DEEP SPACE: "Past Tense, Pt. I" - REV. 10/19/94 - ACT FOUR     49.

46   CLOSE ON B.C.

	B.C. draws a homemade knife and stabs Bell.  Bell falls.

					B.C.
				(to one of his men)
			Get his card.

	As one of the ghosts begins searching Bell, B.C. spins toward 
	Sisko, who is struggling with another Ghost.  But to B.C.'s 
	surprise...

47   BASHIR

	Kicks the knife out of his hands.

48   NEW ANGLE

	As the shiv slides across the street, Sisko finishes off his 
	opponent.  B.C. sees that the tide is turning against him.  
	He signals his friends and B.C. and the other ghosts retreat.  
	Bashir goes to help Bell, then hesitates for a beat, and 
	looks up at Sisko.

					SISKO
				(urgent)
			Help him.  He wouldn't have gotten 
			hurt if it wasn't for us.

	Bashir begins CPR.  But he isn't having much success.

					BASHIR
			Breathe, damn you.  Breathe.

	Bashir works hard to revive Bell, but he knows it's no use 
	and eventually stops.  Bashir looks at Sisko and shakes his 
	head.

					BASHIR
			He's gone.

	Sisko sees Bell's discarded food card, which the ghost dropped 
	in his hasty retreat, and picks it up.  He reacts at what he 
	sees.

	In the distance, we can hear the cops getting closer.

					SISKO
			Come on.  We've got to get out of 
			here.

	But Bashir is still stunned by Bell's unexpected death.