Eye of the Prophet Part 3 -b...

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Julian was suddenly back where he started, seeing himself place the
phaser to his head, only this time, he saw the changeling stream down the
wall through a ventilation duct to stream under the debris, lifting them.
He watched as the changeling picked him up and looked around frantically
for a path of escape, there was nothing for it but to back up, as the
hungry flames tore through the corridor, coming ever closer, then the
deck collapsed under Odo's feet and the two men fell. Julian found
himself in a shuttle bay that was rapidly filling with smoke, saw Odo
fighting with the hatch of one of the shuttles, his own limp form was
draped over the changelings shoulder, he shuddered at the sight of the
torn and blood stained uniform, the torn flesh below. He recognised the
injuries as being caused by his frantic attempts to crawl out from under
the debris that had pinned him. It was little wonder he didn't remember
any of this. The human body can only withstand so much pain and shock
before the human retreated into the blissful oblivion of unconsciousness.
He watched as Odo got the hatch open, staggering inside as the bay
was rocked by further explosions. Saw him carefully set his limp body
aside and get the hatch closed, just as a huge explosion ripped through
the ship, tearing it apart, sending the shuttle tumbling into the vortex
of power that was the wormhole, tumbling end over end becoming a blazing
ball of fire, he saw the wormhole open over a planet that he recognised
from the horrific visions of earlier. The blazing shuttle was streaking
through the sky to land in a quagmire, throwing up a massive wave of
water and mud that put out the blaze even as the force of the shuttles
impact drove it down into the soft marshy ground. The mud and
water began to rush back to flow into the newly created crater the
shuttle lay within, it flowed and swirled around the shuttle, as the
emergency hatch was opened. Odo peered out and looked around, then down
to see the water closing in, climbing higher and higher up the sides. Too
late the changeling realised he'd given it a path to flood the shuttle,
but not too late to act, he ducked out of sight, then Julian saw his limp
and now very battered body gently lifted to rest on the shuttles upturned
hull. Odo clambered up beside him then morphed, taking the form of a
massive winged creature that wouldn't have been out of place on Earth
during the Prehistoric era. The huge winged creature that was Odo
gently lifted his body in it's massive claws and with a great effort
lifted itself on it's massive wings and launched it self up into the sky,
there to hover and watch as the mud and water closed over and poured into
the shuttle. He remained there, hovering in the sky above it until the
quagmire lay as it had for centuries, and the native creatures that
inhabited it started to tentatively return. Then and only then did Odo
fly away to seek somewhere safe and dry to set down his burden.
The visions ended. *Now do you understand?* "No." *You have
been given a chance to change the path of the events that will follow.*
"What do I have to do?" *Every action you take, every path
you refuse to follow will have it's own repercussions. Only you can
choose the path to take.* "How will I know the right path to
take?" There was no answer. "I don't know what to do, I don't
know how to prevent it."

An image flickered to life before his eyes.

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* Eye of the Prophet is written by Red Skye *
* All subsidiary characters not belonging to *
* Paramount, are copyrighted to Red Skye *
* Copyright, March 1997. *
* Reprinting this story in whole or in part *
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* Skye except in cases of review. *
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