Sakura, Madison and Kero followed Zed into his office with Kay and Jay right behind them.
"First of all, who are you?" Zed demanded.
"I'm Sakura Avalon and this is my friend Madison Taylor." Sakura said. She wondered what was going to happen to them now. Surely these people would let them go after she explained. "And that's Kero, the guardian beast of the Clow."
"Doesn't look like much of a beast to me," Jay muttered under his breath.
"I heard that!" Kero cried as he turned around and flew at Jay.
"Kero, behave!" Sakura called as she and Madison grabbed Kero before he could cause anymore trouble. "I'm sorry. Kero doesn't like it when people make jokes about him. He's supposed to be a lot bigger than this."
"What's this Clow that you mentioned?" Kay asked. He sensed that they really needed to get the conversation away from the sensitive stuffed animal.
"The Clow Cards. That's what attacked you and attacked your friends earlier in the park and at the zoo. Here," Sakura said as she pulled the Clow Book out of her backpack and opened it, holding out the cards for them to see. "The Clow Cards were created a long time ago by a man named Clow Reed. Then he sealed them in this book but I accidentally opened it and let them out. Ever since then, I've been trying to recapture them. I had a lot more than I do now, but a few days ago they got loose again when some sort of blast hit my backpack."
"How do these cards work?" Zed asked.
"I don't really know. They're magic. I just know how to seal them and how to use them once they've been captured. Uh, is it okay if we go now? I'm really sorry for any trouble the cards have caused you."
"Why don't you show us what these cards do, first?" Zed said, stalling for time to decide what to do about the girls.
"Well, alright." Sakura said as she thought for a minute to try to figure out which card would be safe to use. She supposed Shadow or Windy would be the safest. They had already seen how Fly worked. "I could show you the Shadow Card. Would that be okay?"
"Fine. Just let me call a few people to come and observe this," Zed said as he reached for his communicator. He wanted Zeeltor up here to take readings and find out exactly what they were dealing with.