STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" #40510-535 Written by Ronald D. Moore Directed by Rene Auberjonois 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 1997 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 This script is not for publication or reproduction.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 October 17, 1997 STAR TREK: DS9 - "Waltz" - 10/17/97 - CAST STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" CAST SISKO DUKAT KIRA DAMAR ODO WEYOUN BASHIR DAX WORF O'BRIEN Non-Speaking Non-Speaking N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES STAR TREK: DS9 - "Waltz" - REV.10/20/97 - SETS STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" SETS INTERIORS EXTERIORS DEEP SPACE NINE DEEP SPACE NINE OPS HONSHU PLANET SURFACE DEFIANT DEFIANT BRIDGE TRANSPORTER ROOM SICKBAY HONSHU CORRIDOR BRIG SHUTTLE CAVERN TUNNEL DEEP SPACE NINE - "Waltz" -10/20/97 - PRONUNCIATION STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" PRONUNCIATION GUIDE HONSHU HAWN-shoe KORNAIRE kor-NAIR KANAR kuh-NAR STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - TEASER 1. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" TEASER FADE IN: 1 EXT. SPACE - THE HONSHU (OPTICAL) A Federation starship at warp. SISKO (V.O.) Captain's Log: Stardate 51408.6. I've been aboard the Honshu for two days now and I still haven't spoken to him, although the doctors have assured me that he's made a full recovery. 2 INT. HONSHU - CORRIDOR SISKO is walking down one of the Corridors. SISKO (V.O.) (continuing) Maybe that's what I'm afraid of. Maybe I prefer to think of him as a crazy man... a broken man. He'd be less dangerous that way. Sisko pauses outside a door marked "BRIG." SISKO (V.O.) (continuing) As terrible as it sounds, there's a part of me that wishes he were dead. But that's a thought unworthy of a Starfleet officer. Sisko takes a deep breath, then goes through the door to... 3 INT. HONSHU - BRIG - CONTINUOUS As Sisko ENTERS. There's an N.D. Security Guard at the small desk outside the holding cell who nods to Sisko, then returns to his work. Sisko moves to the cell and looks inside. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - TEASER 2. 3 CONTINUED: SISKO (V.O.) (continuing) He lost an empire, he lost his daughter, and he nearly lost his mind. Whatever his crimes... isn't that enough punishment for one lifetime? 4 NEW ANGLE Revealing GUL DUKAT in the cell. He's sitting on the deck, deep in meditation. His hair is longer and a little more unkempt than we've seen it before. There's a brief moment before Dukat seems to notice that there's someone watching him. He finally looks up and smiles. DUKAT I heard you were aboard. I wondered if you'd make an appearance. SISKO How are you? DUKAT Better. Dukat gets off the floor and sits on the bunk. He's calm, rational, a little subdued. There's also a new aspect to Dukat's personality we're not used to seeing -- humility. Dukat seems like a great man brought low, but trying to retain whatever shreds of dignity he has left. Despite this, Sisko is still a little guarded. DUKAT (continuing) The doctors tell me I've made a remarkable recovery. SISKO They told me the same thing. DUKAT Good. I'd hate to think they were patronizing me. (beat) So... I'm a war criminal. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - TEASER 3. 4 CONTINUED: SISKO In the Federation, you're innocent until proven guilty. DUKAT So I'm told. (beat) Do you believe I'm guilty, Benjamin? An awkward beat. SISKO I haven't seen all the charges. DUKAT It's not like you to equivocate. SISKO I'm trying to be fair. You won't be tried until the war's over. This appearance before the Special Jury is... just a formality. DUKAT And you'll be testifying for the prosecution. SISKO I'll tell them what I know. Beat. DUKAT Would you care to elaborate? SISKO Not really. DUKAT I see. He lapses into silence. SISKO I never got the chance to tell you... how sorry I am about Ziyal. Dukat glances up at him and gives him a ironic smile. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - TEASER 4. 4 CONTINUED: (2) DUKAT Do I detect the fine hand of Doctor Cox at work once again? SISKO (puzzled) I told him I wanted to offer my condolences. DUKAT I'm sorry. The good doctor encourages me to talk about... Ziyal whenever possible since it was her... death that brought on my... momentary instability. I shouldn't be so suspicious. SISKO It's all right. There doesn't seem to be much else to say. Sisko gets ready to go. SISKO (continuing) Well. We should be arriving at Starbase Six-Two-One by noon tomorrow. (beat) I'll see you at the arraignment. He turns to go. DUKAT Benjamin. Sisko stops. Dukat is struggling here... trying to say things that he probably never would have verbalized if he hadn't just been through such a traumatic experience. DUKAT About my daughter. You and Major Kira... took care of her for almost a year. I wanted to thank you for that. It was... very generous. Despite himself, Sisko can't help but feel just a little moved by the obvious pain the memory of his daughter causes Dukat. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - TEASER 5. 4 CONTINUED: (3) SISKO Ziyal was a very special young woman. It was a pleasure to have her with us... even if it was only for a short time. DUKAT A short time was all she ever had. Dukat runs a hand through his hair and a great weariness seems to come over him. For a moment, he doesn't look like a war criminal or a villain to Sisko -- just a man still grieving over the loss of a child. SISKO Is there anything I can get for you? A quiet beat, and then Dukat musters up a smile and a small joke. DUKAT A bottle of kanar and an Orion slave girl would be nice. SISKO (wry) I'll see what I can do. Suddenly the ship is ROCKED SLIGHTLY. There's a moment of silence as Dukat and Sisko both instinctively look up at the ceiling. Then the ship goes to RED ALERT and is ROCKED HARD. COM VOICE Battle stations! Battle stations! Damage control teams report to-- The ship is ROCKED AGAIN and AGAIN and the lights FLICKER. As Sisko and Dukat hold on for dear life... FADE OUT. END OF TEASER STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT ONE 6. ACT ONE FADE IN: (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes) 5 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) Establishing the station. 6 INT. OPS WORF, DAX, O'BRIEN and BASHIR are gathered around the Ops table as KIRA and ODO ENTER from the captain's office. Her face is grim and she's carrying a PADD. KIRA It's confirmed. U.S.S. Honshu was destroyed this morning at ten- thirty hours by an attack wing of Cardassian destroyers. Starfleet has picked up distress beacons from three escape pods and one shuttlecraft, so there are survivors. Odo points to a STAR MAP on the Ops table display. ODO The signals are coming from this area. The Honshu's last reported position was here, which means there could potentially be survivors in any of these adjacent star systems. O'BRIEN That's a pretty large area. How many ships are in the search party? ODO Two. The Constellation and the Defiant. DAX Two? It could take days. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT ONE 7. 6 CONTINUED: KIRA With all the Dominion activity along the border, that's all Starfleet can spare at the moment. (beat, then grim) And... the Defiant has another appointment. (hands Worf the PADD) In fifty-two hours you have to be at this rendezvous point outside the Badlands. You're the escort for a Federation troop convoy. WORF (concerned) It will take twelve hours just to arrive at the coordinates where the Honshu was destroyed. KIRA And twelve more to reach the Badlands, I know. But this convoy is completely unprotected. They've been using the plasma fields in the Badlands to hide their movements, but when they emerge they'll be helpless without the Defiant. BASHIR Can't they delay the convoy? If Captain Sisko is still alive, we have to give him every chance to -- KIRA I've made that very objection and the orders still stand. Now every minute you stand here arguing is one less minute you have to search for the captain. A quick, frustrated beat as they realize there's no time to lose. WORF Prepare for immediate departure. Worf, O'Brien, Dax, and Bashir hustle to the turbolift. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT ONE 7A. 6 CONTINUED: (2) KIRA Worf. (he stops, then quiet and urgent) There are over thirty thousand Federation troops in that convoy. You have fifty-two hours. Not one second longer. Understood? His own frustration shows on his face for a beat. WORF Understood. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT ONE 8. 6 CONTINUED: (3) Worf gets aboard the Turbolift along with the others. WORF Defiant. The lift SINKS out of sight. 7 and OMITTED 8 CUT TO: 9 INT. CAVERN Dukat has built a WOOD FIRE in the middle of the cave, which provides the primary illumination. There's a small stack of LOGS nearby. He's also brought in some field rations, blankets, tricorders, etc. from the shuttle. Sisko is lying on a blanket near the fire. His uniform jacket has been removed, his left side has been covered in crude bandages, and his arm is completely immobilized with a metallic CAST. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT ONE 9. 9 CONTINUED: The WIND can be HEARD howling outside in the b.g. Dukat is applying a HYPOSPRAY to Sisko's neck. DUKAT Benjamin? Benjamin, can you hear me? Sisko's eyes flutter and then he tries to focus on Dukat. SISKO Dukat... ? DUKAT Yes. Everything's all right, but don't try to move too quickly. The left side of your body is covered with plasma burns. Sisko takes a drink from the canteen, and catches his breath, before trying to figure out what's happened. SISKO We were... in the brig... the ship went to Red Alert... DUKAT We were attacked -- by a wing of Cardassian ships, ironically. SISKO I was heading for Engineering... DUKAT You didn't get very far. A plasma conduit exploded before you got fifteen meters down the Corridor. That's where Lieutenant McConnell and I found you when the order came to abandon ship. SISKO Where's McConnell? STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT ONE 10. 9 CONTINUED: (2) DUKAT Dead. A piece of shrapnel hit him in the head as we were carrying you into the shuttle. SISKO Any other survivors? DUKAT I saw a few escape pods leaving the ship just before it exploded, but... I had my hands full after that trying to keep us in one piece. Our engines were damaged by the shockwave. I managed to set us down here -- wherever here is -- but that shuttle's never going to reach orbit again. Dukat moves over to the com system. DUKAT (continuing) The shuttle's distress beacon was damaged, but I think I've managed to repair it. He points to the com system where several lights are BLINKING. DUKAT So now we wait until someone hears our signal. SISKO Whose signal are you transmitting? Starfleet or the Dominion? DUKAT It's a general distress call. Whoever gets here first will find one comrade in arms... and one prisoner. That's fair, isn't it? SISKO Fair enough. Sisko inspects the cast on his arm. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT ONE 11. 9 CONTINUED: (3) SISKO You do this? DUKAT (nods) You shattered most of the bones in your arm. There was a bone- regenerator in the medkit, but I'm afraid I'm not much of a doctor, so I just put on the cast. SISKO You did plenty. Thank you. Dukat gives him a small nod and a smile before turning back to the fire. He throws on another log, then picks up a phaser and palm beacon as he prepares to head outside. DUKAT We have enough field rations to last for a few weeks, but I'd feel better if I could locate another source of food and water. The surface is inhospitable to say the least, but I was able to find firewood and kindling, so there's a good chance there's edible vegetation out there somewhere. I just have to find it. SISKO You could've left me behind. Why didn't you? Beat. DUKAT I didn't want to. (beat) I'll be back within the hour. Dukat EXITS, leaving Sisko alone in the cavern and feeling very lucky to be alive. 10 INT. TUNNEL As Dukat walks through the tunnel with a palm beacon. After a few beats, he suddenly HEARS a familiar VOICE... STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT ONE 12. 10 CONTINUED: WEYOUN'S VOICE What are you planning to do with him? Dukat turns and there is WEYOUN, standing in the tunnel as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Dukat doesn't seem especially shocked by his appearance, only annoyed that the Vorta is once again questioning him. DUKAT The captain and I have a lot to talk about. WEYOUN Such as? DUKAT It's of a personal nature. WEYOUN (smirks) I see. You're going to share your feelings of loneliness and sorrow with your longtime adversary. Doctor Cox would be so proud. DUKAT Go away. Dukat turns to go, but Weyoun won't let it go at that. WEYOUN You should kill him now, while you still can. When Dukat turns back... 11 NEW ANGLE showing that Weyoun is not really there. Dukat is imagining this entire conversation, and we now see that Dukat is actually speaking to thin air. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT ONE 13. 11 CONTINUED: DUKAT That won't be necessary. He's in no condition to challenge me. I can afford to be patient. A beat as Dukat "listens" to something from Weyoun. DUKAT I don't think I care for your tone. 12 ANGLE - INCLUDING WEYOUN (OPTICAL) WEYOUN Spare me your endless posturing. You're lucky I'm speaking to you at all after that pathetic display back at the hospital. Dukat reacts as if Weyoun had struck him. His breath starts coming faster... he swallows a couple of times. DUKAT That's enough. WEYOUN Oh, I see it's a sensitive topic. I wonder what Captain Sisko would think if he'd seen you curled up in a ball, crying yourself to sleep every night? DUKAT (choked whisper) Stop it. WEYOUN (strong, voice rising) I doubt held still have the same respect for you if he could've heard you screaming and screaming and screaming like a madman until the nurses came and the doctors had to sedate you! DUKAT NO! Dukat pulls out the phaser and FIRES it at Weyoun. In the split second that the beam hits his chest -- STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT ONE 14. 13 WIDER (OPTICAL) The phaser blast BLOWS a HOLE in the Tunnel wall. Weyoun is nowhere to be seen. Dukat stands there a moment longer, calming himself and letting his heart stop racing. He holsters the weapon, then turns and heads down the tunnel and toward the surface. Off the smoking hole in the cave wall... FADE OUT. END OF ACT ONE STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT TWO 15. ACT TWO FADE IN: 14 INT. CAVERN - DAY The fire is still BURNING, and there's a bit of SUNLIGHT in the cavern now from the distant entrance to the tunnel. Sisko is just waking up to the smell of cooking. He turns his head and sees Dukat busily cooking a pot of something over a field stove from the shuttle. A pile of berries, grass, and roots sit nearby and Dukat occasionally mixes some of them into the concoction. SISKO Is that breakfast? DUKAT Possibly. (beat) Good morning. SISKO Morning. What's it like outside? DUKAT The wind has died down and the temperature's gone up twenty degrees. I rather like it, but I think you'll be more comfortable in here where it's cooler. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT TWO 16. 14 CONTINUED: DUKAT (beat) How do you feel? SISKO A little better. DUKAT That's good. After the night you had, I was starting to get worried. SISKO Last night? DUKAT You don't remember? Sisko thinks back, tries to piece together some fragments of memory. SISKO Now that you mention it... I do remember waking up and... feeling a little dizzy... DUKAT You had a bout of nausea. (with meaning) And it wasn't exactly "a little." Sisko realizes what he means and looks a little embarrassed. DUKAT But don't let it bother you -- I've had to clean up far worse in my time. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT TWO 17. 14 CONTINUED: (2) DUKAT (Cont'd) When I was a newly minted glinn on the Kornaire, I once had to help clean up a compartment where three men had gone through an explosive decompression. I didn't sleep for a week after that. Sisko isn't feeling up to this kind of discussion right now. SISKO Let's change the subject. DUKAT (mocking) The Emissary has spoken. (off Sisko's look) Oh come on, Benjamin. Have a sense of humor about all this. SISKO I'm not in much of a joking mood. DUKAT What a shame. There's so much to laugh about. (beat) You don't see it, do you? Just a few hours ago, I was a prisoner on my way to trial and you were my old friend come to visit me in my cell. Now look at us -- I'm free, you're a prisoner of your own battered body, and there's a very good chance we'll be rescued by the Dominion. (laughs) You have to laugh at a universe that allows such radical shifts in fortune, Benjamin. SISKO I'll laugh when a Federation starship arrives and they put you back in a cell. Dukat laughs again, refusing to take that possibility seriously. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT TWO 18. 14 CONTINUED: (3) DUKAT Whatever you say. Dukat ladles the soup into a bowl for Sisko -- but then he turns his head as if he just heard something down the tunnel. SISKO What? DUKAT (beat) Nothing. Probably just the wind. He hands the soup to Sisko, who samples it. DUKAT How is it? SISKO Needs salt. There's probably some in one of the ration packs. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT TWO 19. 14 CONTINUED: (4) Dukat puts his bowl down with some annoyance and goes over to open the kit. DUKAT (getting the salt) We didn't get much of a chance to catch up with each other before the attack. How is everyone back on what I'm sure you're once again calling "Deep Space Nine?" Odo, Kira, Quark... ? SISKO They're all fine. And no -- they don't miss you. Dukat adds salt to Sisko's bowl. DUKAT Perhaps not. But then they never gave me much of a chance either. They were all too busy plotting my downfall. Sisko tastes the soup. SISKO Pepper. (off his look) If you only want me to tell you what you want to hear, just say so. Dukat gives him a look, but then he goes back to the kit once more. DUKAT I hope they told you that my policies toward the Bajorans were most generous this time. SISKO They told me Weyoun didn't give you much of a choice. Dukat stops with the pepper in his hand. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT TWO 20. 14 CONTINUED: (5) DUKAT Major Kira knows full well that I made every effort to heal the wounds between Cardassia and Bajor. It was my intention from the very beginning to rectify the mistakes of the past and begin a new chapter in our relations. Dukat looks at Sisko and awaits a reaction. After a pause, Sisko points to the pepper in Dukat's hand. SISKO Are you going to put that in my soup? Dukat almost lets his temper flare, but then a more good-natured smile makes its way to his face. He taps some of the pepper into the soup. Sisko samples it again. DUKAT Well? SISKO (considered) Better. Dukat goes back to his own bowl. DUKAT You're not going to give me the benefit of the doubt, are you? SISKO Does it matter what I think? DUKAT Don't you care about what your old friends think of you? Sisko pauses before taking another mouthful of soup and gives Dukat a very blunt look. SISKO Dukat. We're not old friends. You saved my life and I'm grateful. But that's as far as it goes. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT TWO 21. 14 CONTINUED: (6) A long beat passes as Dukat looks into Sisko's eyes and sees that he's telling the truth. We get the feeling that Dukat isn't quite satisfied with that fact. But before he can say anything else, he HEARS something from the Tunnel again. SISKO You keep hearing something. Are you sure there's nothing out there?. DUKAT I'm certain it's just the wind... but I'll double check. He stands up and EXITS to the tunnel. Sisko finishes off the soup. The com system is sitting nearby, quietly blinking away. 15 OMITTED 16 INT. TUNNEL - DAY Dukat is glaring at something o.s. DUKAT (whispers) I won't do it. Not yet. DAMAR steps into view. They both keep their voices low so as not to be overheard by Sisko. DAMAR (whispers) You're wasting time. DUKAT It's my time to waste, Damar. Remember your place. DAMAR I mean no disrespect, you know that. But without you, the war will be lost... and Cardassia will lie in ruins. Don't let this one man stand in the way of your final triumph. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT TWO 22. 16 CONTINUED: Dukat is almost swayed by his loyal lieutenant. DUKAT I want to know that I have his respect, Damar. I think I've earned it. DAMAR Of course you have. He's just trying to deny you the satisfaction of hearing him say it. (beat) You know in your heart that he secretly admires you... isn't that enough? Kill him and be done with it. 17 INT. CAVERN - DAY Sisko is moving slowly and carefully over to the survival kit. As he does, he bumps up against the com system, and a PANEL OPENS. He glances over his shoulder at the open panel, but isn't very concerned. He OPENS the SURVIVAL KIT and removes a water container. 18 thru OMITTED 21 STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT TWO 23. 22 INT. TUNNEL - DAY Dukat finds himself starting to be swayed by Damar. DAMAR Think of it -- the leader of Cardassia bringing the dead body of the Emissary back to the Bajoran people. They'll take it as a sign that their Prophets have abandoned them. The Shakaar government will be overthrown and the Federation's position on Terok Nor will become untenable. DUKAT It's a tempting thought... As Dukat thinks this over... 23 INT. CAVERN - DAY Sisko sets down the water container for a moment, and then goes to close the panel that popped open on the com system. He almost closes it when he stops at something he sees inside the panel. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT TWO 24. 24 INSERT - COM SYSTEM INTERIOR MONITOR Inside the unit is a small display MONITOR, which is flashing the words "SYSTEM OFF-LINE" in big, bold letters. 25 SISKO as he reacts to this information. He thinks about this for a beat, then moves to where he can see the exterior display panel on the opposite side of the com system. 26 INSERT - COM SYSTEM EXTERIOR PANEL which is still saying, "SYSTEM ON-LINE." 27 SISKO realizes that something is very wrong here. He thinks for a minute, then closes the panel. Then he goes to the survival kit, and puts the water container back where he found it... 28 INT. TUNNEL - CLOSE ON DUKAT - DAY DUKAT ... and you make some very good points. But I think there will be time for all of that later, Damar. WIDEN to reveal that Dukat is talking to thin air once again. Dukat "listens" to something Damar is telling him and then smiles. DUKAT It's all right. I know you have my best interests at heart. He gives an encouraging smile to the man who isn't there and then heads back down the tunnel toward the Cavern. 29 INT. CAVERN - DAY As Dukat ENTERS. He sees Sisko sitting up and starting to move toward the survival case. SISKO I wanted to get some water out of the kit. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT TWO 25. 29 CONTINUED: DUKAT Here. Dukat opens the case, takes out a water container, opens it and hands it to Sisko. SISKO Thanks. Anything out there? DUKAT Hmm? No. Some rocks slid down the cliff. SISKO I think there might be something wrong with the com system. Beat. DUKAT Oh? SISKO It was beeping a second ago. It might need recalibrating. DUKAT I'll check. Dukat goes over to the com system and looks it over. Sisko appears to show interest, but no anxiety. DUKAT (off display) Everything looks fine. The unit's still on-line... SISKO If you open up the casing, you'll be able to run a full diagnostic. Better safe than sorry. Dukat pauses for just a moment. DUKAT You're right. He opens the unit and peers inside -- and from this position, Sisko can't see the monitor. Dukat works the controls for a beat. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT TWO 26. 30 INSERT - COM SYSTEM INTERIOR MONITOR still showing, "SYSTEM OFF-LINE." 31 DUKAT Looks up at Sisko and smiles. DUKAT Nothing to worry about. It's working fine. Dukat CLOSES the com system with a snap. Sisko smiles right back at him. SISKO That's all I wanted to know. FADE OUT. END OF ACT TWO STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT THREE 27. ACT THREE FADE IN: 32 EXT. SPACE - THE DEFIANT (OPTICAL) The ship is moving through a star system on impulse power. WORF (V.O.) Ship's Log: Stardate 51413.2. We have picked up a total of twelve Honshu survivors so far, but there is still no sign of Captain Sisko. 33 OMITTED STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT THREE 28. 34 INT. CAVERN - NIGHT Sisko is working feverishly on the com system, which has been opened once again. The fire is going again and Dukat is nowhere to be seen. WORF (V.O.) (continuing) We have less than twelve hours before we must abandon the search and rendezvous with the troop convoy. 35 INSERT - COM SYSTEM INTERIOR MONITOR Sisko is using a small metal SLIVER he's improvised into a tool to work the circuitry, but the monitor still says, "SYSTEM OFF-LINE." (The sliver is a broken tine from a metal fork in the survival kit.) 36 SISKO keeps glances back toward the tunnel as he works. 37 INSERT - COM SYSTEM INTERIOR MONITOR Sisko makes a final adjustment with the sliver and the monitor suddenly GOES BLANK. 38 SISKO reacts -- what happened? He puts the sliver in his mouth and reaches inside the case again. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT THREE 29. 39 INSERT - COM SYSTEM INTERIOR MONITOR He raps the display monitor with force and suddenly the words appear, "SYSTEM ON-LINE -- TRANSMITTING DISTRESS SIGNAL." 40 INT. DEFIANT - BRIDGE O'Brien reacts to something on his console. O'BRIEN Commander -- I'm picking up a distress signal. 41 SISKO suddenly HEARS FOOTSTEPS in the adjacent tunnel. He barely has time to shut the case, and then quickly roll (on his good side) over to his blanket, palm the sliver from his mouth and close his eyes before Dukat ENTERS the cavern. Dukat is carrying a palm beacon and some CUSHIONS that look like they've been removed from the seats in the shuttle. As Dukat warms himself by the fire, Sisko seems to wake up. DUKAT Good evening. Pleasant dreams, I hope? SISKO Don't remember. Is it still dark out? DUKAT (nods) My apologies for bringing you to such a gloomy latitude. The nights seem to last about eighteen hours and the days less than five. Sit up. Sisko sits up and Dukat goes about arranging one of the cushions against the wall of the cavern as a sort of backrest for Sisko. SISKO Seems like you're planning on a long stay. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT THREE 30. 41 CONTINUED: DUKAT Not at all. Someone's bound to pick up our signal any time now. But I see no reason why we shouldn't be comfortable in the meantime. Sisko gives him a faint smile. Now that he knows Dukat was lying about the beacon all along, Sisko has to be on guard against Dukat, but at the same time doesn't want to let Dukat know that he's on to him. Dukat finishes arranging the cushion. DUKAT There. How's that? Sisko leans back against the cushion. SISKO It's fine. Thanks. Dukat throws a cushion on a nearby rock for himself and sits down. DUKAT Much better. (beat) You know when I was out there in the shuttle just now, it occurred to me that the Bajorans would be very confused if they could see us here... sharing the same food, the same hardships. What do you think they would say if they knew the Emissary of the Prophets and the "evil" Gul Dukat were here getting along like the two old friends they really are? (beat) Oh, I forgot. You don't think of me as an old friend, do you? Sisko doesn't want to get into this conversation and says nothing. But Dukat is clearly after something and he keeps going. DUKAT It's all right. There's just the two of us here... STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT THREE 31. 41 CONTINUED: (2) DUKAT (Cont'd) ... no one around, no one to impress, no one to judge you for what you say. We can be honest with one another. Tell me what you really think of me. Sisko looks down into the fire, not wanting to go wherever it is that Dukat wants to take them. Suddenly Kira steps into view in the cavern, but like Weyoun and Damar, she exists only in Dukat's mind. KIRA I'll tell you what I think. You're an evil, sadistic man who should've been tried as a war criminal years ago, put up against a wall and shot. DUKAT You probably agree with Major Kira, don't you, Benjamin? I'm the former Prefect of Bajor. An evil man who sent thousands of Bajorans to their deaths just to satisfy his own sadistic desires. KIRA Of course he agrees with me. And it was millions. SISKO I don't think there's any point in discussing this. DUKAT I do. My name and reputation have been slandered and twisted ever since the end of the Occupation of Bajor. I've been vilified by ignorant and small-minded people throughout the quadrant for the past six years. I want to know if you're one of them. Sisko has to tread very carefully here. He's dependent on Dukat for his very survival at this point. He's in no shape to take on Dukat physically and he has no idea if anyone's heard the distress signal or not. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT THREE 32. 41 CONTINUED: (3) The smart move is to tell this man what he wants to hear. SISKO I wasn't there during the Occupation. I didn't see all the things you struggled with day after day. I don't think I can pass judgement on you. KIRA He's just doesn't want to anger you. He really thinks you're a vicious, cold-blooded killer, Dukat. And so do I. Dukat looks up at Kira and addresses her directly for the first time. DUKAT I don't care what you think. 42 SISKO realizes that something very odd is going on here. 43 SISKO'S POV Showing Dukat talking to thin air. DUKAT So I suggest you keep your opinions to yourself from now on. 44 SISKO now knows for sure that Dukat is still crazy after all. He glances over at the com system -- his one best hope for getting out of here alive. DUKAT (to Sisko) I must say that I don't think you're being entirely honest with me, Benjamin. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT THREE 33. 44 CONTINUED: DUKAT (Cont'd) You're not a man who hesitates to make snap judgements when the situation calls for it. It's one of the signs of a good commander. Dukat leans forward, a hard edge creeping into his voice and menace starting to show in his body language. DUKAT (continuing) I'm asking for your opinion of me. I find it hard to believe that you don't have one. SISKO All right. I think you're right. You have been judged unfairly. I've judged you unfairly. But, in retrospect, I think you probably had a good reason for everything you did on Bajor. It's exactly what Dukat wanted to hear and for a moment, he seems pacified by that response. DUKAT Yes! Yes, that's it exactly! I had good reasons! And some of the harsher actions I took were forced on me by Central Command. I wanted to use entirely different tactics with the Bajorans -- I wanted to rule with a softer hand, but my superiors didn't see it that way. SISKO You were a soldier and you had to carry out your orders. DUKAT Precisely. Kira starts laughing. KIRA You're such a fool. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT THREE 34. 44 CONTINUED: (2) DUKAT Leave us alone. This doesn't concern you. KIRA He's patronizing you. "You were a soldier and you had to carry out your orders." He doesn't believe that lame excuse any more than I do. Dukat stands up and towers over Kira. Sisko is getting a little worried by Dukat's obvious mental instability. He tries to lure Dukat back to the here and now. 45 NEW ANGLE Showing Dukat talking to no one. DUKAT This is growing tiresome. SISKO Dukat? Dukat! I thought you wanted to talk to me. DUKAT Yes, but Nerys won't leave well enough alone. She's always interfering, always trying to upset me. SISKO Maybe we should just ignore her. Pretend the... major's not even here. Dukat thinks about that for a moment, tries to settle himself. 46 INT. DEFIANT - BRIDGE Worf is in command when Dax reacts to her console. DAX I'm picking up two humanoid lifeforms on the surface. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT THREE 35. 46 CONTINUED: WORF (to com) Bridge to Transporter Room. 47 INT. CAVERN - NIGHT (OPTICAL) As before. Dukat has sat down again. He struggles to remain calm while Sisko tries to reason with him. SISKO There's no reason to get upset. We're just talking. Two old soldiers talking around a campfire. KIRA I'm going to enjoy watching this. He's going to beat you, Dukat. He's going to escape and then he's going to go back to Deep Space Nine and his friends and we're all going to have a good, long laugh at your expense. DUKAT Enough. Dukat finally loses it. He leaps to his feet. He pulls out the phaser and FIRES wildly at the chimera of Kira (who we should no longer see). Sisko ducks his head as the PHASER FIRE blows several large HOLES in the walls of the cavern. 48 INT. DEFIANT - TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL) O'Brien is at the console as Bashir stands by with a medkit. O'BRIEN I've locked onto them. Energizing. O'Brien works and two figures begin to MATERIALIZE on the platform. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT THREE 36. 48 CONTINUED: O'Brien and Bashir watch in anticipation... but instead of Sisko and Dukat appearing, the figures coalesce into Two N.D. Female Officers sitting on the ground cross- legged. The two women blink and look up in surprise. O'Brien and Bashir exchange a look -- trying to hide their disappointment from the two officers -- then Bashir moves to the platform and O'Brien hits his combadge. O'BRIEN (to com) Transporter room to bridge. We've got the survivors aboard. 49 INT. DEFIANT - BRIDGE As Worf and Dax listen. O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE Two women -- a lieutenant and an ensign. Doctor Bashir is checking them over right now. Worf and Dax react with disappointment. 50 INT. CAVERN - NIGHT Dukat is standing in the middle of the now smoking cavern, phaser still in hand and breathing heavily. Sisko sits up cautiously, not sure how to handle this clearly volatile man. (The image of Kira is gone.) Dukat turns around slowly, holsters his phaser again. He says nothing to Sisko, barely even looks at him as he bends down to take his seat on the cushion once more... then he sees something on the ground. 51 DUKAT'S POV A small metal object is poking out from underneath the blanket where Sisko was lying a short time ago. 52 RESUME DUKAT His eyes narrow and he looks from the metal object to Sisko. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT THREE 37. 52 CONTINUED: Dukat suddenly reaches out and yanks away the blanket, exposing a single FORK. DUKAT That must've been very uncomfortable for you, Benjamin. He picks up the fork -- one tine is clearly missing. He taps the gap with a finger. Sisko watches him grimly, knowing that Dukat is onto him and just toying with him now. DUKAT Look at that. One of the tines is missing. Now how could that have happened? Did you break it off? But why would you want a small thin piece of metal? ("realizing") Unless you needed a tool. Dukat moves to the com system, quickly opens the casing, and looks inside. Sisko glances around quickly -- there's nothing to use as a weapon within his reach. DUKAT (off interior monitor) I see you've been busy. A little repair work while I was gone. How thoughtful. Dukat grabs the case and SMASHES it against a boulder until the system is hopelessly destroyed beyond all repair. 53 INT. DEFIANT - BRIDGE As before. DAX (urgent, off console) Worf. He moves quickly to the helm, but then Dax frowns and works again. WORF What is it? STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT THREE 38. 53 CONTINUED: DAX I thought I picked up another distress signal. But now it's gone. 54 INT. CAVERN - NIGHT Dukat is picking up a piece of long metal from the wreckage of the com system. He calmly and slowly walks over toward Sisko, who's still leaning against the wall, virtually helpless. Dukat's voice is icy calm. DUKAT You know Benjamin, I thought we had established a level of trust between us. But I was wrong. And if there's one thing I can't abide... it's betrayal. He looks down at Sisko with a sad smile for a moment... then he lifts the metal object and swings it down on the metallic cast on Sisko's arm, which he throws up instinctively to ward off the blow. Just as the metal object connects with the cast -- CUT TO BLACK. END OF ACT THREE STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FOUR 39. ACT FOUR FADE IN: 55 EXT. SPACE - THE DEFIANT (OPTICAL) orbiting a planet. 56 INT. DEFIANT - BRIDGE (OPTICAL) Worf is trying to talk to Kira on the viewscreen, but her image keeps breaking up and distorting. Dax, O'Brien, and Bashir look on. WORF Our rescue effort has been delayed. If we could just have a few more hours... ? Kira is already shaking her head, but her words are fragmented, and difficult to discern. (Bracketed dialog is not heard on the Defiant.) KIRA [The troop] convoy [will be completely unprotected] when they [emerge from] the plasma [fields. And they're under strict] radio silence. [There's no way they] can acknowledge our signal even [if I sent one. I'm] sorry, Worf, but [you've got to break off] your search and -- The transmission breaks up completely. O'BRIEN (working) I'm sorry, Captain. But there's some kind of subspace interference between us and the station. I'll keep trying. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FOUR 40. 56 CONTINUED: BASHIR (with meaning) I couldn't understand a word Kira said. Too much interference. It looks like we're on our own. Dax turns around in her chair and O'Brien exchanges a look with Bashir. DAX I understood what she was trying to say. BASHIR (to O'Brien) What about you, Chief? Did you understand her? O'Brien looks between Dax and Bashir for a moment, before deciding which way to vote. Everything on the Bridge has suddenly come to a stop. The entire crew is hanging on every word at this point. O'BRIEN No. I couldn't understand a word. DAX Well, it doesn't really matter what we think. Commander Worf is the captain here. Everyone turns to Worf. He struggles with the decision for a moment, but there's really only one conclusion. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FOUR 41. 56 CONTINUED: (2) WORF We all know what Major Kira's orders were. It would be... dishonorable to ignore them. BASHIR You will forgive me if I don't consider your honor to be worth Captain Sisko's life. Beat. WORF You may leave the bridge, Doctor. A hard look between Bashir and Worf... then Bashir turns and EXITS. Once he's gone, Worf looks around the bridge for a moment, challenging anyone else to object... but no one does, not even O'Brien. WORF Helm, lay in a course for the third planet. DAX Aye, captain. As Worf sits down in the Captain's chair... CUT TO: 57 INT. CAVERN - NIGHT Sisko is slumped unconscious against a different wall of the cavern, an ugly gash along one side of his head. His arm is wrapped in a torn blanket which has been made into a crude sling, and we can see that the metallic cast is splintered and broken. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FOUR 42. 57 CONTINUED: Dukat is calmly wiping blood off of his hands and clothes with another piece of torn blanket as Sisko comes to with a groan. Sisko moves to an upright position and regards Dukat with a look of loathing. DUKAT (off Sisko's look) You brought it on yourself, you know. SISKO (in pain) Just like... all your victims. DUKAT All my victims. (beat) It always comes back to that, doesn't it? My "crimes." I'm such a monster. Such an evil man. (beat) Behold Benjamin Sisko -- supreme arbiter of right and wrong in the universe. A man of such high moral caliber that he can sit in judgement on the rest of us. SISKO (fed up) What the hell do you want from me? My approval? STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FOUR 43. 57 CONTINUED: (2) SISKO (Cont'd) Is that what this is all about? You want me to give you permission to cause more suffering and death? Well, if that's what you're after, you might as well pull out that phaser and end this right now because I won't give it to you! DUKAT Good, I like this. No more pretense. No more games. Just you and me. And the truth. SISKO What do you know about the truth? You bend the truth around into whatever shape suits you. DUKAT Judge Sisko hands down another ruling. But where's his evidence? SISKO All right. You really want to do this? Here? Now? DUKAT Yes. SISKO Okay. Let's do it. You were Prefect of Bajor during the Occupation. True or false? DUKAT True. SISKO And you were responsible for everything that happened under your command. True or false? DUKAT True. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/57- ACT FOUR 44. 57 CONTINUED: (3) SISKO So that makes you responsible for the murder of over five million Bajorans who died on your watch. (a shout) True or false! DUKAT False. I tried to save lives during my administration. SISKO Evidence? Dukat has been waiting a long time to tell his side of things. once he's rolling, there's virtually no stopping him. He begins pacing across the cavern. DUKAT Evidence? He wants evidence. By the time I became Prefect, the occupation had been going on for almost forty years, but the planet was still not ready for full-scale colonization. Central Command wanted the situation resolved and they didn't care how it was done. I was convinced that a gentler hand was required to deal with the Bajorans. Dukat's pacing now brings him to where Damar is suddenly standing. DAMAR It was a noble, if misguided, vision. Dukat barely reacts this time to Damar's appearance. Damar and (in a moment) Kira & Weyoun act as Dukat's personal Greek chorus -- echoing and enhancing his "case." Dukat paces away from Damar (who is now gone again). STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FOUR 45. 57 CONTINUED: (4) DUKAT So in my first official act as Prefect, I ordered all labor camp commanders to reduce their output quotas by fifty percent -- fifty percent! Then I reorganized the camps themselves. Child labor was abolished. Medical care was improved and food rations were increased. In the first month of my administration, the death rate dropped by more than twenty percent. (beat) And how did the Bajorans react? On my one month anniversary they blew up an orbital drydock, killing over two hundred Cardassian soldiers and workers. Dukat's pacing brings him to Kira. KIRA We didn't want reconciliation. We wanted to destroy you. Dukat walks away from Kira. DUKAT I had to order a response. But even then it was a carefully tempered one: I had two hundred suspected members of the Resistance rounded up and executed. Two hundred lives for two hundred lives. That was justice -- not malevolence -- justice. Dukat walks back and we find Weyoun. WEYOUN The Dominion would've never been so generous. Dukat walks away. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FOUR 46-46A. 57 CONTINUED: (5) DUKAT But did I give up my efforts to reach out to the Bajorans? No. I tried again. And what did I get for my trouble? An assassination attempt. On my own space station! Another round of executions followed. Again, courtesy of the Bajoran Resistance. KIRA We never wanted peace. We hated you -- all of you. DUKAT On and on it went, year after blood- soaked year. Time and again, I would reach out with the open hand of friendship and time and again, they would slap it away. 57A NEW ANGLE Showing Weyoun, Damar and Kira now lined up behind Dukat. DAMAR Bajorans understand a clenched fist, not an open hand. KIRA Being reasonable only made us bolder. WEYOUN The Dominion would've killed every man, woman and child on Bajor long ago. DUKAT (to Sisko) I hope you're listening to all this. SISKO Oh, believe me, you have my undivided attention. Now let me get this straight: You're not responsible for what happened during the Occupation, the Bajorans are. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FOUR 47. 57A CONTINUED: DUKAT Exactly. SISKO So why do you think they didn't appreciate the rare opportunity you were offering them? DUKAT (bitter) Because they were blind, ignorant fools. They couldn't see that if they had only chosen to cooperate with us, we could've turned their world into a paradise. (beat) From the moment we arrived on Bajor, it was clear that we were the superior race. But they couldn't accept that. They wanted to be treated as equals when they most definitely were not. Militarily, technologically, culturally -- we were almost a century ahead of them in every way. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FOUR 48. 57A CONTINUED: (2) DUKAT (Cont'd) (anger building) We did not choose to be the superior race, fate handed us our role. It would've been so much easier on everyone if the Bajorans had simply accepted their role. But no... day after day they clustered in their temples and prayed for deliverance, and night after night they planted bombs outside our homes. (beat) Pride. That's what it was. Stubborn, unyielding pride. From the servant girl that cleaned my quarters to the condemned man toiling in a labor camp to the terrorist skulking through the hills of Dahkur Province, they each wore their pride like some twisted badge of honor. SISKO And you hated them for it. And now the pent-up hatred and bile finally comes roaring out of Dukat like someone opened up a flood- gate. DUKAT Of course I hated them! Their superstitions and their cries for sympathy, their treachery and their lies, their smug superiority and their stiff-necked obstinacy, their stupid earrings and their broken noses -- Yes I hated them, I hated everything about them! SISKO You should've killed them all. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FOUR 49. 57A CONTINUED: (3) DUKAT Yes! He turns to his chorus. DUKAT (continuing) That's right, isn't it?! They all nod. DUKAT I knew it! I've always known it! (at the top of his lungs) I should've killed every last one of them and turned their planet into a graveyard the likes of which the galaxy had never seen! A beat passes as Dukat lets the rage and fury subside for a moment. He stands there, catching his breath... and when he speaks again, it's with the quiet resolution of a man who's always known the truth, but has never let himself say it out loud. DUKAT (quiet, resolved) I should've killed them all. Suddenly, the METAL BAR comes crashing down on Dukat's skull and he drops down to the ground. 58 SISKO stands over him for a moment. He's unsteady on his feet, badly hurt and weak, but even now we can see the contempt and loathing he feels for the man now sprawled unconscious before him. (Dukat has fallen on the phaser, and Sisko can't get it.) SISKO (quiet) And that... is why you're not an evil man? Sisko staggers out of the cavern and EXITS to the tunnel with all the energy he can muster. A few quiet seconds pass, and then... STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FOUR 49A. 59 DUKAT begins to rouse himself. He pushes himself up to his feet... tries to focus... then lurches out of the cavern in pursuit of Sisko. FADE OUT. END OF ACT FOUR STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FIVE 50. ACT FIVE FADE IN: 60 EXT. PLANET SURFACE - NIGHT Sisko comes stumbling out of the entrance to the tunnel and into the chaotic, windswept night. He tries to shield his eyes against the neverending storm, but it's still hard to see out here and he can't locate the shuttle for a moment -- then a FLASH of lightning REVEALS the shuttlecraft parked a short distance away. The ramp is still OPEN. He runs to it and then goes inside. 61 INT. SHUTTLE - CONTINUOUS Sisko hits a control panel on the bulkhead. The ramp begins to CLOSE again. Sisko goes to the cockpit and STARTS the shuttle engines, but then Dukat comes DIVING over the closing ramp and TACKLES Sisko to the floor. The two men crash to the deck. There's a brief, fierce struggle. Sisko fights with a wild intensity propelled by adrenaline more than strength, but his injuries place him at a severe disadvantage. Dukat swiftly gains the upper hand and pulls the phaser. For a moment, the two bloodied combatants glare at each other. SISKO (kill me) Do it! Dukat almost does just that, but then he hits the control panel and the ramp LOWERS again. He grabs Sisko by the shirt. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FIVE 51. 62 EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CONTINUOUS - NIGHT As Dukat drags Sisko down the ramp and rolls him onto the ground. Sisko is in agony, on the verge of passing out as Dukat kneels over him, breathing heavily. The wind howls, dust whips their faces, and lightning still arcs across the sky. DUKAT I'm glad we had this time together, Benjamin. It'll be a while before we see each other again. (beat) I have some unfinished business to take care of... on Bajor. Sisko looks up sharply. DUKAT They've pushed me too far, Benjamin. They took all my good intentions and turned them into something ugly... made me into something ugly... and now they're going to pay for it. They thought I was their enemy? They don't know what it is to be my enemy. But they will. From this day forward, Bajor is dead. All of Bajor. And this time, even their Emissary won't be able to save them. Sisko summons his last ounce of strength and KICKS Dukat's right knee with all the force he can muster. Dukat crumples in pain, but then backhands Sisko with the phaser across the face. Sisko falls back, moaning and fighting the encroaching unconsciousness. Dukat holds his knee in pain and watches the still flailing Sisko warily, but then the captain finally succumbs and falls back unconscious. Dukat limps over to him for a moment and glares down at him, then goes into the shuttle. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FIVE 52. 63 ANGLE - ON THE SHUTTLE As the ramp begins to CLOSE, we see Dukat standing inside with Kira, Damar and Weyoun. CUT TO: 64 EXT. SPACE - THE DEFIANT (OPTICAL) The ship in orbit of a rocky planet. 65 INT. DEFIANT - BRIDGE Worf in command, Dax at Helm, O'Brien at a side console. The mood is grim. Dax takes a deep breath and then turns around to face Worf. DAX It's time. WORF Plot a course out of this system, full impulse. once we've cleared the outer planets, head for the rendezvous coordinates, maximum warp. DAX (works) Course laid in. Engaging impulse engines. O'BRIEN (off console) Captain. I'm picking up a signal... (turns in surprise) It's from Gul Dukat. CUT TO: 66 EXT. SPACE - THE DEFIANT (OPTICAL) The ship at warp. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FIVE 53. 66 CONTINUED: WORF (V.O.) Ship's Log: Supplemental. We have rescued Captain Sisko, but we did not have time to locate Gul Dukat's shuttle. We are now en route to our rendezvous with the troop convoy. 67 INT. DEFIANT - SICKBAY Sisko is lying in a bio-bed, with an I.V. connected to his good arm and several medical blinkies attached to his now-healing broken arm. His face and head injuries are gone. Dax is just sitting down next to him. DAX I've notified Starfleet of Dukat's last known position. They'll find him. SISKO (quiet) No they won't. (beat) You know something, old man... there are times when life seems so complicated. Nothing is truly good or truly evil. You start to think that everything is shades of gray. Then you spend time with a man like Dukat... and you realize there is really such a thing as evil after all. Beat. DAX Realizing that is one thing... doing something about it is another. (beat) So what are you going to do, Benjamin? STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT FIVE 54. 67 CONTINUED: Sisko's very quiet for a long moment... and when he finally speaks, it's with a grim resolution forged somewhere deep inside his soul SISKO I'll tell you what I'm not going to do -- I'm not going to let him destroy Bajor. So from now on... it's him or me. Off Sisko's determined expression... FADE OUT. END OF ACT FIVE THE END