Dax consulted her tricorder. "I'm showing the same thing, Rom-"
The orb blazed brighter and started to hum loudly, orange lightning flashing around them. As the room around them became fuzzy, seemed to be made of mist - were they in a temple or under a tent? - Dylan's crew appeared and became more solid.
Dylan extended his arms. "Everyone-hold your positions!"
"You heard the man-" Sisko started.
Worf rose off the floor, floating three meters in front of the orb.
"Worf!" Dax called.
A silhouette vibrated into existence in front of Worf: the three dimensional shadow of a man became flesh and blood, Tyr Anasazi.
"Rommie-" Dylan started.
Orange lightning flashed out of the orb and engulfed Tyr and Worf, then spread to either side of them and wrapped itself around invisible female forms. Tyr and Worf thrashed.
Then there was a loud BANG! And Sisko and the others were knocked off their feet; a hot wind blew over them and subsided.
Sisko turned back to the orb. It had turned black again, a white tesseract twisting inside it; the hum had stopped. Tyr lay face down on the floor in front of the orb, a blonde woman crouching next to him. Sisko wondered at the bands on her wrists; were the spikes sticking out of the bejeweled gauntlets or part of her?
"Tyr?" she said. "Is that-" She pulled her hand away from his back and stared at the blood on it.
Tyr tried pushed himself up and looked at the woman, his eyes wide. "Freya?" he said. "No, you can't be…" He sagged.