Enigma nodded. "Thank you for your cooperation, I'll see what I can do about having your prison time reduced. In the meantime, if you think of anything you want to tell me, ask one of the guards to find Enigma, Bash, or Hex." Enigma flipped his notebook closed and walked off to the side. He noticed princess Celestia was now conscious, but the doctors insisted she remain lying down. He sighed and shook his head before turning to the other three agents. "Well, from what I've heard, this is what's going on. Five separate disasters cause five ponies to loose their jobs, during this time, somepony sends them letters promising them a large amount of bits if they do exactly what this pony wants. So they follow the instructions and attempt to kidnap the princesses. I don't think they were lying, though if they were simple ponies living out their lives, then why were they so good at hoof to hoof combat and why didn't they immediately tell us what we needed to know. They have to know their lives are pretty much ruined now that they've been captured."
Hex ran over a moment later. "I spoke with all of the guards, All of them say they were telepathically commanded by princess Celestia to do various things. About half of the guards were told to patrol the hallways away from the party, two or three were told to assist one of the party guests whose wagon had broken down, however, nopony was in the indicated area. Five of them were told to just take the night off and sleep, and the rest were told there was a disturbance at the main gate that needed to be dealt with. I just talked to the princess, she has no memory of ever telepathically communicating with anyone during the party." She raised an eyebrow at the three agents.
Enigma frowned. "All five of the kidnappers were ponies, unless one of the party guests did something, it had to have been somepony somewhere else." As if on que, Bash walked over at that moment. "No pony saw anything out of the ordinary before or after they were unconscious. None of the guests remember using any magic during the party, nor did anypony see any other guests using magic." Enigma nodded in thanks. "Well. This is a problem. We need to focus on finding Princess Luna now. The prisoners wouldn't give me anything to go on so we're back at square one practically." Bash thought for a moment then smiled evilly. "Give me a moment."
Everypony looked at him with interest as he walked over to the prinsoners. He said something to Rhubarb who in turn said nothing. Bash then punched him hard enough to make Rhubarb skid backwards and Sickle to move back slightly as well. Rhubarb lay on the floor unconcious as Bash stepped over to a horrified Grape Vine. He asked the question again and she could only open her mouth wordlessly. He knocked her unconscious as well and turned to Sickle who blurted out, "Warehouse 5! He said there'd be a note there for us!" Bash smiled and patted him on the head, causing him to flinch. Everypony looked at him with wide eyes when he got back to the group. "Well what are we waiting for? Let's get going! Time's a wasting!"
A while later the seven ponies arrived at warehouse 5 along with seven of the guards and the captain, shining armor. "Alright, you seven go around back and make sure they can't escape that way." Shining commanded, the guards saluted and ran toward the back. "Now, I'm going to blast open the doors, then I want you six to charge in, per your request, I'll stay out here and make sure Shadow doesn't interfere." Enigma nodded and looked over at Iron. Dawn Wing was pulling off her armor nearby to reveal a beautiful light yellow coat and a flowing golden mane. Her Cutiemark was two lightning bolts crossed in an X. Enigma almost stared at her but managed to look over at the other two. they both began taking their armor off after a moment as well. When everypony was ready, Shining used magic to blow off the lock and hinges on the large doors, causing them to fall in. They hit the floor with a loud thud and dust was sent up from the dirt floor. The six agents rushed in, ready for battle, but the structure was empty. A fire in the corner caught Enigma's eye, he walked over and saw a scrap of paper, half burnt, near the flames.
"They were here recently, it looks like they left in a hurry though. They left their masks over here and I'm pretty sure that's a piece of Princess Luna's dress." Bash called out. Enigma picked up the burnt piece of paper and examined it. The only legible area appeared to be the bottom right corner of the letter. "Immediately. Burn this letter when- don't be late- pay depends on how- attached map." Is all it said. There wasn't even a signature. "This letter isn't anything to go on. It looks like it was typed." Enigma said. He gave it to Hex to examine as he walked over to the others.
"If they're still in the city, the royal guard will find them. I've already sent out teams with search warrants. Shining said as he stepped inside. Enigma nodded at him. "Alright," He pulled out his notebook and wrote 'Princess Celestia, for your safety, do not leave the castle until Luna is found. If you need to talk to anypony, please have one of your guards deliver a message. In accordance with the E.B.D. Emergency situation code, I am temporarily seizing control of the city and enforcing Martial Law. If you have any concerns, please speak with Shining Armor. Enigma, fourth tier agent of E.B.D.' He then handed the paper to Shining Armor. "Make sure this gets to princess Celestia. I am placing Canterlot under martial law until this is sorted out, you are in charge of enforcement. Can you handle that?" Shining frowned and nodded. "Yes, but is this all necessary? They couldn't have left the city yet, there's still a chance we can find them." Enigma nodded. "Then find them, but deliver the letter. The curfew is 9pm, nopony is allowed outside after 9pm except for the guard patrols. Tell the guards that the princess well NOT be speaking to any of them telepathically and they are to report any instances of communication immediately. do I make myself clear?"
Shining nodded and galloped off with the guards he had brought along. "They can't leave by train while Princess Luna is with them, so they've either taken the north or south gate. Iron, take your team to the south gate and ask the guards if they've seen anypony leaving with anything suspicious. Also ask if they've seen any ponies leave wearing servant uniforms." Iron nodded and motioned for the other two to follow. enigma noticed that they had left behind their armor.