Possible chances:
1. SHE DOESNT DIE PERMANENTLY
2. She may be dead, but she will be revived by vortiguants. (Recall HL1 vortiguant revival method)
3. Knocked unconsious
So don't get all worked up. E1 was total centered on her, they wouldn't throw her away for E2.
I can't remember the name, but how about that football cereal, where the pieces are shaped as footballs and the box of the box cutout into a field with a goalpost at the end. You had to flick the cereal through the goalpost into your bowl. Best. Cereal. E
