LAPEER, MI -- In what prosecutors say is a video mimicking that of the Columbine shooters' "Basement Tapes," two of the teens who allegedly plotted to "blow the ... brains out of anything that moves" at a Mayfield Township middle school filmed themselves planning the shooting.

Lapeer County prosecutors showed the 15-minute video discovered on 15-year-old Asa Candela's iPhone during a preliminary examination in Lapeer District Court on Tuesday, May 9.

In the film, Candela and Gunnar Rice, 14, sat side-by-side in armchairs in Rice's parents' basement, smoking while describing the alleged plot to "shoot up" Zemmer Middle School and their plans to commit suicide after.

"It'll be nerve-wracking, alright, but it'll be the best moment of our lives," said Rice.

"Our short lives," Candela added.

"I can't [expletive] wait," said Rice.

Calling themselves "gods" and saying that they intended to "bring justice to the world, one school at a time," the two teens listed off intended targets in the shooting, throwing their heads back and laughing to themselves.

Rice, 14, is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, three counts of using computers to commit a crime, conspiracy to commit terrorism and a false report of terrorism.

Both 15-year-old Dylan DeAngelis -- who did not appear in the iPhone video -- and Candela are also charged with one count of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, two counts of using computers to commit a crime and one count of conspiracy to commit terrorism.

All three are charged as adults and, if convicted, face the possibility of life behind bars.

"I thought I could I could trust someone not to [expletive] walk all over me for almost a year now, it's [expletive]," Candela said in the video. "As if my life wasn't bad enough. But you know what? It won't matter."

"We're going to use a sawed-off machine gun, some pistols," said Rice.

"Gonna be the best [expletive] of my life," said Candela.

The pair claimed in the video that the attack would leave them with "followers" who would watch over from the afterlife.

"You know what, Asa, we're gonna be in heaven, resting in peace, watching over our followers for generations to come. We will have followers, trust me ... till this world is brought to justice one school at a time."

"If not several," said Candela.

In the video, the two also discussed the Columbine shooters and "Zero Hour," the documentary on the 1999 mass murder at Columbine High School in Colorado, where two students fatally shot 13, injured 21 and subsequently committed suicide.

"We'll be resting with them," Rice said in the video, laughing.

Lapeer County Assistant Prosecutor David Campbell noted that the teens' use of the words "god-like," "natural selection," and "selector," was reminiscent of the Columbine shooters' language.

DeAngelis' attorney, Michael P. Manley, emphasized the adage that "actions speak louder than words," noting that the trio had not acted on any of their threats.

Throughout the nearly three-hour hearing, defense attorneys for the teens questioned police why they didn't take the boys into custody during their investigation instead of leaving them in the custody of their parents.

Rice's attorney, Matthew Norwood, also asked Judge Laura Cheger Barnard to consider that when he was questioned, the 14-year-old told police that the threats were "a joke" and that he has "a dark sense of humor."

In separate searches of the boys' homes, deputies from the Lapeer County Sheriff's Office testified they found Rice's stepfather's firearms secured in a safe, while Candela's father kept his three pistols and five long-arm guns in cases in his bedroom.

Candela's father brought the guns to the sheriff's office the next day, testified Deputy Christopher Bowman.

After obtaining search warrants, the sheriff's office also confiscated the three boys' phones, computers and tablets, on which they found a story allegedly written by DeAngelis and messaged to Rice on social media, titled "Gunnar the war hero."

"My name is Gunnar Steven Rice and everyone at school thought I was kidding, that I wouldn't shoot it up, or bring the guns to school," Lapeer County Detective Bob Wells read from the message. "They always bullied me and thought I was kidding, just like the kids at Columbine."

The story went on in Rice's first-person, describing his guns with "heat-seeking pellets" and how he enlisted his best friend, Dylan DeAngelis, to partake in "the enjoyment" of the school shooting with him.

Again, following the testimony, Manley emphasized that "actions speak louder than words."

The preliminary exam was cut short due to attorney scheduling conflicts, and is scheduled to resume in Lapeer District Court on Thursday, May 11, where Cheger could decide whether to bind the case against the teens over to circuit court.