How It All Goes Down
- Nick decides to kill Stone first, because Stone is a bully.
- Nick presses the tip of his sword to Stone's neck, and Stone wets his pants.
- The mortent leader urges Nick to kill Stone and "command the respect of everyone you meet" (18.17).
- Nick realizes that he doesn't want to earn respect by killing people. He wants to earn it by being just. We didn't know he actually had a choice here, given that he been zombified, but hey, good choice.
- Nick turns against the mortents, throwing their sword at them.
- The demons command Tabitha, Eric, and Madaug to attack Nick, because they know he won't hurt them.
- Nick wonders if he can conjure electricity to snap everyone out of it. Sure enough, he can.
- A bolt of lightning zaps Madaug…and turns him into a goat. Oops.
- Nick manages to turn Madaug back. Whew.
- But now undead zombies are joining the fray.
- Nick "fought the demons and zombies back with everything he had" (18.70). That's all the description we get. Use your imagination. Or wait for the TV show.
- Backup arrives in the form of Bubba, Mark, Caleb, Nekoda, Simi, and Alex.
- Nick is relieved that Bubba didn't blow up in his own SUV.
- Bubba uses his cattle prod to zap their friends back to normal.
- Now our heroes turn to fighting the other zombies, who are stronger than your average zombie.
- Nekoda puts up a big fight and even kisses Nick during the heat of battle.
- Um, focus on the zombies, girl.
- Nick suddenly realizes that he can control the zombies by touching them, so he touches them and commands them to die. And they all die. Who knew?
- The mortent leader and her sidekick run away and promise to get Nick again another day. You didn't even tell us your name, dude.
- Reunited and safe, everyone leaves.
- Nick works up the nerve to ask Nekoda out on a real date—coffee and beignets, the best New Orleans date—and she agrees. Will they live happily ever after?
- Our point of view shifts to Ambrose. Remember: he's Nick from the future.
- Ambrose realizes that this Nick is making different decisions from the ones he himself made, so maybe his fate will change, after all. Only time will tell.