DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Assign... " - REV. 09/12/96 - ACT TWO     27.

19   CLOSE ON KEIKO

	thoughtfully watching O'Brien EXIT into the bathroom. 
	Hold on her a long beat.

20   INT. CORRIDOR

	O'Brien takes a few steps down the corridor -- his face 
	not hiding the anguish he's going through. Reaching a 
	corridor intersection, he stops.

					O'BRIEN
			Computer, locate Captain Sisko.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Captain Sisko is in Security.

	O'Brien considers this information then changes 
	direction, disappearing down a different corridor.

21   INT. PROMENADE - TURBOLIFT ENTRANCE

	The doors OPEN, and O'Brien -- still looking stressed 
	but somehow with clear purpose -- steps out and scans 
	the area. O'Brien spots what he's looking for - 
	Captain Sisko and Odo emerging from the Security 
	Office.

	O'Brien hesitates for a moment, steels his resolve and 
	makes a beeline for the captain.

22   ANGLE LOOKING DOWN FROM THE PROMENADE SECOND LEVEL

	A FEMALE HAND grips the foreground railing as O'Brien 
	moves toward the Captain and the Constable.

23   ON O'BRIEN

	walking swiftly to his friends. The captain will know 
	what to do. Odo knows how to keep his mouth shut. 
	They can help.

					KEIKO (O.S.)
			Miles!

	O'Brien stops dead in his tracks, looks up to see --

24   KEIKO

	She's leaning precariously over the Second Level 
	railing. Her eyes are filled with tears, a helpless 
	expression on her face. It is not the Entity, it is 
	Keiko reaching out to him for help. Her lips move...