Chapter 12

As soon as Julian had scrambled to his feet, he tapped his badge.

"Bashir to Odo. It's Jahzara. She's on the move, heading towards the temple." Julian warned.

"I'm on my way." Odo's voice said.

Bashir sighed and then a thought struck him. Should he tell the Commander to set up force fields?

"Bashir to Sisko."

"Sisko here."

"My niece awoke on her own somehow. She's heading towards the Bajoran temple. You might want to set up some kind of force field to stop her." Bashir warned again.

"Acknowledged, Doctor. Be prepared to examine this device controlling your niece and this time, tie her down if you have to." Sisko commanded.

"Aye sir." Julian answered.

Armed only with his orders, Bashir immediately rushed to the infirmary to prepare the force field he'd use to restrain her.

She entered the Bajoran temple slowly, looking around at its décor with disgust. Bajorans were so religious it made her sick. Summoning her great power that had been granted to her by the Prophets themselves, she chuckled.

"I shall destroy the temple of the very ones who gave me this power." She whispered to herself. "I will destroy every orb starting with this one."

She began to create a black ball of magic in her hands and aimed it at the orb. Suddenly, force fields went up and she released the black ball. It bounced off the force field and disappeared.

"I'm sorry," a voice said. She whirled around to meet the eyes of a Bajoran major and hissed. "But I can't allow you to do that."

She rushed towards the Bajoran and suddenly jumped back, shocked by the force field. The Bajoran just smiled at her.

"You're from the Dominion, aren't you?" she asked. "Aligned with the Cardassians, trying to destroy Bajor once and for all. They put you in this girl's mind, didn't they?"

"Bajor is destined to be destroyed by its own savior!" she hissed. "That is the first and last mistake the Prophets made."

The Bajoran female gave a look of disgust to her.

"Computer, lower force field."

The Bajoran held her phaser at Jahzara's chest and prepared to fire.

"Computer deny that order." A voice said. Jahzara hissed again as she met eyes with the Constable. "Major, I doubt the Doctor would appreciate you killing his niece."

The Bajoran woman stared at the human shell. "His niece?"

"Yes, Kira, this is Doctor Bashir's niece." Odo acknowledged. "Computer, transport Jahzara Bashir to infirmary."

Jahzara began to dissipate and finally disappeared.

"What did you do that for?!" Kira asked angrily. "She wanted to destroy Bajor—she said it herself! I could've gotten rid of her and destroyed the whole problem."

"There's another way and Sisko is willing to try it." Odo said simply. "I'm sorry, but you can't just kill her."

With that said, Kira huffed loudly and walked out of the temple past Odo. The Changeling remained there watching Jahzara ram herself against the force field countless times. He sighed and shook his head. This would be harder than it looked.

"Bashir to Sisko."

"Sisko here."

"Fill the area that the force fields surround with a sleeping gas." Bashir ordered.

There was a small silence over the Com system.

"Doctor, are you sure?" Sisko's voice asked.

"Absolutely. And after that, beam her to the infirmary." Bashir answered.

"All right, then, Doctor. Stand by." Sisko said.

Bashir stood by the medical bed waiting for his niece. He'd been studying up on the device on Jahzara's neck and though he'd found a way to take it off. Heck, if he got it off her neck, he'd actually thank the prophets.

Suddenly, an unconscious Jahzara appeared on the medical bed and Bashir sprung into action. He tapped a few buttons on a console and a force field activated above his niece so that she wouldn't be able to move.

The sedative would wear off in about two hours, Bashir predicted and hopefully that would be enough time to get that device off her neck.

Jahzara could tell that someone, most likely her uncle was trying to get this evil side out of her. She was slowly beginning to regain control. The bad part was, the bad side of her was fighting back and she was due to regain consciousness any minute. She prayed silently to whatever forces had given her powers that she would make it.

Suddenly her eyes opened and the bright light made her blink twice. Her uncle was working over her, clearly concentrating on her neck.

Her right arm twitched and Jahzara immediately knew that the evil side of her had done it. But Jahzara was relieved. Her uncle had been smart enough to put a force field over her body so she couldn't move until he was done.

Jahzara could hear the evil side of herself moaning in pain and sorrow. It would lose its shell and its power. With one last cry of pain mixed with her own, Jahzara felt the being ripped from her body and immense pain jolted through her body.

The last thing Jahzara could remember was pain. Then she blacked out.

Julian pulled the device away and winced to himself as his niece let out a cry of pain. He turned his back to set the device on a counter and when he turned back, Jahzara had passed out. He quickly grabbed a hypospray and injected it into Jahzara.

She stirred momentarily and moaned. Taking her face in his hands, Julian made Jahzara look at him.

"Look at me," Julian said gently. But Jahzara tried to turn away. "Look at me."

When Jahzara had finally turned her green-red eyes on her uncle, Julian continued.

"Who are the Prophets?" Julian asked.

"The Bajoran prophets, I think." Jahzara answered softly. Julian sighed, relieved that the process had worked.

"We were so worried about you." Julian expressed, still holding Jahzara's face in his hands.

"We? Who's 'we'?" Jahzara asked.

"Well mostly just me. But Commander Sisko was worried and so was the Constable."

"The Constable was worried about me?" Jahzara asked doubtfully. "I think not. He hates my guts."

Julian smiled. "Now that's the Jahzara I know."

"Now that I'm back to normal, can I get up?"

"No."

"Aww, why not?" Jahzara asked, using a puppy face.

"Because you just suffered from a traumatic event. You need rest." Bashir answered.

"But I'm full of energy!" she protested. "I'm feeling fine, I swear!"

Jahzara gave her uncle her puppy dog eyes and he raised an eyebrow at her. Eventually he gave in.

"All right." Bashir agreed. "But I want you to be careful. And do not go near the holosuites for whatever matter."

"Deal." Jahzara said as she slid off the medical bed and sauntered away.