PATIENT ZERO -The lone survivor
"I'll keep watch."
"We can't stay here forever, Baraka," Eliana murmured, her eyes already drifting shut. "Nyosi’s drones are mapping the city. They'll use thermal imaging. They'll find us."
"Let them try," Baraka said softly.
For the next hour, the only sound in the basement was the steady, rhythmic breathing of the exhausted scientist. Baraka sat in the dark, staring at his own hands. The violet sparks danced faintly across his knuckles, a constant reminder of the alien biology humming in his veins. He had saved a child today. He had broken the leash on three slaves.