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     DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Assign... " - REV. 09/12/96 - ACT FIVE    56.

56   O'BRIEN AND KEIKO

					KEIKO
				(laughs) 
			You have a lot to learn about 
			patience, Miles.

	O'Brien glares at her.  Keiko shrugs.

					KEIKO 
			Proceed.

					SISKO'S COM VOICE 
			Chief -- what's going on out 
			there?

	O'Brien ignores the call, keeping focused on the task 
	at hand.

					SISKO'S COM VOICE 
			I'm ordering you to return to the 
			station -- now!

					KEIKO
				(to O'Brien) 
			Activate.

	O'Brien swallows hard, then taps a key.

57   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The various ENERGY TRAILS from the deflector emitters 
	begin forming a coherent BEAM. The BEAM blazes out 
	from the station with sparking bursts of blue-red flame 
	along its path.

	But instead of the beam hitting the wormhole -- the 
	beam BLASTS the runabout with a direct hit.

58   INT. RUNABOUT

	A THUNDEROUS JOLT shakes the ship. Keiko turns to 
	O'Brien, horror dawning in her eyes. O'Brien tricked 
	her and there's nothing she can do about it --

59   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	Massive ENERGY TENDRILS SWARM all over the ship.

60   INT. RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	The ship shakes like a rat in a terrier's mouth. 
	Sparks fly from the blown transporter. ENERGY ARCS 
	from the bulkhead penetrate Keiko's body, which 
	convulses, a twenty gigavolt marionette.