Nick/Relationships

This page focuses on the relationships of Nick with his allies, enemies and love interests. It is important to note that these relationships are not guesses, but accurate summaries based of off video evidence. The characters shown are recurring, important and the main cast.

## Ghetto

Ghetto and Nick are best friends. Initially, when they met in October 2014, they were wary of each other. However, after lowering weapons, the two realized it would be better to be allies than enemies. They became teammates and holed up in Nick's house. Despite having known Ghetto for only a few days, Nick rescued him from AK, symbolizing his trust of Ghetto. The two would become friends and cooperated with each other in gathering supplies, eliminating the dead and preparing against a potential conflict with AK. Nick and Ghetto would also help Jordan, a kid who became the third member of the group. When AK kidnapped Jordan, he and Ghetto worked tirelessly to fulfil a deal made with AK to fix a ship in return for getting back Jordan.

In Greenfield however, things would become tense as Ghetto initially didn't want AK's help on rescuing Jordan and disagrees with Nick until he was convinced. Things took a turn for the worse when Ghetto killed Louis, who had been a key suspect in murdering Jordan. Nick never showed it, but he was cautious and worried around Ghetto, as he was unsure of the reasoning behind the execution until Ghetto spoke why he did it. Following this, Nick understood why Ghetto did it and their friendship remained. At Heyworth, Nick rushed to help Ghetto, who had been injured by Red. When Ghetto was bitten, Nick was in shock and couldn't believe it. He refused to allow Ghetto to die and sent people to scavenge supplies while he stayed to watch and keep Ghetto's spirit high. He would reason with Ghetto to not give up and pushed on a perilous journey to get Ghetto help. When potential help was found by Ross, Nick was wary in putting Ghetto's life in harm, but knew he and no right to decide and respected Ghetto's wish to take the treatment. On the way towards DC, Nick would bug Ghetto for marshmallows but backed off eventually. In the night, Nick would urge Ghetto to not give up on the trip towards DC.

Following Barney's death, the relationship deteriorated as Ghetto became involved with Sky's plan to punish Ross. He kept the fact that he was going to meet Sky from Nick and left the White House with the goal of killing Ross. Nick convinced Ghetto to not do it, reminding him of Louis. The fiasco at Ross's Lab made Ghetto apologize to Nick for doubting the group.

Months later, Ghetto and the group were captured by Red. Nick knew the risks of going to rescue him and still tried. Ghetto hower told him to leave in the first attempt, as the door couldn't be unlocked and there was risk of being caught. By the time Nick came back, he was shocked and in dismay that Ghetto was taken by Red. In the following days, Nick was in a bad mood, believing to have lost Ghetto. After finding out Ghetto was being held captive, he had wanted to rescue him, but abandoned the plan due to the others objecting. He did show worry about the status of Ghetto and was guilty of what happened at the Prison.

As Red's Army took over the CDC, Ghetto was fed lies by Red and Cory about Nick being a bad person and responsible for Jordan's death. Nick meanwhile was unaware as he was preparing to liberate the safezone and when he finally found Ghetto, he was shot instead. Bleeding out, Nick questiined Ghetto on why he did it and was saved by Shark. Nick and Ghetto eventually apologized for what they did to each other and had a few good times in the CDC with the humerous arguments over peaches or marshmallows. As Nick abdicated leadership, Ghetto was shown to be shocked and requested Nick be safe when leaving the CDC.

Weeks after the CDC fell, Nick was overjoyed to know Ghetto was alive and asked Shark about his whereabouts, contradicting fan beliefs that Nick didn't care for Ghetto.

AK
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The relationship between Nick and AK is very interesting. The two initially were enemies and Nick knew AK at the time was bad due to him finding out that Ghetto had been captured. In the months following the event, Nick often admitted that he would take out AK given the chance and believed it needed to happen. When AK took Jordan, Nick wasn't happy. He eventually captured AK with Ghetto and would threaten him. He used cutters to torture AK into giving information and had him locked up.

After encountering AK again in Greenfield, Nick realized AK wasn't a completely bad person and was less evil than Red. He accepts AK into the group, but reminded him that what he did in Seaport wouldn't change. He trusted AK when he accused Louis of being responsible for helping capture Jordan and gave him a sniper to provide support for the rescue. Nick's trust grew as he assigned AK to numerous missions during and after Greenfield and would listen to any advice given. For example, he agreed with AK to do a perimeter check and go to a Military Base for supplies. He did go against AK on the issue of being along Uni and Cory. When AK was revealed to have been hiding his past as a career pilot in the military and knowledge of secret bases, Nick distrusted AK and demanded explanations. In the winter of 2016, during the conflict against Red, he and AK were at odds over whether or not to rescue people. Nick disagreed on bringing the formula to the CDC and told AK they were going to do the rescue, telling him that they cannot abandoned the group. AK respected Nick's wishes, but after nearly everyone except Ghetto was freed, he was not willing to accept Nick's decisions. Nick realized AK was right about the formula being important and agreed. Further south, AK would rescue Nick from raiders, which caused Nick to thank and show gratitude. AK brushed it off, saying they would have done it to. AK was among the people Nick asked about in the aftermath of the CDC Siege. When AK was killed during by the Strangers, Nick was visibly saddened.

## Shark

Nick and Shark have a generally good relationship. Initially, Nick and Shark were pointing guns towards each other, but they realized it wouldn't do good. Nick accepted Shark into the group and helped him supies. He was worried when Shark went missing and berated him for it. Later on, Shark and him would go on numerous missions. At the White House and Seaport, Nick came to respect Shark and admitted his cooking was great. At Husky's Cabin, Shark was among the people to have convinced and reminds Nick that he can't leave Ghetto behind. He would help Nick in shutting the Prison Power plant and fought of seven cannibals alongside others to help Nick out. Further south, Shark and AK saved Nick from raiders where Nick admitted that Shark was a good sniper. In the CDC, Nick was disproven about culinary techniques when Shark proved that canned meat could taste good. However, the two's relationship became strained during the CDC occupation as Nick would rebuke Shark over whether or not Gray was at fault for the occupation. Despite this, Shark saved Nick from being killed by Ghetto and would be at his bedside when he woke up. At Lorenzo's Kingdom, he and Nick were surprised and glad to see each other.

## Jess

Jess and Nick had a respectable relationship. Like with Shark, she and Nick met on bad terms, but the two lowered their weapons. Nick would help Jess in fixing the city metro and made Jess an ally. He would tell his group to not consider Jess as housewife. After the military was revealed to be planning a napalm, Nick wlcated for Jess's safety and wanted to help her escape. When Jess foed in the aftermath of Louis's execution, Nick made the difficult decision to leave her, hoping she fled on her own. The two layer reunited at a cabin and Jess was allowed to join the group. They had their money's of fun while there before being separated on the journey to Heyworth. Nick was shown to be worried about Jess's status after arriving in DC. He and Jess would be relieved to see each other again, but things became tough following the start of the Ross Conflict. Jess came to Nick one night with worry that Sky did something and he worried were proven right. When Sky got sick and Ross escaped, she went to Barney's grave and cried there. Nick consoled and talked to her there. Following her disappearance, Nick was worried and searched the area for her, deciding to immediately rescue her from Ross at the factory.