PATIENT ZERO -The lone survivor
But Null’s interception put him exactly where Baraka needed him to be: standing directly in the center of the tactical table, directly underneath the two-ton steel HVAC unit.
Baraka didn't hesitate. He didn't use the Star-Code. He used the last, desperate reserve of human adrenaline left in his starving muscles.
He sprinted forward, ignoring the blinding pain in his ribs, and threw his entire body weight into a flying shoulder tackle.
He didn't tackle Null. He tackled the thick, aluminum support beam holding the tactical war table in place.
The heavy table violently shifted backward, slamming into the cracked concrete pillar that housed the primary anchor bolts for the ceiling unit. The impa