Enigma managed to shake Shadow off in time for Bash and Hex to arrive. "What the buck, Enigma!? I've been trying to contact you ever since you woke up! Why didn't you answer!?" Hex yelled at him. Bash shook his head and appeared to attempt to focus on something. Enigma looked at Hex confused.
"I haven't heard anything from you or Bash since we spoke on the balcony." The guards were beginning to remove citizens from the hall as they spoke. Enigma noticed that the three ponies he and Tsunami had taken down were still sitting on the floor, cuffed together. "Do you know any of those ponies over there? They were masquerading as butlers during the party."
Hex glanced at the three ponies and looked back at Enigma. "Never seen them before in my life. Now next time something like this happens I-" She was cut off by a guard as he walked over.
"You four need to leave immediately, this area is now off limits to the public until we find Princess Luna." He spoke in a gruff voice with a slight Scottish accent, his coat was brown and he didn't look like the other guards. Enigma, Bash, and Hex fished around in their pockets for a moment before pulling out small medallions on chains. The medallions were all different, Enigma's was a four pointed star, Bashes was a five pointed star, and Hex's was a six pointed star. All three had the letters "E.B.D.F.A" stamped in the middle of the star. The guard examined the medallions a moment then nodded. "Fine, but the dark coated unicorn has to leave."
"I'm with him!" She said, suddenly hugging Enigma tightly. She forced all the air out of him, making it so he didn't have the breath to protest with.
The guard rolled his eyes and walked away muttering, "Whatever."
Shadow let go of Enigma but stayed close to his side. "So what are those medals?" She asked curiously. She attempted to take Enigma's but he put it back in his pocket quickly.
"It's just our identification, like a name tag." He said to Shadow. "So then, shall we get started questioning the prisoners? We should get on this as soon as we can." Hex shook her head.
"We're on vacation remember? We CAN'T question the prisoners. I'm guessing a squad will be sent any time now." She looked around and saw three very official looking ponies. One was a pony, one was a pegasus, and the last was a unicorn. All three were wearing black tinted armor with their medallion embedded in the chest plate. They walked toward the prisoners expressionlessly and stopped when they were within striking distance. "Oh look at that. They sent literally the newest group in the organization. Are they even taking this kidnapping seriously?" Hex asked in disgust. Bash raised an eyebrow at the fancy armor they wore.
"They're using the standard issue armor? No one uses that. It clanks like a kitchen and shines like the sun, even in moonlight." He shook his head in disgust. "These three are going to die. I guarantee if they do this mission the way they're doing things now, they're going to die."
Enigma chuckled in amusement. "Who do they think that's going to impress? The prisoners? No pony ever takes you seriously when you wear that armor. It makes you look like a really tall turtle!" As if to prove his point, one of the prisoners laughed at the unicorn when he asked him a question. "Think we should help them?" Enigma asked. Shadow watched with interest, trying to take everything in.
"If I just stay quiet, they won't know I'm here." She thought as she followed them toward the prisoners. They approached the three smugly, all three had an insult prepared. Enigma was first.
"So, have you three shiny, clanking, black turtles seen the three ponies who were supposed to be interrogating the prisoners? We really need them here soon." One of the prisoners snickered.
Hex was up next. "Soooo, did every other squad die or something? Is that why they sent you guys? Cause usually they send ponies who know what their doing in these situations." A second prisoner nodded his head in approval.
Bash was last. "I, for one, am impressed you have the self esteem it takes to wear those garbage cans out in public. What's your secret? Complete obliviousness to your surroundings? A deep self hatred that makes you want others to look down on you?" The third prisoner laughed evilly.
The unicorn glared at the four murderously. "We ARE the interrogators, we were sent because the council felt we would do best, and we wear this armor with pride for the organization, seeing as no pony else will. I'm just going to assume that you three are the hay for brains who let the princess get kidnapped. Nice job." He said sarcastically.
Enigma rolled his eyes. "If we hadn't been here, there would be two kidnapped princesses and zero prisoners to interrogate. I'd like to see one of you fight off two ponies while half asleep and dizzy." The first prisoner nodded in agreement.
"Ya'll look like ya could hardly fight off a trainin' dummy." The first prisoner said. The second chimed in as well. "I agree vith him, you vould stand nicht chance against us." The third shook her head at them. "I'm guessing zat you three vould be incapable of zee fast movement in such ridiculous armor."
Enigma made a mental note of their accents, placing one from the south, the second from Germaneigh, and the third from Prance. "If you want, we could come out of vacation a tad early and help you interrogate these prisoners, if you allow us to tag along with you to make sure you don't get yourselves killed."
The unicorn, who was apparently the only one worthy of speaking, snorted in disgust. "We are perfectly capable of interrogating these prisoners ourselves. Now move along, CIVILIAN, you are interfering with our work." Enigma narrowed his eyes at being called civilian.
"You know, I was seriously considering helping you ponies out, but now I'm just going to sit back and watch you fail miserably at interrogating. When you're done, I might do a little interrogating myself. You know, get everything you missed, which will probably be most of the information. Since you three are going to be incapable of completing this mission quickly, we're going to have to do it for you. Trust me, you're already three steps behind us. Notice how Hex has been gone for most of this conversation? She's questioning guards. Can't find Bash? He's questioning the party guests. Me? I'm just waiting for three little maggots to vacate the premises." He said.
The three ponies and Shadow looked around in surprise when they noticed Bash and Hex were in fact missing. "Whoa." Shadow said in awe.