Detention of the Dead
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Show me the side
streets in your life
Train yards like bone
yards sharpened knives
Sidewalks are unassuming fields
concrete and cracks
won't cut you deals
Won't cut you deals, won't cut you
Lost teeth like white
jewels of some kind
Petty theft for penny crimes
for penny crimes, and we yell
Ah, like a good old
fashioned nightmare
Ahh
ah, like a good old
fashioned nightmare
Ahh
life being drained
through end of lives
Still we've got nothing but time
The skyline looks brighter tonight
let's go smash out every light
your left foot in front of right
In front of right, and we yell
Ah, like a good old
fashioned nightmare
Ahh
ah, like a good old
fashioned nightmare
Ahh
Ah! Detention. Boring.
I can think of a few things
we can do to kill some time.
Brad, baby, you remember
this is what got us into
detention in the first place.
You only got me for three
more months till graduation.
And it's off to boot camp
before officer training.
- I know, Bradikins, it's just...
- I'm just saying, that was the time
to show your support
for our troops.
You do... support...
- our troops.
- I do, it's...
Hi, Janet. Brad.
I didn't know you'd
be in detention.
Whatever.
I saw you got a "D"
on the cal test.
Yeah, well, Mr. Corbin is a sexist.
I'm sure. Anyway, I thought,
maybe, I don't know...
I could tutor you.
Hey, Ed, remember how I
like to hang out with you?
Oops.
Hell, yeah.
Sh*t.
Hey.
Yo.
You got it?
Doth the Ashman ever fail you?
You're sure it won't
pop in a piss test?
100% untraceable.
been popping these,
he could've run for congress
instead of lying in front of them.
Good. And you're sure
you can get more?
I've got the straight hook up.
Wait. What's the m for?
Um...
Uh, midalithamethamine.
That's uh, its clinical name.
Hey, I've heard of that.
Smart guy.
I am a renegade
don't fit in with the fold, baby?
Doin' time on the West Side way?
Taking it day by day
hell, yeah
Uh, Edster. Did you come
to visit me in the big D?
Uh, no, I got detention, too.
No way. You got detention?
Now when your mom accuses me
of being a bad influence,
she actually has a leg to stand on.
Uh, yeah.
Can the Ashman interest
you in his other wears?
Grade a. Called blue sky.
And trust me, it will
get you soaring.
Yeah.
No. No go, dude.
This body's a temple.
There's no way I'm polluting
it with that sh*t.
Check it.
I tell you, Edster, if I
ever meet George Romero,
I'm gonna seduce him and bear
him little zombie babies.
But then they would probably eat
us which would be kind of sad
because that means no
more living dead movies.
But it would be a great metaphor
for what kids end up
doing to their parents
when they turn into teenagers.
Right, Ed?
Mrs. Rumblethorp?
Eddie.
I was wondering if you decided yet
about telling principal McMann.
Marksamus! Mi amigo.
How doth it hang?
Oh, whoa, bro, you OK?
It's my hand.
Some crazy bum bit me
out in the parking lot.
I'm sorry. I don't think
I can just ignore this.
What you did is serious.
It's illegal.
Not to mention dangerous.
You can't tell him because
this is my chance.
It's Harvard.
Well, here, let
Dr. Ash take a look.
I got the cure for
what ails you. Here.
Oh, whoa, dude!
You got some legit
nurse visiting rights.
Yo, Mrs. rumbles!
Ms. Ro, I think you should
check mark man's hand.
No, I told you...
Marksamus.
For serious, hit the nurse.
For one thing, she's like 10
times hotter than rumbles.
Mrs. rumbles!
That dude's totally got rabies.
You don't go rabid in
a couple of hours.
Ok, back up, everyone.
Uh, Mrs. Rumblethorp...
Help her!
He's strangling her!
On the count of 3.
He's not letting go.
1, 2, 3!
My uniform!
Jesus Christ, she's like
bleeding to death,
and you're worried
about your uniform?
It's blood. Do you know how
hard blood is to get out?
Guys!
I think Marksamus is dead zone.
Uh, I'm gonna get help.
Willow, we need something
to stop the bleeding.
This is dry clean only.
- Hey!
- Problem solved.
Uh... guys?
Come here!
What are they doing?
What kind of rabies is this?
It's not rabies.
They're zombies.
Holy fucklestein!
Oh, my God! What are we gonna do!
I say we get the hell out of here.
Damn straight.
I don't think that's a good idea.
- What?
- No, look, look, look!
The guy who bit mark must
have bit other kids.
If they turn into zombies
and bite other students,
you've got what you call
infinitely expanding
growth potential. Huh?
One zombie equals
many more zombies.
Oh.
So we can't go out there.
We don't know how many
more could be out there.
They could be everywhere.
What are you saying, we
should stay here and hide?
Mrs. Rumblethorp, you
shouldn't be standing.
She's trying to say something.
Oh, hey, you really need
to stop doing that.
It's even grossing me out.
- Brad, baby.
- What?
Kill it.
Why me? Jim, you kill it.
I'll get the next one.
- You're the one joining the ROTC.
- So.
So go get all hoo-rah on his ass.
Sorry, but I think staying
in there is a bad idea.
Agreed.
I hope I become a ghost
How long before she, you know...
I don't know, but
we can't leave her.
I hope I become a ghost
and make sure the
future turns out fine
I hope I become a ghost
and when the world
is said and done
Signs will become so close
and there will be
nowhere that I can't run
Ooh
ahh
ohh
Uh, to the back, come on. Come on!
And watch all my
grandchildren growing old
Some they will remember me
and others through the
stories they've been told
Now I don't intend to frighten you
I just want to see if
what I think is true
Cause then and only
then we'll know
If it was worth it
to become a ghost
This is the future of
our American military?
I know. Pretty soon even the
French will conquer us.
Chuck? Yeah, man, hit that sh*t.
Sh*t.
I'll check if principal
McMann is here.
Babykins, you won't let
them hurt me, will you?
Janet, babe, I have years
of military experience.
Alright, they won't
lay a finger on you.
You have years of
military experience?
Yeah. I've been paintballing
with my dad since I was 6.
Principal McMann?
Oh, damn it! I got nothing.
Uh, I got nothing here.
Yeah. Me neither.
Nor I.
Me, too.
Maybe all these, uh, corpsicles
are creating some kind of
undead zone.
Hey, Lilly and Ashley
are out there.
They are? Well, open the door.
Let them in.
They're a little busy right now.
Doing what?
Eating Rick Bliscan.
What are you laughing at?
Uh, well, when uh, Ashley
and Lilly were alive,
they were always talking about
who would get a piece
of Rick's ass first.
So?
Lilly won.
Oh, f***.
That's not funny.
Well, it's a little funny.
Kind of cool.
No, no, no. This is not cool.
I know you all are raging
freakazoids and all,
but even ones as far removed
from cooldom as you
should still understand
how much further from
coolness this situation is.
Yeah.
Janet, you should
really lighten up.
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