PATIENT ZERO -The lone survivor
He swayed heavily, gripping the metal cot for support, but his boots were planted firmly on the stone floor.
"Baraka, sit down!" Eliana ordered, rushing forward. "You're overriding your own biological safeguards!"
"The UN just lost a destroyer," Baraka said, ignoring the searing pain in his thighs. "They aren't going to send drop-pods anymore. They are going to send the armada. And Malik is fortifying the South into an impenetrable, industrialized fortress."
Baraka let go of the cot, taking a slow, agonizing step forward.