Enigma walked until he was just barely within range of hearing and sat down to wait for the three to leave. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Hex talking to two of the guards, he couldn't tell what they were saying, but it seemed as though Hex was a little bit annoyed. He turned his attention back to the prisoners when he heard the interrogation begin. The unicorn started by telling the three ponies that if they cooperated, he could get them out of being executed. Enigma rolled his eyes, attempted kidnapping got you 50 years in prison max, actually kidnapping one of the princesses would likely get life in prison, the death penalty hadn't been used in over a hundred years.
After a while Enigma simply lost interest, these three were not very good at interrogations and their threat to torture them was met with laughter. After about twenty minutes, the pegasus walked over to Enigma. "Ah, hello sir... the interrogations are... not going smoothly. I was hoping you would lend a hand? I'm agent Dawn Wing by the way." She held out a hoof and Enigma shook it.
"Just call me Enigma, was this a group consensus? Your leader seems a tad angry that you walked over here." He said looking over at the unicorn who was glaring at them both.
"Oh... yes, it was a group consensus. Iron is just a little nervous, this is our first big mission and he really doesn't want mess it up." She said, she adjusted her helmet letting a bit of bright gold colored hair come down. She smiled a bit then noticed Shadow. "Oh, she was with your group earlier, is she helping us?" She asked.
Enigma turned and looked at Shadow. "No, she isn't. In fact, why don't you go home. I'm sure your father is worried about you." He said. She shook her head and stayed put right where she was. Enigma sighed. "Fine, but one word and I'll have the guards escort you out. Now then, let's get this started shall we?" Enigma stood and followed Dawn Wing to the others. He stood in front of Iron and looked him up and down. "I'll apologize for treating you roughly, but seriously, loose the armor. You look ridiculous." He said.
Iron opened his mouth angrily to say something but just closed it. "Apology accepted. I guess. If we don't wear our armor, what do we wear?" He asked. Enigma thought for a while before shrugging.
"Alright," he turned to the prisoners, "you three are looking at 50 years of prison top, maybe 55 but you aren't going to be executed. Depending on how helpful you are, I can extend, shorten, make more comfortable, or make less comfortable your stay. All three of you know exactly what you were doing at the time I assume?" The three of them nodded. "Alright, you're from prance, correct?" He asked pointing at the one on the right. She nodded her head in confusion, "Yes, but vhat does zat 'ave to do vith anyzing?" Enigma turned to the one in the middle. "Germaneigh?" The prisoner nodded. The last one spoke up before Enigma could ask the question. "Ya, ahm from Equestria." Enigma nodded.
"Alright, now how did you three, along with your two mysterious accomplices, meet? Were you contacted by somepony?" None of the three spoke. Enigma sighed, "Alright, we'll come back to that one. Were you going to be payed for the kidnapping?" He asked. None of them spoke for a minute, then the pony from prance spoke up. "Ve vere going to ranzom zee prinzesses, zen split zee bits." Enigma nodded in approval. "What is your name?" He asked. "Grape Vine." she said. "Well grape vine, you've knocked five years off of your prison visit." He said. He pulled out a notepad and wrote something down.
"How did you drug everypony?" He asked. The pony from Equestria spoke this time. "We were given a powder ta poison the drinks with. We were told it was only effective in large amounts though. Mah name's Rhubarb by the way." He said. Enigma nodded and wrote down his name along with five tally marks. "Who gave you the powder?" Rhubarb opened his mouth but Enigma cut him off. "Let's let Germaneigh have a chance to talk, ok?" Rhubarb nodded and Enigma turned to the final pony. "Ve never met him, he only ever left notes for us. The last note ve received had the powder and instructions." Enigma nodded. "My name ist sickle." He said. Enigma wrote it down.
"Do you still have any of the letters or powder?" Enigma asked. Rhubarb shook his head. "We were told ta burn em' and we used up all the powder in ta drinks." Enigma wrote down five more tallies for Rhubarb. "Can you tell me the names of the two ponies who got away?" He asked. All three remained silent. "Can you tell me where you were going to take the princesses?" Again, there was only silence. Enigma sighed and crossed out five tallies for each of them. "Can you tell me why you were kidnapping the princesses?" They looked down a little guiltily. "Ah... mah farm ain't doin so well, we've had drought and insects fer the last two months. Ah needed the bits somethin fierce. Ah got a letter bout a week ago, and that's when ah came here." Next to speak was Grape Vine. "My vinery vas recently burned down, ve don't know how, but it's gone. I received a letter just like zem." Finally sickle spoke last. "I vas contacted ven I vas fired from my job as ein wheat harvester. I just needed the bits..."