DEEP SPACE: "Vortex" - REV. 1/13/93 - ACT FIVE           48.

					CRODEN
				(a glance at Odo)
			Home.

					YARETH
			But you can't... they'll kill you...

					CRODEN
			I have to answer for my crimes, 
			Yareth...

					YARETH
			All you did was try to protect us...

	Suddenly there is an explosion that rocks the cavern from 
	above...

					ODO
			Their sensors must have picked up 
			our life signs... we've got to get 
			back to the Runabout... come on!

	They move out of the cavern and into...

69A  INT. CAVE TUNNEL

	But as they pass through the tunnel, there's a direct hit 
	and rocks come sliding down on top of Odo...

					CRODEN
			Odo!

	He leans down and examines Odo, who is unconscious...

					YARETH
			Is he badly hurt?

					CRODEN
			It's hard to tell... I don't know 
			anything about his species... I'll 
			carry him aboard...

	He breaks and stares down at Odo as he realizes he can 
	escape... he starts to get up and leave him there... there's 
	an explosion outside not as close as the other two...

					YARETH
			What's the matter, Father?