The Revolution Will Be Infected

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In Chapter 12 of ZOMBIE & JULIET, Merk and his band of previously sick 'almost-zombie' warriors have taken his vaccine and are now healthy again, so their first order of business is coming up with their plan of attack ... to distribute it in the walled island-city of The Republic of Manhattan ...

INT. BOARDED-UP CONVENIENCE STORE - NIGHT
Brick and the gang sit around
a big plywood table set up
in the back of the store.

Everyone has had injections
of the vaccine
and are now healed.
Healthy-looking.

MONSTER
(stares at Reno)
I haven’t felt this
good in a LONG time.
I’ve actually got WOOD.

RENO
Keep it in your pants, buster.
You know I only eat fish.

BRICK
Settle down, children.
We’ve got serious business
to discuss.

HAMMER
What’s that?

BRICK
Well, now that we’re well,
we need to rethink
our plan of attack.

JAG
Good point.

MERK
What do you need to rethink?

BRICK
Well, the original plan
was to blow a hole
through the walled-up tunnel,
and then the zombies,
smelling clean, uninfected flesh,
would invade the island
and kill everybody --
(beat)
Which now would include us.

MERK
How were you going to
blow a hole in the tunnel?

RENO
We got us a surface-to-air missile
in a garage down the street.

MERK
Where did you get that?

JAG
Nearby military base
was having a fire sale.
Literally.

MERK
I think your plan
can still work.

BRICK
Yeah?

MERK
Sure.
We blow a hole in the tunnel
and go in BEFORE them.

BRICK
But they’ll follow us --

MERK
So we kill ‘em.

BRICK
But they’ll be
another wave behind them.
And another, and another --

MERK
Yeah, but once we get through,
we’ve got all of Manhattan
to hide.

HAMMER
Yeah.
And it’ll be complete bedlam.

MERK
And then all we’ve gotta do
is get to the media uptown
so they can spread the word
about the vaccine.
We’ll be heroes --

MONSTER
The man’s a genius --

GAGA
Told you he was smart.

BRICK
All in favor?

Everyone raises their hands.

MERK
I’m really starting to get
into this revolutionary thing.

RENO
People have the POWER.

MONSTER
United we CAN.

JAG
We shall OVERCOME.

HAMMER
Give me liberty,
or give me DEATH.

GAGA
Liberty, equality, FRATERNITY.

BRICK
Let freedom RING.

Everyone looks at Merk expectantly.

MERK
(sings)
You say you want a revolution,
well you know, we all
want to change the world --