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        DEEP SPACE NINE: "Rapture" - REV. 10/23/96 - ACT FOUR       44.

49   CONTINUED:	(2)

	The Admiral is interrupted by the door OPENING to 
	REVEAL Sisko. He slumps against the door frame. He 
	looks exhausted and in pain.

	Kai Winn and Whatley move toward the Captain.

					WINN 
			Emissary...

					WHATLEY
				(turns to an aide)
			Get him to the Infirmary.

	But Sisko shoves the aide away.

					SISKO
			No! I have to tell them.

					WINN 
			What is it, Emissary? Have the 
			Prophets revealed something to 
			you?

	Sisko looks to Kai Winn and to the Admiral, and though 
	he's in obvious pain, there's a clarity of purpose to 
	him that cannot be denied.

					SISKO
			The locusts... they'll destroy 
			Bajor... unless it stands alone.

	That gets the room buzzing.

					WHATLEY

			Ben, what the hell are you talking 
			about?

					SISKO
			It's too soon. Bajor must not 
			Join the Federation. If it does, 
			it will be destroyed.

	Everyone in the room is stunned by Sisko's words. A 
	moment as this sinks in, and then he collapses to the
	floor.

50   CLOSE ON SISKO

	as he lies on the floor, limbs akimbo, shaking from
	mild but constant tremors. off this disturbing sight, 
	we:

								FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR