Malik is an Afghan man sent by Stanford Wedeck as a guide to Aaron Stark. ("Goodbye Yellow Brick Road")
During the Global Blackout, Malik was in a car with his wife and daughter. The car went over an embankment, killing Malik's family, though Malik himself survived. ("Goodbye Yellow Brick Road")
Malik approaches Stark in a restaurant. They leave together to go search for Kahmir Dejan. They come across a roadblock with armed guards, who shoot and kill Malik, but Stark is saved by the arrival of Dejan. ("Goodbye Yellow Brick Road")