Sam woke up to annoying voice and turned her head to see Julien's face looking at her. Suddenly, Sam and Julien heard two screams, whipping their heads to see Mort and Maurice being chased by Private. Sam leaped out of the bunk and tackled Private to floor, using her right flipper to hold down Private's left flipper, but Private's right flipper tried to slap Sam across the face. Sam blocked the flipper slaps with her left flipper and then without warning, Sam's left flipper slipped over Private's forehead. Instantly, Sam saw images of Private's memories and a nasty looking spider that had the words mind control on its back as it blow up in front of her. In another second, Sam realized she was back in her mind and saw Private staring at her in confusion.
"Uh Sam, why are you pinning me to the floor?" Private muttered in his squeaky british voice.
"Um, well you were trying to attack Maurice and Mort." Sam stammered, surprised to hear Private's regular voice talking to her.
"Why would I do that!" Private cried in shock.
"How should we know." Maurice replied.
"Well, did I attack anyone else?" Private mumbled, looking sad and mad at himself.
"You attacked me this morning." Sam murmured as she got off of Private and sat next to him.
"But why would I attack my friends?" Private sobbed.
"Darla used a mind control spell on you and she told you attack anyone who wasn't under her mind control, Private." Sam answered as she tried to comfort Private.
"Was I the only one in the zoo under Darla's mind control?" Private whispered sadly to Sam.
"Every animal in the zoo is under her mind control." Sam informed Private.
"Wait a second, every animal here is not under Darla's bibbidi bobbidi mind magic, you silly female penguin!" King Julien suddenly spoke.
"Does that even matter, all we know is that our friends are under spell that I can somehow eliminate." Sam shouted at Julien.
"Darla's spell has to have a day and time when the effect wears off or becomes permanent." Maurice suggested.
"That is just plain nonsense, Maurice." King Julien laughed.
"No it isn't, Darla's magic must have a time and day when it completely vanishes, leaving the effects behind." Sam pondered with a grin.
"All we need to do is find out when!" Private exclaimed.
"First off, we will need stealth." Sam ordered.
"Next, complete silence during this mission." Private replied.
"Ok, you two silly penguins have fun, that sounds like too much hard labor for a King." King Julien yawned as curled up on the ground and started to fall asleep.
"Uh right... Maurice, Mort." Sam sighed as she watched Maurice and Mort drift off to sleep next to King Julien.
"I guess it's just you and me, Sam." Private replied as he watched the sleeping lemurs along with Sam.
"Alright Private, let's get invisible!" Sam smiled as a puff of air surrounded her and Private.
In a matter of seconds, both Sam and Private were invisible. The two of them dashed for the trophy entrance that led to the entrance of the zoo. But once they reached the entrance, Private and Sam realized that they were locked out of the zoo. Figuring the two of them could not climb the wall, Sam told Private to hold on to her tightly and in a few seconds, Sam and Private turned into a stream of water that went straight through the space between two of the metal bars of the entrance gate. After the water was through the gateway, Sam and Private returned to their normal figures with the invisibility powers still around them. Sam and Private continued their journey to the baboon habitat, but suddenly they stopped as they stared endlessly at the all the animals in the baboon habitat. The two of them saw otters, chimps, gorillas, and even flamingos, but saw no sign of Darla or her baboon friends. Suddenly, Sam spotted Darla in the front of her animal controlled crowd and pointed her out to Private. But, as if on Que, Sam started to change into her guardian self and Private stared at her in surprise, but at the animal crowd in fright.
"What's wrong, Private?" Sam asked as she turned to look down at Private.
"Other then, you transforming into your guardian form, I don't think we are invisible anymore." Private squeaked as he looked up at Sam.
"I think you're right Private, I don't believe we are invisible anymore!" Sam admitted with a slight stammer in her voice.
"What makes you say that, Sam?" Private said, sounding puzzled by her remark.
"The crowd of animals, including Darla are staring at us with unsettling smirks." Sam declared with stutter as she stared back at Darla.
"Get the two trespassers and bring them to me!" Private and Sam heard Darla shout to the animals.
"Aah, we are toast!" Private screamed in fear.
"Not yet, we aren't." Sam yelled as she grabbed Private and broke into a run.
After running for about a minute, Sam pushed her feet off the ground and took off into the air with Private in her arms. Sam continued to fly towards the baboon habitat, but was stopped by a fireball that flew from the side that came an inch from her nose. With one swift movement, Sam placed Private behind her head and told him to hang hold tight. Sam looked straight ahead and saw Erika, Jonah, and Layla quickly flying toward them. Sam stretched out her arms as her friends reached her and Private, while she slammed her right palm on Jonah's forehead and her left palm slammed against Erika's forehead. But as Sam tried to reach Layla's forehead, Sam was thrown toward the ground by Layla's telekinesis powers(which is the ability to levitate objects and move them with your mind). Sam landed hard on her stomach on a patch of dried dirt, she tried to stand but just collapsed to the ground. Sam saw that she was bleeding a little, but realized Private might have been hurt when they crashed to the ground.
"You ok, Private?" Sam huffed as she tried to control her breathing.
"A little shaken, but otherwise, fine." Private sputtered.
"You two alright and what's wrong with everyone?" Jonah's voice suddenly spoke to them as Erika and him touched down on the ground next to Sam with Private still on her back.
"Yes, the two of us are alright." Sam answered.
"We're glad you two are OK!" Private exclaimed with joy.
"Why wouldn't we be ok?" Erika chuckled in confusion.
"The last two days most of the animals in the zoo have been under Darla's mind control." Sam informed Erika and Jonah.
"Is that why Layla almost killed you two?" Jonah and Erika asked in unison.
"For some reason, Darla wants to know more about me and my powers." Sam muttered in a slightly irritated voice. "Private was under her mind control and my hand slipped over his forehead while I was trying to pin him to the floor." Sam explained as best as she could to Jonah and Erika.
"And Darla's magic to control my mind was gone." Private pondered as he finished the rest of Sam's explanation.
"Which means Erika and I were under Darla's mind control, but Sam touched our foreheads a couple minutes ago." Jonah reasoned.
"Yes, exactly, and now you two are back to normal." Privae cheered.
"But a lot of the animals and Guardian Layla are still under Darla's control." Sam warned the group.
"What's the plan, Sam?" Jonah, Erika, and Private questioned her.
"The plan is to get everyone out of this mind control state, starting with Layla." Sam replied with a wide smile.
"Sweet plan!" Erika, Private, and Jonah smirked.
"Alright, we will split up to tackle all the zoo animals as soon as possible." Sam commanded.
"I'll get Layla and then tell to help us." Erika grinned as she took off into the sky and slammed her palm on her friend's forehead, staring at Layla until she was grabbed by Layla, who gave her a big hug.
"Great job Erika, now you and Layla go cure some of the animals around here." Sam shouted up to them.
"On it, Sam." Erika and Layla yelled back to her.
As Sam, Private, and Jonah began to move toward the crowd of animals when a lasso rope tied them together in a tight bunch. Sam turned her head to see Darla pulling at the end of the rope with Candace and Lily beside her. Once Darla was done pulling on the rope, Candace and Lily pushed Jonah, Private, and Sam to face Darla. Darla's face was in an explosion of rage as she glared downward slightly at them.
"You and your friends are ruining my plans to gain endless power!" Darla spat in anger as she stared at Sam.
"Your way of getting endless power is taking control of all the animals in the zoo is crazy!" Sam shouted at Darla.
"Yes, but you and your other super-powered friends can eliminate mine and my girls mind control powers on the animals." Darla growled.
"That's the plus side, I can't believe you baboons would use mind control on your friends!" Jonah yelled as he started to burn the rope with his left palm.
Sam felt the rope become loose and jumped at Darla, while Private and Jonah tackled Candace and Lily to the ground. Sam and Darla started to wrestle with each other on the ground until Sam froze Darla up to her neck. Sam turned toward Jonah and Private, who stared at her in surprise along with Candace and Lily.
"You've been attacked a quite a bit today, haven't you Sam." Jonah sighed.
"Yes I have and I am getting kind of sick of it!" Sam replied sternly.
"Who cares about that, you two only have fifteen minutes until midnight to cure our friends!" Candace and Lily cried together at Jonah and Sam.
"I can't believe you two told them when the spell becomes permanent and we lose it!" Darla screamed at Candace and Lily in shock.
"Sam was right, why we used mind control on our friends was crazy!" Candance retorted at Darla as Sam with Private riding on her back and Jonah took off into the sky.
Sam flew down right above Bing the gorilla's head and slammed her right palm in the middle of his forehead. Then, she flew down into the crowd and slammed both her palms at any animal forehead she saw. It took several minutes, but one by one each of the zoo animals were returning to their normal selves. Sam knew she had not seen or cured Skipper, Rico, and Kowalski as she looked around for them when Private suddenly pointed them out. Jonah and Layla were fighting against them as Sam ran over to them, picked up Skipper and Rico, putting each of her hands on their foreheads. Jonah and Layla were continuing to struggle with Kowalski when Sam was putting Skipper and Rico down. Thinking quickly, Sam came up behind Kowalski and picked him up, while Layla pressed her right hand against Kowalski's forehead. Sam turned at clock above the zoo entrance and saw it was a minute to midnight.
"Well, we did it and with a minute to spare!" Sam exclaimed as she yawned.
"Yep and now I could go with a good night sleep." Layla answered in a mid yawn.
"I agree with that." Private said in sleepy voice as he jumped off of Sam's back as she started to transform along with the other guardians.
"I guess there is no more mortal danger here, anymore." Erika's voice suddenly spoke as she ran to the group in her otter form.
"What's with magenta colored sky?" Sam muttered in awe.
"Who cares, lets get some sleep." Skipper ordered as he looked at many tired faces.
"You girls betrayed me!" Darla shouted as she watched the magenta color dissolve from the sky.
"Come on Darla, your plan was going a little too far." Candace replied.
"I want to know what makes Sam and friends so powerful." Darla uttered.
"Why can't you just give up on this Sam thing?" Lily asked Darla.
"I think her powers are better than mine!" Darla cried out her confession.
"So, you plan to find out where Sam and her friends' powers come from?" Candace questioned Darla.
"Yes and I will do anything to get that information." Darla snickered.