*however he was already dematerializing and the beam passed through him, then...he was gone*

I'm Crell Moset...and...don't worry...you're next on my...list...you might want to go back to Sector General though...you see...I somewhat...left your little fuck toy without a face...

*he smiled evily*

*he saw her come around the corner at him*

So you must be the famous Ro Laren...

*he raced down the corridor, bleeding from his side as he cued his rescue to come in*

*he raced down the corridor, bleeding from his side as he cued his rescue to come in*

*he felt the phaser lance into his gut*

AHHHHGGG!!!! FUCK YOU!!!

*he raced away as fast as he could*

Ahhhh! Bitch!

*he stomped hard on her wrist, before kicking her in the head*

GAHHHH! You crazed bitch!

*he screamed as her sharp nails raked across his face, she looked at him with demented eyes, he made a play for her phaser, gripping it as her finger spasmed on the trigger, a bright blue beam lanced and burned into the corridor walls, he hit her hand on the ground hard*

*he ducked quickly to the side, the phaser beam clipping him in his thigh as he raced at the insane woman, tackling her to the ground*

Who...?

*he turned around and looked at the cloaked figure before him*

Who in Oralius' name are you...?

*he left Sector General after disposing of his bloodied clothes in the surgical arena and donned a civilian outfit, knowing his time to escape was short as the station alarms were no doubt going off now upon his disruptor blast, exiting into the corridor when suddenly he heard a voice behind him*

*he grabbed her hair and yanked her head up, her face a charred mess as he leaned in and whispered in her ear*

And to think...this is just the beginning...Goodbye for now, Nerys...enjoy what peace you have left...

*he threw her to the ground and walked out of Sector General*

*he calmly threw Opaka's body to the ground, raised his disruptor...and blew Kira Nerys' face off*

Oh right...I got a little ahead of myself there...let me amend that...

*he then savagely and with great glee dragged the Cardassian blade across Opaka's throat, blood pouring from the open wound and drenching them both as she gasped for air*

Yes...she was first one you loved who I took from you...Now I've taken three more...and I plan on taking a whole lot more...I will make you regret...ever...taking up arms against the Cardassian Union!

Too late for that, Nerys...I've been planning this for a long time...and when I'm done Bajor will burn for your hubris...You see...our destinies are intertwined...they have been...since Dukat had me kill your bitch of a mother when he realized that she never actually loved him...

Now that's more like it...Now, Nerys...you see...as punishment for your crimes against and numerous other Cardassians...I find you guilty! And not just you...but your whole dammed race! Dukat had the right idea towards the end of the war when he asked for my help...you Bajorans deserve to burn!!

DON'T! You speak of her that way or I swear!!

*he dug the blade into Opaka's neck, drawing a trickle of blood*

APOLOGISE TO ME NOW!!!

Do you remember...? A certain compound you bombed in 2363...That was my lab! I had taken the day off and only the rest of my team was working that day...including the woman who was to become my wife! You took everything from me that day...and now...I will do the same to you...

I want to take everything away from you...like you took everything away from me!

Oh come on, Captain...surely you know how easy it is for a Cardassian to become surgically altered to appear Bajoran...just like a certain mutual friend of ours...the great Skrain Dukat...As for what I want with you...I want to make you pay for your crimes against Cardassia! And against Dukat!

Yes! It is you I want! I've wanted you for years...

*he reached behind him with his free hand and pulled out a Cardassian disruptor and aimed it at her face*

Pardon me...where are my manners...? Doctor Crell Moset...at your service...

*he then spun sharply kicked Kira's cane out from under her as he grabbed Opaka and brought a concealed knife of clear Cardassian origin to her throat as Kira regained her footing*

Well, well, well...we finally meet, brave Captain Kira...No, no...don't make any sudden moves or she gets it...

*without another word he grabbed Bashir's hair as he was starting to bend up and smashed his face into the screen, knocking him unconscious*

Oh...my mistake...how careless of me...

*he brought up the name attached to the sample on the screen*

"LENTO OPU"

No...it wasn't...come along...

*he led them back into the medlab and started up the display*

It was among the samples left for me from last night...I ran the analysis and it came back one hundred percent positive for Fostossa...take a look at that...

*he indicated the screen as Bashir leaned in*

Yes! I've just found what we're looking for in the new batch taken last night!

*summons @drjulianbashir.bsky.social, @kiraronerys.bsky.social to the med lab*

Doctor Bashir! Captain Kira! I believe we have a match!

She can be! She can't!