Well, there was that chick who offered to be the leader. Didn't everyone say that she was making herself susceptible to being picked off by the VIPs? It seems a little dumb to be that obvious for them to choose, but maybe that's what they were hoping. That we would think that and that the medical team wouldn't protect her.

And while everybody was thinking about that, the Detonator realized they could give the key to someone and that's how Malik ended up like... this.