STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Move Along Home" (fka "Sore Losers") #40511-410 Story by Michael Piller Teleplay by Lisa Rich & Jeanne Carrigan Fauci and Michael Piller Directed by David Carson THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT. Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved. This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department. Return to Script Department FINAL DRAFT PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION DECEMBER 7, 1992 STAR TREK: DS9 - "Move Along Home" 12/07/92 - CAST STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Move Along Home" CAST BENJAMIN SISKO FALOW KIRA NERYS FEMALE VOICE ODO WADI CROWD QUARK CHANDRA BASHIR WADI PARTYGOERS JADZIA DAX JAKE COMPUTER VOICE LIEUTENANT PRIMMIN Non-Speaking WADI STAR TREK: DS9 - "Move Along Home" - 12/07/92 - SETS STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Move Along Home" SETS INTERIORS EXTERIORS DEEP SPACE NINE DEEP SPACE NINE AIRLOCK CORRIDOR OPS QUARK'S SECURITY OFFICE SISKO'S QUARTERS ALIEN LABYRINTH CORRIDOR SMALL CHAMBER CHAMBER WADI CORRIDOR CAVERN STAR TREK: DS9 - "Move Along Home" - 12/09/92 - PRONUNCIATION STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Move Along Home" PRONUNCIATION GUIDE BAJOR BAY-jor BAJORAN bah-JOR-an CARDASSIAN car-DASS-ee-en* PRIMMIN PRIH-muhn ALLAMARAINE ahl-uh-mar-AYNE CHANDRA SHAN-dra UNODDI oo-NAH-di YUGADA you-GAH-duh LAGUNDA lag-GUN-duh WADI WAH-dee DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - TEASER 1. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Move Along Home" TEASER FADE IN: 1 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) 2 INT. SISKO'S QUARTERS Sisko is adjusting a dress jacket... there is a sense of anticipation, excitement in his eyes... Jake ENTERS... JAKE Dress uniform? SISKO I haven't worn this in almost three years... I must've lost some weight... it feels... kinda baggy... He checks himself in the mirror... as Jake goes to the replicator... JAKE Naw, it looks great... besides baggy clothes are very fashionable on Bajor right now... (to the replicator) Lemonade. We hear the replicator work and Jakes returns with a lemonade. Sisko glances at his son... SISKO Since when are you interested in Bajoran fashions... JAKE You know, Dad, a lot of Bajoran girls come up to the station with their families... SISKO (reacts) Since when are you interested in Bajoran girls... ? JAKE (Give me a break) Dad... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - TEASER 2. 2 CONTINUED: SISKO (not serious) Wasn't it a few weeks ago that you were playing with model starships? JAKE Try a few years ago... SISKO You and I have to have a talk, young man... about women. JAKE (uncomfortable) No, that's okay... SISKO I mean it. There are a few things you've got to know... JAKE I already know them, Dad... SISKO Oh yeah? And who told you... ? JAKE (beat, shrug) Nog... SISKO (reacts, worst possible answer) Nog. So all you know about women you heard from the Ferengi boy... JAKE We were just talking... SISKO (sarcastic) Swell. (beat) Listen, I don't have time now. But I obviously have a lot of damage control to do with you on this subject. Let's set aside some time tomorrow... JAKE (frowns) Fine. DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - TEASER 3. 2 CONTINUED: (2) SISKO Morning. First thing. JAKE Fine. What's going on anyway? SISKO A Vulcan ship made contact with a new species called the Wadi in the Gamma Quadrant three weeks ago. We're expecting a delegation from their planet... JAKE Rolling out the red carpet, huh... ? SISKO First contact is our most important mission, Jake. It has to be handled delicately... (searching a little too hard for relevance) ... you might say it's sorta like a first date with a new girl... you want to show a certain respect for... As Jake rolls his eyes, Sisko is interrupted by a Com voice -- KIRA'S COM VOICE Ops to Sisko -- SISKO Go ahead. 3 INT. OPS KIRA The Wadi ship has just come through the wormhole. We're sending them to docking bay four... SISKO'S COM VOICE I'll meet you all there. Sisko out. (exiting, to Jake) Tomorrow morning. DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - TEASER 4. 4 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) The Wadi ship at the docking ring. 5 INT. AIRLOCK CORRIDOR On Bashir, Dax and Kira. Kira is in her standard uniform. Dax has a dress jacket on. Bashir is in his normal uniform and uncomfortable about it... BASHIR (to Dax) I'm positive I packed my dress uniform... I can't understand it... DAX You look fine, Julian. Relax. BASHIR I suppose they are aliens... they won't know our protocol... KIRA (impatient) It'll be fine. SISKO (O.S.) Where's your uniform, Doctor? 6 ANGLE to reveal Sisko coming out of the Turbolift with purpose in his step... BASHIR I can't seem to find it, sir... I'm certain that I packed... SISKO (frowns) Now, listen to me. This is no... dress rehearsal, this is the real thing. Our first formal reception for a delegation from the Gamma Quadrant. And I want things to go right from this moment on. Clear? (they acknowledge silently) Let's do it. Kira moves to a panel, presses some buttons... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - TEASER 5. 7 ANGLE - BASHIR & DAX Out of the corner of his mouth, whispering to her -- BASHIR I'll have the clothier Garak make me a new one by tonight... DAX I'm not sure it's appropriate to have a Cardassian tailor make your Starfleet uniform, Julian... maybe the replicator... The airlock door slides open and... 8 ANGLE REVEALING THE WADI Six tall humanoids EMERGE from the hatchway. We're struck by their appearance - eyes and faces embellished with markings resembling hieroglyphs. Their costumes are simple and will later be enhanced by various overgarments and accessories. Their leader, FALOW, steps forward giving Sisko an appraising stare. Forming a triangle with his hands, Falow touches his forehead - obviously a Wadi form of greeting. FALOW I am Falow, Master Surchid of the Wadi. SISKO Welcome in the name of Bajor and the United Federation of Planets. I am Commander Benjamin Sisko. On behalf of the senior members of my staff... (indicating) ... Major Kira, Lieutenant Dax and Doctor Bashir... FALOW (interrupting) Yes... yes... now where are the games? SISKO Games? FALOW We were told you have games. An aide whispers in Falow's ear... Falow nods... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - TEASER 6. 8 CONTINUED: FALOW Quark's. Take us to Quark's. Kira and Sisko exchange a glance... she shrugs... KIRA Right this way. And they follow her as a vastly disappointed Sisko trails with Dax... SISKO First contact isn't what it used to be. And as they EXIT... FADE OUT. END OF TEASER DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT ONE 7. ACT ONE FADE IN: (NOTE: Episode titles fall over opening scenes.) 9 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT - FULL ON SCENE Falow and his fellow Wadi surround the spinning dabo wheel. They're merely observers at this point... animatedly discussing the game amongst themselves. Much bustle abounds... shouts of "Dabo!" from sundry low-lifes and high rollers. As the Wadi size up the table, Kira and Bashir accompany them while... 10 ANGLE AT BAR - QUARK flanked by Sisko and Dax. QUARK Do they have money? DAX We don't know... we didn't ask... SISKO And that's not the point... QUARK It may not be your point, but it's mine. SISKO Dammit, Quark, this is a new lifeform from the Gamma Quadrant... I expect you to treat them with... QUARK (interrupting) Commander, I am a host. A host is an ambassador of good will. The more good will I can generate, the longer they'll stay... the greater my profits. I think you and I are talking the same language here... SISKO Not quite. QUARK Allow me to put your concerns to rest. DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/08/92 - ACT ONE 8. 10 CONTINUED: As he moves out from behind the bar... 11 ANGLE ON THE WADI as Quark approaches Falow... puts his arm around him like an old friend... Sisko and Dax move closer to observe... QUARK So, you fellows do a lot of gambling where you come from? Falow looks at the hand on his shoulder with an icy glance, doesn't have to move a muscle to signal Quark to remove it and he does... FALOW We like games. QUARK Doesn't everybody. Doesn't everybody. You know those virgin territories in the Gamma Quadrant are ripe for dabo franchising... you and I might want to talk about an investment opportunity... (Off Sisko's look) ... at some point. Falow shows no interest, his eyes go back to the table... QUARK So, have you figured out the essentials ofthe game yet? FALOW I believe we have. QUARK Well, give 'er a spin... one time on the house... He tosses a single coin to a random spot on the table with the wheel already spinning... as it ends... QUARK Ah, two pinch showing... too bad. Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained, I always say... what would you care to wager? DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT ONE 9. 11 CONTINUED: Falow studies him a beat, taps a finger on the back of his hand as a signal to one of his aides... who arrives with a small wooden box... QUARK Ah, what a handsome container... there's an old Ferengi expression -- good things come in small packages... But his smile falls as Falow opens it to reveal... 12 HIS POV - SOME CHOPPED UP STICKS QUARK Sticks? 13 RESUME FALOW Klon peags. Highly sought in our culture. They have many different uses. QUARK Ah. I'm sorry. I have enough sticks right now. Falow reacts, taps his hand again... an aide puts a small cup in Quark's hand and pours from an alien thermos bottle a red liquid... Quark looks at it... looks at Falow who motions, go ahead and drink... so Quark does... scrunches his face at the bitter taste... QUARK It's bitter. What is it? FALOW (smiles) Alpha-currant nectar. Priceless. Losing interest fast, Quark thrusts back the container. QUARK One man's priceless is another man's worthless. SISKO Quark... (Quark turns to the tight voice, through clenched teeth) Take the juice. DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT ONE 10. 13 CONTINUED: Sisko gives him his best tough stare... a beat as they look at each other then Quark turns back to Falow... QUARK Sorry, not interested. Sisko reacts, this is about to turn into diplomatic disaster... Falow's smile fades, disappointed, sighs (and this is not a joke to him)... FALOW Then, we really have nothing to wager except this... And he takes a pouch from one of his aides, opens it and pours out on a table an incredible fortune in diamond-like gems... 14 ON QUARK'S REACTION QUARK (to a waiter) Get these folks some drinks... And as Sisko reacts... 15 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) as before indicating a passage of time. 16 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT Much later... the place is empty but for the Wadi... the dabo lady and another employee, waiting for these guys to get tired... but they're still going at it... WADI CROWD (ad lib, rowdy) Aba, gada, gada, anomi, aba aba... Garundi... Aba... Aba... Moving to find a bored-to-tears Sisko leaning against the bar with Quark who watches with serious concern... Sisko is munching on some peanut-like beans... SISKO McCoullough... QUARK McCoullough? DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT ONE 11. 16 CONTINUED: SISKO Captain McCoullough... that's the name I've been trying to remember for the last six hours... Off the sounds of Wadi excitement... WADI CROWD (ad lib, cheers) Aba! Aba aba aba... Garundi... Haloni... Yako... Kolada... Yako... QUARK Good Lord, they've won again... SISKO McCoullough's the one who wrote the revised First Contact procedures for Starfleet... QUARK (bored) That right... ? SISKO I wish McCoullough were here right now instead of me. FEMALE VOICE Dabo! WADI CROWD (ad lib, cheers) Aba! Aba... Aba... Garundi... Dabo... Garundi... Dabo... QUARK No, they couldn't have doubled again... Stretches, stands up straight... enough of this... SISKO Well, with all due respect to the procedures and to McCoullough, I've had it. This is as far as duty calls me. Just keep 'em happy. If they ever get tired of dabo, let me know. Good night. As Sisko EXITS, shaking his head... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT ONE 12. 16 CONTINUED: (2) QUARK What's good about it? Quark moves to the table and Falow... QUARK Getting ready to call it a night... ? FALOW We've only just started. QUARK The girl's arm must be getting tired... all that spinning... FALOW Replace her. QUARK Very well. Broik, take the wheel. He looks to another Ferengi who moves behind the table and the dabo lady moves away... Quark gives the Ferengi a discreet nod... 17 ANGLE BEHIND DABO TABLE as the Croupier's hand slides open a hidden panel... and reaches inside... 18 ANGLE ON THE TABLE as the wheel spins down... moving to Quark's face as the end comes... WADI CROWD (disappointment, ad lib) Notam... Aga... Leadju... Noada... QUARK Ah, one pinch showing. An unfortunate reversal. 19 INT. SISKO'S QUARTERS As Sisko ENTERS, Jake is working at his desk... SISKO What are you still doing up? DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT ONE 13. 19 CONTINUED: JAKE Nog and I were setting up a reactive ion impeller for school... SISKO He's older than you, Jake... he stays up later, he probably does things... things with girls for instance... that you're not ready for... JAKE Come on, we were working on a school project... SISKO You know what time you're supposed to be in bed... and we never had any problems with it... until Nog. JAKE Dad, I'm fourteen. SISKO I'm glad we agree on something. Go to bed. JAKE Fine. So how'd it go? As Sisko sits, about to remove his boots... SISKO (sarcastic) Great. Just great. I've done nothing for the past six hours but eat Ferengi lokar beans and watch people play childish games... As Jake gives him a curious glance... 19A EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE Time passage. 20 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT - CLOSE ON A FERENGI HAND in the grip of a Wadi hand... and as it moves out from behind the dabo table, we pull back to see that the Ferengi pit boss has been caught cheating by the Wadi... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT ONE 13A. WADI CROWD (hushed outrage, ad lib) Lakamba... Ferengi... Yurida... Tabola... Tabola... 21 ANGLE ON QUARK swallowing hard... the spit in his mouth turning to cotton. QUARK Broik, you disreputable swindler. I've put up with your cheating for the last time. But Falow's no fool. The Wadi silently surround Quark. Falow slides a stool up to Quark and commands... FALOW Sit. QUARK Why don't we just call it even and no hard feelings. Or... or take another spin on the house... or two... or three... a free visit to a holosuite... do you know what a holosuite is... do you have sex on your world? DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT ONE 14. 21 CONTINUED: His words are greeted with a heavy silence. Falow taps his hand and one of the Wadi passes him a rectangular metallic case... Quark is sweating... QUARK Look, take it all back, all the gemstones and I'll throw in a case of Andolian brandy to make your trip home a little more enjoyable... FALOW You like our gemstones? You will have the opportunity to win more... a lot more. QUARK I will? FALOW In a new game. An honest game. 22 ANGLE (OPTICAL) Falow opens the case and a flash of light obliterates the room. When it clears the dabo table has been replaced by a strange alien game board... there's a central start point from which a winding maze serpentines downward toward the end triangle. There are twelve shaps (levels). Within the board, there are short cuts between shaps, allowing players to move more rapidly to the end. Falow begins to put a variety of strange symbolic pieces (think hotels in Monopoly) at various intervals, elaborately "setting up" the board... there is also an electronic component to the board with switches and blinkies... 23 ANGLE ON QUARK reacting to the game. QUARK Very unusual. I don't think I know this game. What's it called? FALOW Chula. QUARK What are the rules? DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT ONE 15. 23 CONTINUED: No one answers. Falow holds four oddly shaped onyx figurines in his hand. FALOW These are your players. (a beat) We'll start them on the second shap. There's a flurry of excitement amongst the Wadi. They get out their klon peags and begin side wagers... exchanging sticks... WADI CROWD (ad lib, betting) Second shap... Aga... Aga... Aga... Latuno... Ferengi... Nadu... Nadu... Chula... Nadu... Chula... The stakes are high. They make bets on the outcome as Falow sets up the board. (NOTE: Some will bet with Quark and others against.) QUARK (trying to comprehend) Second shap? Can't we start at the beginning? FALOW Only children enter at the first shap. 24 CLOSE ON THE GAME BOARD Falow places the four figurines on the second purple triangle. (NOTE: The pieces move from this starting point down to the finish, on the outermost edge) 25 INT. SISKO'S QUARTERS - CLOSE ON SISKO in bed, sound asleep. He, stirs, shifts positions, turning onto his side and... 26 INT. ALIEN LABYRINTH - CLOSE ON SISKO ... he rolls onto a hard stone floor, waking up, fully dressed in standard uniform. WIDEN as Sisko stands, struggling to orient himself. DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT ONE 15A. 26 CONTINUED: He's in an alien corridor with high stone walls and a floor made of massive triangular tiles marked with purple runic symbols. Every several yards is a door... Several open archways and connecting corridors can be seen along the perimeter of the room. Occasionally, there is an archway that reveals the depth and breadth of the continuing labyrinth... like looking across a courtyard in a New Orleans hotel... CAMERA PULLS BACK to reveal the solitary figure of Sisko. FADE OUT. END OF ACT ONE DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 16. ACT TWO FADE IN: 27 INT. LABYRINTH - CONTINUOUS Confused, Sisko hits his combadge. SISKO Sisko to Ops... (a beat) Sisko to Security... No response. SISKO Computer, freeze program. (a beat) End program. Exit. Nothing changes. Sisko tries to make some sense of his surroundings. He has a tricorder and uses it... but it reveals nothing. He runs his hand over the colored markings on the wall, there's something vaguely familiar about them. Moves down the corridor... examines the first door marked, as each door is, with a specific symbol. There is some sort of electric padd and he tries pressing it. Nothing happens. He tries the door. It won't budge. He moves quickly down the corridor and tries the same futile exercise on the next door. And crosses to do it again on a door on the opposite side. His rage and pace building with each new failure. And he goes to a fourth door and because we expect it to fail, it's a shock when it sharply opens to reveal Falow. SISKO You. FALOW Shap two. Move along. Move along home. SISKO What is this place? Where have you brought me? FALOW Move along home. The door slides sharply shut. SISKO Falow! DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 17. 27 CONTINUED: Sisko tries the padd on the door and it doesn't open this time... Sisko bangs his fist hard on the door... it doesn't budge... he turns around... begins to move down the corridor. A beat later, he reacts as he hears a chilling yell echo through the labyrinth. BASHIR'S VOICE HAAAAAAH... Sisko takes off as the yell of panic continues... 28 NEW CORRIDOR As Sisko ENTERS to see Bashir pressed against the wall yelling in panic... he hasn't seen Sisko yet... SISKO Doctor! BASHIR HAAAH... (stops short as he sees Sisko) Oh. Oh. Thank God. I thought. I was having. A nightmare. I couldn't. Wake up. Running footsteps echo toward them... they react as Kira and Dax ENTER... KIRA You too? DAX What was all that yelling? BASHIR (embarrassed) Haven't you ever tried to wake yourself up from a bad dream? DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 18. 28 CONTINUED: SISKO This isn't a dream. We're guests of the Wadi. KIRA What do they want? SISKO I don't know yet. I just had a strange run-in with Falow. He said something about "Moving along home." DAX Home... ? BASHIR Perhaps we're being given some sort of behavioral test... like a laboratory rodent that has to work its way out of a maze... KIRA Behavioral test... now wait a minute... DAX (reassuring) There doesn't seem to be an immediate threat, Major... And this is not panic, just frustration -- KIRA I'm sure all you Starfleet explorers find this fascinating... but I'm a Bajoran administrator... this is not what I signed up for... (yelling out to the courtyard to no one in particular) I do not belong here. The words echo, going nowhere. Kira frowns, angry. SISKO I don't find this fascinating either, Major. And I suggest we take Falow's advice and find our way home. DAX Are the combadges still working? DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 19. 28 CONTINUED: (2) They press to check them and the chirping tells them they are. DAX As long as we can maintain contact, it should be reasonably safe to split up and see if any of us can find a way out of here. SISKO Agreed. Use your tricorders for proximity checks every two minutes. (humor to ease tension) And if all else fails, just yell again, Doctor... we'll find you. And he gives Bashir a dry look... and Bashir grins at his own expense... 29 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) 30 INT. SECURITY OFFICE Odo's busy at the monitors. Jake ENTERS, obviously disturbed. ODO (extremely formal) Mister Sisko, how can I help you? JAKE Do you know where my Dad's gone ? ODO You can't find him? JAKE (shakes his head, no) Last night, he was making a big deal about us having a talk this morning. But when I woke up he was gone. ODO Did you check his office? JAKE The computer says he's not on the station. DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 20. 30 CONTINUED: Odo reacts, curious but doesn't want to alarm the boy. ODO (trying to be reassuring) Why don't you go on to school while I track him down. JAKE School's closed while Mrs. O'Brien's back on earth... Nog and I were going over to Airlock Three and watch the Bajoran transport passengers come on board... ODO You mean, to look at the girls. JAKE No... we were just... ODO Go on. When I find out where your father went, I'll let you know. JAKE Thanks, Odo. Jake leaves and Odo turns to the computer. ODO Computer, confirm Commander Sisko is not on the station. COMPUTER VOICE Confirmed. ODO What time did he log out? COMPUTER VOICE That information is not on file. ODO (reacts) What ship did he leave on? COMPUTER VOICE That information is not on file. Off Odo's concerned look... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 21. 31 INT. OPS Odo ENTERS on the Turbolift... reacts as he sees no senior officers... LIEUTENANT PRIMMIN, a Starfleet security officer, is at O'Brien's station, casual, kicking back... might be reading something personal on a PADD, looks up at Odo arriving, with a vaguely patronizing humor -- PRIMMIN (stretching out the name) Con-sta-ble... O... Doh. Good morning to you. ODO Where's Major Kira? PRIMMIN Didn't report for duty on time this morning... none of the senior officers did... ODO (stern) And you don't find that odd? PRIMMIN (grins) Well, I heard that Wadi party went on all night... ODO How long have you been a security officer, Lieutenant? PRIMMIN Six years. Why? ODO Lost many Commanders? PRIMMIN Lost? ODO Because you've lost one now. (Primmin stands, shocked) Sisko's off the station. Missing. (indicating the round table) All of the senior officers may be missing. DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 22. 31 CONTINUED: ODO I want a sweep of this station... and if the others are missing too, I want to know the last time anybody saw them... I'm going to contact all ships that have departed since last night... understood... ? PRIMMIN Yes, Constable. ODO And don't call me Constable! I'm Chief of Security. PRIMMIN Yes... sir. 32 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT The Wadi exchange sticks and make rapid verbal noises as their betting continues... WADI CROWD (ad lib, betting) Latuno... Aga... Belada... Lapra... Delado... Delado... Delado... Ferengi delado... Falow completes the elaborate set-up of the board and hands Quark three pyramidic dice. Quark scrutinizes the runic cyphers that cover the sides and the colored stones at each corner in a futile effort to make some sense of it all... (the symbolic representations of the game pieces should also appear on various sides of the dice.) FALOW Last wagers. The board is ready. QUARK It is? FALOW How much do you wish to risk on the second shap? QUARK Uh... is there a minimum bet? DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 22A. 32 CONTINUED: The Wadi groan and look at each other... already sticks are exchanged... no courage in this player... WADI CROWD (ad lib) Ferengi Latuno... Aga... Aga... Latuno... Quark reacts to the reactions trying to make some sense of it all... Falow looks at Quark with contempt, takes two gemstones from the small pile in front of Quark and puts it on the board... FALOW Roll. The Wadi go silent, but crack their sticks together in an exciting percussion to the event... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 23. 32 CONTINUED: (2) QUARK Roll! Roll? But you haven't even told me the rules yet! FALOW You are required to learn them as you play. Roll. Quark looks around... the peag noise grows in intensity... finally, he rolls the dice... one lands with the yellow stone up, the other two show blue. Falow moves the pieces eighteen spaces forward to a triangle marked with a yellow hieroglyph. FALOW Chula! Excited chatter as the Wadi exchange peags to pay off their side bets. WADI CROWD (ad lib) Chula... Chula... Chula... Aga... Aga... Chandra... Aga... Chandra... QUARK Did I win? FALOW Hardly. Your pieces will meet the Chandra. QUARK The Chandra? What does that mean? Is it good or bad? The Wadi laugh at him and continue betting. FALOW (shrugs) Neither. Both. QUARK I don't understand. FALOW Ah, but there is the key. Some will never understand... others will consider it mere... (beat) ... child's play. DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 23A. 32 CONTINUED: (3) As Quark reacts, Falow ENTERS a sequence into the electronic component of the game board... the blinkies shift colors to an orange glow... 33 INT. LABYRINTH CORRIDOR Sisko moving along another stretch of corridor... trying a door when he passes it... reacts as he hears the voice of a little girl singing... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT TWO 24. 33 CONTINUED: CHANDRA (O.S.) (singing) Allamaraine count to four. Allamaraine then three more. Allamaraine if you can see. Allamaraine you'll come with me. She repeats it as needed... Sisko hits his combadge... SISKO This is Sisko... I've found something... He moves to the sound and it is behind a door... as the others arrive running one by one, he hits the panel on the door... the door opens to reveal -- 34 INT. SMALL CHAMBER with a door on the other side... the little Wadi GIRL sings her song as she plays an alien sort of hopscotch on Wadi symbols built into the floor... she pays no attention to Sisko and the others... CHANDRA (chanting) Allamaraine count to four. Allamaraine then three more. Allamaraine if you can see. Allamaraine you'll come with me. Dax approaches her gently... DAX Hello. But the girl keeps on chanting... ignores her... DAX Can you tell us where we are? (the girl continues to ignore her) Is there a way to leave? More chanting... BASHIR Do you think we're supposed to do something? DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT TWO 25. 34 CONTINUED: KIRA This is the first door that's opened for us... I want to know where it goes... 35 ANGLE (OPTICAL) But as Kira moves past the girl toward the back door, she is popped back by a stinging forcefield right in the middle of the path of the hopscotch design... she reacts to the pain... meanwhile, the girl goes back and forth through the forcefield, chanting... (NOTE: The forcefield does not appear at all when the little girl moves across the path.) BASHIR Are you all right? KIRA I'll be okay... DAX (with tricorder) Some kind of ionic field... SISKO (re: the girl) She's going right through it. BASHIR (observing, an idea) The panels on the floor... she steps on certain panels and that must allow her to get through the field... DAX (makes sense) "If you can see, you'll come with me... " BASHIR Here, watch... He gets behind her and follows behind her, tracing her steps exactly... CHANDRA Allamaraine count to four. Allamaraine then three more. Allamaraine if you can see. Allamaraine you'll come with me. But as he hits the spot... the forcefield nails him and he bounces back... she goes through untouched... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT TWO 26. 35 CONTINUED: BASHIR But I did everything she did. A long beat. Dax is the one who has the breakthrough... DAX No, Julian, you didn't. BASHIR I followed her footsteps exactly. DAX But you didn't say the rhyme. They exchange looks and this time Dax braves it... she moves forward, steps behind Chandra, chanting... CHANDRA & DAX (in unison) Allamaraine count to four. Allamaraine then three more. Allamaraine if you can see. Allamaraine you'll come with me. And the forcefield is nowhere to be seen... Chandra smiles... DAX Come on! Just say the rhyme. Sisko leads the others... as they match what Dax just did... SISKO, BASHIR, KIRA (in unison) Allamaraine count to four. Allamaraine then three more. Allamaraine if you can see. Allamaraine you'll come with me. And they're through. Chandra leads them to the door and as they exit, they find themselves in another corridor just like the last one... as they react... CHANDRA Third shap. And she steps backwards and a door closes in front of her. As our people react... 36 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT Close on the game light as it turns yellow. FALOW Allamaraine! DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT TWO 27. 36 CONTINUED: The Wadi go wild - three of them cheer while the rest throw down their betting sticks in disgust. WADI CROWD (ad lib, reactions) Allamaraine... Third shap... Ferengi lagunda... Aga... Aga... Ferengi Lagunda... Aga... Third shap... Quark continues to be completely befuddled. But then Falow pushes a nice little pile of gemstones in front of him as payoff. QUARK I think I'm getting the hang of this. On his dumb smile... FADE OUT. END OF ACT TWO DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT THREE 28. ACT THREE FADE IN: 37 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) 38 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT The Wadi continue their ad lib side betting as before... pause and watch as -- FALOW Choose their path. QUARK Path? FALOW Short or long. Quark looks at the gameboard. The four pieces can either take a shortcut or take a longer route... QUARK What's the difference? FALOW The short path will double the peril to your four players but it will also double your winnings. QUARK (a snap) Double my winnings? Well in that case... FALOW Choose carefully. If none of your players get home you lose everything you've won. QUARK (not so easy) Hmmm... I see why you find this game so interesting. DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT THREE 28A. 38 CONTINUED: FALOW (evenly) Do you? Odo ENTERS, comes over... QUARK Say, you know I might have room for another gaming table or two on the second floor... perhaps we could negotiate a licensing agree-- ODO Quark... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT THREE 29. 38 CONTINUED: (2) QUARK I'm busy... ODO (frowns) Yes. I can see. When was the last time you saw Sisko? QUARK (impatient) Last night when he went home to bed. ODO Did he say anything to you... about leaving the station? QUARK Not a thing... Falow catches Quark's eye. It's time for action. FALOW Choose their path. QUARK Yes. Really, Odo... you'll have to... ODO He's missing... and so are Kira, Dax and Bashir... four officers have just disappeared... you're sure you have no idea... QUARK Why would I know anything about... (beat) Four? Did you say... "four" officers are missing? ODO Yes. Quark tries to dismiss the possibility but looks at Fallow... and then... 39 HIS POV - THE FOUR GAME PIECES FALOW (O.S.) Double their peril. Double your winnings. DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT THREE 30. 40 BACK TO QUARK as the realization hits him like a sledgehammer. He stares at Falow... the stakes apparent now. Falow returns his look, knowingly. 41 ANGLE ON ODO taking note of the interchange. Looks at the four game pieces. 42 WIDEN TO INCLUDE ALL THE PLAYERS FALOW (to Odo) Bet or leave. Quark realizes he's in over his head... rising to go... QUARK Odo, how about taking my place? He feels Falow's firm hand on his shoulder. FALOW (sotto voce) Choose their path. QUARK I'll... take the safer path. The Wadi groan... sticks are exchanged... Odo measures all that is going on... FALOW Roll. The Wadi clink their peags again as Quark rolls... 43 INT. LABYRINTH Sisko, Dax, Kira and Bashir moving down the corridor, occasionally trying doors... KIRA Rhymes and riddles and mazes... what's the logic behind all this... what do they want from us... BASHIR "Move along home"... that's what the man told the Commander... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT THREE 31. 43 CONTINUED: DAX (realizing) A game... (off reactions) Home is often the destination... in a game. KIRA The Wadi do love games... DAX Think of it... we've been given directions, clues, obstacles to overcome... SISKO (real unhappy) Pawns. The realization is greeted by sounds of cheerful laughter just ahead... they react, move forward quickly... 44 ROUNDING A BEND they arrive at an open door... inside a party seems to be going on... they enter... 45 INT. CHAMBER It's like a cocktail party out of Alice in Wonderland... nine Wadi (including the same group from the bar). The walls have several small vents out of which come puffs of smoke... the Wadi occasionally move over to inhale this smoke in a weirdly alien social ritual... each of them drink from glasses with a bubbling orange liquid that might be akin to champagne. The room buzzes with unintelligible chatter and laughter as our people wander in... the door immediately shuts behind them. WADI PARTYGOERS (ad lib, chatter) Abami... Yugada... Tri... Tri... Tri... Unoddi... Ha... Ha... Ha... Unoddi... Yugada... Abami... KIRA (raised voice) Excuse me... excuse me... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT THREE 31A. 45 CONTINUED: Nobody pays her any attention... KIRA (to herself) This has gone far enough. DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/08/92 - ACT THREE 32. 45 CONTINUED: (2) She moves to a table with Hors d'oeuvres, picks up a platter and smashes it on the table... a few people look over and laugh... KIRA Will somebody please tell me what is going on around here... why are you doing this to us? More laughter. KIRA What's wrong with you people? Even more laughter. 46 ANGLE - BASHIR near one laughing woman... BASHIR (dry) Madame, this is no laughing matter. A waiter passes with a tray of glasses filled with the orange liquid offering it to Bashir... BASHIR What is it... The waiter doesn't respond... Bashir reaches out and picks it up... SISKO Don't drink or eat anything... BASHIR Maybe this is the Wadi's way of providing nourishment... SISKO Or maybe it's drugged... or poisoned... Sisko coughs as the smoke gets thicker... reacts as he hears Falow's laugh booming across the room... moves toward him with a purpose... 47 ANGLE - FALOW also wearing a mask is laughing with another Wadi as Sisko arrives... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT THREE 33. 47 CONTINUED: SISKO Falow... Falow turns, as a waiter appears with a tray of drinks. FALOW Drink? Sisko sweeps the glasses off the tray with a sweep of his arm. SISKO We're not playing any more. He coughs again. Falow raises an eyebrow, takes a beat... FALOW Move along. Move along home. SISKO You brought us here. You take us home... His body is racked with coughing... his chest burns... he goes to his knees... 48 ANGLE - DAX AND BASHIR are also collapsing with coughing... as they go to their knees, Wadi around them cheer them on loudly with smiling laughing faces... WADI PARTYGOERS (ad lib, cheers) Gadi... Gadi... Menengu... Bala... Bala... Gadi... Gadi... Menengu... Gadi... DAX The smoke... BASHIR Not... bothering them... 49 ANOTHER ANGLE - KIRA also collapsing... to the gleeful crowd... KIRA You're hurting us... can't you see that... They just yell Wadi nonsense at her... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT THREE 34. 50 BASHIR and his throat is on fire... face sweating and hot... he looks up at 51 THE LAUGHING WADI around him... all of them are holding glasses... some are drinking from them... a waiter holds another tray of glasses... 52 RESUME BASHIR as he lunges up and grabs a glass off the waiter's tray... gulps it down... he immediately stops coughing... feels better... moves quickly to Dax and Kira with more glasses... BASHIR Drink... it's an antidote... As the women drink... 53 ANGLE - SISKO still coughing on the ground, sees what Bashir has done, gets to feet and grabs the drink out of Falow's hand and gulps it down... Falow smiles and the aliens applaud as Wadi applaud... with a palm slapping the back of the other hand... 54 RESUME BASHIR, KIRA AND DAX recovering... KIRA How did you know? BASHIR Scientific method. I took a guess. It didn't seem like I had much to lose. 55 SISKO AND FALOW (OPTICAL) as the back door opens... Sisko reacts... FALOW (cordial, to Sisko) Shap four. DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT THREE 35. 55 CONTINUED: And in a flash, all the Wadi and the party trimmings and the smoke is gone... and the chamber is empty... they EXIT... back to -- 56 INT. LABYRINTH as they react, the door shuts behind them... 57 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT - ON THE GAME BOARD The game light turns yellow. FALOW Allamaraine. Instant huge reactions from the Wadi... sticks exchanged... another, larger pile of jewels are pushed toward Quark... who reacts with pleasure... but we move to Odo who has observed and is not at all pleased... as he EXITS... FADE OUT. END OF ACT THREE DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FOUR 36. ACT FOUR FADE IN: 58 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) 59 INT. OPS (OPTICAL) Odo and Primmin study monitors... ODO Wouldn't your scans pick up human life signs on their ship? PRIMMIN Usually... but we've never run into Wadi technology before... ODO (reacts to something he sees) Isolate that energy flux on their second deck... Primmin presses some panels... PRIMMIN Some kind of intense bi-polar current... ODO What would cause something like that? Primmin shakes his head, never seen anything like that... PRIMMIN Got me. Only thing we've got that would put out that type of current would be a Transporter... but a Transporter burst would only last for a few seconds... ODO I think we better go take a look... PRIMMIN Now, hold on, Odo... you can't just go storming onto their ship without their permission... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FOUR 37. 59 CONTINUED: ODO Oh, is that Starfleet policy? PRIMMIN That's right. ODO Well, I'm not in Starfleet. Moving to the transporter pad... ODO Set the coordinates to midway down the second deck corridor... Primmin hesitates, not sure if this is the right thing to do... ODO Is it against Starfleet rules to press a few buttons? Primmin sighs, enters the information. PRIMMIN Energizing. Odo DEMATERIALIZES. 60 INT. WADI CORRIDOR Darkly lit... Odo moves to a door, uses a tricorder to check the flux readings... this is it... he examines the door control padd... tries it tentatively... ready for anything on the other side of the door... it opens... a blinding light emanates from inside... Odo moves out of the direct light behind the wall, tries to adjust his eyes, takes a breath rolls around and bursts into the room -- 61 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT - ECU ON ODO As he reacts and we REVEAL that Odo is standing in the middle of the bar (Quark doesn't notice his arrival). Odo looks around confused and surprised... Falow turns and makes knowing eye contact with him with the slightest arch of his eyebrow. The Wadi betting is continuing ad lib... 62 NEW ANGLE as Falow turns back to Quark... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT FOUR 38. 62 CONTINUED: FALOW Choose their path. ODO No. This game is finished. Right now. FALOW Stop the game. Lose your players. QUARK Odo, just stay out of this. ODO Quark.. QUARK I'm doing fine. They're doing fine. FALOW Choose their path. Double their peril. Double your winnings. Quark hesitates just slightly... ODO Quark! QUARK Fine. Fine. The safer path. Ad lib disappointed reactions from the Wadi... more sticks are exchanged... FALOW Roll. The Wadi clink their sticks together as Quark rolls again... all three of the dice come up with the same symbol -- the one we will learn represents Bashir. The Wadi gasp... FALOW An unfortunate roll. 63 INT. LABYRINTH BASHIR Isn't it a matter of simply figuring out how to win this game... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FOUR 39. 63 CONTINUED: KIRA (sarcastic) "Simply"... DAX I'm not sure we have any other choice... BASHIR Seriously, we've gone from the second shap to the third shap to the fourth shap already... KIRA What's a shap? BASHIR I have no idea... but we do seem to be making progress, whatever they are... KIRA We're playing for our lives, Doctor... and I don't think you're taking this very seriously... BASHIR Quite the contrary, Major, I find the stakes to be highly motivating... In the distance, the sound of a weird energy disturbance... Sisko holds up his hands to silence Bashir and Kira... they listen... Dax reads her tricorder... DAX I'm reading high magnetic field variations... intense flux patterns... It's getting louder... she looks up... DAX It's coming toward us... As it gets louder... Sisko leads a retreat... they try the doors, nothing opens... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FOUR 40. 63 CONTINUED: (2) SISKO Find cover if you can... They turn a corner trying to escape... 64 ANGLE - NEW LABYRINTH CORRIDOR (OPTICAL) as they continue... to search for any escape... suddenly behind them, an ominous swirling energy field appears... it brightly illuminates their faces... the swirling noise is deafening... INTERCUT: 65 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT - CLOSE ON FALOW the percussion of the cracking peags as loud as the wind... moving to his hand as it reaches slowly to the four figures and pauses a fraction of a beat above them... 66 SISKO, DAX, BASHIR, KIRA (OPTICAL) The energy field -- zooming by them. 67 THE FOUR PLAYERS on the board, peags cracking louder, as Falow's hand goes to the one that matched the symbol on the dice and picks it up... 68 BASHIR (OPTICAL) as the energy field moves quickly to envelop him... BASHIR Help meeee... And before the others can get to him, Bashir disappears into the swirl which moves through the corridor and disappears around the corner... the sound of it moving further away... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FOUR 41. 69 ANGLE the three others run down the corridor... 70 THE LABYRINTH - THEIR POV the energy swirl and Bashir are gone... SISKO (outraged) FALOW... ! And as the echo rolls around the empty corridors... it bleeds over to the next shot... 71 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT - ON FALOW'S HAND placing the Bashir player in a holding area (think "jail")... moving to his face as he calmly says... FALOW Next move. ODO What happened to that one? Why is it there? Falow ignores Odo... to Quark -- FALOW Next move. Choose their path. Inserting himself in Falow's eyeline... ODO Listen to me... I want that player back. FALOW (calm) If you would care to play the game when he's done, it can be arranged. (to Quark) Choose their path. Double their peril. Double your winnings. QUARK Give me the shortcut. The Wadi bettors erupt with ad lib glee... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/08/92 - ACT FOUR 42. 71 CONTINUED: ODO The shortcut... QUARK It's the right thing to do... ODO Are you crazy... FALOW Double the stakes... He pushes a tall load of gems in front of Quark... ODO Wait... Quark grabs his hand as Odo reaches out to push the gems away... QUARK I know what I'm doing... I've spent my life figuring the odds of all sorts of games... now, I'm just learning this one, that's true but I know this is the right move... ODO The right move to make you rich... QUARK More than that... look at the board... the shortcut skips a whole level... I've learned there's a risk with every roll of the dice... this way, they can advance all the way home with just one roll... Odo looks at him uncertain... QUARK Trust a gambler. A beat, Odo accedes... FALOW Roll. DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT FOUR 43. 71 CONTINUED: (2) The peag sticks start up again... Quark picks up the dice... he stands for this one... holds the dice in front of Odo's face... ODO What... ? QUARK Blow on them... ODO Would you please just... QUARK Blow on them. A beat. Odo blows on the dice... Quark smiles, rolls the dice... they come up three different colors... Fallow moves the game pieces several steps to a red triangle near the end of the board... the Wadi react with hushed tones this time... FALOW Thialo. WADI CROWD (ad lib) Thialo... aga... aga... allamaraine... nolo... Ferengi nolo... thialo... QUARK What... what does it mean? FALOW Sacrifice one so that two may live. And on Quark and Odo's reaction... FADE OUT. END OF ACT FOUR DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/08/92 - ACT FIVE 44. ACT FIVE FADE IN: 72 INT. QUARK'S - GAMING TABLE Odo pushes his way up to Falow and confronts him. ODO You can't ask him to do that... FALOW If you do not sacrifice one, all three will be lost... QUARK I can't... please... FALOW Which player? QUARK (looking at the pieces) I don't even know which one is which... FALOW Select one to be sacrificed or else this game is... QUARK Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. His hand goes to the three remaining game pieces... he starts to choose one, then stops another... no another... finally he breaks down, weeping... QUARK I can't do it. I beg of you. A terrible mistake has been made. This is all a misunderstanding. Please. He gets down on his knees, sobbing in a pathetic Ferengi display... embracing Falow's legs... QUARK I've learned my lesson. I will never cheat again. I will never cheat again. Please. Just don't make me do this. Anything but this. Please. Please. Please. The Wadi are stunned by this display... they've never ever seen anything so pitiful... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FIVE 45. 72 CONTINUED: FALOW (sighs) Very well. Quark's sobs end promptly, he looks up at Falow... QUARK I don't have to sacrifice one of them? FALOW No. You don't. (beat, pressing panels) We will program the game to choose one at random... QUARK But... FALOW Final wagers. Last move. Odo reacts, helpless, as Falow finishes entering a sequence on the electronic PADD... and the blinkies turn to orange... 73 INT. LABYRINTH Kira, Dax and Sisko turn another corner into another corridor... looking exhausted and worn... KIRA We should have eaten something at the party when we had the chance... BASHIR'S VOICE (echoing) Commander Sisko... Reactions... SISKO (calling out) Doctor... ? BASHIR'S VOICE Over here. Hurry. The echoes are confusing... KIRA Where's it coming from? DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FIVE 46. 73 CONTINUED: SISKO Spread out. They move quickly in different directions... BASHIR'S VOICE I can see it! I've found the way home! 74 ANGLE WITH DAX as she discovers an open door leading into a cave... DAX Here! An open door... BASHIR'S VOICE (from inside) Come on, Dax... She moves inside... 75 INT. CAVERN - CONTINUOUS Dark, but there's a light source at the far end... and in the distance a silhouetted figure stands waving his arms for her to come... BASHIR'S VOICE Hurry up... ! DAX Julian, are you all right? But as she takes another step toward him... suddenly there is a huge quake... ground swells knock Dax down... she falls a few feet off camera as... 75A ANGLE - SISKO AND DAX Appear at the door... SISKO Dax! They rush in to help her... the door slams shut behind them... the shaking subsides... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/08/92 - ACT FIVE 46A. 76 CLOSE ON DAX covered with dust, a scrape here or there... a rock is on her leg... DAX My leg... They roll the rock away... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/10/92 - ACT FIVE 47. 76 CONTINUED: Sisko examines her leg with a tricorder... KIRA Don't move... SISKO Nothing's broken... BASHIR (O.S.) What's taking you so long? We're almost out of here. Can't you see it? 77 ANGLE (OPTICAL) Sisko stands to look at the silhouette... they can see the light is coming from another door -- through it a distant image of Quark, Odo, Falow et al in Quark's at the game board... SISKO Doctor, we need some help, Dax is hurt... But as the silhouette takes a step forward into a shaft of light, he reveals himself to be Falow... speaking with Bashir's voice -- FALOW Thialo. Move along home. Shap Six. He disappears as Sisko takes a few steps forward... a deep rumbling from all around them... the ground heaves again... dust falls from the ceiling... 78 CLOSER Kira takes readings with her tricorder... KIRA I'm reading a tectonic shift of two ground masses... we're directly above a fault line... the cavern wall structure has been significantly weakened by the stress... it's not going to hold much longer... SISKO (to Dax) Try putting some weight on it... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/08/92 - ACT FIVE 48. 78 CONTINUED: She stands up... it hurts but she can walk with a little help from Sisko and Kira who balance her between their shoulders... SISKO Come on... let's get out of here... The shaking subsides as they move a ways along the rough terrain... but they react as they reach... 79 WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL) A deep crevice with a "bottomless" pit... the jump across is just far enough to be risky but possible for someone with a running start... someone with full physical capacity that is... Dax sits as Sisko takes a rock and tosses it into the blackness... several beats later it clinks far below... the earth shakes again with a minor quake... 80 CLOSER DAX I'll never make it across... SISKO There's got to be a way around this... DAX Benjamin, you and Kira can make that jump... KIRA We're not leaving you here... DAX This cavern's going to collapse and kill all of us if you don't get out now... (to Sisko) Seven lives is more than enough for a Trill. You haven't even finished one. SISKO (a warm moment) Now, how could I live out that life knowing I left you behind, old man... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FIVE 49. 80 CONTINUED: DAX (chastising) Don't let sentiment get in the way of... SISKO & DAX (in unison) ... command decisions. SISKO (smiles) Yeah, I've heard that one somewhere... DAX (stubborn) If you were hurt, I'd leave you behind. SISKO (smiles even broader) Then I'm glad I'm not the one who's hurt. (beat, helping Dax up) Major, you go across... Dax and I'll find a way around... But as they move into the mouth of the cave, Kira just grabs the other shoulder and begins to help Dax too... moving with them -- 80A INT. CAVE - CONTINUOUS SISKO Major, I gave you a direct order. KIRA Court-martial me. SISKO (already lost cause) I can't... you're not in Starfleet... DAX If I were your superior officer, I'd court-martial both of you... And they move deeper into the cave, the rumbling starts again... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/08/92 - ACT FIVE 50. 81 INT. CAVERN As they emerge from the cave, they are forced to traverse a narrow ledge along the crevice... Sisko and Kira help Dax as best they can... the cavern shakes seriously... they press themselves against the flat wall and try not to fall as the shaking continues... when it subsides, they move again... making slow progress... 82 CLOSE ON DAX moving carefully. She loses her footing and has to struggle to hang on... 83 THE GROUP moves ahead, picking up momentum... Dax is in more pain... SISKO Only a few meters more... But now, the worst quake of all... and they press themselves against the wall but the violent shakes throw them to the ground. 84 KIRA nearly goes over... but Sisko scrambles to hold on to her... the shaking won't stop... rocks are falling from the ceiling now... 85 ANGLE - CLOSE ON SISKO AND KIRA (OPTICAL) Kira is hanging over the side... with only Sisko's strong grip keeping her from falling... SISKO (yelling) Hang on! But it looks like the whole thing is collapsing around them now. From behind them -- DAX Benjamin! He turns his head to see... DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FIVE 51. 86 ROCKS tumbling down the walls... a landslide... and it all happens fast now -- 87 SISKO (OPTICAL) draws on incredible strength to try to get to his feet pulling Kira with him... 88 DAX starts crawling those last few yards but... 89 WIDE the landslide reaches them with a roar, sweeping them off their feet and into the bottomless pit... 90 OMITTED 91 INT. QUARK'S - THE GAME BOARD (OPTICAL) As everyone stares in amazement, there's a blue flash, and... Sisko, Dax, Bashir, Kira all MATERIALIZE. Kira, Dax, Sisko react both to their arrival and the return of Bashir. QUARK They made it! I won! I had full confidence in you, Commander... there was never a moments doubt that you would prevail in this outrageous... He starts to pull the pile of gems toward him... Fallow takes his arm... stops him... FALOW No. I'm afraid all your players were lost... And he pats his hand and a Wadi scoops up all of the jewels into the sack to Quark's chagrin... KIRA You mean we were never in any real danger? DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/11/92 - ACT FIVE 52. 91 CONTINUED: Falow reacts with amused surprise at her statement... shrugs... after all -- FALOW It's only a game. He presses a panel on the edge of the game, an OPTICAL FLASH... and he closes the flash into his carrying case. The dabo table REAPPEARS. He signals to the other Wadi to depart... FALOW Time to move along home. He smiles, bows but as they EXIT, Sisko blocks his path... SISKO (angry) Not so fast. This may all have been a game to you... but we take first contact with a new species very seriously... and I don't appreciate... ODO (interrupting) Excuse me, Commander... before you blame them you might want to ask Quark just how all this started... ? SISKO (reacts, to Quark) Quark... ? QUARK I wish I could explain it... they just had a run of bad luck and they blamed me for their losses and... ODO That's not what you said when you were groveling on the floor... QUARK Oh, that's right, you were here for the groveling... ODO You said something about cheating, didn't you? DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/11/92 - ACT FIVE 53. 91 CONTINUED: (2) SISKO Cheating? QUARK I would have said anything to end the ordeal. It was too much for me to bear. You have no idea the pressure I was under, Commander... BASHIR You were under... Sisko's obviously had the wind taken out of his sails... FALOW If you'll excuse us... perhaps someday... a rematch. They EXIT. QUARK You know... (thinking) This game could work here... it really could... excuse me... Rushing out the door... calling ahead... QUARK Falow... Mister Falow... a word with you, sir... On reactions... 92 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) The Wadi ship still docked... FADE OUT. END OF ACT FIVE THE END