeats the loop of dying on the beach and waking at Heathrow over and over again. Finally, he encounters the famous Sergeant Rita Vrataski (the "Angel of Verdun") during the invasion. She deduces his ability and tells him to locate her the next time he "wakes up"; they both perish in an explosion.
