154:[7,#b] DEEP SPACE NINE: "Hard Time" - REV. 2/05/96 - ACT THREE 36. 46 CONTINUED: O'Brien continues hammering on the door. Soon, other prisoners in the cell block begin following his lead, shouting and pounding on their own doors and walls. Ee'char knows this will only cause trouble. EE'CHAR (a warning) Miles. But Miles just keeps pounding until... ARGRATHI COM VOICE All offenders in detention area four, if you do not cease this disturbance immediately, you will be disciplined. But O'Brien couldn't care less what happens to him now. O'BRIEN Discipline this you son of a-- But before O'Brien can pound on the door again... 47 NEW ANGLE Ee'char grabs O'Brien and pulls him away from the door. O'Brien tries to fight back, but Ee'char forces him up against the door and covers his mouth with his hand to keep him from shouting. EE'CHAR Be quiet before you get yourself killed. As O'Brien struggles, the screams of other prisoners being "corrected" echo through the cell block. This takes the wind out of O'Brien's sails. His energy and anger spent, O'Brien slumps into a sitting position with his back against the wall. Ee'char sits down next to him, exhausted. The flashback ends and we.... CUT TO: 48 INT. PROMENADE O'Brien EXITS the turbolift. ODO is not far away, talking to one of the station residents. He sees O'Brien, excuses himself, and intercepts the chief.