The overall story helps to tie-up some loose ends that we are hinted at by the film's end with Chapter 1 setting the stage. What reason could Cage possibly have had to gather so much detail about his team-mates? What circumstance gave him the idea? Enough questions. Let's find out.

Cage tries to answer Rita's question, "What does it matter what happens to me?" Fair warning! *SPOILERS WITHIN* Rated T, just to be safe.

The Omega is defeated. J Squad is dead. The Angel of Verdun no longer. Cage dies with honor. But what should have ended as victory with noble sacrifices did not. As the old saying goes, fortune favors the brave, and by chance, Cage regained the ability to time-reset one more time and woke up in the past, victorious. This short story is a continuation of where the film left off.