夺命高校 Faculty, The (1998)

Scene 1



Setting

Outside on the football field Coach Willis screams at his football 

players as they do the plays he wrote up himself. However, on the 

field, nothing is going as he planned. Nothing is good for him. Nothing 

is perfect. He screams at them how they're going to die on Friday when 

they play the only team that can kick their ass. After the practice he 

yells at the star quarterback Stan on how he needs to open his eyes and 

play better. Stan's friend Gabe tells him to shake it off and the two 

head for the locker room. In a fit of rage, the coach heaves over the 

bench knocking down the huge tubs of water for the players. He kicks a 

sprinkler and it flickers on...he puts his foot over it and then kneels 

down and places his hand over it. A large shadow appears behind him. 

The coach turns around.



COACH

Yeah...  what?



A few hours after school ended, a few teachers including Principal 

Drake, Mr. Tate, Mrs. Olson, and Mrs. Brummel, get together in the 

faculty lounge to have a faculty meeting.



DRAKE

Let me finish this quickly so we can go home...it's late. Mrs. Brummel, 

with all sadness, no new computers.





BRUMMEL

Oh but-





DRAKE

But get the service guy down here and get the old ones juiced. Mr. 

Tate, you're dreaming. Absolutely no field trip to New York City.





TATE

Look I don't think you understand...





DRAKE

You're not getting out of Ohio, re-think it...and finally, Mrs. Olson. 

There's just no money for a musical this year.



There's a moment of silence and all the teachers look sadly at each 

other. Mr. Tate lights up a cigarette.



TATE

But I bet the football team gets their new jerseys and their new 

equipment.





DRAKE

Have you seen the football stadium on a Friday night, Mr. Tate?



The entire town is here. (She starts to gather her things, ready to 

leave.)



DRAKE

This is a football town, let me remind you, and yes, the team will get 

new jerseys, new knee pads, new jock straps, and everything else they 

want in the name of education because that is what the school board 

wants. As well as what the parents in this town want. My frustrated 

hands are tied.





Scene 2



Setting

Outside the school, after the meeting, Mr. Tate and Mrs. Brummel walk 

down the stairs talking to vent their frustration.



BRUMMEL

You know I don't see why we can't have a few new computers so the 

children can learn a little something...



Mrs. Olson stands at the top of the stairs with Principal Drake as she 

searches her bag for her keys.



OLSON

Oh Ms. Drake, the Drama Club had their hearts set on 'Guys and Dolls' 

this year.





DRAKE

Well... Maybe if they used last years set from 'Our Town'... Shit, I 

forgot my keys. I gotta go back in. See you in the morning Mrs. Olson.





Scene 3



Setting

In the school again. Drake re-enters the pitch-dark school and walks 

towards her office, humming a little tune. She finds her keys and as 

she turns to leave she runs into Coach Willis, who blocked her exit 

from the office.



DRAKE (startled)

Coach Willis...what can I do for you?





COACH (slurred voice)

You look...very, very pretty tonight...Ms Drake. 





DRAKE

Have you been drinking Coach?



Willis, obviously looking for an excuse, sees a set of pencils on 

Drake's desk. He's master of the situation now.



COACH

I'm sorry to bother you but I... can't seem to find a... pencil.





DRAKE

You don't need a pencil Coach...you need a good night's sleep.



Drake tries to walk past him. He blocks her path.



COACH

I really need a pencil.





DRAKE (irritated)

Sleep it off coach! 



Drake tries to move past him again, but again he blocks her path.



COACH

Do you have a pencil?





DRAKE

Jesus Christ! Yes I have a pencil! I have plenty of pencils!



She walks towards her desk and grabs a long, sharp pencil and gives it 

to the coach.



DRAKE

Look. Why don't you and your pencil go home? It's late. 



Drake tries to move past him, but yet again he blocks her.



COACH

You look very, very pretty tonight.



Principal Drake is now, to say the least, upset.



DRAKE (threatening)

Harassment has a very fine line coach. Haven't you read your handbook?



Suddenly, the coach grabs her hand and shoves the pencil all the way 

through. Drake cries out in pain. The coach rips the pencil from her 

hand and admires the blood on it.



COACH (half to himself)

I always wanted to do that....



Drake rakes her keys against his face, making two large cuts that 

instantly begin to bleed. She accidently drops them, and runs out of 

the room. As she runs through the hallway the coach gets on the loud 

speaker.



COACH (Through PA System)

Would Ms. Drake please report to the principal's office?



Drake runs into a Science room trying to find a hiding spot. The coach 

quickly spots her runs into the room and tries to grab her. Drake 

bashes him in the head with a large class beaker. She then runs out of 

the room and towards the main door of the school. Mrs. Olson stands 

there wondering what the confusion is about.



OLSON

I forgot my grade book!





DRAKE (frantically)

Open the door, god damnit! 



She tries to open the door, but notices the chain  around the two 

handles.  She is locked in.



OLSON

I don't have my keys! (panicking) Let me get help!





DRAKE

No, no! Don't leave me!





OLSON

Where are your keys?





DRAKE

In the office. 



Drake looks toward her office which is only a few yards away. 



DRAKE

I need to get my keys.





OLSON

Please let me get help!





DRAKE

No, just talk to me, okay? 



She starts to walk towards her office cautiously, fully aware that a 

killer is in her vicinity, but not knowing where.



OLSON (Through closed door)

Oh Ms. Drake, please be careful!



Drake fetches her keys nervously humming a tune and grabs a pair of 

scissors for protection. She then hears Mrs. Olson screaming for her.



OLSON (frantically)

Ms Drake! He's coming! He's coming! Hurry!!



Drake darts out of her office noticing the coach, who  is at the end of 

the hallway picking pieces of glass from his skull. He gives Ms. Drake 

an admiring look. She races towards the front door fumbling with her 

keys. The coach starts to walk towards her, Mrs. Olson panics, warning 

Ms Drake. The coach then starts to run towards Drake. Drake drops the 

keys and gets them up off the floor.



DRAKE

Help me!



She gets the lock opened and outside right as the coach reaches the 

door. She wraps the chain around and tries to lock it to trap the coach 

inside. She drops the scissors while attempting to close the lock. She 

kicks them behind her before the coach can get to them. Mrs. Olson 

picks them up. Ms. Drake gets the lock closed and pauses.



DRAKE

Prick!



She looks at Mrs. Olson, who stares at her in a deadly trance. Mrs. 

Olson holds the scissors high in her hand and starts to slash Drake to 

the ground. Every cut gives birth to a new wound, each bleeding 

continuously. Drake falls down. Coach Willis looks at Mrs. Olson in an 

approving waythrough the window of the door. She smiles sarcastically.



OLSON

I always wanted to do that.





Scene 4



Setting

Outside Herrington High School kids are just arriving to start the day. 

Friends meet up with friends, girls gossip on the latest news, busses 

arrive and are quickly emptied with kids; the typical morning madness. 

A girl carelessly slides her car into a parallel parking spot crashing 

into the person in front of her. The girl who owns the now smashed car 

gets out quickly and pulls the girl in the other car from behind the 

wheel onto the ground. The other girl reacts by pushing the first onto 

the hood of her car. The fight continues. All of a sudden a black 1970 

Pontiac GTO  with two broad, red stripes running over the hood, roof 

and trunk speeds into the school parking lot, making lots of noise, 

accompanied by some music, which can't be heard clearly until Zeke, the 

high school bad boy, gets out. He pops open the trunk and takes a few 

pens filled with white powder. He quickly stuffs them in his pocket and 

walks toward the school. Casey, a nerdy photographer for the school 

paper, departs the school bus 



STOKELY

Crash and burn Casey.



Again the frame freezes for a few seconds as the name "STOKELY" is 

displayed.

Stokely walks towards the main entrance of the school trying to avoid 

the eyes that were upon her. She takes notice to a girl screaming 

vulgar language at her boyfriend to get out of the car. Without 

realizing it she bumps into Stan, the head quarterback of the school 

football team. Stan quickly makes sure she's okay but without listening 

Stokely gets cocky with him.



STOKELY

 Walk much?





STAN

You ran into me, beast!



Across the courtyard, Stan's girlfriend Delilah chatters with her 

fellow cheerleader friends.



DELILAH

Okay, now listen up. Let's all wear the same uniforms and keep the hair 

the same. Okay? No hair spray no teasing, just...elegant. Simple. 

Great.



The frame again stops for a few seconds. The name "DELILAH" appears on 

screen.

Stan approaches Delilah and tries to kiss her. Delilah pulls away.



DELILAH

Whoa! Stan, watch it. These are Estee Lauder lips. They take 72 minutes 

to apply.





STAN

Sorrrrry (sarcastic)... Hey, can we talk?





DELILAH

Well, I can't right now. I need a new headline for the school paper. 

It's important.



They start to walk into the school.



STAN

So is this.





DELILAH

Sure you think so honey.



She tries to escape him.



STAN

 In fact....it might be just the story you're looking for.





DELILAH

Do the words 'editor in chief' mean anything to you? Leave the news to 

me, okay? Later. (She walks away from him in a hurry.)



Back outside the school the jocks that ganged up on Casey ram him into 

the flagpole, legs open. A blond girl in a flowered dress named Mary-

Beth watches the act cautiously as she walks toward the main building. 

Today is her first day of school. She just moved into Herrington, Ohio 

from Atlanta. She approaches two nose pierced and tattooed girls 

sitting by the main entrance of the school. One has a chain from her 

nose ring that connects to her earring. They are just staring ahead, 

ignoring the world around them.



MARY-BETH

Excuse me? Could you please tell me where the office is? It's my first 

day here.



The girl with the chain doesn't answer for a moment but finally points 

her thumb into the school building.



MARY-BETH

Thank you. I'm Mary-Beth Louise Hutchinson. I love what you've done 

with you're nose ring. It really brings out the color in your eyes. 



Yet again, the frame stops for a minute as the name "MARY-BETH" appears 

on-screen.

She quickly heads inside the school watching a girl cussing out her 

boyfriend, slapping him walking down the hallway until they both leave 

the building. This is a normal routine for this couple.



Scene 5



Setting

Inside the boys bathroom.  Zeke walks in and hands fake ID's to two 

guys  waiting for him.



CUSTOMER 1

Dude, that's not me. Doesn't even look like me.





CUSTOMER 2

That's 50 bucks right?





CUSTOMER 1

Does that look like me?! 



Customer 1 shows his friend the fake ID which has a middle aged Chinese 

man on it. The costomer is a younger white guy.....



ZEKE

Uh, it's the new you.





CUSTOMER 1

 I don't know man, how do we know these things are really gonna work?





ZEKE

 Trust me man, I'm brilliant.





CUSTOMER 1

Then why are you repeating your senior year?



Zeke realizes he has to think fast to keep his customers satisfied.



ZEKE

Alright, look man...I'll throw in a couple hits of this. 



He pulls out a pen full of white powder for each guy and holds it out 

to them.



ZEKE

Scat. My own recipe. Guaranteed to jack you up.



As he gives them the pens, the image freezes again. The name "ZEKE" is 

displayed.

The two customers take the drug and give Zeke his money. They exit the 

bathroom. Inside the handicap stall Casey nurses the bloody nose he 

recieved from the elbow incident earlier. The first bell rings and Zeke 

is already gone.



CASEY (under his breath)

FUCK!





Scene 6



Setting

Inside the faculty lounge. The faculty is preparing for another long, 

hard day at school. Nurse Harper sits at a table in the center of the 

lounge and wraps up a custodian's wounded finger.



HARPER

You've got to remember

the projector's got teeth. (coughs) Sharp ones. 



She coughs again and blows her nose. She obviously has a cold. She 

reaches into her purse and pulls out some medication.



CUSTODIAN

We should get hazard pay for this sort of faulty equipment.





HARPER

Yeah right.



Mr. Furlong, the biology teacher, walks into the office.



FURLONG

Well good morning Nurse Harper...how's your cold?





HARPER (blows her nose)

I can't get rid of it...



A young teacher named Ms. Burke is sitting at the table. She talks with 

another much older teacher named Mrs. Brummel. Brummel drops her book, 

and Ms.Burke helpfully reaches for it.  Mr. Tate witnesses the scene.



TATE (under his breath)

Can we say 'retirement'?



Tate nods his head and sips from his coffee to which he has added some 

whisky. Ms. Burke gives Mr. Tate the evil eye for making such a snide 

remark.



FURLONG (to Harper)

 Maybe you should just go home?





HARPER

 No thank you. I'm saving my sick days for when I feel better.



She takes some medicine. Furlong, who was coming on to Nurse Harper the 

whole time, realises the uselessness of his attempts.



FURLONG (under his breath)

Why don't I just stick a fucking pen in my eye?



Every one is suffering from the heat. The gym coach walks in the room 

and heads straight for the water dispenser, takes a cup and starts 

drinking water. Mr. Tate looks at the air conditioner with a sign 

saying "Don't Turn On, Ever" on it.



TATE

Why won't that bitch turn the air conditioning on?!





FURLONG

 Hey, speaking of which, has anybody seen Principal Drake?





TATE

Maybe she had a sunstroke and died.



Coach Willis drinks glass after glass of water..barely stopping to 

breath. Mr. Furlong takes notice of how the coach is drinking so much 

water.



FURLONG (whispers to Tate)

What's up with the coach? He thirsty...





TATE

Probably some pre-game ritual.





FURLONG

Just looking at him makes me want to take a piss.



Mrs. Olson walks in, with a completely new hairstyle. The coach takes a 

break from his water drinking and takes notice of her.



COACH

 Well hello Mrs. Olson, you look very, very pretty today.



She smiles devilishly.



Scene 7



Setting

Inside a classroom. Ms. Burke tries desperately for her class to 

participate in the learning discussion.  She writes the name Crusoe on 

the blackboard.



BURKE (very silently)

 Now, what was Crusoe's greatest fear?



It is quiet in the classroom for about ten seconds.



BURKE (hesitating)

 Anyone... ?



Ms. Burke asked the question without expecting an answer, and she 

doesn't get one. Finally, Zeke smiles and raises his hand to answer.



BURKE

Yes?





ZEKE

Crusoe was afraid he'd be stuck on that island forever...with nothing 

but calluses. 



He grins and his fellow classmates giggle.



BURKE

That's not correct Zeke....Isolation was his greatest fear.





ZEKE

Yes, but, his external existence in no way compared to his internal 

agony of the loneliness he felt. 



Ms. Burke is somewhat surprised to receive such an intelligent answer. 



BURKE (gently)

That's very good, Zeke.



Zeke waits a moment, puts a pen in his mouth and grins.



ZEKE

Like I said...calluses. 



The class laughs.



Scene 8



Setting

In the hall. Delilah is talking with a fellow member of the school 

paper, dodging people slamming their lockers as she walks to her next 

class.



GIRL

So Kathy gets one thing, then Melissa gets cover, and Jenny has her own 

story. So which one do you want me to print?





DELILAH

Print them all, he's a jerk.



Stan approaches Delilah and pulls her aside the chaos.



STAN

Hey, we need to talk.





DELILAH

No Stan, baby... I'm in a crisis... not now.





STAN

I'm quitting football.





DELILAH

You're not playing tomorrow?





STAN

No, I'm not playing this year. Would you listen to me? I'm quitting the 

team, I'm not 



playing ball anymore.



DELILAH (shocked)

What brought this on?





STAN

Well, I've been weighing the importance of being a jock with my 

impending future and decided-





DELILAH

You just...decided?! Stan, what about college? Football scholarship is 

your only shot!





STAN

If I quit now I can work harder at studying...Maybe raise my grades a 

little? I'd rather go to college based on my brain.





DELILAH

You're not good at studying! Stan, you're good at football. You should 

stick with what you're good at!





STAN

Yeah, I've always been good at football, and basketball, and every 

other sport I've tried. Maybe I should try something I'm not so good 

at, something different.





DELILAH

Yeah and what am I supposed to do while you're on a yellow book quest 

for a brain?





STAN (disgusted)

What?! 





DELILAH

The excepted social order is that head cheerleader dates star 

quarterbacks, not academic wannabes!





STAN

Don't be so superficial...





DELILAH

Superficial...four syllables...that's really good Stan, you're on your 

way. Let me know how the cancer cure goes.



She rolls her eyes and walks away, leaving Stan standing alone in the 

now empty hallway.



STAN (sighs)

I was hoping you'd be with me on this...



The second bell rings and he walks to his second class.



Scene 9



Setting

Inside Mr. Tate's history class. Mr. Tate takes a sip from his spiked 

coffee and wearily opens up the textbook.



TATE

Now if everyone would turn to Chapter 4

The Nation of the State. (reads from the book) Only through the 

conformity among the masses can the unified state offer the benefits of 

power, order and security-





STAN (interrupting)

Actually, we covered that last week, Mr. Tate. We're on chapter 5.





TATE (sighs)

Whatever. Now if you can all please join Stan on chapter 5

Individual Action in Society...



Stokely, who is also in the class, looks at Stan and runs her hand 

through her short hair, pushing it behind her ear. She then looks 

behind her at some girls including the new Mary-Beth and then turns her 

head back to the front of the class.



Scene 10



Setting

During lunch. Mary-Beth approaches Stokely who sits alone at a table 

reading a book.



MARY-BETH (happily)

Whatcha reading?



Surprised, Stokely looks up from her book, pushing her hair behind her 

ear once again. She doesn't answer Mary-Beth so Mary-Beth takes a seat 

across from her and looks at the title of the book.



MARY-BETH

Double Star by Robert Heinlein...(smiles) Are you one of those science 

fiction people? Y'all believe in multiple universes and alien beings 

and stuff? 



Stokely still doesn't answer. Instead she just looks down, avoiding 

Mary-Beth who won't give up.



MARY-BETH

I'm feeling very alien myself today. I'm Mary-Beth Louise Hutchinson. I 

just moved from Atlanta. I'm new here.





STOKELY

 No shit.





MARY-BETH

What's your name?





STOKELY

Why do you want to know my name?





MARY-BETH

Cause I've got no friends. And correct me if I'm wrong but you seem to 

have one less that that. I just thought-



She is interrupted by Delilah who approaches them and puts her arm 

around Stokely, who quickly pushes it off her back.



DELILAH

 Aww....Stokleeeey...Are you seducing the new students again? 



Her attention goes to Mary-Beth. 



DELILAH

Hi! I'm Delilah! Happy to have you at Herrington!





MARY-BETH

Thank you!





DELILAH

Hey, don't you just love the way Stokely accessorizes all the different 

shades of black in her outfit?



Stokely cringes at the put down Delilah just fired at her and turns her 

head towards her.



STOKELY

Fuck you, gutter slut.





DELILAH

Now I don't know why you insist on being such a bad example for your 

people...





MARY-BETH

What people?





DELILAH

Well I hope you're not a violent lesbian like your newfound friend 

here.





MARY-BETH

Uh, no...I'm not aware of any lesbianism in my leanage.





DELILAH

Aww, that's too bad...guess you'll just have to keep looking for Miss 

Right, Stokely!



Stokely quickly gathers up her bag and book and leaves the table.



STOKELY

Bi-poid bitch! 



She gives Delilah the finger as she walks away.



DELILAH (to Mary-Beth, with an I-told-you-so-look)

Violent...





MARY-BETH

 Yeah... 



Delilah walks away. Mary Beth sits alone at the table with still no 

friends.



Scene 11



Setting

Casey sits eating his lunch alone and far away from people in the top 

of the bleachers facing the football field. When he finishes he walks 

down the tall white bleachers and onto the football field, eyes to the 

ground. He notices a flesh-colored bug-like creature that appears dead 

on the ground and picks it up. He has never seen this type of insect 

before. A loud voice behind him makes him jump and he almost drops the 

insect. He turns around to face the coach.



COACH

What are you doing here?





CASEY (nervously)

I was just eating my lunch, sir 





COACH

Well, this ain't the cafeteria, son.





CASEY

I know, sir...sorry 'bout that, sir.



Casey starts to walk away the Coach calls back to him and he turns back 

around to face him.



COACH

You're uh... I forget your name.





CASEY

Casey.





COACH

Right... I've seen ya around. You're not really into sports?





CASEY

I don't believe a person should run unless he's being chased.





COACH

Being chased eh? I like that. 



He eyes Casey meanly. Casey is afraid.



COACH

 Get outta here!



Casey turns and runs away.



Scene 12



Setting

In the hallway, Stokely walks in the school hiding from the world. 

She's embarrassed from what had just happened with Delilah. She walks 

up to the water fountain just opposite the faculty lounge. Mrs. Olson 

enters the faculty lounge and asks Mrs. Brummel a question.



OLSON

Could I have a word with you, Mrs. Brummel?



Stokely and Mrs. Olson make eye contact. Mrs. Olson glared at Stokely 

in a "it's-non-of-your-business" type of way and closed the door. 

Stokely takes a sip from the water fountain. She turns to walk further 

down the hall, but she bumps into Stan.



STOKELY

Man... get a fucking eye dog! 



She pushes him aside and continues to stomp down the hallway.



STAN

Maybe if you didn't paint your fuckin' eyes shut... 



He gets a drink from the fountain..



Scene 13



Setting

Mr. Furlong's Room. Casey walks in his biology classroom a few minutes 

after Stokely.



CASEY

Mr. Furlong!





FURLONG

Present...





CASEY

I found something down on the football field. I thought you might like 

to take a look.





FURLONG

What is it?



He takes the body from Casey.



CASEY

I was hoping you could tell me.



Mary-Beth walks in, sees Stokely and sits beside her.



MARY-BETH (eagerly)

Wanna be lab partners? 



Stokely doesn't answer Mary-Beth and pushes her hair behind her ear 

like she always does.



MARY-BETH

I didn't know you were a lesbian. I don't think I've ever met one 

before. Been out long? You know I think it's very impressive that-





STOKELY

Look, I'm not a lesbian alright?





MARY-BETH

Be one...please - feel free.





STOKELY

You know, you were right about me. I don't have any friends and I like 

it that way. Being a lesbian is just my sense of security. (looks down 

at the desk)





MARY-BETH

Security against what?





STOKELY

People like you.





MARY-BETH (smiles)

Complex! 





FURLONG

It certainly has a zone that only exists in the kidney of certain squid 

and octupi. (examining the insect under a microscope as more students 

fill the room) Which doesn't make sense because...





CASEY

This is Ohio.



The students pile around Mr. Furlong trying to get a glimpse.



FURLONG

Right. It's a pelagic organism.





STUDENT

What's pelagic?





ZEKE

Sea-dwelling organism.



Zeke had just walked in, dropped his stuff off and walked over to the 

microscope to take a look.



FURLONG

Exactly. Zeke, I don't recognize this surface tissue at all. Casey I 

don't want to blow smoke but I think you found a new species here.





GABE

Yeah right!





FURLONG

Hey it could happen, new species are found every day!



Zeke states something about how scientists didn't find very many new 

species until the late 20th century. Mary-Beth overhears him and 

approaches him.



MARY-BETH

Wow you just know everything! (smiles)





ZEKE (looks up from microscope)

I'm a contradiction.





FURLONG

Check the follicles on its underbelly... 



Zeke takes a look.



CASEY

What does that mean?





FURLONG

It means we need to call the university. Let them take a look. Maybe 

even get in on some of their federal grant money. Our secret alright?



Gabe takes a look at it and then at Stokely.



GABE

Hey Stokely, maybe it's from your planet.  (laughs)





STOKELY

Oh blow me you fucker! 



She pushes him knocking over a beaker full of water. Some water gets on 

the body and it flickers alive.



CASEY

Whoa! Did you see that?



The specimen pulsates.



GABE

What's it doing?



Furlong grabs the creature and brings it over to an aquarium on the 

other side of the room.



ZEKE

So you think it's amphibian?





FURLONG

Well, the water resuscitated it... 



Furlong picks it up and holds it above the water tank about to drop it 

in



CASEY

Hey couldn't that kill it?





GABE

Yeah you don't wanna drown it.





FURLONG

Only one way to find out... 



He gently lets it fall into the water tank. It sinks a little bit then 

begins to swim. Long red feelers extend from its body. It makes a quick 

swerve. Some of the students gasp.



FURLONG

 It's alright. It's okay. 



He puts on a glove and dips his hand into the tank.



GABE

Mr. Furlong, what are you doing?





FURLONG

Just gonna check his prostate. Actually, the surface texture changed 

so...I wanna feel it. 



He reaches in about to touch it. The creature makes a swift turn and 

produced another one like itself, exactly the same.



FURLONG

 Jesus! It can replicate! 



As Furlong's hand gets closer to one of the creatures, teeth emerge 

from its front and bites him in the finger.



FURLONG

Ah! Fuck! 



Furlong pulls his hand out sharply. His finger is bleeding fiercely. 



FURLONG

God Damnit! 



Aware that he is in the presence of students he calms down.



FURLONG

I'm okay.





CASEY

It has teeth...where did it get teeth?





FURLONG

I don't know...I'm gonna call the university right now.



Stokely presses her hand against the glass of the tank and gazed at the 

creature, mesmerized.



Scene 14



Setting

The poolroom. A whistle blows. Guys dive off the side of the pool and 

swim laps. Stan stands with the Coach.



STAN

You know, Coach, I've just been thinking ahead and...I've decided to 

quit the team to concentrate on my academics...





COACH (calmly)

Okay. Stan, we'll miss you.





STAN

That's it?





COACH

Well what do you want me to say? My star quarterback comes to me the 

day before 



we play the only team in the district that can kick our ass telling me 

he doesn't want to play. There's something up with that. You seem to be 

going through some life defining turning point 

and I'm not going to stand in the way of the human condition. You do 

what you have to do.



STAN

Thanks for hearing, me coach.





COACH

What kind of human being would I be if I didn't?



Stan walks away and heads toward the boys' locker room.



Scene 15



Setting

Inside the boys' locker room.  Gabe and another jock run through the 

aisles making the lives of various people miserable. Including Casey. 

Gabe bumps into him on purpose.



GABE

Hey yo piss wad, you're in my way.





CASEY (face to his locker)

I'm sorry...I was breathing here.





GABE

Yeah that's the problem, you're occupying my air, anal  probe.



He and his friend start laughing. Just as they were about to smash 

Casey, Stan walks in. Their attention quickly turns to him.



GABE

Hey yo Stan! Tomorrow night right?!



He gives him a high five.



GABE

That's right! We're gonna kill 'em! WOO HOO!



He and his friend run out of the locker room. Casey turns to Stan who 

is getting ready for a shower.



CASEY

It must really blow being you.





STAN (walking to shower)

You have no idea. 



Stan turns on the shower and lets the warm water drip over his body. 

There's a noise and Stan jumps. Ignoring it he rubs soap over his face 

and his eyes. Someone steps into the shower.



STAN

Yo Casey is that you? 



There's no answer. He can't see because there was soap in his eyes. He 

washes the soap off his face and turns around to see Mrs. Brummel, half 

naked, walking towards him, reaching for him.



STAN

Mrs. Brummel, what the fuck?!



She peels off her shirt revealing her naked sagging breasts, gasping 

for air.



BRUMMEL

Help me I...can't....breathe! I don't know what's happening! They want 

everyone!



Casey enters to see what the yelling is about. Stan looks at Casey.



STAN

Get help!



He holds Mrs. Brummel against him and touched her matted hair. As he 

took his hand away a big clump of hair and flesh stuck to his hand. 

Disgusted he pushed her away and let the clot of hair fall to the 

ground.                   



Scene 16



Setting

Casey and Stan find themselves in the office telling Mrs. Olson what 

happened to Mrs. Brummel.



STAN

Is she gonna be okay?





OLSON

Stan, Mrs. Brummel was diagnosed with cancer and she's on a lot of 

medication at the moment and it causes disorientation. We were hoping 

she could make it through the school year but unfortunately...



Casey is looking at the window. He notices the sprinklers are running 

on the football field and the Coach is right in the middle of the 

spraying water arms crossed with a strangely enjoying expression on his 

face. Something weird is going on no doubt. Casey takes out his camera 

and zoomed in to make sure it's him.



OLSON

You can understand the sensitive nature of the situation...





STAN

Yeah.





OLSON

Casey, you understand?



There is no answer as Casey is still fixated on the Coach.



OLSON

Casey, you understand? (louder) Casey?





CASEY

(finally realizing she was talking to him) Um yeah, sure... 



He takes one last glance at the coach.



Scene 17



Setting

Outside in the student parking lot.  Zeke is doing business. 



GUY 1

It's Neve Campbell?





GUY 2

...and Jennifer Love Hewitt right?





ZEKE

Yep...Party of Prettiness.





GUY 1

And they're naked?





ZEKE

Full frontal... 



He pulls two videotapes out of the trunk of his car and hands them to 

two guys. They pay him. The two students scatter away. Ms Burke 

approaches him.



BURKE

Zeke. You cannot conduct personal business on school property.



Zeke sits down on the trunk of his car. 



ZEKE

Well you see Ms Burke, we have a problem because I'm sitting on my 

car...which is my property.





BURKE

Well um, I've have complaints from several students who say you've sold 

them mind-altering substances. Now do you want to tell me about it or 

take it up with Principal Drake?





ZEKE

You're too tense, Ms Burke.



Zeke hops off his car and opens the trunk.



ZEKE

But I've got just the thing for ya.





BURKE

You know Zeke, I'm the authority figure here! It's time you realized 

that!



Zeke holds up a small white box.



ZEKE (playing commercial guy)

For gentle relief of blockage... caused by stress. Chocolate flavored 

Laxatives.





BURKE

Ya know...If you applied just 5 percent of that intellect to your 

studies -





ZEKE

Not a chocolate lover huh? 



He throws the container back into his trunk and searches for something 

else.



BURKE

You could have made up your finals last summer instead of repeating 

your senior year.





ZEKE (showing another box)

How 'bout these? Condoms. Magnum sized. And they're cherry flavored. 



He holds them out for her to take. She doesn't. 



ZEKE

Oh come on Ms Burke. They're on me.



Ms. Burke is obviously shocked by Zeke's actions.



BURKE (sadly)

That's so rude.



She walks away swiftly.



Scene 18



Setting

Delilah and Casey walk through the halls.



DELILAH

I need a lead story. I have no page one.





CASEY

We found a weird thing in biology today. Bizarre ... really bizarre. 

Mr. Furlong thinks it might be a new species!





DELILAH (not impressed)

Oh, let's just race to the stands for that issue.





CASEY (hurt)

Why do you rag on me so much? What did I do? 





DELILAH

Nothing! It's just your fate. You're just the geeky Stephen King kid. 

There's one in every school.



She starts to open the door to the faculty lounge, but Casey pulls her 

back.



CASEY

We can't go in here.





DELILAH (sighs)

Come on, Casey you're with me...be brave. 



The two of them enter the lounge.



CASEY

Okay...so...what are we looking for?





DELILAH

Anything.



She looks through someone's bag.



DELILAH

Hmm...Nurse Harper's medicated. Big surprise.



Casey looks into a cupboard and pulls out a bottle of alcohol and shows 

it to Delilah.



DELILAH

No...I exposed Mr. Tate's alcohol problem  last year....nobody cares. 

And his wife 



certainly didn't when she ran off with the baby-sitter.



CASEY

God you can be such a....





DELILAH

What?!





CASEY

Pretty cool human being when you're not being a first class, grade A 

bitch.





DELILAH (smiles)

Are you hitting on me Casey? 



Casey quickly looks down.



CASEY

No... no... I just think you can be cool... sometimes... This not being 

one of them.



They look at each other longingly for a moment, until they hear Mrs. 

Olson and Coach Willis entering the office. They quickly rush into the 

faculty closet to hide, looking through the blinds to see what was 

going on. The two teachers head directly to the water dispenser. The 

Coach fills a paper cup and drinks from it. Mrs. Olson fills a cup also 

but just splashes it onto her face, hard.



OLSON

What happened to Mrs. Brummel?





COACH (heartless)

She didn't make it...her body was too old. The heat got to her.





OLSON

Oh yeah, it can make your nerve system... pulsive.





COACH

Has the entire faculty been commuted?





OLSON

Almost.





COACH

what about the students?





OLSON

Soon.



The door opens and the two teachers turn to see Nurse Harper walk in. 

She blows her nose for what seems like the millionth time today and 

feels her head. Warm. When is this terrible cold going to pass? She 

goes to her bag to get her pills.



HARPER

What are you two still doing here? I thought I was the only one left? 



She takes her medication out out of her purse.



HARPER

There's not enough drugs in this world.



Mrs. Olson nods to the Coach as Nurse Harper walks over to the fridge 

and gets her tomato juice and takes a sip. The coach walks up to Nurse 

Harper. He stands behind her, very close. When she turns around she 

bumps into him and is startled. She gives him a scared, avoiding smile.



NURSE

What?





COACH

I have a pain. (looks over to Mrs. Olson and back to Nurse Harper) I 

have a pain... right here.



He points to his neck then grabs the Nurse and flings her onto the sofa 

and gets on top of her. The Coach's eyes turn totally white, and his 

face is covered by what look like very thick veins. He moves his face 

close to Nurse Harper's ear. Casey and Delilah watch from behind the 

door of the closet in horror as something comes out of the coach's 

mouth and squirmed into the Nurse's ear. Some blood is sprayed onto 

Nurse Harper's cheek, and her face is now also covered by the same 

'veins' as the Coach's. Mrs. Olson doesn't even try to help the Nurse.  

In the closet, Delilah backs into something causing the corpse of Mrs. 

Brummel to fall over on her. She yelps as she struggles to get the 

stinking body off her. The Coach looks up at the closet. Mrs. Olson 

motions for him to check the closet. As he opens the door Casey plunges 

a broom into the Coach's groin causing him to fall down. Delilah pushes 

Mrs. Olson onto the table and they both attempt to run out of the room 

and into the hallway when the commuted Nurse Harp



DELILAH

What the hell is going on?



In the hallway, Casey and Delilah nearly run into Principal Drake and 

Mr. Tate.



DRAKE

 Hey, slow down there!





DELILAH

They killed Mrs. Brummel and they're after us!





DRAKE (calmly)

Hey, hey, hey. Who killed who? 





TATE

What's going on?





CASEY

The Coach and Mrs. Olson just attacked the Nurse!





DELILAH

Look, just ask Nurse Harper! Th-They attacked her.





TATE

Who attacked who? Mrs. Drake, what's going on?





DRAKE (calmly)

I have no idea. I came in right in the middle of it.





CASEY

Mrs. Brummel wigged out in the shower and then we found her body in the 

faculty closet.





TATE

What were you doing in the faculty closet?





CASEY (clearly thinking 'That's not important'!)

Look, the coach and Mrs. Olson attacked the Nurse!





DRAKE

Why would they do that?



Delilah spots the Nurse come out of the lounge along with the coach and 

Mrs. Olson, unscratched.



DELILAH

There's Nurse Harper. You can just ask her... uh oh.



Drake eyes the two students evilly.



DRAKE

Now we can get to the bottom of this. 





DELILAH (scared)

Oh fuck...





CASEY

Delilah run!



They both take off down the hallway to the nearest exit. Casey falls 

down and calls for Delilah's help but she keeps going out the door. He 

gets up and runs all the way home to call his parents and the police.



Scene 19



Setting

A few minutes later Casey is back in the school with his parents and 

two cops. Principal Drake, Mrs. Olson and Coach Willis are also there, 

pretending to be innocence itself.



COP 1

In here?





CASEY

Yes. The body was in the closet.





DRAKE

And why would Mrs. Brummel be in the closet?





CASEY (looking toward the coach and Mrs. Olson)

Because they killed her! 





DRAKE (perkily)

Oh, that's right. 





COACH

Hey Casey! Sorry about  that mix up today... didn't mean to scare you!





DRAKE (to cops)

Apparently there's been a misunderstanding. 





CASEY'S DAD

Still if we could just see inside the closet...





DRAKE

Certainly.



Principal Drake opens the closet for the cops to examine. Their 

flashlights search the closet and come across a life like doll face. 

Drake pulls out the life size doll and puts it on the table. Casey's 

eyes dart form the closet and back to the doll, confused.



COP 2

It's a doll...





DRAKE

Meet Resuscitation Annie. We use her to teach the kids CPR. Although I 

guess she does resemble  Mrs. Brummel slightly. (laughs)





COP 1

You dialed 911 for a dead doll?!





CASEY

That wasn't there! They put that there! 



Casey looks to the cops and his parents for help.



CASEY

 Look, I'm not makin' this up! Call Delilah...she'll tell you!





COP 1

We called. She isn't home.





CASEY

She was here with me, she saw it too. They attacked Nurse Harper!





DRAKE

Nurse Harper is epileptic. She's prone to go off. 





COACH

She was having an attack.





OLSON

Luckily she carries her medicine in her bag so we were able to help 

her!



Casey remembers Delilah finding medication in the nurses bag and 

replacing it.



DRAKE

We think it was brought on by this terrible cold she's had. I took her 

home myself, you can call her if you like.





COP 1

Well, it is procedure...





DRAKE

You can use the phone in my office.



Drake leads him into her office and shuts the door.



COACH

That was some fast running you did down the hall, son. We could sure 

use your speed. There's a lot of chasin' on the field.





CASEY'S DAD

Hear that Case? He said you got speed.





CASEY (quietly)

Thank you.  



There is a jolt from inside the principal's office and then the Cop and 

Drake come out.



DRAKE

We've just spoken with both Mrs. Brummel and Nurse Harper.





CASEY (stares at cop's emotionless face and whispers)

They got 'em...



The cop smiles. Casey's parents interpret it as plain friendlyness but 

Casey knows what it is

an evil grin that says "I know it, you know it. But what're ya gonna do 

about it?"



COP 1

Nothing here. Just some kid looking for some attention. (glares at 

Casey) Let's go.





COP 2

Alright.  



Both cops leave the office.



CASEY'S MOM

Evelyn knows someone downtown, a professional. I'm going to make an 

appointment.





CASEY'S DAD

He's a straight A student and now he needs a professional? Christ 

sakes...





CASEY

I don't need a shrink... I know what I saw.





CASEY'S MOM (to Ms. Drake)

I am... so sorry, Ms. Drake.





DRAKE  (motioning to Casey's mom)

Maybe if we spoke privately in my office we could...





CASEY

No! No...Mom...uh, maybe you're right.  Maybe I should she this woman, 

this doctor. Can we just go?



Casey's mother looks at Casey then at the Principal. 



CASEY'S MOM

 We'll handle this at home Ms. Drake,  and again, sorry for all this 

trouble.





DRAKE

I can see how it all got out of hand. It's a pretty bizarre series of 

events.





CASEY'S DAD

Well it's our fault and it won't happen again. Good luck at the game 

tomarrow, coach.



The family starts to leave the room.



DRAKE

See ya tomorrow Casey. 



She winks to him.



Scene 20



Setting

Back at Casey's house.  His mom and dad are destroying his room looking 

for drugs. His mom is standing at the door as his father rummages all 

around the room.



CASEY'S MOM

Check his school book. They hind the drugs in the spine of the book...I 

saw it on Dateline.





CASEY'S DAD

What are you on, son!?





CASEY

I'm not doing drugs...



Casey's dad rips the book to shreds.



CASEY

Hey! That's government property, dad!





CASEY'S DAD

Shit! (calms down) We love you son. We're only trying to help you.





CASEY

Then believe me. I'm telling the truth...look something weird is 

happening at school. The teachers - something's happened to them.





CASEY'S DAD

Don't push it! Alright? I'm bending this as far as I can but if you 

push it-





CASEY

Just let me call Delilah. Please! 



Casey looks towards his wall dedicated to her with pictures of her all 

over.



CASEY'S DAD

Okay. That's it. Your privileges are now over. No phone...(he rips the 

phone jack out of the wall) Sorry, over! (he walks over to Casey's 

computer)  No Internet... (steals the external modem) You'll go to 

school, straight to school, and you'll come straight home. Got it?





CASEY

I'm not going back to that school. They're waiting for me.





CASEY'S DAD

Oh you'll go...if I have to tie you to the desk myself, you'll go.



Casey's dad takes a stereo off a shelf. 



CASEY'S DAD

No music.





CASEY'S MOM  (whispering and pointing to under the bed mattress)

His porno.





CASEY'S DAD

His porno? Oh ho ho ho... 



Casey's Dad looks at him and then goes to get the magazines.  



CASEY'S DAD

  Sorry pal...no more floggin' the bishop.





CASEY'S MOM

We're gonna get you help. Don't worry.





CASEY'S DAD

Get your room cleaned up.



They both leave... after a moment Casey messes with his computer to 

make some noise then sneaks out the window to go to Delilah. As soon as 

he's on the roof he sees the faculty outside on the sidewalk. Losing 

his balance, Casey falls off the roof and into a bush. The teachers 

swarm around him. Getting to his feet he runs into his dad.



CASEY'S DAD

What the hell do you think you're doing?





CASEY

Dad! They're here! The faculty! 



He turns around seeing no one.



CASEY'S DAD

Get in the house.



Casey's dad looks around in disbelief. A silhouette or a woman closing 

a shade in the house window.



Scene 21



Setting

The next morning Casey's Dad drives him to school.



CASEY'S DAD

Go on, son.





CASEY

Dad, I'm begging you. Please.





CASEY'S DAD

Come home right after school, your mom's looking into a doctor.



Casey slowly gets out of the car and walks towards the school. He looks 

back and notices the coach talking to his dad. The coach waves to him 

and Casey keeps walking. He walks through the busy halls and runs into 

Delilah who's normally styled hair is up in a pony tail and isn't hair-

sprayed at all today...and she actually has glasses on.



CASEY

Whoa! Delilah! Wow, you look...





DELILAH

Don't. Come on...



She leads him into the bathroom and into a stall. They listen to an 

announcement calling for three students, including Delilah to report to 

the office. 



DELILAH

This is all your fault! Do you think I am used to being called to the 

office?! They're after me!





CASEY

Did you tell your parents?





DELILAH

My mom...didn't believe me. She drinks...it's a nightmare. Look, we've 

got to go to the police.





CASEY

No, I'm telling you they got the police!





DELILAH

We don't know what they've got.





CASEY

Look, you saw it. Mrs. Brummel was dead. They attacked Nurse Harper!





DELILAH

They? Who are THEY, Casey? We don't even know who THEY are! I'm



gonna check if everything's okay.



CASEY

Its a devil's cult or something. Maybe they worship comets. Who the 

fuck knows?





DELILAH

Well I'm not going to stay in the handicapped bathroom for the rest of 

my life.  



Delilah walks out. Casey follows.



CASEY

 Where are you going?





DELILAH

I'm going to find Stan.





CASEY

Stan?! Why Stan?! 



He follows her.



Scene 22



Setting

In the faculty lounge. Every one is drinking water. The usual coffee 

isn't brewing. The custodian is bringing in dozens of large water 

dispensers. The cabinets once filled with files are now filled with 

hundreds of bottles of water.



Scene 23



Setting

In history class, students are gathering to their seats. Mary-Beth and 

Stokely walk together. Stokely gazes at Stan who was getting his 

assignments out, ready for class.



MARY-BETH

You should just go talk to him.





STOKELY

No way. 



As they pass him, Mary-Beth pushes Stokely lightly causing her to fall 

into Stan's lap. She quickly gets up, embarrassed.



STOKELY

Um, sorry. So you, are you uh, ready for the big game?





STAN

Quit the team.





STOKELY

Are you serious?!





STAN

Yeah.



Stokely takes a seat in the chair in front of Stan, while talking to 

him.



STOKELY

Why?





STAN

Just tired of everyone kissing my ass cause I'm captain of the football 

team. Ya know? The coach, the students, even the teachers. Last year 

after we won the two way conference...





STOKELY

That was thanks to you and your competent passes.





STAN

You follow our games? (smiles) I wouldn't have guessed that...



Stokely smiles back.



STAN

I made a D on a biology test, right, and then Furlong changed it to an 

A. He said I deserved it for having such a strong arm. That really 

bugged me ya know? I worked hard for that D, that was my D, I deserved 

that D. I just wish people would let me be...





STOKELY (slightly sceptic but supportive all the same)

 A D student?





STAN 

Yeah. (smiles)



The bell ring and Mr. Tate walks in. He looked tired and it's obvious 

he won't take any shit. Seeing a student listen to music through head 

phones, he yanked them out of his ear and smashed a large file of 

papers onto his desk. The students gasp, turn around, and pay close 

attention.



TATE

Okay, class. Listen up! Today we are going to write a living family 

history.



Students wonder what's going on.



TATE

Everybody take out a piece of paper and write down every name of every 

living member of your family. Begin with your immediate family, those 

living with you, then include the name of your nearest living 

relatives. 



Tate takes a noisy swig from a bottle of water that has replaced his 

usual drink.



STAN (raises hand)

Is this going to be on the test?





TATE (smiles evilly)

This is the test!





Scene 24



Setting

During passing period.  Mary-Beth sees Zeke get pen looking containers 

of white powder out of his locker and putting them into his pant 

pocket. Curious, she approaches him.



MARY-BETH

What is that?





ZEKE

It's magic dust. Want some?





MARY-BETH

Nah. I have low tolerance, but thank you.





ZEKE

You sure?





MARY-BETH

I'm allergic to Aspirin so that...(she points to the white powder) 

would probably kill me. (laughs)





ZEKE

Well we don't want to do that then.





MARY-BETH

No... I'm Mary-Beth Louise Hutchinson I'm from-





ZEKE

Atlanta. I know.





MARY-BETH

That's right... (smiles) you know everything...





ZEKE

I'm Zeke.





MARY-BETH

I know.





ZEKE

It's a pleasure.





MARY-BETH

Pleasure's all mine!





Scene 25



Setting

Stan and Stokely walk out of their class and look at the long line of 

students leading into the Nurse's office.



STAN

Weird, isn't it?





STOKELY

What do you think it is?





STAN

Locker search, maybe?





STOKELY

Something weird's going on here.



Gabe, dressed in his football gear, sees Stan and greets him.



GABE

Whoa! Stan!





STAN

Hey Gabe.





GABE

Hey you're not pissed are ya?





STAN

No, why?





GABE

Well, I'm the new team captain.



They start to walk down the hall, the line grows.



STAN

What's going on here?





GABE

Nurse Harper is giving an ear exam or some shit like that.



They look into the office where Nurse Harper inserts a strange-looking 

instrument into a student's ears. Before we see the effect, Principal 

Drake shuts the door. Stan notices a couple of police officers 

following Ms. Olson into the school halls.



STAN

And that takes the police?



Delilah finally spots Stan and grabs a hold of him.



DELILAH

Stan, I need to talk to you.





STAN

I didn't know you wear glasses...





DELILAH

Contacts...Come on it's important.



They walk away, leaving Stokely alone. Casey sees her and approaches 

her.



CASEY

Stokely...got a second? I need your help.





Scene 26



Setting

Outside.  Mary-Beth and Zeke walk the courtyard dodging people.



MARY-BETH

So after the accident I came to live here with relatives, my cousins 

and well, here I am.



They spot a girl and her boyfriend sitting on a bench. The girl is 

yelling and smacking her boyfriend. He does absolutely nothing. Just 

sits there as she smacks the shit out of him. Zeke notices that a lot 

of students are acting weird. There is a large line for the water 

fountain and everyone seems zonked out.



ZEKE

Yeah, my mom and dad are dead too.





MARY-BETH

Really?





ZEKE

Yeah, they're still breathing but for all intents and purposes they're 

very much dead.





MARY-BETH

Well you and I have a lot in common then.





ZEKE

Yeah...you notice anything off here today at school?





MARY-BETH

I'm from the South, you're all off.



The two guys that Zeke sold fake IDs to come up to the two of them.



CUSTOMER 1

Dude we need some scat.





CUSTOMER 2

We can't deal with this, there's some weird shit going down here.





ZEKE (routined)

Five bucks a pop.



They pay him and he gives them each three pen containers full of Scat.



ZEKE

Hey man how's the new you workin' out?





CUSTOMER 1

Workin' out just fine. Hey, ya got any more?





ZEKE (suspicious)

Sure, man.





CUSTOMER 1

Really? Why don't you just give us all you got?



He hands out the money and Zeke gives him another handful of pens.



ZEKE

Alright. Dope.





CUSTOMER 2

Got any more?





ZEKE

Not on me, man.





CUSTOMER 1

What about in your locker?





CUSTOMER 2

Or your car? Got any in there?





ZEKE

Use with moderation, boys...





CUSTOMER 1

Come on Zeke, hook us up....





STUDENT

Whoa! Check out Ms. Burke!



Ms. Burke strolls up to Zeke looking like a super model instead of the 

dorky teacher she normally was.



ZEKE

Ahh man...I'm really not in the mood Ms. Burke... I'm clean.



Ms. Burke pushes him and students circle around them to see the action.



ZEKE

Not today. It's too damn hot and I've got zero fucking tolerance.





BURKE

Eat me you asshole! I'm the one with no tolerance, you pathetic little 

runt!





CUSTOMER 1

Ouch... good comeback...



Both Zeke's customers walk away. 



ZEKE

What are you going to do, call my mother? (laughs)





BURKE

Now how am I supposed to do that little Zekey boy? Do you even know 

where she is? Europe? Sri Lanka? Japan? I wonder what remote location 

she went to this week to hide from her great big bastard mistake. I've 

taken your shit for too fuckin' long! Dickless, drugged induced excuse 

for a human being!





ZEKE

Oh, woman, what are you on?!





BURKE

Woman?! 



She pushes him. 



BURKE

Did you just say woman?! I'm sick of you, little boy. And if I have to 

see you peddling your little wonder dust again, I'm gonna shove my foot 

so far up your ass 



you'll be sucking my toes till graduation.

She pushes him aside and stomps off. Every student makes sure not to 

get in her way.



ZEKE

She got some bad shit...





Scene 27



Setting

Casey and Stokely are sitting at a table in the library.



CASEY

....And then they chased us but we got away.





STOKELY

So all of this started when Mrs. Brummel did a wet and wild in the 

boys' locker room?





CASEY

I think so. Everybody's been acting really strange. Especially the 

faculty.





STOKELY

Tell me about it. It's like they all turned us into fuckin pod people 

or something.





CASEY

To what people?





STOKELY

Invasion of the Body Snatchers... a small town gets taken over by 

aliens... that was a joke.





CASEY

Well, what if it really happened?





STOKELY

 What if what really happened?





CASEY

Maybe something's taken over our school.





STOKELY

The Body Snatchers is just a story somebody made up dingus... It's 

located in the  fiction section of the library.





CASEY

Yeah and so is Schindler's List... look, all fiction is based on some 

sort of truth right?  What does  Ms. Burke teach us in English 101? 

Write what you know. How do you know this writer guy...





STOKELY

Jack Finney.





CASEY

.......didn't encounter aliens in high school, which led him to write a 

story about an alien invasion?





STOKELY

Your conspiracy theory is flawed.





CASEY

How so?





STOKELY

Well Jack Finney's Body Snatchers is a blatant rip off of The Puppet 

Masters by Robert Heinlein, so you can completely disregard your 

statement...





CASEY

Whatever...the point is they're here, they've been here, and they'll be 

here again.





STOKELY

You know Casey, I think you've been racked into the flag pole one too 

many times.





CASEY

How do you know there's not a conspiracy?! Like maybe the X-Files is 

right. Where do all these movies come from anyway? How do we know 

Spielberg, Lucas, Sonnenfeld, Emmerich haven't been visited by aliens? 

Maybe they're aliens themselves...maybe they're simply preparing us for 

what's to come.





STOKELY

You know Casey, it's fiction. Okay? It's science fiction.





CASEY

Exactly! Everyone is getting hung up on the science part which has 

nothing to do with it - they're really getting us with the fiction. 





STOKELY

So...aliens just have been setting us up over the years, creating this 

happy, make-believe, little existence with their E.T. and their Men in 

Black movies just so nobody would believe it if it really happened?





CASEY

I think so. Yeah....you're not buying this are you?





STOKELY

No. I'm not. But... (smiles) it's kinda cool.





CASEY

Okay, so what's missing?





STOKELY

Well in the Body Snatchers they were pods but where are they? Where are 

the pods? 





CASEY

There are no pods... There's got to be something else...





STOKELY

In Puppet Masters they were... parasites...



They both look at each other and know what they've got to do.



Scene 28



Setting

In the hall. Stokely and Casey meet up with Delilah and Stan.



DELILAH

I filled Stan in.





CASEY

Come with us... Stokely is on to something.





DELILAH (crosses arms over chest and glares at Stokely)

Really? 



They enter Mr. Furlong's biology lab where the creature Casey had found 

was. Unfortunately the water tank is now empty. There's still water, 

but no creature.



STOKELY

Furlong must have sent it up to the university...





CASEY

Doubtful.





STOKELY

Where else could it be?





DELILAH

What? What is it?





STAN

Would someone please tell me what the hell is going on here?





CASEY

Okay it all started yesterday when I found this thing, this new 

species...





STOKELY

...which is now missing.





CASEY

We think aliens are taking over our school.





STAN (laughs)

What? Come on...





CASEY

You saw what Brummel did in the shower.





DELILAH

And I saw her dead body in the closet.





STOKELY

They've been calling students into the office all day. Students with 

the most influence on them. Including the new team captain.





DELILAH

Looks like you chose the right time to quit football.





STAN

You think aliens have infested our school?





DELILAH

That would explain their weird behavior, wouldn't it?





STAN

Give me a fucking break!





Scene 29



Setting

Storage room. Mary-Beth and Zeke sneak in.



MARY-BETH

So what are we doing here?





ZEKE

Shopping. I've got a very large grocery list





MARY-BETH

What are ya talkin' about?





ZEKE

This is where I get my equipment.





MARY-BETH

You borrow it from science labs?





ZEKE

I like to think of it as stealing actually. 



Zeke takes some tubes and other stuff he needs.



ZEKE

 I'm just doing my part in the deconstruction of America. 



Zeke walks towards Mary-Beth and touches her chin lightly. 



ZEKE

So if anybody finds us in here...just grab a hold of me and pretend 

we're making out. Punishment will be less severe. 



Their lips meet into a soft kiss. Zeke hears voices through the vent to 

the next room.



VOICE 1

You have a better explanation Stan? Great.



Mary-Beth giggles.



VOICE 2

I mean, just listen to yourselves... Teachers are aliens?





ZEKE

Shh... 



They get closer to the vent to listen realizing the voices belonged to 

Casey and Stan.



STAN

That's not just idiotic, that's fuckin psychotic!





Scene 30



Setting

Back in the biology lab.



STAN

Come on guys...this is nuts!





DELILAH

Then why don't you leave Stan? Why are you hanging around? Go to study 

hall or something.





STAN

Oh blow me, Delilah, cause I'm sick of your shit!





DELILAH

Well then get the fuck out of here and take your little freak dyke here 

(points to Stokely) with you!





STOKELY

Fuck you, tit bags!





CASEY

Will everybody calm down?! Please?





STAN (mocking)

Alright Casey...lets go alien for a second...Why here? Why Ohio?





CASEY

If you were going to take over the world, would you blow up the White 

House, Independence Day style, or sneak in through the back door?



Suddenly there's a scream causing the 4 students to jump as Zeke 

staggers in holding his chest. Then he laughs followed by Mary-Beth and 

swaggers over to Casey.



ZEKE

Casey. Man the only person in this school that's an alien... is you.





CASEY

Fuck you, Zeke.



Zeke pretends to look hurt.  Mr. Furlong walks in.



FURLONG

What's going on here? Shouldn't you people be in class?





ZEKE

Well, its like this Mr. Ferlone...Casey, here, thinks you're an alien.





FURLONG (laughs)

Is that true Casey?





STAN

The whole faculty actually.



Mr. Furlong goes from amused to grim and pulls down the shade over the 

door window.



FURLONG

Is that true... Casey?





CASEY

The uh - the thing I found yesterday...where is it?





FURLONG

I sent it to the university.





STOKELY

Do they know what it is?



Furlong shrugs his shoulders.



ZEKE

Look, sorry to impose and disrupt, Mr. Furlong



Zeke walks toward the door but science teacher takes his arm and holds 

tight.



FURLONG

If you would kindly take your seats, this will be over quite quickly. 

Now sit down! 



Furlong pushes Zeke to the ground and starts to get the other people. 

When he tries to get Delilah, Casey runs up to push the science teacher 

but instead he grabs Casey by the throat with one hand, in a strangle-

hold. Zeke rushes to the paper cutter, puts his foot on it and pulls 

the blade off, sending bolts flying around the room. Holding it like a 

baseball bat he approaches the teacher who still has Casey by the 

throat.



ZEKE

Put him the fuck down, Furlong!





FURLONG (still holding Casey)

This is for the best, Zeke.



Furlong throws Casey backwards in to the grasp of Stan who gladly 

catches his fall. Zeke swings the blade cutting off the teacher's 

fingers. The teacher screams in pain. Red feelers quirm from the wound. 

His fingers start to move on the ground and chase the remaining 

students. Stokely and Delilah scream as the fingers squirm up their 

legs. The science teacher starts to fight Zeke, knocking the large 

blade out of his hand. Zeke reached into his pocket and pulls out the 

pen full of his home-made drug, scat and plunges it deep into the eye 

of the teacher. Furlong heaves Zeke into the water tank, shattering it 

to a million pieces. Zeke arms another scat pen. White foam squirts out 

of the eye and eventually the teacher falls down, dead. The students 

gather around him, to confirm what they've just seen and to make sure 

he's really dead.



STOKELY

Isn't this usually the point where someone says 'Let's get the fuck 

outta here'?





STAN

Let's get the fuck outta here!



They head to the door and Casey gets a jar and puts one of Mr. 

Ferlone's fingers inside which now looked morelike the thing he found 

the day before.



STAN

Aliens are takin' over the fucking school.





CASEY

Gotta have proof.





STAN

Alright everybody, here's the deal

Run straight to the parking lot. We'll all go together and try to stay 

calm. 



They open the science door and walk out into the hallway. The kids all 

stare at them oddly whispering their names. They are all drinking water 

bottle after bottle. They get to the parking lot and to Zeke's car.



ZEKE

My car.





CASEY

Where are we going?





DELILAH

Anywhere but here.



They all get in and just as Stan is about to get in, Gabe and some 

other members of the football team call to him.



GABE

Hey Stan! Where ya going to buddy?





STAN

We're uh...





ZEKE

Come on Stan. Jesus Christ, just get in the fucking car.





GABE

You sure you don't want to play with us?





STAN

Nah, Gabe... 



Stan gets in the car and Zeke starts to peel away.



STAN (to Gabe)  ...but thanks. (to Zeke) What the fuck is going on?





ZEKE

(lights a cigarette) I dunno. Let's see if anyone's talkin'.



Zeke turns on the radio and tries to find a channel. There is only 

static.



STAN

(Sees a police road block ahead) What the fuck is this all about 





ZEKE

(Thinking the cops are infecting people they stop...) Fuck this shit! 

(He floors the car and swerves off to the road to the right.)



They speed down the road.



Scene 31



Setting

Zeke's house. They walk into Zeke's garage. There's a table covered 

with test tubes full of gold-colored and green liquid. Next to it are a 

few dozen capsules. Beside that is a cage with a white experiment rat 

named Oscar. On the table is a gun. 



CASEY

Where's your mom and dad?





ZEKE

Europe... I think. 



He starts to mess with the test tubes. The others admire the hundreds 

of test tubes, full of experimental fluids.



STAN

This is some serious shit.



Mary-Beth takes notice to the capsules and some boxes. On the boxes are 

the words "NO SLEEP" and an image of a truck. They are merely caffeine 

pills.



MARY-BETH

Is this your big secret? Caffiene pills?





ZEKE

(covers up the pills) You didn't see that.





DELILAH

What are we going to do? (looks to Stan) With the police 



not being an option?



STAN

I can call my dad, he'd know what to do.





CASEY

Yeah, if he's even your dad anymore.



Stan looks down. Casey spots the gun and looks at it suspiciously.



ZEKE

It's called a gun, man...



Zeke takes the bottle that Casey put one of the teacher's finger in. 

Now it looked more like the thing Casey found on the field, instead of 

a finger.



CASEY

What is it?





ZEKE

We're gonna find out. 



He cuts off a small piece of the organism and places it in the rat's 

cage. 



ZEKE

Hey, come here, Oscar...



He drips a bit of water on it. The rat approaches it and the thing 

sucks itself into the rats ear. The rat squeals, is fazed for a minute 

and then proceeds to the other side of its cage to drink water. 



ZEKE

Geez! 



Zeke puts his hand in the cage and grabs the rat. 



ZEKE

I'm sorry buddy... 



Zeke uses two fingers to break the rat's neck, killing it. A few 

minutes later, the rat is cut open. Zeke takes the creature out of the 

rat's body and places it under a microscope. 



ZEKE

See it's a parasite. It attaches itself to a host and then it controls 

it. 



He slits the side of the creature open with a scalpel revealing body 

parts. 



ZEKE

It's incomplete...





STOKELY

What do you mean?





ZEKE

It can survive on its own, but it's really part of a greater organism. 

It has the ability to replicate but it needs a host.... something 

moist. (pointing to the rat)  See what it did to Oscar's insides? It 

dried them out.





STAN

Isn't a human's body composed mainly of water?





STOKELY

They're using us...drying us out.





STAN

Like Mrs. Brummel-





CASEY

I heard the coach say her body was too old - she couldn't take the 

heat..



Zeke opens a scat pen and covers the creature with it. It shrivels up 

to nothing. 



ZEKE

The drugs are diuretic. Dries it out. Kills it.





STOKELY

They're using us as hosts. They're just turning us into mindless slaves 

they can control.





ZEKE

How do you know that?





DELILAH

She doesn't! She's a trekky sci-fi freak.





STAN

Yeah, who's been right so far.





MARY-BETH

How can we stop it? 



She looks to Stokely for answers. 



CASEY

Yeah Stokely....this is your area.





STOKELY

In theory they're all connected.  If we kill the master we can get them 

all.





DELILAH

In theory...





STAN

What happens to everybody else? The ones that have been taken over. Do 

they just die?





STOKELY

No. They don't. They'd all, th-they'd become human again. But that is 

in theory so... (glares at Delilah)





CASEY

So if we found the leader, and killed it, we'd beat it.





DELILAH

What are we even talking about? I say we get the fuck out of town.





CASEY

And go where?! Don't you see? We gotta stop it or its gonna spread. It 

took the high school in a day and a half - give it a week and we'll 

never outrun it...we have to fight.





STAN

Fight what?! We don't even know who's alien and who's not. What if one 

of us was an alien right now? How would we know?





STOKELY

He's right. How do I really know you're really Casey?





CASEY

How do I really know you're you?





STOKELY

Well, in Body Snatchers humans became emotionless. They completely lost 



their identities.



STAN

The coach had emotion. I mean he's usually a real hard ass but he's 

different somehow. 



His behavior's slightly odd.



DELILAH

Like a star quarterback who mysteriously quits the football team?





STAN

What are you doing Delilah?





DELILAH

I'm just pointing out your slightly odd behavior Stan, you've been 

acting really weird the past couple of days.





STAN

I'm not an alien. I'm discontent.





DELILAH

There's another big word.





STAN

You wanna talk slightly odd?! What about you?! You haven't been without 

your contacts or hair spray since... birth?!





DELILAH

I'm incognito.





STOKELY

We just have to trust each other.





DELILAH

And I'm supposed to trust you? (evilly eyes her) Tell me something Miss 

Lesbian, when did you start liking boys?





STOKELY

What the fuck are you talkin about?





DELILAH

I've seen the way you look at Stan? So when did you stop muff diving?





MARY-BETH

She's not a lesbian alright? That was a hoax.





DELILAH

(wondering about Mary-Beth) Really? 





MARY-BETH

Yeah.





DELILAH

And what about you, Miss Atlanta? It's just really convenient you 

showed up the 



second all these things started happening...what are you doing in Ohio 

anyway?



MARY-BETH

It's not my fault.





ZEKE

(glaring at Delilah) Hey, shut up!





CASEY

She's got a point, Zeke.





STAN

Yeah, Zeke! Professor. I mean you seem to know an awful lot about this 

stuff. No offense but you're not exactly known for your academic 

achievements.





ZEKE

Neither are you, man.





DELILAH

Casey, when did you become Sigourney Weaver?





CASEY

What?





STAN

Alright, this is getting us nowhere.





ZEKE

I've got a solution.



He grabs a capsule of scat.



ZEKE

We know this stuff harms 'em right? 



He holds one out to Stan. 



ZEKE

Take a hit.



Stan doesn't take it.



STAN

 No way man...I don't do drugs.





ZEKE

Aw, come on man. If you're not an alien you got nothin' to worry about.





CASEY

Zeke's right. This is the only way to know for sure.





ZEKE

Yeah come on Stan what are you afraid of man? Look, we all do it.  



Zeke takes more capsules of scat and hands one to Casey.



ZEKE

Casey...





CASEY

Why me first?





ZEKE

It's your birthright, man. Just fucking take it.



Casey looks at it for a moment, holds the capsule to his nose and 

sniffs it. He doesn't shrivel up.



STAN

Now you, Zeke! How do we know you're not one of those fucking things?





ZEKE

I don't get high on my own stash, man.





STAN

Fuck that, man, you're takin' it!



There's a giggle behind him. Casey is high off his ass.



CASEY (high slurred voice)

 Hehehe... You're takin' it! Hahaha!





STAN

What the hell's wrong with you?! 



Stan sees the gun on the table, grabs it and points it to Casey. Casey 

doesn't take notice to the weapon and keeps cracking up.



ZEKE

Nothing's wrong with him, you asshole! He's tweaking, now let him 

fucking tweak!





CASEY

Tweak, tweak, hahahaha!



Stan points the gun towards Zeke.



STAN

Now you.



Zeke sniffs some of the drug up. Nothing happens to him. He hands one 

to Stan, who takes it. Zeke snatches the gun, still pointed at him, 

from Stan's hand. Stan sniffs the scat. Zeke hands one to Stokely.



ZEKE

Stokely...





STOKELY

No, I'm not putting that, that hack drug up my nose...its so....80's.





ZEKE

Aliens are taking over the earth...weigh it. 



Stokely takes the drug and studies it.



STOKELY

What's in it?





ZEKE

Mostly caffeine... and some other household shit.



Stokely sniffs it cautiously... Stan and Casey are cracking up on the 

couch. Stokely sits with her head in her hands, but aside from the 

high, nothing happens to her. Zeke approaches Delilah.



ZEKE

Now you Delilah.





DELILAH

No. (pointing to Mary-Beth) Her first.





MARY-BETH

I'm allergic.





DELILAH

Yeah and I'm Portuguese. Who cares?



Zeke cracks up laughing. It took a while, but he's also high.



ZEKE

Is she always this much fun, man?!





STAN

Sometimes she can be a real bitch! (laughs)



Casey bursts into laughter, Stokely still has her head in her hands.



STAN

You know what I'm saying? Hahaha!





CASEY

Total bitch....hahaha....geez...





ZEKE

You both take it.



Zeke hands one to each of them. Mary-Beth pushes it away.



MARY-BETH

Zeke, I can't, you know I can't!





ZEKE (slightly desperate)

You have to take it.



He hands it back to her. Both of the girls raise it to their nose.



CASEY

Mmmmmm...showdown....ehehehehe.



They both close one nostril... and sniff. Delilah flies back in her 

chair. Stan goes over to make sure she is ok. She turns her face and it 

is crawling underneath the skin. She was an alien.



STAN

Oh shit.... 



Delilah convulses... Casey grabs the gun.



ZEKE

Shoot her...shoot her in the head, Casey!



Casey doesn't move.



DELILAH  (panicking)

I don't know what's happening!





ZEKE

Shoot her, Casey!





STAN

Don't shoot her Casey!





ZEKE

Shoot her! She's fuckin' one of them man!





DELILAH (menacing)

There's nowhere to go...



She approaches the group. 



DELILAH

...no where to hide... 



She comes even closer.



DELILAH

...we're everywhere!



Stokely grabs the gun from Casey. 



STOKELY

I'll fuckin' shoot her! 



Stokely fires the gun a few times, but never hits Delilah. Delilah 

throws herself into the laboratory, dodging the bullets, she pushes the 

glass tubes off the table and destroys all the scat making supplies. 

She then runs out of the lab, out of the garage. Stokely follows her.



STAN

Jesus!



The rest of them follow Stokely. Outside Stokely keeps firing at 

Delilah. A car with one of the teachers pulls up and Delilah hops in 

and they speed away.



STOKELY

I should've know that crazy bitch was one of 'em! (pants)





CASEY

We can get them back, Zeke. We can get them all back!





ZEKE

She destroyed most of my supply.





CASEY

If we can kill the queen we can get them all back!





ZEKE (frustrated)

Fuck!



Mary-Beth walks out, laughing. It appears she too has gotten high. They 

get into Zeke's car and drive off.



ZEKE

How much do we have left?





STAN

Not much.





ZEKE

Well, we only need enough to get the queen. We get her, we get them 

all, right?





STOKELY

I think so.





MARY-BETH

Well, where are we gonna find her?





STAN

Friday night? There's only one place she can be.



They drive to the school, which is lit up. The football game is going 

on and the whole town is there. There is no doubt the queen is there. 

They get out of the car and head to the gymnasium so they can be alone. 

Stan and Stokely go off together to check the football stadium. Their 

school team is kicking the other team's ass. Everytime a member of the 

Chango's gets vertical, a Herrington player drops an alien creature in 

his ear, turning him.



Scene 32



Setting

The Stadium.



STAN

Do you think it's Principal Drake?





STOKELY

Who else? She's in charge! It makes perfect sense. They're getting 

everybody. I mean, the whole town is here!





STAN

By morning, there won't be a human left!



They spot Principal Drake, Mrs. Olson, and Mr. Tate in the stands. The 

Coach is out on the field, guiding the team telling them how to beat 

the shit out of the other team.

Stan and Stokely leave the stands and Drake looks over to see them walk 

away. She walks slowly down the bleachers.



Scene 33



Setting

The gymnasium. Stan and Stokely walk into the gym.                                                                                                                              



STAN

Where are you guys?





STOKELY

We found Drake, she's at the game.



Suddenly the principal walks in and confronts them.



DRAKE

What are you kids doing in here? (Walking into the gym) The gym is 

closed. All of you come with me.





CASEY

We can't do that, Ms. Drake.





DRAKE

And why is that?



She is punched down by Stan and Zeke as they wrap her up in a 

volleyball net. She struggles to get loose. 



DRAKE

Get off!!! You're all expelled!





CASEY

Stop the act. No one's buying it.





STOKELY

We know who you are.



Stan hands Casey a tube of scat and gets himself ready by loading the 

gun.



DRAKE

You're all in a lot of trouble!



She sees the gun and gets scared. 



DRAKE

What are you doing? 





STAN

You ready?





CASEY

Yep.



He holds out to her a capsule of scat. 



CASEY

Sniff this.





DRAKE

No.





CASEY

Sniff it, or he shoots you! (gestures to Stan)





DRAKE (quivering voice)

I will not!





STAN

Now what?





CASEY

Okay, we'll do it the hard way. 



He holds the principles chin steady.



CASEY

We punched it into the science teacher's eye and the reaction was 

instantaneous.





STAN

Okay, you stick her and then I'll shoot her, before it erupts all over 

the place.





DRAKE

Casey! Are you on drugs?



Casey hesitates.



STOKELY

What's wrong?!





CASEY

Are we sure?





DRAKE

Please don't! No, Casey!





STAN

Don't wuss out Casey, just do it!



Casey still doesn't do anything so Zeke grabs the gun from Stan and 

shoots Drake in the head. She falls back and blood puddles around her. 

No movement.



MARY-BETH

What if we were wrong?





STOKELY

Stab her... and find out.



Casey hesitates and looks at the body. Blood pours from Drake's head.



CASEY

I think we made a mistake guys...she's dead-



Drake darts up reaching for them. They all scream. Mary-Beth pours the 

main supply of scat on the principal causing her to convulse and 

shrivel up in a disgusting sucking noise. She was an alien.



STAN

Is that it? Well, let's see if it worked.



Stan heads towards the window to look outside the gym. He noticed it 

had started to rain and that everyone but the team had left for home. 

Stokely stands beside him.



STOKELY

Better have worked - or there's gonna be a lot of infected people going 

home.





CASEY

We're right at ground zero.





STAN

Hey guys, stay here. I'm gonna go check it out. I'm gonna need some 

scat.



Zeke hands him a pen filled with scat.



ZEKE

Use it wisely, man.





CASEY

What if it wasn't Drake?





ZEKE

Then we're fucked.



Stokely gazes into Stan's eyes and just as he was about to leave she 

pulls him back in and kisses him. He looks surprised. Then he smiles.



STOKELY

I just didn't want to never have done that.



Stan leaves and every one stares at Stokely in utter disbelief.



STOKELY

What are you lookin' at?



Casey and Zeke crack up...still getting over their hit of scat.



Scene 34



Setting

Outside in the pouring rain Stan runs to the football field. The team 

and the Coach look up to the sky and red feelers extend from their 

faces catching the falling rain. The Coach smiles, thoroughly enjoying 

the weather. His face is the same as the face on the creature released 

into the tank in the Biology room. The feelers go back into his face 

and he glares at Stan.



STAN

Coach!



Coach Willis  gives signals to the team. Stan's eyes go wide in horror.



Scene 35



Setting

Back inside the gym. Mary-Beth, Stokely, Casey, and Zeke watch out the 

window and see no sign of Stan.



MARY-BETH

Jesus I wish I'd never come here. I don't like this place...





CASEY

Any sight of him?





STOKELY (looking out window)

I can't tell. Can barely see anything.



Suddenly Stan rushes to the door. He tries to get in but realises it's 

locked.



STAN

Okay, Stokely, open the door!





CASEY

No! Stokely, we don't know if its still him.





STAN

No, it's me. Listen it isn't Drake, it's the coach! And he's right 

after me! Open the door!





ZEKE

Don't do it Stoke... Prove it, Stan. Where's the drug?





STAN

I lost it! The coach was too fast for me!



Zeke takes a scat-pen out of his pocket and gives it to Casey.



ZEKE

 Last one, man. 





STAN

Please I'm begging you! Don't leave me out here! Come on Stokely open 

the door!



Casey shoves the drug underneath the door to Stan. 



CASEY

There. Try it. 





STAN

Okay, I'll do it! Just let me do it inside!





ZEKE

No, you'll do it right now man. 





CASEY

Take the test, Stan...





ZEKE

Stan, take the drug man... prove it to us.



Stan reaches for the hit of scat, raises it to his nose, waits for a 

moment and deliberately spills it on the ground, with a demonic smile 

on his face.



ZEKE

Fuck! 





CASEY

Shit!





STAN

Open... the door. 



Stan is trying to get to Stokely. Tears roll down her face because she 

wants to let him in but knows he was already taken over.



STAN

It is so much better. There's no fear. No pain. It's beautiful. And you 

will be beautiful.(Touches the window where Stokely's face is.) You'll 

be beautiful. No problems or worries. We want you. And I want you. I... 

want... you. (yelling)



Now open the fucking door! Open the door!

Marybeth escorts Stokely away from the window.



CASEY

Go a-fucking-way Stan!





STAN

It's too late, Stokely. We've already won. 





ZEKE

No pain, Stan? (holds gun to glass and YELLS) If you come in here I'll 

show you some fucking pain!  



Stan runs away from the window and towards the field. The students sit 

together on the bleachers inside the gym trying to think what to do.



CASEY

I say we go for the coach. He turned Stan... He's the one. Or do you 

want to wait for them to come to us?





MARY-BETH

 Either way we're completely unarmed.





ZEKE

Maybe not. I might have some more scat...in my trunk. 





CASEY

In your trunk. In your car. Amongst the aliens. Ah that's convenient. 





ZEKE

You got a better idea?



Casey and Zeke leave the gym, well aware they're risking their lives. 

They need to reach Zeke's car.



Scene 36



Setting

Outside the gym.



CASEY (cautious)

Stan? You out there buddy? 



They race towards the buses where the team is marching through. They 

crawl under a bus to hide from the football players. All  suited up, 

Stan leads the team. Zeke and Casey hide underneath a bus until they 

pass.



CASEY

Does it really take two of us to get to your car?





ZEKE

Nope. One of us is the decoy. 



Casey gets up from under the bus and bolts leading the troops behind 

him so Zeke could get to his car. To hide Casey gets inside a bus. Its 

windows are plastered with slogans like 'Changos Suck' so it has to be 

a Herrington bus. Casey heads towards the back. The players don't 

notice him. Suddenly Delilah appears out of the dark at the back of the 

bus.



DELILAH

Hello Casey. Where ya gonna go, huh? The class wuss... eternal little 

loser who  comes to school everyday knowing this is it. 



She inches towards him. Casey notices that the football team know he's 

inside the bus and were trying to get in through the emergency exit in 

the back.



DELILAH

 You've been labeled 'pathetic' since first grade and you're afraid 

it's going to bleed over for  the rest of your life. Well we can stop 

it Casey. We can help you belong. Isn't that what you really want? 





CASEY

Please don't do this Delilah.





DELILAH

I havent been this happy since... since... before my dad died. (getting 

closer to him) I know you want me Casey.  (practically breathing on 

him) Come on. Let's do it together.



A football player smashes through one of the back windows. Casey jumps 

and climbs through the port hole on the top of the bus, jumps off the 

bus and ran as fast as he could with a trail of football players behind 

him.  In the parking lot Zeke opens the trunk of his car frantically 

searching for scat. Senses something. Looks up..Ms Burke is standing 

near him in a sexy, red dress. 



ZEKE

Hello Ms. Burke. 





BURKE

Hello sweetie pie. Whatcha looking for?





ZEKE

Ah nothin important. I take it you've changed your mind about the 

chocolate laxatives?





BURKE

Actually I had my heart set on something cherry flavored... (smiles) 

...if you know what I mean.





ZEKE

Sorry, I'm all out of those.



Zeke spots a few capsules of scat inside his car between the seats.



ZEKE

 I got something else for you though.





BURKE

Yeah?





ZEKE

Oh yeah.





BURKE

Something... tasty?





ZEKE (whispers)

Lemme hook ya up. 



Quickly, Zeke darts into the drivers seat of the car and starts it. As 

he floors it, she jumps through his passenger window. She tries to pass 

a parasite into Zeke's ear so he swerves back and forth trying to throw 

her off. He frantically searches for the capsules. Once he has them he 

puts his seat belt on and drives as fast as he can into a bus causing 

the unprotected teacher to fly out the window. The engine catches on 

fire but Zeke manages to squirm out. He then saw Ms Burke's head 

slithering towards her searching body. Confused and bewildered, Zeke 

gives up.



ZEKE

Fuck this, I'm outta here.



He slowly jogs back towards the gym.



Scene 37



Setting

Back in the gym, Stokely and Mary-Beth talk quietly.



STOKELY

I always thought the only alien in this high school was me. 





MARY-BETH

Not the case. Who do you think it is, the master alien, the queen bee? 





STOKELY

It really could be anyone.





MARY-BETH

What happens at the end of these stories Stokely? How does Invasion of 

the Bodies Snatchers turn out?





STOKELY

They get us. They win, we lose.





MARY-BETH

Do we? Maybe we really win. Look at Stan, he didn't look unhappy. 





STOKELY

That's cause it wasn't Stan. They took away who he was.





MARY-BETH

Maybe they just bettered who he was. Cleared away his confusion. I know 

you pride yourself upon being the outsider, Stokely. But aren't you 

tired of being something you're not? 



Stokely looks at her confused.



MARY-BETH

 I know I am. 



She smacks Stokely with a large tentacle for an arm. Stokely falls off 

the bleachers.



STOKELY

No... fucking... way!



She starts to run as Mary-Beth morphs into a large for of the parasite 

with sharp teeth. Casey runs in at this moment and they both run into 

the pool room. The creature follows them. It dives into the pool and 

chases them as they run along the side. It gets to the end of the pool 

near Stokely.



CASEY

Look out, Stokes!!!



One tentacle grabs Stokely's legs, tripping her. Her chin smashes on 

the ground, blood spurting everywhere. she is then dragged into the 

pool with the creature.



CASEY

Stokes! 



He gets a pool cleaner net and runs to the side of the pool trying to 

throw it to Stokely.

Underwater Stokely tries to get away from the beast that is dominating 

her. She manages to get to the surface and grabs a hold of the net 

Casey had thrown in and he pulls her to safety. They both run into the 

boys locker room. The creature slowly morphs back into the form of 

Mary-Beth who swims to the end of the pool, naked.

Casey and Stokley separate to hide better. Zeke walks into the locker 

room.



ZEKE

Hello?





STOKELY (sees Zeke)

Zeke! I'm over here.





MARY-BETH (from behind a dark corner, still naked)

Watch out, it's her! 





STOKELY

Zeke, don't believe her. (pointing to Mary-Beth) It's her!



Zeke twirls around, confused.



MARY-BETH

She attacked me, please Zeke.





ZEKE

What's going on here, Mary-Beth?





STOKELY (voice cracks)

Zeke, it's her.





MARY-BETH

She's lyin', she's trying to fake you out. We don't know what she is. 

Gay? Straight? Alien? 





ZEKE

First of all, answer me this, Mary-Beth... Why are you naked?



Marybeth starts to walk closer to Zeke, revealing her breasts.



MARY-BETH

Does it bother you, Zeke? My body? I'm getting used to it myself. 





ZEKE

I saw you take the test. 





MARY-BETH

Oh Zeke. How the hell can you be sure what you saw? It was sweet of you 

to bond with me...



We see a flashback of how she fooled him and the others. A film covers 

her nostrils, then her finger slithers over the bottom of the capsule 

knocking all the scat out onto the floor. She then pretends to sniff 

the scat.



MARY-BETH

... to be nice to me...was sweet. Will it work again baby? Do you like 

what you see?



Suddenly, Stokely grabs Zeke. Her face is crawling underneath. She 

tries to bite him, to infest him with the alien. Luckily, Casey grabs 

her and throws her into a fence-enclosed storage area which stored the 

football equipment. Zeke throws Casey some scat.



ZEKE

Take this!





CASEY

For Mary-Beth?





ZEKE

Sniff it!





CASEY

You're out of your fuckin mind!





ZEKE

I'm not taking your shit. I leave for five minutes and when I come back 

everyone's a fucking alien. Don't make me fucking Men-In-Black your 

ass, you're gonna fuckin sniff it!



Casey sniffs it, nothing happens to him.



CASEY

Happy now? 



They run away from the creatured Mary-Beth. Casey tries to keep up with 

Zeke, but he's having harmful effects from the scat. He sits against a 

locker.



CASEY

Fuck, I'm seeing two of everything!



Suddenly there's a scream and Zeke flies over some aisles, is thrown 

head-first into a locker and falls to the floor unconsious. Casey 

rushes over to him and when Zeke doesn't wake up, he runs away to hide. 

He stops briefly by the cage Stokely is in. She grabs his hair from 

inside the fence links holding him.



STOKELY

He's over here!



Casey rips away from her grasp leaving her with a handful of hair. The 

creature morphs back into the form of Marybeth.



MARY-BETH (evilly playful)

Caaaassseeey...Come out, come out where ever you are. 



She walks through the aisles as she talks very calmly.



MARY-BETH

You know in my world Casey there were limitless oceans as far as the 

eye can see. Beautiful huh? Till it started to dry out. So I escaped, 

came here, and I met you, all of you, and all of you were different 

from the others. 



Casey makes his way to Zeke and grabs some scat.



CASEY (to unconscious Zeke)

Thanks,buddy.





MARY-BETH

You were lost and lonely, just like me. And I thought that maybe I 

could give you a taste of my world. A world without anger, without 

fear, without attitude. Where the underachiever goes home at night to 

parents that care. The jock can be smart, the ugly duckling beautiful, 

and the class wuss doesn't have to live in terror. The new girl - well 

- the new girl she can just fit right in with anybody. people who are 

just like her. You see Casey, even Mary-Beth's feelings can be hurt by 

a bunch of pathetic, lost, little outcasts who truly believe that their 

disaffected lonely life is the only way they can survive. I can make 

you a part of something so special Casey, so perfect, so 

fearless....Don't you want that, Casey? (peers around a corner into an 

empty aisle she thought Casey was in)





CASEY (shouts from somewhere)

I'd rather be afraid.





MARY-BETH

Fine. Alright. Have it your way. Cause this is where your land of 

fiction gets it right. We win. End of story. 



She turns back into the large creature and starts to knock down locker 

by locker. Casey runs out into the gym, waits for the creature to  show 

up and then pushes the button that retracts the bleachers.  He then 

runs through the bleachers as they close, the creature following. He 

gets to the end but the creature doesnt make it. The bleachers close on 

it. Only its head is out right in front of Casey. Casey gets the scat 

out of his pocket, and holds it up, preparing to strike.



CASEY

Guaranteed to jack you up.



He plunges the scat into the creatures eye. It squeals in pain, 

shooting the small parasites into Casey's face as a last act. They 

squirm into his face as he screams. Finally the creature dies and the 

leech-like creatures fall from his face and onto the ground. He sinks 

to the ground.



CASEY

You wouldn't have liked it here anyway.



Casey gets up and walks back into the locker room, as the creature 

dries up. He walks past the cage Stokely is in. The leech-like things 

that were beside her, dry up. He shakes her awake.



CASEY

Stokes... Stokely... are you... you?





STOKELY

I think so. I hope so.



They hug. Suddenly, they're startled as Zeke crashes into the chain-

link fence that makes up the cage.



ZEKE

Is it over? 





CASEY

Yeah. 



They all get out of the locker room.



Scene 38



Setting

ONE MONTH LATER

Life has turned back to normal at Herrington High. On the field, during 

practice, Coach Willis is the usual hard ass he always was and all the 

students are back to normal. Well almost... We see a football player 

take off his helmet. It's Zeke. He lights a cigarette.



COACH

Hey, Zeke, move your ass! Just because you're the new kid doesn't mean 

we're gonna cut you any slack, you hear me?! Now put out that butt and 

get on the pitch!



Stan stands looking over a fence towards the football team. Stokely 

walks up to him and puts her arm around him. Her normally gothic outfit 

has transformed into a flowered dress.



STOKELY

When do you think they're gonna find a new story? Haven't they milked 

our little high school invasion to death?



She stares over to a reporter.



STAN

I don't know. (he smiles)





STOKELY

No regrets? 





STAN

None whatsoever. 



He smiles and they kiss.

Meanwhile, Delilah approaches Casey who is busy taking a picture of a 

butterfly. She drops a bunch of magazines with his picture on the cover 

onto the ground in front of him, including the school paper that she 

wrote with an article on him...front cover.



DELILAH

So how does it feel to be a hero?





CASEY

It's alright... He stands up.





CASEY

...I guess.  I dunno, its... different.



She looks over his shoulder and notices news reporters heading their 

way.



DELILAH

Your fan club's here again.





CASEY

Network or local?





DELILAH

Both... You know, you can be pretty cool sometimes. 





CASEY

Things sure have changed, haven't they? 



He puts his arms around her and they kiss. School has turned back to 

normal, and the jocks have found a new victim for the flagpole.

THE END-Credits Roll