"Well, how bad is it?" Madison asked as she sat on the bed beside Sakura watching her friends sort through the Clow Cards to see which ones were still there. Kero had just returned a few minutes before and was laying on the bedside table flipping through the room service menu.
"Well, we have Fly, Sleep, Windy, Sword and Shadow. Only five cards," Sakura moaned as she flopped back onto the bed. It had taken her forever to catch as many Clow Cards as she had and now all but five were loose again! How in the world was she going to get them back?
She sat up suddenly as she remembered where they had been going when the cards had escaped. "Madison, we still have to find out about your dad, too!"
"That's not important, Sakura. We need to worry about getting the Clow Cards back. I've gone without knowing about my dad for ten years. I probably shouldn't have even bothered looking now." Madison said as she tried to seem disinterested in her search. The Clow Cards were much more important.
"Madison, you're my friend! What if this is your only chance to find out about your father and you miss it because of me? This is important to you! We'll find a way to do both!" Sakura declared as she straightened up, her depression over loosing the cards slipping away and determination to catch them as quickly as possible filling her. She wasn't about to let her best friend miss what was possibly her only chance to learn about her dad because of her stupidity. Sakura couldn't begin to imagine how terrible she would feel if she was in Madison's position.
"Hey, Sakura, do you think your dad might have any mouthwash?" Kero said as he put down the phone. Sakura didn't even want to think of what he might have just ordered. "I can't get the taste of human out of my mouth and it's going to totally spoil my pudding."
"I'm going to check the tv," Madison said as she flicked it on. "Maybe there will be something to give us a clue to where the Clow Cards are here."
"Did that say what I thought it said?" Sakura asked Madison a moment later as they caught the end of a newsflash.
"Something's juggling penguins at the Central Park Zoo. Does that sound like..."
"The Power Card. Come on! We have to get down there before someone gets hurt!" Sakura said as she jumped up and headed for the door with Madison following after grabbing her video camera.