The island was protected, and had been for some time. Sally never had any complaints about it, or her life in general. There were kitchens, of course, and transportation to every restaurant and ingredient in the entire world, and even worlds beside that one. She could taste or make basically anything she wanted to! Plus, she'd been dating recently, which meant she had someone to go on yummy world tours with, and someone to give an opinion on her recipes.

He was cute, too. And tonight, she had something new she definitely wanted to try.

So, everything was going pretty great.

And it figured it would all come crashing right back down.

Sally was taking her weapon out for a walk on the training fields, making sure that she didn't go hungry either, when a portal opened up like a gash in the middle of the air. She'd heard about something like this happening years ago, but it didn't register until they stepped through, arrogant and beautiful and dripping with murder. Both she and her weapon immediately set to doing what they could, but even with the help of everyone there...

She was still a trainee. And what she had to offer, in the end, it wasn't enough. They must have sent their strongest fighters, and even with the help of her teammates.... She wanted to live, she did, she still had so much to see and do- but still, at least, she'd be lucky to have an intimate death like this, crushed in their claws. If only she could keep conscious. Everything felt too warm, and she wondered faintly if he would find her, if he would think, like this, if she was cute, or ugly...