Chapter 80

Chapter 80 is the third episode of Season 7: Amid The Ruins of The Walking Dead.
==Plot==
Walkers shamble around the forest as distant gunshots are heard. A walker is stabbed in the head by Sandy, as she guides Luke, Nick, and Ryder through the clearing. Nick is still wounded from his gunshot wound and is bleeding profusely. Luke asks them to stop for a moment so they can look at his wound. Ryder volunteers to take a look, saying he worked in a medical facility in his old community and learned a few things. Nick winces in pain as Ryder tries to take a closer look at the wound, however, Ryder is unable to get a good look due to how dark it is. Luke reaches into his pocket and pulls out a lighter. Ryder takes it and examines his wound, seeing small parts of the bullet lodging out of his skin. Ryder tells them that they'll have to get them out before bandaging it and they'll need to do it fast given how much blood he's losing. Sandy points out a small shed nearby and says they can take him in there to do it. Luke and Ryder help Nick back to his feet as Sandy takes out a few more walkers surrounding the shed. Sandy notices a bigger group of walkers across the trees and tells them to stay low. Once she opens the shed door, they all hurry inside.
The inside of the shed is in a state of disrepair with a huge gaping hole in the ceiling with stacked boxes leading up to it. Nick loses his footing and falls over a couple of garden tools that make a significant amount of noise. Sandy goes over to the window to keep a lookout while Luke and Ryder help him. Nick tells them he feels really weak and light-headed. Luke insists they need to bandage him up and worry about the bullet later, but Ryder tells him it's more dangerous to leave fragments in because it could cause a terrible infection. Ryder tells him they'll have to do it quickly and warns Nick that the extraction will hurt, since all he has is a knife. Nick tells him he can handle it and do whatever he needs to do. Sandy asks Ryder if he's sure he knows what he's doing, and he assures her that he does. A few walkers outside change direction and make their way over to the shed. Sandy says if they get too close, she'll go out and kill them. Ryder gets his knife out and tells Nick to try and not make too much noise. As Ryder begins to dig at the bullet fragments, Nick gasps in pain, prompting Luke to remind him to try and be quiet. Sandy leaves the shed and makes quick work of the walkers approaching, but notices that the larger herd has changed direction and is coming toward the shed. "Fuck, they're coming this way we don't have much time." Sandy quickly says to them as Ryder continues picking out the bullets. Luke attempts to grab his machete strapped behind him, but yelps in pain from the injuries he sustained from Carver. Sandy unsheaths it and hands it to him and asks him if he's gonna be ready to hold them off, which he confirms that he's willing to protect them. Ryder pulls out the last fragment and rips part of his sleeve to use as a tourniquet to place on Nick's shoulder. Nick, however, is seemingly unresponsive. Ryder shakes him to wake him up only for Nick to weakly open his eyes. Sandy and Luke kill a few walkers approaching the door and Luke asks Ryder if Nick is ready to go. Ryder tells them he's bandaged, but he's significantly weaker. Sandy and Luke close the shed door as more begin to stumble toward them. Sandy mentions the hole in the roof and to get him up there while she attempts to hold the door. Luke and Ryder drag Nick over to the crates, but Luke's injury begins to take its toll on him. Sandy grabs a shovel and places it between the door handles and goes over to try and help, but Nick pushes them off, saying that he's not gonna make it up there. Luke tells him to stop talking and they're gonna help him up, but Nick insists to him that he's too weak to go and says Luke is the one who needs help getting up there with his injury. Nick tells them to leave him behind and he can distract the walkers so they can get away and meet up with the others. Everyone looks at him with shock and realization that it appears to be the only option, until Luke defies his suggestion saying he won't leave his best friend behind. Nick tells him that he needs to go with Sandy and Ryder and that he wants it this way. Walkers begin to break through the door as the shovel snaps in two. Sandy fires her gun at the walkers and says they need to get out. Nick tells Luke not to blame himself and thanks him for being his friend. Ryder pulls Luke away to boost him up as he silently weeps. Sandy reaches into her jacket and pulls out a handgun and gives it to Nick, apologizing for what is to come. Nick tells her to keep it, adding that they might need the extra gun. Sandy affectionately squeezes his shoulder and climbs the crates where Ryder waits to boost her up. As she gets to the top, she helps Ryder up with Luke attempting to help despite his injured ribs. Nick sits himself up and yells for them to survive before walkers begin crowding him, biting into his legs. As Nick screams, everyone turns away, except for Luke, who grabs the rifle he took from Carver and mercifully shoots Nick in the head. "I'm sorry, brother." Luke says as he lowers the gun. As Nick's body becomes swarmed, Sandy puts her hand on Luke's shoulder and tells him they need to go. After a brief moment, the three survivors climb down the roof and run away from the shed.
==Credits==
*Sandy Warren
*Luke Porter
*Nick Randall
*Ryder Trevitt
==Deaths==
*Nick Randall
==Trivia==
*Last appearance of Nick Randall.
*This episode marks Sandy Warren's 75th appearance.