Nick is a mechanic who works for Wrench-O-Rama in the fictional city of Los Perdidos. He was an orphan and has no recollection of his early childhood years. He has a mysterious, unknown past. One of the few things he remembers was that he always had a tattoo of the number 12 on the right side of his neck. [2] He, along with other survivors, seeks a means to escape Los Perdidos before it is firebombed by the military.[3][4] Nick travels with his boss and owner of Wrench-O-Rama, Rhonda Kreske, and truck driver Dick Baker throughout the city in a combined effort to escape Los Perdidos within the six-day time limit, before the bombing announced by Secretary of Defense John Hemlock is set to occur. During the course of the game, it is discovered that Nick is naturally immune or resistant to the zombie infection, as shown by a bite wound healing instead of festering. As the youngest Dead Rising protagonist so far, Nick grows as a person as the story develops. Coming off as a naïve and somewhat cowardly young man, who has difficulties formulating plans in the beginning stages of the outbreak. His intentions, however, are always good: often putting other people's thoughts and needs before his own. Nick begins to develop a sense of purpose as he fights for survival, and the trying times during recent events in Los Perdidos have brought him.