70:[1,#b] DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Reckoning" - REV. 3/9/98 - TEASER 5. 4 CONTINUED: KORAL (pleased) Here's where it gets interesting... Koral's hand traces the two figures beneath, which are enclosed within an outline to form a distinctive CARTOUCHE. Sisko and Kira both react with recognition -- KORAL I see you recognize it. Jake doesn't, but he can see that Sisko and Kira are amazed by what they've read. JAKE I don't. KIRA (awed) It says... Welcome, Emissary. Jake stares at his father, drawn into the mystery as well. KORAL (to Sisko) Now you know why I asked you here. Jake regards his father with a look of "what next?" Sisko reaches out in wonder... 5 HIS FINGERS touch the cartouche. An AWESOME SOUND jerks us as we -- WHITE OUT TO: 6 ANOTHER ANGLE - ALTERED REALITY (OPTICAL) Sisko suddenly finds himself in the middle of the room. Similar to "The Emissary," and "Prophet Motive," we are in an altered reality, but in this case, we haven't left the room. The LIGHTS have changed COLOR and DIRECTION. Sisko tries to reorient himself and finds Kira, Koral and Jake are no longer where he last saw them. They have become WORMHOLE ALIENS... cold and remote. They ignore Sisko completely -- as if he'd dropped unbidden into the midst of their discussion. Nevertheless, their statements bear some relation to his questions. Koral stands beside the stone tablet.