Saturday, February 10, 2007

2x8 Love Siebtangle

Midus Steele | Jackson Kechs | Nicole Larson | Valerie McKierson | Neil Lawrence | Laura Townsend


Assistant Principal Steken Mud | Link | Mr. Andrews | Doug O'Hara | John Sanders


          ACT ONE

INT. SCHOOL HALLWAYS -- MORNING

MIDUS closes his locker and swings into stride with Val, who 
hops into view.

       VAL
          I'm a hair puller.

       MIDUS
          I'm a nail biter...
(pause)
          Wait, that's not anything to do with 
          fighting.

He continues his stride.

       MIDUS (CONT'D)
          Why you gonna pull Neil's hair?

       VAL
          He hasn't returned any of my calls.  
          It's been days.

       MIDUS
          Is he a missing person.
(turns shocked, as he 
sees Jackson)
          He's a missing person.

       JACKSON
(walking up)
          Who's missing? 
(idea sparks)
          Let's save them for money!

       VAL
          What money?

       JACKSON
          They aren't famous? 

       MIDUS
          It's Neil...
(no response)
          Lawrence.

       JACKSON
(disinterested)
          Yeah, I don't like his hair cut.

Jackson continues down the hall as Val stares out confused.  
She turns to Midus, who shrugs as if to say "That's Jackson." 
He pulls at his eyebrow.

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             3.


       MIDUS
          Wow. Seven lashes. Take that Lisa 
          Kudrow.

At that moment, Lisa Kudrow runs past screaming in terror. 
Then, a dinosaur runs after her, roaring/screaming/giving 
chase. And then a LARGER ghost dinosaur runs after HIM.

       MIDUS (CONT'D)
          Why do I keep coming back here.

Midus walks off, leaving Val to wonder.

INT. BATHROOM -- DAY

JACKSON walks into the room, and he seems agitated.

       JACKSON
          Pretty boy with his hair cut. Why 
          can't I get a hair cut like that.

JACKSON walks up to the mirror.

       JACKSON (CONT'D)
          Jackson needs a makeover.

He frames his face in the mirror, and just above his hands, 
behind him in a stall, are NICOLE and NEIL, making out. 
JACKSON notices this and IMMEDIATLY dives out of their vantage 
point and smashes his face into a urinal, knocking it off 
the wall and knocking himself out. This attracts the attention 
of Nicole and Neil, who turn toward him and notice. NICOLE 
bends over and checks his pulse, and then turns to Neil.

       NICOLE
          He knows.

INT. BATHROOM -- LATER

JACKSON is knocked out, tied to a bathroom toilet. He slowly 
awakens, and then struggles to get free.

       JACKSON
          Did.... did you torture me?

       NICOLE
          No.

       JACKSON
          Then why am I tied up?

       NEIL
          There was a flailing issue.

NEIL holds up a Harry Potter book and his broken glasses.

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             4.


       NEIL (CONT'D)
          I guess I'll never get to see you 
          grow up.

He chucks them over his shoulder into a burning trash can.

       NICOLE
          Didn't you borrow that from the 
          library?

       NEIL
          Don't take their side.

       JACKSON
          I don't have a side! You can easily 
          buy me with money!
(looks back)
          But given my current state, I could 
          just as easily pledge my undying 
          loyalty if you could just untie me.

NEIL unties JACKSON. Jackson stands up and dusts himself 
off.

       JACKSON (CONT'D)
          SUCKER!

Jackson runs away. He then screams. Neil turns to Nicole and 
shrugs his shoulders.

       NEIL
          I booby trapped the hallway.

       NICOLE
          Is he alive?

       NEIL
          Depends how far he got.

JACKSON crawls into a frame, just a torso. Blood trails behind 
him. He outstretches his arm.

       JACKSON
          I think, my legs, are still running.

INT. MATH CLASSROOM -- DAY

MIDUS and VAL sit in class, two empty seats to their sides.

       MATH TEACHER
          Jackson Kechs? Jackson? Is Jackson 


          here?

       MIDUS
          Uhhhh, he told me he was going to 
          Peru to buy a fire ant farm and play 
          God to a cruel and vicious world...
       (MORE)

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             5.


       MIDUS (CONT'D)
          but I think his hand is just stuck 
          in a vending machine. 

       MATH TEACHER
          So he's here?

       VAL
          Should be.

       MATH TEACHER
          That's right he should be.

       MIDUS
          Because of academia?

       MATH TEACHER
          What? That bitch told me he could 
          get me a car battery! I gave him a 
          hundred bucks just yesterday!

INT. ARCADE -- DAY

JACKSON walks up to the counter with a fifty dollar bill and 
slams it on the glass.

       JACKSON
          I want that Mortal Kombat machine.

       ARCADE ATTENDANT
          I can't sell you that for fifty bucks!

       JACKSON
          I wasn't trying to buy it. You were 
          supposed to give it to me in exchange 
          for this bribe.

       ARCADE ATTENDANT
          Listen kid, I'm stealing it come 
          Friday, so hands off.

       JACKSON
          Fine... can I get a hundred googlie 
          eyes then?

INT. MATH CLASSROOM -- CONTINUOUS

       MIDUS
          Wow, for a math teacher, you certainly 
          can't count how much a car battery 
          costs. 

VAL leans over to her side into her backpack. She unzips it, 
and sees the googlie eyes. She lunges back in fright and 
falls out of her chair, letting out a shriek.

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             6.


INT. BATHROOM -- CONTINUOUS

JACKSON, tied, bloody, and gagged, hears the scream, perks 
his head up, and nods his head in silent laughter.

Then, NICOLE rips off JACKSON's taped gagged, and he lets 
out a shriek just like Val.

INT. MATH CLASSROOM -- CONTINUOUS

MIDUS looks down to VAL, and then suddenly, something hits 
him. A peaceful calm.

       MIDUS
          I'm sorry Val, I'd help you up but 
          I've suddenly experienced a moment 
          of pure tranquility.

INT. BATHROOM -- CONTINUOUS

JACKSON screams in pain.

INT. MATH CLASSROOM -- CONTINUOUS

MIDUS smiles.

       MIDUS
          It's like how I'm told heroin feels.

INT. BATHROOM -- CONTINUOUS

JACKSON rubs his chin and his upper lip.

       JACKSON
(disgruntled)
          I was trying to grow a mustache.

       NEIL
          Just, don't tell anyone about us, 
          alright Jackson? We'd like to keep 
          things out of the public eye.

       NICOLE
          Just... don't tell Midus, okay?

       JACKSON
(realizing)
          You know Midus likes you? Then why 
          are you still going out with this 
          douche. 

       NEIL
          You like Midus?
(to Jackson)
          I am not a douche.

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             7.


       JACKSON
          Sounds like the words of a douche to 
          me. 

       NICOLE
          You've called Midus a douche!

       JACKSON
          I've known him for five years. I've 
          called Midus basically every insult 
          there is in the English Language. 
          Including about 18 original ones 
          such as gay-tard, nigs, Homo 
          sucksian...

       NICOLE
(interrupting)
          We get it.

Neil crosses his arms.

       NEIL
(sad)
          I'm not a douche...

       JACKSON
          That's just douche speak.

Just then, the ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL wanders in, and he does a 
double take. 

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD
          Are... you kids having a three way.

       JACKSON
          OH THANK GOD! Listen, that guy thinks 
          he's Hitler and I'm Jewish.

The Assistant Principal stares dumbfounded.

       JACKSON (CONT'D)
          Oh don't worry, I'm not Jewish.

INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE -- MOMENTS LATER

The ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD paces, obviously angered 
and screaming at the three seated individuals.

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD
          Of all the reprehensible things! You 
          weren't thinking, were you? I don't 
          even have to ask that. This is 
          unforgivable.
(turning)
          Feel free to go Godzilla. We'll bill 
          you for the gym later.

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             8.


GODZILLA stands up, destroying the roof and sending a bunch 
of children from rooms above to fall through the cracks. 
Godzilla then walks right out through the nearest wall, before 
reaching back for a split moment to grab a rather large 
detective hat he had rested onto a tree outside. He then 
walks off into the sunset, destroying buildings and the like.

       LINK (O.S.)
(flying away)
          OH GOD! Why do they always get my 
          spleen!

       JACKSON
          Listen, in my defense, I wasn't 
          thinking, but I was cut in freaking 
          half. Luckily for me Nicole is skilled 
          with her hands. You should probably 
          do something like that for a career. 
          Like, be a surgeon or a hand job 
          girl at the corner or something. Me? 
          I'd play video games. Or with various 
          breasts like they were a keyboard. 
          I'd record things too. Let me say 
          the music might suck, but whoo boy 
          those music video's are gonna climb 
          up TRL. That is, unless they TAKE 
          AMERICA AWAY FROM TRL.

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD
          How do you shut him up?

       NICOLE
          I know he's scared of puppets. 

       NEIL
          Why should TRL get America when we 
          can't get America?

       JACKSON
          Listen hippie, I'll snatch your balls 
          off and put them on ebay.

       NICOLE
(angered)
          Can you please tell Jackson he can't 
          sell anything he wants on Ebay?

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD
          Get the Mysterious One in here.

       NEIL
          You can't sell anything on ebay 
          Jackson. There are rules.

       JACKSON
          I say I'm from Taiwan. It's all good.

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             9.


That's when the Mysterious One enters the room, and stares 
at Jackson.

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD
          Why aren't you scared of him!

       JACKSON
          Dude, I'm not scared of guys dressed 
          in douche costumes.

       MYSTERIOUS ONE
          ... Can I go back to class now?

        END OF ACT ONE
 
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            10.


           ACT TWO

INT. HISTORY CLASSROOM -- AFTERNOON

Ms. Aris sits in the front of the classroom yammering on.  
At least, that's what it seems to Midus, as he doodles on 
his notebook, which has written down two lines.  One of those 
lines is "History is written by the victors." The other is 
"Lincoln, not aliens, freed the slaves." VAL leans into frame.

       VAL
          You busy?

       MIDUS
          Extremely.

       VAL
          I'm not.

       MIDUS
          Don't block an artist's light.

       VAL
          So you're an artist now?

       MIDUS
          In some circles.

Midus holds up a circle.

       VAL
          Three guesses who's in the principal's 
          office.

       MIDUS
          I'm gonna make an educated guess and 
          say it's the uneducated Jackson.

       VAL
          Close.
(pause)
          It's Nicole.

       MIDUS
          ... How is THAT close?

       VAL
          Well, Jackson's the victim.

MIDUS takes this in, confusedly.

       MIDUS
          I hate when it's opposite day.

       VAL
          It's not opposite day.

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            11.


       MIDUS
(scoffs)
          That's exactly the thing you'd say 
          if it was opposite day.

Midus smiles at his quirp.  Val's expression doesn't change.  
MIDUS continues to doodle.

       MIDUS (CONT'D)
          What's wrong. 

       VAL
          Nicole's in there with Neil.  They 
          were busted... together.

       MIDUS
          And I care... why?

       VAL
          Because he got in trouble with Nicole.  
          They're getting in TROUBLE together!

       MIDUS
          Listen underpants gnome, you're 
          missing a step.  It's tap shuffle 
          tap kick punch.

       VAL
          I'm serious!  Maybe they're a 
          couple...

       MIDUS
          And why do you care so much?

Midus finally stops doodling, and drops his pen.  He turns 
to Val.

       MIDUS (CONT'D)
          ... you... You HARLET!

MIDUS looks around at the room he just yelled in.  Midus 
looks form side to side.

       MIDUS (CONT'D)
          Sorry, I've got an audition, for 
          Hamlet.  Shakesphere's history, right?

Midus sits down, and immediately turns back to Val.

       MIDUS (CONT'D)
          So, does Neil make your loins quiver?

       VAL
          I knew I shouldn't have said anything.

       MIDUS
          Does he make you wet like a rainstorm?

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            12.


       VAL
          ... I don't know what that means.

       MIDUS
          Me either.  Sounded good though.

INT. DETENTION ROOM -- AFTERNOON

Mr. Andrews stands at the front of the classroom, pacing 
back and forth.  The clock on the wall says 11:00.

       LAURA
          Hey, it's not afterschool, or your 
          clock's broke, so does that mean we 
          can go?

       MR. ANDREWS
          You all have apparently broken so 
          many school laws that you can not 
          reenter society.
(pause)
          Welcome to the magical world of 
          detention!

       LAURA
(sighs)
          He says that everyday.

       MR. ANDREWS
(to Mr. Grinch)
          There will be no music, no ipods, no 
          cursing or swearing.  No dancing, no 
          eating, no talking or pairing!

       NEIL
(raising hand)
          Can we talk to you?

       MR. ANDREWS
          Do you all know sign language?

All of the kids look around dumbfounded.

       MR. ANDREWS (CONT'D)
          Then I'll have to wave the no talking 
          policy.  So, what did you do this 
          weekend?

Laura leans over to Nicole.

       LAURA
(whispers)
          What the hell is going on?

       NICOLE
          We're in detention.  God, are you 
          that baked?

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       LAURA
(coyly)
          Is that what they call it? 

 

INT. LUNCHROOM -- AFTERNOON

MIDUS and VAL are sitting together in a little corner of the 
lunchroom.  MIDUS looks down, playing and lightly eating at 
his school food.

       MIDUS
          Wanna see my doodle?

       VAL
          Midus, please.

MIDUS holds it up, and it's a bunch of squiggly lines. 

       MIDUS
          It's called, "Me choking Jackson."

       VAL
(changing conversation)
          Why don't you care that Nicole's off 
          the market?

       MIDUS
          Hey, she never offered a rebate.

       VAL
          But...

       MIDUS
          She was never on the market.  Alright?  
          At least not to me.  Anything else 
          is a crazy conspiracy theory.  Like 
          911 was done by Bush and not just 
          caused by his stupidity.  Or that 
          France is gonna stop terrorism for 
          us.  You may very be a whack job.

       VAL
          If it's true?

       MIDUS
          If it's true... I'll move on.  Guy 
          who moves on.
(pause)
          Then again, this is high school.  
          Forever here is synomous with five 
          days.  And monogomy?  Like we can 
          control our genitalia.

       VAL
          That's what my dad says when he gives 
          me money to go to the movies.

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            14.


       MIDUS
          Are our parents related?

       VAL
          That would sure stop us from hooking 
          up.

       MIDUS
          Hey, don't teach chickens to count 
          before they hatch.

       VAL
          Chickens can't count.

       MIDUS
          I know.  I was making fun of Jackson.

INT. SCHOOL HALLWAYS -- FLASHBACK

JACKSON is in a rage, and points to the camera as he speaks.

       JACKSON
          REVENGE is a pork chop BEST served 
          MICROWAVED!

JACKSON then crosses his arms.

       JACKSON (CONT'D)
          Pimps up, Hoes down, THAT'S RIGHT 
          BITCHES.

INT. LUNCHROOM -- CONTINUOUS

JACKSON walks up to the lunchtable and pulls a seat to the 
edge of the table.  A few security guards in the back start 
yelling and pointing.

       JACKSON
          I heard someone say awesomeness.  
          Where is it?  Oh yeah.  That's right.  
          It's right in this chair.

       MIDUS
          Maybe you could solve a debate we're 
          having.

       JACKSON
          Is it about terrorism?

       VAL
          Is Neil going out with Nicole.

JACKSON stops, litterally MOVING.  He had just laid his tray 
down, and leaves it there for a moment with his hand still 
attached.  But that's when his head perks up and he moves 
off.

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       JACKSON
          Laura!  HONEY!

JACKSON walks over to Laura's table and sits down next to 
her.  That's when Winnie the Pooh walks up.

       WINNIE THE POOH
(sad)
          Hey... she's not honey... 

EXT. STREETS -- EVENING

MIDUS is walking around his neighborhood, smoking a cigarette.  
The clouds in the sky are dusky and dark, looming over the 
city.

        END OF ACT TWO

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            16.


          ACT THREE

INT. SCHOOL HALLWAYS -- MORNING

It's the NEXT DAY.  The opening double doors swing open, and 
starting at the ankles, we see the vision of a beauty queen.  
And then we see that it's none other than VAL, having just 
recently made herself up.  A few students in the hallways do 
double takes in the background as she walks by and up to her 
locker.

She flicks with the dial a few times as JACKSON KECHS saunters 
up behind her.

       JACKSON
          Eh-LO Miss Teen Americ-AHOLY shit, 
          it's Val.
(stops)
          When did you get hot!

VAL doesn't even pay him any attention, swinging her locker 
room door open and smacking JACKSON in the face.  The door 
swings back to reveal his face, contorted in pain.

       JACKSON (CONT'D)
          ..Why...

JACKSON falls off screen, and MIDUS walks up to take his 
place.

       MIDUS
          Where did this come from?  Marathon 
          of Queer Eye?
(change track)
          What'd your PARENTS say?!

       VAL
          Well... it was kinda disturbing...

INT. VAL'S KITCHEN -- MORNING -- FLASHBACK

VAL walks down the stairs and grabs some books from in front 
of her father, who is drinking a cup of coffee and reading 
his paper.  Her father looks up and notices her new look.

       VAL'S DAD
          Honey, if you want to dress like a 
          whore, that's your business.  But 
          please don't dress in such a way 
          that I would want to fuck you.

INT. SCHOOL HALLWAYS -- CONTINUOUS

MIDUS and VAL are dumbfounded.

       MIDUS
          Wow.  I think that just earned the 
          gold medal in father weirdness.

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       VAL
          Don't worry.  Your dad still has 
          silver and bronze locked up.

       MIDUS
          Take THAT Latvia.

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD (O.S.)
(over loudspeaker)
          Would Valerie McKierson report to 
          the Assistant Principal's Office?

       VAL
(To Midus)
          To the.

He cracks up.

INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE -- MOMENTS LATER

VAL is sitting uncomfortably in her chair, as the Assistant 
Principal paces in front of her.

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD
          Now, young lady, I'm sure we've read 
          the school rules booklet.

       VAL
          It's the opening week curiculm for 
          each and every year of school.

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD
          You kids never remember.  I mean, 
          look at you.  Dressed like that.  In 
          CLEAR violation of the text!

He holds up the rulebook.

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD (CONT'D)
          You are BREAKING the SCHOOL LAW!

       VAL
          Prison must be cheaply funded.

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD
          It's DETENTION, and it's where you'll 
          be spending the next two weeks!

       VAL
          But I've never gotten detention 
          before!

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD
          And I've never had sex yet, but 
          there's a FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING!  
          NOW GO!

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            18.


       VAL
          You're like... fifty three!

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD
(loses steam)
          I know...
(shoulders fall)
          Don't give me the 40 Year Old Virgin 
          for my birthday.  I got fifteen last 
          year.  
(crosses arms)
          And it's not even funny. 

INT. LUNCHROOM -- DAY

VAL is sitting alone, quietly chewing on her film.  Doug 
O'Hara steps up and sits down close beside her.

       DOUG O'HARA
          So... how bout them Yankees?

       VAL
(not looking up)
          You've asked me that already.

       DOUG O'HARA
          Did I?  
(holds out list)
          I'm circling back around.

JOHN SANDERS has noticed the situation in the background, 
and walks to the other side of the table.

       JOHN SANDERS
          Hey!  I can play guitar!

       VAL
(not looking up)
          That's a melon baller.

John Sanders looks at his guitar.  Doug notices AMY walk by 
and follows her. 

       JOHN SANDERS
          ... You sure about that?

He walks off quite confused.  That's when DENKO pulls up on 
a chair.

       DENKO
          So, it seems you relate to the movie 
          "She's All That," to some degree?

MIDUS walks up and sits across from VAL. 

       VAL
          Only the original.

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            19.


       DENKO
          Hmmm.  Posh.  Very posh.

He walks off. 

       VAL
          Is he English?

       MIDUS
          I hope he doesn't tax us without 
          representation...

JACKSON walks up and sets his tray down on his table.

       JACKSON
          What'sup Bitches.  Hey, I really 
          like being able to see your breasts.  
          Shows me you don't have a penis.

       MIDUS
          Bad Jackson!  Bad!

       VAL
          Didn't Nicole beat you up?

       JACKSON
(defending)
          Hey!  Hey!... I'm pretty sure she 
          HAS a penis.

       MIDUS
          Any notice from Neil?

       VAL
          Haven't seen him all day.

       JACKSON
          Wait... you... Neil?
(tries to persuade 
her to stop)
          Val...

VAL grabs JACKSON by his collar and lifts him out of the 
chair.

       JACKSON (CONT'D)
          Woah.

       VAL
          We have the same middle initial 
          Jackson.  IT'S DESTINY!

       MIDUS
          Val, take a step back from creepy 
          stalker territory.

       JACKSON
          I really think I should take my leave.

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            20.


       MIDUS
          Hold up.  You just sat down.  And 
          you didn't say 'later bitches.'  
          What's the freakin' dealio?
(eyes widen)
          YOU KNOW SOMETHING.

INT. GYM -- DAY

It's silence, as a few wrestlers are praticing on the gym 
floor.  That's when MIDUS and JACKSON litterally BREAK through 
the nearest wall, fallen and bloody.  MIDUS Pulls himself to 
his feet and heads toward the wrestling room's door.

       MIDUS
          You're gonna tell me what you know.

The door swings open and JACKSON HURLS two small weights 
toward MIDUS, who ducks and they CLATTER into the walls behind 
him.

       JACKSON
          Don't tell me what to do jerky.

JACKSON grabs a third weight and chucks it to a recovering 
Midus. MIDUS pulls out a small rod from his pants and throws 
it out like a police baton, before swiping across his body 
and knocking the weight back toward Jackson like a baseball.  
It flies, five to ten pounds, back into JACKSON, who gets 
hit square in the chest and sent tumbling backwards, through 
the open door frame.

INT. WEIGHT ROOM -- CONTINUOUS

JACKSON lands with a thud as MIDUS rushes forward, leaps 
onto the squat machine and dives with a thrusting pole slam.

Jackson rolls back to avoid the move and lands on his knees.  
Once there, JACKSON swings and lands a quick left jab into a 
vicious right hook. MIDUS FLEW off his feet, grabbing the 
rowing machine as he flew to brace his fall. MIDUS' feet 
touched the back wall directly behind the rowing machine, 
and using physics, the rope drove him off the wall and he 
flew, feet first back toward Jackson.

Jackson moved to the Side and swated MIDUS' calf to avoid 
the move. MIDUS fell to his feet, as Jackson ripped off a 
pole from a machine to his side. He swung, and MIDUS extended 
his staff to block the blow, before JACKSON swung two more 
times, successfully blocked.

MIDUS swung in retaliation, and JACKSON backed up a single 
step to avoid the blow. But Midus hit a switch and his staff 
extended, smacking JACKSON back and throwing him into the 
nearest door.

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            21.


INT. SCHOOL HALLWAYS -- CONTINUOUS

Which sent him flying into the  hall, slamming his back into 
the nearest locker.

MIDUS raced, leaping side to side to distract JACKSON as he 
charged, and SLAMMED his pole into the locker behind Jackson, 
who ducks to the side. Jackson slams his fist toward MIDUS, 
who raises his pole to block it, and then springs onto the 
pole and shining wizard kicks JACKSON, before backflipping 
onto his feet.

And at this point?  The entire school hallways had stopped 
and were watching them.

MIDUS charges and leaps off the side edge of the hallway, 
onto the lockers and DIVES with a staff blow.

Which Jackson dodges, and then opens a locker door and SLAMS 
it into MIDUS' face.

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD
          What are you boys doing!

MIDUS stands to his feet slowly.

       JACKSON
          Midus started it.

MIDUS tazers Jackson with his staff's edge.

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD
          Midus!

       MIDUS
(rubs neck)
          I wanted to finish it.

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD
          Both of you, TO MY OFFICE, NOW!

       JACKSON
          Where's that? Michigan?

       ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STEKEN MUD
          It's down the hall!

       JACKSON
          Awh. I wanted to go to Michigan.

       MIDUS
          It's just cold there.

       JACKSON
          That's what I keep hearing!

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            22.


       MIDUS
          Is this your wanna become Iceman so 
          you never have to use a refridgerator 
          again or is this your desire to death 
          fight an Eskimo villiage.

       JACKSON
          I need extreme cold to activate them!

Jackson leaps into the air and shoots toward his legs. No 
ice comes out. He falls onto his ass.

       JACKSON (CONT'D)
          Hmm. Think we can turn the air 
          conditioner to 9?

Jackson pretends to shoot out ice beams from his hands. Midus 
then takes three shards and stabs him in his knuckles.

       MIDUS
          Now you're Wolverine.

       JACKSON
          My hands.... I can't move my hands.

He topples over. Steken Mud inhales to scream.

INT. DETENTION -- AFTERNOON

MIDUS and JACKSON sit, Jackson's hand heavily bandaged, his 
body burned and torn asunder. Midus holds up a mirror to 
Jackson, who sees his reflection and screams. Midus then 
lowers it, and raises it again, and as Jackson sees himself, 
he screams again. Midus repeats this four more times in 
quicker successions.

LAURA is sitting in the back of the classroom, Neil and Nicole 
are behind MIDUS and JACKSON, as VAL sits to the right of 
Nicole. 

       MIDUS
          It's funny cuz of the brain damage.

       JACKSON
(not paying attention)
          Oh yeah.  Nicole's goin' out with 
          Neil.  Midus likes her though.  And 
          Val likes Neil... so let's just throw 
          that all out into the open.

NEIL is the only one who's really taken back by the news, as 
NICOLE leans over to VAL and immediately starts conversing.  
LAURA, in the back, is staring slightly to the side in 
confusion.

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            23.


       MIDUS
(deep sigh)         *
          I really hate you Jackson... I 
          really... really... do.

       JACKSON
          Then do something about it.

       MIDUS
          Oh, I could.  But I wouldn't do that 
          to Laura.

LAURA turns her head, suddenly drawn to the conversation.

       JACKSON
          Are you talking about the girl in 
          Florida?

       LAURA
          What girl in Florida?!

       JACKSON
(deep sigh)
          I really hate you Midus... I really... 
          really... do.

       END OF ACT THREE