"North!" Bunnymund's voice echoed throughout the workshop, startling the man into dropping his newest ice creation.
He grumbled to himself as he made his way to his fellow guardian to see what was so important that he had to come unannounced. What he saw definitely wasn't expected. All of the guardians were gathered in the room, not just Bunny. "What is this?" He questioned his friends, having no idea why they had gathered in his home so unexpectedly.
"Why don't you tell us, mate. You're the one who called us here." At this North looked thoroughly confused.
"No I didn't." The five guardians looked between each other, waiting for someone to be able to explain what was going on.
"Maybe one of the elves or yetis did it?" Tooth suggested, but North shook his head 'no' immediately.
"They wouldn't have touched it. They know better than that."
"I believe I can offer an explanation." A silky voice not belonging to any of the guardians interjected and all heads turned to the globe.
"Pitch? Shouldn't you be hiding in a cave somewhere?" Jack taunted the man sitting atop the globe.
"Now, now Jack. Settle down. I'm not here to start a fight, only to talk." Pitch held his hands up in front of him defensively.
Bunny snorted, still gripping onto his boomerangs tightly. "Since when are you the talking type?"
"Since I have a proposition that you five may be interested in."The guardians looked at each other, wondering what Pitch could be up to this time, but not interrupting. "You see, I've been developing a new…" Pitch paused a moment to think of the proper word. "weapon of sorts. I think it would be in all of our best interests to come to an agreement rather than fight it out this time. It will take so much effort for me to finish the development and the five of you couldn't hope to defeat me once I've finished. We should just skip all that unpleasantness. Let's say, you hand over half of the world's children to me and I won't have to destroy all of you."
"We'd never give up a single child to you Pitch, no matter how much you threaten us." Tooth's feathers ruffled in anger at his suggestion that they could strike a deal.
"Oh really? It's too bad you already let me have one of your precious children. I believe he's right about…here." Pitch leaned to his left and jabbed his finger in the direction of New York City.
"What are you talking about? You don't have any believers, nobody's believed in you for years."
"That's where you're wrong, Jack. I have the only believer I'll need to defeat all of you. Such a beautiful boy that you all neglected over the years." Pitch cooed, disappearing into the shadows so he could reappear closer to the guardians. "It's such a shame you can't see into his mind like I can. Such a beautifully disturbed boy. But, I guess you will meet him soon if you don't want to accept my bargain. Remember, I offered you a way out. Everything that happens from this point is of your own doing."