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No Way Out

Sakura is rollerblading home in a hurry.
Sakura	Oh, man! I promised Dad that I'd be home by now. I'm late again! Whoa! Aah!
Turning at a corner, Sakura finds two men carry a sofa just ahead of her. She ducks to get through under the sofa between the men.
Sakura	Coming through!
Men	Huh!
Sakura	Sorry! I'm late.
Then a cat crossing the street stops in Sakura's way.
Sakura	Oh, no! Out of my way! Whoa!
Almost tripping, Sakura tries to hold herself upright, when a woman grabs her hand to put her on her feet stable.
Sakura	Ah! Unh! Huh!
Sakura looks up at the woman who has just saved her, she is a young woman with long hair, wearing sunglasses. The woman speaks to Sakura slowly, taking off her sunglasses.
Woman	Cats... always... in the way.
Sakura	Yeah.
Woman	Real troublemakers.
Sakura	Right. Um, thanks.
Woman	You're welcome. So, see you tomorrow, then.
Sakura	Huh? Tomorrow? What's that supposed to mean?
The mysterious woman walks away not saying another words. Sakura is watching her off.
That night, Sakura talks to Kero about the mysterious woman she saw in the daytime.
Kero	Tell me again, Sakura. She just appeared out of nowhere?
Sakura	Mm-hmm.
Kero	Tell me. What'd she look like?
Sakura	Mysterious.
Kero	Wow.
There is a knock on the door.
Kero	Ugh. Uh-huh!
Kero jumps and puts on a stuffed animal impression. Sakura trots up to the door to answer.
Sakura	Coming!
When Sakura opens the door, there stands Tori handing Sakura a jell-O.
Tori	Here's your dessert, squirt.
Kero	Oh, yeah!
Sakura	Thanks, Tori.
Tori	Hmm?
Sakura	``Hmm'' what?
Tori	I thought I... Hmm.
Tori stares at Kero very suspiciously, so Kero has to keep on his stuffed animal impression.
Kero	Mphh!
Tori closes the door.
Sakura	(Sigh)
Kero	Ooh. I think he's catching onto me.
Next morning, Sakura is rushing out of her house.
Aiden	Slow down.
Sakura	But I'm late, Dad.
Aiden	Slow down anyway.
Sakura speeds up roller-blading, because she is almost late for school.
Sakura	Don't ring! Don't ring! Ohh.. Made it.
She manages to get through the school gate barely before the bell rings.
In the classroom, Mr. Terada is talking to the class.
Terada	And since Ms. Karski will have to be away from us for a couple of weeks, you have a new math teacher! Welcome.
Opening the door, a young woman in a long skirt walks into the classroom.
Sakura	(Gasps)
Mackenzie	I'm Ms. Mackenzie. It's nice to meet you all.
The new teacher is the mysterious woman Sakura saw the day before. Sakura keeps her mouth open with a surprise. Feeling something funny about her, Li stares at her.
In the lunchtime, Sakura, Li, Madison, and Meilin are in the schoolyard.
Sakura	Ms. Mackenzie?
Li	Have you sensed anything from her, Sakura? There's something not quite right.
Sakura	You sure?
Li	Mm-hmm. It feels like something strong. We gotta be on our guard.
Mackenzie	You don't need to be on guard.
Those four kids start at unexpected Ms. Mackenzie's voice coming behind. She is smiling at them.
Sakura	Ms. Mackenzie!
Mackenzie	Math isn't that scary. It's a puzzle, like any other puzzle. I sense things, too, Li, and I sense that you're a math whiz, so I don't know why you feel that you have to be on guard. Madison, you like math, too.
Madison	Mm-hmm!
Mackenzie	Not so easy for you, right, Meilin? And... you do very well, right, Sakura?
Sakura	Yeah! And thanks again for yesterday.
Mackenzie	Destiny, I guess.
After school, Sakura's group is on shift cleaning the classroom.
Nikki	They say these amulets bring you good luck, almost guaranteed!
Sakura&Meilin	Where?!
Meilin	Ahem! I mean, are you crazy? As if I'd spend my allowance on some stupid good luck charm. That's really dumb! Ha ha! Ha ha ha!
Meilin walks away laghing out.
Sakura and Madison are standing in front of the gate of the shrine on the talk, on their way home from school.
Madison	I'm glad Nikki told us about this place.
Sakura	If amulets really bring good luck, maybe it'll help me capture some Clow Cards.
Madison	OK. Come on.
As two of them go into the shrine, Sakura senses some chills.
Sakura	Huh? Whoa!
Madison	What's the matter?
Sakura	Things just seem... out of whack.
Madison	Really? (Looking around) What do you mean, ``out of whack''?
Sakura	Different.
Madison	Well, you know it's a garden. It's suppose to feel different.
Then Madison spots Li and Meilin in the shrine.
Li	Meilin, no!
Madison	Hello.
Meilin	Li, come on!
Li	I said I don't want magic amulets!
Meilin	But our destinies are intertwined, and it's very bad luck to fight, Li.
Li	Meilin, you can't...
Madison	Uh, hi there!
Li	Oh! Hi.
Meilin	We were just joking!
While Meilin tries to make an excuse being in the shrine, Sakura steps forward to talk to Li.
Sakura	Li, listen. Did you pick up on anything when you walked in here?
Li	Are you sensing something?
Meilin	Huh? Sensing what?
At this moment, all the kids hear a bell out of nowhere.
Li&Sakura	Huh?
Meilin	What's that? I don't see a bell.
Li	Oh!
Sakura	Uh-oh!
Soon the space goes wrong, and green walls appear around them. They find themselves inside a mysteious maze.
Meilin	This is your doing, Avalon!
Sakura	I think we're inside a maze.
Madison	Wasn't this just a garden?
Sakura	Yeah, I'm gonna see if I can...
Sakura is beginning to walk for an exit, but Li takes her hand to stop her.
Li	Sakura! Let's do this together.
Sakura	OK.
Meilin looks unhappy because Li just took another girl by the hand. Then Sakura closes her eyes to concentrate, and she sees an aspect of a Clow Card in her mind.
Sakura	It's a Clow Card!
Madison	Can you tell which Clow Card it is, Sakura?
Li	I think it's a Maze Card. It's gotta be.
Madison	Ohh! People get lost in mazes.
Meilin	Ah, chill out! Li will handle it. What do you say, Li? Let's proof this maze and get some amulets.
Li	It's not that easy! The maze won't disappear until we discover where the exit is.
Sakura	OK. Then let's go find the exit.
Meilin	Fine. But I'm warning you, Avalon! No tricks!
Sakura	Meilin, give it a rest.
All the four kids are wandering around inside the maze. Madison keeps her right hand on the wall, walking all the way.
Li	We should be getting close.
Meilin	I knew you could get us out of here, Li.
Sakura	Oh, great. We're back where we started from.
Li	Ugh! I was sure this would work.
Madison	It was a good idea. You should be able to follow your hand on the wall like this, and eventually end up at the opening.
Sakura	Hey. Let's see if the Lasin Board can help us.
Li	Right!
Li takes his Lasin Board and chants over it.
Li	Force, know my plight! Release the light!
A blue light flashes, but soon goes out.
Sakura	Uh-oh!
Li	The maze has neutralized the board's magnetic field.
Madison	Let's see. Logic doesn't work, the Lasin Board is no use, so what's left?
Sakura takes out the Key of Clow, and begins to chant for the magic power.
Sakura	O Key of Clow! Power of magic, power of light, surrender the wand, the force ignite! Release!
A swirl of wind occurs, in which the key is spinning, and grows to turn into a wand. Sakura grabs it.
Sakura	Fly! I'll find the exit.
Sakura jumps on the wand and soars.
Madison	You be careful.
As Sakura climbs higher, the wall of the maze grows taller not allowing Sakura to find the exit. No matter how high she climbs the wall blocks her way, then finally the wall shut the way up as well, so she has to give up.
Sakura	Huh? Oh!
Sakura is back with her gang. The four kids are planning on their next move.
Li	So much for the Fly Card.
Madison	Is it just me, or are we running out of ideas?
Meilin	Nngh! I just have to get one of these amulets! (Rolling eyes to the wall) Stupid wall! (Kicks the wall)
Li	You know, you're not helping, Meilin.
Meilin	Oh, Li.
Sakura	Hey! I think you're onto something.
Meilin	Back off!
Sakura	No, you're right. We can make a path through the wall.
Sakura takes out the Sword Card, and chants twirling her wand.
Sakura	Sword Card. Release and dispel! Release!
The magical spirit twines around the wand, making it into a sword.
Sakura	We'll cut our way through! Sword!
Sakura raises back the sword and slashes the wall. Then the wall splits apart to make the way open.
Madison	Huh!
Meilin	It worked!
Sakura	Let's go.
Unfortunately, the wall soon shuts their way.
Sakura	Huh?
Madison&Meilin	Ooh.
Li	This Card's a real puzzle.
Suddenly, the maze shakes hard, so the kids go panic.
Kids	Aah!
Sakura	Now what's happening?
Meilin	Whoa!
Meilin gets unballanced and falls down.
Li	Meilin!
The moment Li is about to help Meilin up, a new wall sprouts up between them.
Sakura	Look out!
Madison	Sakura!
Another wall grows between Sakura and Madison, which flips Madison backward to Li.
Li	Are you OK?
The next moment, a pillar sprouts out and is growing high rapidly with Madison at the top.
Madison	Aah!
Sakura	Jump!
Madison	I can't!
Li	Madison, hang on!
Li holds his crystal ball in front, and concentrates, so a sword appear chained up to the ball. Li throws up a charm card and presses the sword aginst it.
Li	Now! Element! Wind!
Blowing to Madison, a wind encloses and brings Madison back to where Sakura is waiting for her. Madison is back standing safe in front of Sakura.
Sakura	Are you all right?
Madison	Yes, I'm fine.
Luckily, the wall shutting away Li gets lower to vanish, so the three gets together again.
Madison	Thank you, Li.
Sakura	Now what? (Gasps)
They find the maze has become a chaos. All the paths are connected weird to and fro and any height.
Madison	Every time we try something, it gets more difficult.
Sakura	We can do it!
Li	Hey! Where's Meilin?
Meilin	Help!
All	Meilin!
Sakura, Li, and Madison looks to where the voice has come from, so they find Meilin stand upright on an appearent side wall. It seems that the gravity attracts in a diffrent direction where Meilin is standing.
Meilin	Here! I'm over here. I- I'm stuck!
Sakura	Meilin!
Li	Stay where you are! Don't move!
Li uses the same magic just like he saved Madison.
Li	Now! Element! Wind!
A wind travels toward Meilin, but suddenly it turns to the other way and disappears.
Sakura	It worked before.
Li	Yeah. But now the space dimensions are all warped.
Meilin	Help me!
Li	Stay calm, Meilin. We're coming to get you!
Madison	We're gonna do that how?
Li	Take the stairs. What do you think?
Actually, it's already seven at night. Aiden phones school to look for Sakura, because it isn't the time elementary school kids were hanging around.
Aiden	You're sure? All right. Thanks.
Aiden hangs up.
Aiden	She left her school at the same time as always.
Tori	I'll look for her.
Tori goes out on a bike, it's already dark outside.
Li, Sakura, and Madison are walking all the way to the stairs which seems to lead to Meilin.
Meilin	Help me! I'm sideways!
Li	We're almost there! (Looking at tunnel ahead) Uh-oh.
Madison	If we go in there, we'll lose sight of Meilin, and who knows where we'll be when we come out?
Li	You're right.
Sakura	Hey, look! The exit's up there. I'm sure of it.
Li	That's right. Meilin!
Meilin	Yeah, what?
Li	Listen to me. We're going into this tunnel. You keep calling out to us so we know where you are, OK?
Meilin	I won't be able to see you.
Li	Just count!
Meilin	OK!
Li	Here goes.
When Li, Sakura, and Madison enters the tunnel, Meilin begins counting.
Meilin	One... Two... Three... Four... Five... Six... Sev-
Meilin's voice breaks off before she counts up seven.
Li	No!
Sakura&Madison	Huh?
Li	Meilin!
Three of them dash to the other end of the tunnel, but they don't see Meilin where she is supposed to be.
Li	Meilin! (Calling out loud) Meilin!
Sakura	Meilin!
Madison	We lost her!
Li	It can't be! How will we find her now?
Sakura	There's got to be an answer here. I just have to think about this clearly. Hmm. Listen. We can find her! Let's go back the way we came.
Li	Yeah.
At this moment, a bell rings just the same way they heard just before the the maze appeared.
Li	What?
Sakura	What is this?
Li	It's the same sound we heard when the maze first appeared.
There's foot steps they hear.
Li	Argh!
Sakura	Look!
They can see a shadow behind the corner coming to them, so Li steps forward to block the two girls.
Li	Watch it!
It is Meilin who walks up to them.
Meilin	Li!
Li	Meilin.
Meilin	You found me! (Jumps to hug Li)
Sakura	But how did you...
Sakura gasps when she sees another shadow behind the corner. It turns out to be Ms. Mackenzie.
Sakura	Ms. Mackenzie!
Meilin	Yeah!
Mackenzie	It seems that life, like mathematics is full of puzzles, and sometimes you need help to solve them successfully.
Sakura	That's for sure.
Mackenzie	All problems have solutions. It's just that the solutions don't always appear as we expect them to, and sometimes we miss them. But then I believe you're learning about that, aren't you? (Ringing a bell) Does this sound familiar?
Sakura	Yeah! We heard it right before the maze appeared.
Mackenzie	I was trying to warn you, but the dimensions were already shifting.
Sakura	It's a strange-looking bell.
Mackenzie	It's actually rather a remarkable instrument. It's very ancient.
Sakura	Ooh! (Stomach growls)
Li&Meilin	Huh? (Looking back to Sakura)
Sakura	Sorry!
Mackenzie	You know, I'm kind of hungry myself. I say, it's time to leave.
Sakura	But that's just it, Ms. Mackenzie. We can't find the way out of here.
Mackenzie	Then it's lucky I came.
Madison	We tried everything we could think of and nothing worked.
Mackenzie	How about this?
As Ms. Mackenzie hit the wall with the bell, some walls ahead breaks to make their way though.
Sakura	Yeah! We tried to go through the wall, but it just... grew back.
Ms. Mackenzie doesn't seem to worry the way Sakura does, she walks through the wall. The wall doesn't get recovered.
Mackenzie	Come on! Let's go.
Madison	Sounds good to me!
Meilin	I'm right behind you, Madison.
Sakura	The wall didn't grow back.
Li	So you see, Sakura. It was right about that woman all along.
Meanwhile, Tori stops just in front of the shrine.
Tori	She's here?
Inside the shrine, Ms. Mackenzie breaks all the walls which blocked their way. The kids are all amazed at her power.
Mackenzie	And there's the exit.
Li	All right.
Meilin	Hurry up!
The kids runs out of the maze with joy.
Sakura	Saved by the bell.
Madison	And Ms. Mackenzie.
Li&Meilin	Whew.
The maze begins acting funny again, forming another maze.
Li	Hey! Come on, Sakura! Hurry up! Another maze is starting!
Sakura	But... uh... (Looking at Ms. Mackenzie and hesitates)
Mackenzie	Is there a little problem, Sakura?
Sakura	Um... would you...
Mackenzie	Avert my gaze?
Sakura	Hmm. Should I...
Meilin	Avalon! We got a situation here!
Sakura	Huh? Hmmph!
She makes up her mind and begins chanting.
Sakura	O Key of Clow. Power of magic, power of light, surrender the wand, the force ignite! Release!
In a swirl of wind, the key turns into a wand, which she grabs.
Sakura	Maze Card! Return to your power confined!
The maze is sucked up at the tip of the wand and changes its form into a Card. But the Card flies over Sakura and travels into Ms. Mackenzie's hand.
Sakura	Huh. Uh, about that Card...
Mackenzie	I guess this belongs to you, Sakura. Take care of it.
Sakura	Ohh.
At this moment, Tori is running into the shrine.
Tori	Sakura!
Sakura	Here's trouble.
Tori	Do you know what time it is?
Sakura	Don't blow your stack, Tori. I just lost track of time, but everything's cool! Hey, you know me. I couldn't be on time if my life depended...
Mackenzie	Are you her brother? Sorry that we're so late.
Tori	You know Dad's worried sick about...
Meilin	Aah!
Meiling suddenly runs to somewhere.
Madison	Not more mazes, I hope!
Sakura	Aah!
Sakura runs to the same place—the amulet stand, which is already closed, the two girls are standing as if they lost their minds.
Meilin	No amulets.
Sakura	The store's closed!
Sakura&Meilin	(Sigh)
Mackenzie	Girls!
Sakura	Huh?
Sakura and Meilin look back to see Ms. Mackenzie stand behind giving them amulets.
Meilin	Ah, thank you.
Sakura	It's an amulet! Thank you!
Mackenzie	Everyone can use a little luck now and then.
Sakura	This is why we came here. But how did you know?
Mackenzie	Heh heh! I had a hunch.
Madison's bodyguards picks her up by car, and she gets in.
Madison	Bye, Ms. Mackenzie. Here's my ride.
Sakura	See you tomorrow.
Madison	Good night, everyone.
Mackenzie	See you later!
Meilin	See you around.
Madison's car leaves the shrine home.
Li	You know, I gotta admit you did OK back here, Sakura.
Meilin	Li, wait for me! Wanna see my amulet?
Li	No, Meilin, I don't.
Li and Meilin are walking home together.
Mackenzie	Well, uh, see you tomorrow, Sakura.
Sakura	OK. Good night.
Mackenzie	(Looking back to Tori) Nice to meet you.
Ms. Mackenzie starts walking back into the shrine.
Sakura	Thanks Ms. Mackenzie. (Softly) For everything.

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