The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King

Quint manages to get the radio fixed but still needs to figure out a way to get the antenna’s range to reach further distances. June is so excited she sheds tears and hugs Quint. Jack pretends that he is excited too. Jack was in foster care before the apocalypse and has no family to go back to or search for. He fears that if his friends find their families, he might lose the life they have all created together. Jack decides he has to prove to his friends that their lives are perfect as they are, and becomes the self-proclaimed “protector of friends” (53).

Jack is desperate to inject some fun into his friends’ lives and suggests a monsters versus humans Olympics-style games. The others disagree, wanting to prioritize fixing the radio, but they eventually give in after realizing they could use a fun day. The monsters happily agree to the competition and dominate all of the strength tasks. The humans win the tasks that require agility and small fingers (like video games). The final game is a helicopter drone flying competition, and Quint is tasked with flying it.