DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/22/95 - TEASER       2.

2    CONTINUED:

	He turns away, moves to a nearby table, and picks up an 
	advanced looking HYPOSPRAY.

	Very deliberately, he reaches up and injects himself in 
	the neck.

	He sets the hypospray down, moves to take a seat in a 
	nearby armchair. But he's interrupted by a door CHIME.

	Surprised, he glances at the clock to check the time -- 
	it's around 9:00 PM. He walks toward the door and 
	looks through its window to see who's outside.

	It's a young human woman in her twenties, MELANIE. She 
	might best be described as "bookish"; she's carrying a 
	shoulder bag, and her clothes and hair are wet from the 
	rain. She's standing on the doorstep with an expectant 
	and somewhat nervous look on her face. Old Jake 
	studies her for a beat, then opens the door. When she 
	sees him, her eyes go wide, as if she's just laid eyes 
	on a celebrity of some sort.

					OLD JAKE 
			May I help you? You might as well 
			come in.

	She does her best to swallow back her nervousness.

					MELANIE 
			I'm sorry to bother you, it's just 
			that...
				(at a loss) 
			I... I've been...

	Jake notices a small scrape on her forehead.

					OLD JAKE
				(with concern) 
			You're hurt.

	She reaches up to touch her forehead.

					MELANIE 
			I must've scraped myself on a branch.

					OLD JAKE
				(gently chiding) 
			That's what happens when you go 
			tromping around the bayous in the 
			middle of the night.

	She nods and smiles; more than grateful, she seems 
	thrilled at being invited inside.