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       DEEP SPACE: "The Alternate" - REV. 11/04/93 - ACT THREE      26.
                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

33   INT. SCIENCE LAB - MOMENTS AFTER PREVIOUS SCENE

	O'Brien will be taking readings with a tricorder...

					SISKO
			Any signs of a break-in?

					KIRA
			Not that we've been able to find... 
			the security seal on the lab was 
			still in place when we got here...

					O'BRIEN
			I can't imagine why anyone would 
			want to steal that thing anyway...

					SISKO
			You're suggesting the lifeform itself 
			did this...

					O'BRIEN
			I don't know what did this.  
			Commander.  Unless a tornado passed 
			this way without us hearing it.  The 
			room was locked.  It's gone... that's 
			all I know for now.

	Sisko gives an uneasy look toward the mysterious pillar.

					SISKO
				(to Odo)
			Let's go to yellow alert.  Get a 
			Level Three Security Scan of the 
			entire station underway.

					O'BRIEN
			Our scanners are probably gonna have 
			trouble finding this lifeform.