The War of the Prophets by Judith Reeves_Stevens

Author:Judith Reeves_Stevens [Reeves_Stevens, Judith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Fiction, Space Opera, General
ISBN: 9780671024024
Google: OhZHqOtnWHQC
Amazon: 0671024027
Publisher: Star Trek
Published: 2000-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

Ba-joran people. Lost for millennia, then rediscovered exactly as prophesied,

by the Sisko. I hope you appreciate the importance of what you have given the

Bajoran people, and the universe, Benjamin. Everything that has happened these

past twenty-five years, everything that will happen in the days ahead, is all

because of you."

The Vorta inclined his head in Sisko's direction as if worshipping him.

Sisko's hands were balled into fists within the folds of his robes. "I refuse to

accept responsibility for your perversion of the Bajoran faith."

Weyoun tried and failed to restrain a sudden fit of amused laughter. "Even your

obstinacy in the face of truth was prophesied by the great mystics of Jalbador—

Shabren, Eilin, and Naradim. Your life, your deeds, your great

accomplishments—an open book, Benjamin.

As if the mystics had stood at your side through all of it Your protest is quite

futile, I assure you."

And then B'hala, bathed in perpetual sunlight, slipped from the viewer, and only

a handful of small oases appeared, tiny clusters of lights strung out across

the vast stretch of the mountains forming the Ir'Abehr Shield.

'Torse," Weyoun said in a brisk, businesslike voice of command, "that's enough

of the surface. Change visual sensors and show our guests our destination."

Sisko looked back over his shoulder to see the Romulan with the golden padd,

Torse presumably, obediently turn to a sensor station and make rapid

adjustments to the controls. Then Sisko heard both Kira and Arla gasp, and he

turned back to face the viewer.

To see Deep Space 9 again.

Ablaze with lights. Surrounded by a cometary halo of spacecraft of all classes.

Each docking port filled. Each pylon connected to a different starship. He even

recognized one of those ships as Captain Tom Riker's Opaka.

Sisko stumbled to voice his swirling thoughts. "The logs... on the sensor

logs... DS9... I saw it destroyed. .. "

Weyoun stood up and with a flourish freed his arms from his robes. "Never doubt

the power of the Ascendancy, Benjamin." His face creased in warning. "Never."

Staring at the home he had shared with his son and with Kasidy, and which he had

never expected to see again, Sisko felt Weyoun's light touch on his arm. "As it

was written so long ago: Welcome home, Benjamin. We've been waiting for you."

CHAPTER 13

julian bashir felt as if he were caught in a dream. The sense of unreality that

had begun to envelop him as he had watched the briefing tape on the Augustus had

become more than a minor sense of unease at the back of his mind. Now that he

was on Mars, his apprehension was like a cloak that covered him completely,

weighting each breath he took, obscuring his vision, masking his powers of

analysis.

Even worse, at times he only felt human.

Of the fifteen temporal refugees who had heard Captain Nog's proposal at

Starbase 53, nine had volunteered to join Project Phoenix and lose themselves

even more thoroughly in time.

Of the six who had declined, five had been the Bajorans among them—three

members of the militia and two civilians. In all good conscience, they had

honestly explained that they could not take action against B'hala

and their own people, though they understood why

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