DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Assign... " - REV. 09/12/96 - TEASER      4.

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				O'BRIEN 
			So, how were the Fire Caves?

					KEIKO
			Fine. And now it's time for me to 
			tell you something.

	O'Brien's all ears.

					KEIKO 
			I'm not Keiko.

					O'BRIEN
				(thinking she's joking) 
			Then who are you?

	But Keiko is all business; she speaks calmly, in her 
	own voice.

					KEIKO 
			Listen carefully, Miles. I've 
			taken possession of your wife's 
			body and I will hold it hostage 
			until you've done everything I 
			tell you to do -- accurately, and 
			without question.

	O'Brien, still convinced Keiko is toying with him, 
	snuggles up to her.

					O'BRIEN 
			Everything?

					KEIKO
			If you don't do precisely what I 
			ask, I'll kill your wife.


	The smile disappears from O'Brien's face. He doesn't 
	understand what's going on with his wife, but he's 
	suddenly worried. He takes her hand, slides his 
	fingers down to her pulse, trying to stay casual.

					O'BRIEN 
			Maybe there's been an outbreak of 
			Rudellian brain fever on Bajor. 
			Let's go down and see Julian, so 
			he can...