DEEP SPACE NINE: "Time's Orphan" - REV. 4/15/98 - ACT ONE     16.

25   CONTINUED:

	O'Brien looks up.

					O'BRIEN
			Let's do it.

	He turns to Keiko, who smiles bravely.

	Dax touches a control on the Transporter console. 
	Somewhere, we hear a RELAY ENGAGE. THE THRUMMING 
	INTENSIFIES.

26   THE PORTAL (OPTICAL)

	The vortex begins swirling actively, adding various 
	colors as its intensity increases.

	Suddenly, the alien device SPARKS. The COLOR and 
	INTENSITY of the INTERACTIVE LIGHT SHIFTS.

					O'BRIEN
			We're losing power!

	O'Brien tries to compensate as a DISTINCTIVE TECH SOUND 
	indicates the transporter has locked onto Molly.

					BASHIR
			We've got a DNA lock. It's her!

27   THE TRANSPORTER PAD (OPTICAL) 

	The Transporter BEAM ENERGIZES. Its standard Starfleet 
	configuration is tainted with elements from the vortex, 
	which FRITZES OFF as a figure begins to MATERIALIZE.

	At first, we think it's little Molly, but as the figure
	takes shape, we realize it's a grown WOMAN crouched on 
	the ground, facing away from us.

	For a moment, the woman remains frozen in place. 
	Finally, she stands and turns to face us. She's a 
	Eurasian of about eighteen. She's barefoot, dressed in 
	skins and fur; her hair is matted, her hands smudged 
	with dirt. Her hands and arms have SCARS and 
	SCRATCHES; her nails are broken and jagged, and her 
	teeth are stained and chipped.

	She's holding a GOURD cradled in the nook of her arm, 
	and in her free hand, she holds a cluster of ACORNS 
	like the ones filling the gourd. It seems we plucked 
	her right out of a food gathering expedition. She 
	stares at her surroundings, fear rising in her eyes.