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"Didn't you know I was Satan, his-self? Old Nick. That's me." |
Nick is a minor character in the Enemy series, appearing and dying in The Enemy. Along with his wife Rachel, Nick lived underground in Bank Station and slowed the effects of the disease by eating children that they kept captive. He found Small Sam in the tube and saved him from sickos, only to imprison him in a subway car. When Sam and The Kid escaped the car, Nick chased them down and almost caught Sam -- but when he entered the sun, he quickly succumbed to the disease and died.
Appearance
Nick had a shaven face and long, untidy dreadlocks. He wore jeans and a knitted sweater, with a heavy overcoat over the top. His accent was "a soft country accent, sort of fruity".
Personality
"He wanted to see the fear and pain in his eyes before he finished it. He wanted the brat to know full well what was about to happen to him. Let him see the knife. Let him anticipate what it would feel like when he brought it slashing down."
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Nick was grumpy at best and outright murderous at worst, calling himself "Satan his-self". He saw children like cattle, as animals for him to keep and slaughter when the time came. In his final minutes, he was shown to be incredibly sadistic and vengeful, as he wanted to watch Sam die painfully and slowly. However, it is worth noting that the disease causes adults to want to eat children to slow its progression, and that in his final moments, the disease in him was accelerating rapidly. It is possible that these final thoughts were more the disease in him taking a stronger hold rather than his true personality.
History
Nick was not originally from London, and lived in the countryside before the spread of the disease, probably on a farm.[3] At some point, in his past, he married Rachel and they adopted a cat that they named Orion. He and his wife kept pigs, but it is unknown whether this was before or after moving to London. The couple eventually moved to London, and lived in a five-carriage train in Bank Station. They also stockpiled canned food and other supplies which they found in train station shops.
After the disaster began, Nick and Rachel were able to negate the effects of the disease for a whole year, longer than any other known adults, by keeping children like farm animals. Instead of eating the whole child in one go, like most sickos, they kept the rationed their meat and only killed the next child once they had run out. This enabled them to always have child flesh in their diet, as each one could last them several weeks. The children chained to the handrails in the second carriage, and were fed the food that Nick and Rachel didn't want to eat. The children's muscles, particularly their legs, would gradually atrophy from lack of use, and they would hardly be able to move.[4]
About three weeks before he caught Small Sam, Nick found a girl named Rhiannon and brought her back to the train. at the time, they had four other captive children: twins named Jason and Claire, a boy called Mark Watkins and another girl who was too sick to talk. The sick girl was killed off soon after, although Nick and Rachel didn't eat her for fear of catching her illness. Mark Watkins had been with the couple for a long time, and could hardly stand up due to muscular atrophy, and was killed and butchered soon after Rhiannon arrived. Rachel and Nick claimed that they had taken him up to the surface because he was no longer sick.[4]
Synopsis
The Enemy (2009)
Nick was at King's Cross when he encountered Small Sam, who was running from sickos. He used his sawn-off shotgun to kill the sickos and then carried Sam down the tracks to Bank station. Once inside the train, Rachel fed Sam some stew with a sleeping drug in it, and he fell asleep. Once Sam was asleep, Nick handcuffs him and takes him through to the children's carriage, where he attaches the cuff to a chain hanging from the handrail.
Two days after Sam was captured, he and Rhiannon got rescued by The Kid. As the trio were escaping over the platform, Nick's cat, Orion, saw them and shrieked. Nick then looked out of the train to see the kids, and quickly grabbed his shotgun before coming out with Rachel to chase after them.[5] He and Rachel split up at the bottom of the escalators, where the three children are hiding behind some rubbish. Nick went back into the tunnels to look for them, while Rachel checked the ticket hall. He then quickly came running back, after Rachel heard Rhiannon wheezing behind the cardboard and called to him. He saw the kids as they were running up the escalator, and shot at them, hitting Rhiannon. Leaving her with Rachel, Nick chased Sam and The Kid up the escalator and out into the daylight.[2]
Nick soon managed to grab Sam, who was disoriented by the bright sunlight after being in the darkness for two days. As Nick was about to shoot Sam, The Kid leapt at his arm. This caused the shotgun to smash into the base of a statue while it was firing, bending it out of shape. The Kid fell heavily, and was unable to get up. Nick then drew a knife from inside his coat, and swiped at Sam twice, who then dashed under a van. Nick grabbed his ankle and dragged him out, holding the knife over Sam.[2]
It was then that Nick noticed what the sunlight was doing to his body. His life in the darkness had left him with no resistance to the effects of UV light on diseased adults. The disease accelerated rapidly within him, causing boils to break out all over his skin. Within seconds, his eyes had burst and his face had swollen to a huge size. Nick's skin then finally split, with his body disintegrating and insides spilling out onto the pavement.[2]
Abilities
Weaknesses
- Sunlight: Like others with the disease, Nick was vulnerable to sunlight. This was later his undoing as he followed Sam and The Kid out into the sun, where he soon boiled over and died.
Equipment
Former
- Shotgun: Nick carried a sawed-off shotgun.
- Torch: Nick carried a large battery-powered torch.
- Knife: Nick carried a large knife.
Relationships
Rachel
Rachel was Nick's wife.
Sightings
The Enemy | |||
1. The Enemy: | Debut, Death | 5. The Sacrifice: | Absent |
2. The Dead: | Absent | 6. The Fallen: | Absent |
3. The Fear: | Absent | 7. The Hunted: | Absent |
4. Geeks vs. Zombies: | Absent | 8. The End: | Absent |
Trivia
- Nick was a smoker, and still had a supply of tobacco a year after the disaster.
V - E - H List of sickos in The Enemy | |
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The Fear | Bluetooth • Man U • One-Armed Bandit • Saint George • Spike • Stickboy • Stumpy • The Medusa |
Gym Bunnies | Mother with Sunglasses |
Unaligned sickos | Animal Man • Brian • Cheryl Cole • Chris Catell • Frédérique Morel • Janey • Louis Corpse • Mel • Mike • Monsieur Morel • Mr. Hewitt • Mr. Langston • Mr. Lewis • Madame Morel • Ms. Jessop • Ms. Warlock • Nick • Paul MacLaren • Pez • Rachel • Roy Peachy • Seamus • Simon Foul • Tomasz • The Collector • Threesome • Waggers • Wormwood |
V - E - H Characters in The Enemy | |
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Holloway crew | Achilleus • Alice • Andy Thomas • Arran Harper • Ben • Bernie • Big Sam • Big Mick • Blu-Tack Bill • Blue • Brandon • Callum • Curly Sam • Deke • Ebenezer • Ella • Eve • Freak • Jake • Joel • Johnno • Josh • Kahmal • Katey • Lewis • Lila • Louise • Maeve • Maxie • Mohammed • Monkey Boy • Ollie • Paddy • Small Sam • Whitney |
Buckingham Palace kids | Al • Alfie Walker • Andy Kerr • David King • Franny • George Halley • Jessica • Jester • Jonathan • Kate • Maria • Paul Channing • Pod • Red Uniform kids • Rose • Spotty • Tom |
Tower of London kids | Abdullah • Adele • Ali • Brendan Eldridge • Captain Reynolds • Carly • Courtney • DogNut • Ed Carter • Felix • Finn • Hayden • Hugo • Jim • Jordan Hordern • Kate • Keren • Kinsey • Kyle • Leo • Marco • Olivia Channing • Partha • Tomoki Ford • William McIntyre • Will • Zosia |
Natural History Museum kids | Aiyshah • Alexander • Alice • Alicia • Boggle • Bradley • Brooke • Cameron • Cass • Casper Leverson • Chris Marker • Daryl Painter • Demi • Einstein • Emma Hudson • Emily Winter • Ethan • Froggie • Gabby • Geta • Gordy • Hattie • Jackson • Jamie • James Stornay • Jason Hickley • Jasmine • Jibber-Jabber • Justin • Kwanele Nkosi • Lettis Slingsbury • Reece • Robbie • Samira • Scott • Stacey Norman • Thomas Hopgood • Wiki • Zohra |
The Squatters | Carl • Just John |
Hunters | Dom • Ryan Aherne • Torchboy • Zulficker |
Houses of Parliament kids | Bozo • Buzz Cut • Nicola • Ponytail |
Cathedral kids | Archie Bishop • Charlotte • Harry Ryan • Matthew Palmer • Nathan • Nev • Phil • Tish |
IKEA kids | Dan • Jaz • Johnny • Ricky • Saif |
Twisted Kids | Betty Bubble • Fish-Face • Flubberguts • Legs • Monstar • Pencil-Neck • Skinner • Spider-Boy • The Pink Surfer • Trinity • TV Boy • Warehouse Queen |
Brockridge Park kids | Abby • Andy • Susannah • Rav |
Bracknell kids | Daniel • Harry • Isaac Hills • Louisa • Sonya |
Slough kids | Josa • Kenton • Tyler Keene • Tyler Keene, Jr. |
Windsor kids | Golden Girl • Golden Boy • Go-Girl • Veda |
Sandhurst kids | Dara |
Ascot kids | Arno Fletcher • Henry • Green • Sean • Sophie • The Mad King |
Notting Hill kids | Anita • Big-Man • Cool-Man • Persephone • Shadowman • The Fox |
Rowhurst boys | Adam • Anthony Sullivan • Damien Sullivan • Harry Bamford • Jack • Jacob • Jamey • Jason • Johnno • Piers • Stanley • The Kid • Tommy • Will |
Unaligned kids | Aleisha • Altan • Ameena Hussein • Ant • Charlie Piper • Claire • Danny • Eve • Jamey • Jason • Liam Thorne • Little Paul MacLaren • Malik Hussein • Mark Watkins • Maxine • Nadia Hussein • Rhiannon • The Kid • Tommy • Zahra Hussein |
Adults | Amelia Dropmore • Animal Man • Big Mick’s father • Big Mick’s mother • Bluetooth • Brian • Callum’s mother • Cheryl Cole • Chris Catell • Daragh • Daryl • Dorothy • Frédérique Morel • Janey • Louis Corpse • Man U • Mel • Mike • Mother with Sunglasses • Monsieur Morel • Mr. Hewitt • Mr. Langston • Mrs. Harper • Mrs. Thorne • Ms. Jessop • Ms. Warlock • Nick • One-Armed Bandit • Paul MacLaren • Pez • Rachel • Royal Family (Marquess of Tavistock • Elderly female royal) • Roy Peachy • Saint George • Seamus • Simon Foul • Spike • Stickboy • Stumpy • Tomasz • The Collector • The Medusa • Threesome • Uncle Ray • Waggers • Wormwood |
Non-human characters | Boney-M • Charlie • Dior • Godzilla • Orion • The Gray Lady |
Groups | Ascot kids • Bracknell kids • Brockridge kids • Buckingham Palace kids • Cathedral kids • Coach party • Gym Bunnies • Imperial War Museum kids • Holloway crew • Houses of Parliament kids • Ikea crew • Inmathger • Hunters • Maidenhead kids • Morrisons crew • Natural History Museum kids • Notting Hill kids • Promithios Biomedical • Rowhurst boys • Sandhurst kids • Slough kids • Survivalists • The Fear • The Squatters • The Twisted Kids • Tower of London kids • Unseen characters • Waitrose crew • Windsor kids |
Notes and References
- ↑ The Enemy, Chapter 29 (Charlie Higson; 3 September 2009)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The Enemy, Chapter 49 (Charlie Higson; 3 September 2009)
- ↑ Nick was from the countryside, had kept pigs in the past, and had a shotgun. This means he and Rachel almost certainly lived on a farm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Enemy, Chapter 37 (Charlie Higson; 3 September 2009)
- ↑ The Enemy, Chapter 47 (Charlie Higson; 3 September 2009)