DEEP SPACE: "The Alternate" - REV. 10/28/93 - ACT THREE      28.

33   CONTINUED:	(2)

					DAX
			I had to sneak out to my quarters in 
			a hospital gown that wouldn't close 
			in the back... but I met a nice ensign 
			on the way.  What did this...

					SISKO
			The working theory is that the 
			lifeform you brought back is somehow 
			responsible...

					DAX
			I don't believe it.

					SISKO
			Good.  Find me a better theory.

	Dax pauses to study the stele... nods to Sisko thoughtfully, 
	then remembers.

					DAX
			Odo, Doctor Mora is awake and wants 
			to see you.

	Odo reacts to this, then EXITS.

34   INT. SURGERY - DARK

	Doctor Mora is still lying in bed, better but weak.  The 
	monitoring devices are still hooked up.  Odo is standing by 
	the bed.  A night nurse may be visible through the door in 
	the Infirmary.

					MORA
			I heard them say something had 
			happened in the lab.

					ODO
			The lifeform sample is gone.

					MORA
			Gone?

					ODO
			We're not sure why or how yet...

	Struggling to sit up...

					MORA
			I want to help...