Enigma stood for a while before walking back to the table Shadow was sitting at. As he walked he began to notice himself staggering a bit. His vision was beginning to blur as well. As he looked around at the other ponies he noticed they were also wobbling or, in a few cases, completely passed out on the floor. "Ah buck, I knew everything... everything tasted strange..." Ponies began collapsing at a faster rate. The guards, he noticed, were no where to be found. He staggered back to the table and used it to keep himself upright.
"What is going on?" one of the merchants asked confused. He was the only pony still conscious at the table. He also seemed to be unaffected by whatever was afflicting everypony else.
"How.. how much have you... drank or eaten?" Enigma asked. He shakily took one of the glasses and sniffed it. He couldn't smell anything wrong with it.
"I, I have only had a sip from this glass, why?" He stood up from the table, slightly loosing his balance but regaining it quickly. He and Enigma were now the only conscious ponies in the room. Five ponies wearing masks and servant uniforms entered through the kitchen door and advanced on the princesses.
"We've got to... defend the princesses!" Enigma staggered over to a position between the princesses and the five attackers. He'd had some experience with drunken boxing, but it required a shit ton of balance to be successful. He hoped his near intoxicated state along with experience would somehow translate into drunken boxing. The merchant, who Enigma remembered was named fancy pants, took Enigma's saber and wielded it in a defensive stance.
The pony in the lead nodded toward them and three broke off to fight them. Two went straight for Enigma while a third, wielding a serving platter, attacked Tsunami. Enigma staggered to the left letting the first pass by him then fell over on his right side while lashing out at the second attacker's legs. The second assailant jumped to the side and attempted to stomp on Enigma's side. Enigma rolled to the left and stood up, staggering backward and just barely ducked under the first attacker's swing. he came up and smashed his head into the first assailant's jaw, causing a satisfying crack and a yelp of pain. As the second opponent charged him, Enigma threw an uppercut, connecting with his jaw. At the highest point of the uppercut, Enigma fell backward and smashed the back of his first attacker with his elbow as he tried to recover.
Fancy pants, on the other hoof, was having an exceedingly difficult time taking care of his assailant. Every thrust was met with a parry from the serving platter, a slash was harmlessly deflected to the side, attempting to get closer resulted in the platter connecting with his face. Finally, after becoming too annoyed to think straight, took off one of his medals and lobbed it at the mare. She deflected it by holding the platter like a shield in front of her face. Tsunami took the chance to body check her, sending her backward five feet. He then jumped forward and brought the saber down as hard as he could onto the platter. It dented inward and smashed into the mare's face. He flipped it to the side with his sword and smashed the hilt into the side of her head. With his assailant out cold he looked back at Enigma who was currently using one of his opponents to block the second's attacks. "Don't worry... about me! Help the princesses!" He yelled weakly. His vision was getting worse and his blows were less effective now.
Fancy pants rushed past Enigma as he knocked the first assailant out cold, then did a back flip with the help of his wings to deliver a kick to the second's throat. The Colt flew backward into a table and lay motionless among the splintered remains. The only sign he was still alive was the rise and fall of his chest, indicating breathing. Enigma lay on the ground, too tired to do anything other than black out. He was vaguely aware of Fancy pants falling to the ground near him before the blackness overtook him.
Enigma awoke the next morning to the sound of hushed chatter and crying. He groggily sat up from his spot on the ground and looked around. Several medics were making sure everypony was alright while a group of doctors tended to an unconscious princess Celestia. She lay in a heap at the bottom of the stairs leading up to the thrones, not moving but breathing. Fancy pants was talking to two guards as a third stood vigil over the three ponies Enigma and Tsunami had fought that night. He held his head and breathed out in exhaustion. He was about to stand up to talk to Fancy pants when something tackled him from his left. "OHMYGOSHYOU'REALLRIGHTIWASSOWORRIEDABOUTYOU!" Shadow held him in a strangling hug as she practically yelled in his ear and soaked his shoulder with tears. Two medics pulled her off after a minute so they could check him for injuries. She spoke excitedly as they examined him. "What happened last night!? I just remember you and dad walking off to talk, then blank! And where did princess Luna go? She was here last night! Did something happen? Was it another one of those extremist attacks that I heard about at Stalliongrad? Are you alright? Who are those three ponies over there?" Enigma groaned in pain as one of the doctors pressed on his chest. Either Shadow had bruised his ribs or it had happened last night during the fight. Either way, it hurt.
"I don't know." He said. "I just tried to defend the princesses... I was too drugged to be of much use though." Fancy pants walked over and shook his head.
"You were plenty helpful! If you had not been there, they may have captured both princesses. They only escaped because one of them had a flash grenade with him." Enigma smiled slightly and shook his head.
"I only caught a small amount of your fight, I thought nobles were weak and afraid of fighting, you handled yourself rather well. But, why did you use my saber when you could have used magic?" He winced as as one of the doctors poked a sore spot.
"I tried to use magic but for some reason, I couldn't! I couldn't use any magic at all." He frowned thoughtfully and placed the borrowed saber on the floor near Enigma. "Here's that back. I have some things I must see to, do tell me if there is anything I can assist you with at any point in time."
Enigma nodded and Fancy walked away. Enigma then became aware of an acute lack of doctors around him. "Buck." was all he could get out before Shadow tackle hugged him again.