Epilogue. Set during What You Leave Behind, after the Dominion surrender but before the scene in Vic's.
Now with added deleted scene...
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The screen went blank and a silence fell over the room.
Julian was the first to break it.
"Those were the good days alright," he said softly. Ezri smiled sadly.
"Jadzia certainly enjoyed them."
Kira started to laugh. "Do you remember when she convinced Kai Winn to join in?"
The others started to laugh at the memory.
"I don't think any amount of therapy will ever make me forget the image of Winn singing "Endless Love"!" O'Brien chuckled.
Sisko shuddered. "Or of Martok and Gowron singing "Disco Inferno"..."
"I think we have that bit on tape somewhere," Kira said. "Computer, find karaoke from stardate 231442.22."
The image of the two Kling-on leaders screaming into the microphones appeared on the screen. Giggling, Ezri said, "Computer, begin playback."
"Burn, baby burn!" Gowron screamed.
"It's a disco inferno!" Martok shrieked.
"Burn baby burn!"
"Burn that mama down..."
As the computer finished the playback, the crew fell into hysterics.
"Those definitely were the good days!" O'Brien agreed. Only Worf remained serious.
"May I remind you that both Gowron and Martok are formidable warriors, courageous and honourable," he said. "And for you to record that without their knowledge when they were... had consumed a large amount of ale was dishonourable!"
"Without their knowledge?!" Bashir exclaimed. "Worf, at the end Martok ran up to the camera and lifted up his shirt!"
Worf crossed his arms over his chest. "Still."
Ezri nudged Julian. "You never had a karaoke after Jadzia died."
He shrugged. "It didn't seem... right somehow."
Kira leant into Odo and he wrapped a comforting arm around her shoulders.
"Everything changed," she said softly. "Cardassia joined the Dominion, Ziyal died, Jadzia was killed, the Dominion retook the station. There never seemed to be a time for it."
Everybody was quiet as they reflected on this; then Ezri smiled mischievously.
"As our last time together, I think now would be a pretty good time to reinstate the old tradition..."
Julian looked around the holosuite, programmed to look like a 1950s dance hall, with a slight smile as he remembered some of the times the DS9 crew had had there.
He stood on the stage, Odo, Quark and Jake stood behind him as the familiar tune to "Crocodile Rock" belted out of the speakers.
"Well Crocodile Rockin' is something shockin'
when your feet just can't keep still
I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will
Oh Lawdy mama those Friday nights
when Suzie wore her dresses tight
and the Crocodile Rocking was out of si-i-ight!"
The three behind him began to dance, singing, "Laaaaaaaa, la, la, la, la, la! La, la, la, la, la! La, la, la, la, la!"
The image faded replaced by:
"It's fun to stay at the..." Sisko yelled.
"YMCA!" Odo, O'Brien and ... Julian grinned. Himself, chanted.
"It's fun to stay at the..."
"YMCA-A-A-A!"
And of course how could he forget the sight of Miles O'Brien dressed in a cowboy outfit, complete with hat and spurs, singing and dancing along to:
"If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe, I'd been married a long time ago, where did you come from, where did you go, where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe?"
Then Keiko had burst onto the stage in a pink cowgirl hat waving an imaginary lasso over her head and singing:
"He came to town like a midwinter storm
He rode through the fields so handsome and strong
His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun
But all he had come for was having some fun!"
The Chief had not yet been able to live that particular song down.
Julian turned to Ezri and grinned.
"So what do you have planned for us then?" he asked.
She only smiled mysteriously. "You'll see."
Teehee...
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