D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad

Chapter 1712 Shattering the Moment

--- Lily ---

Lily dropped back to the ground and pulled out transformed to get a proper look down the hole. She had her shadows constantly moving around her in a defensive patterns just in case Trvis started to attack again... though perhaps calling ’him’ Trvis was the wrong move.

*I have no idea what to think of this. I mean... I guess it makes sense? We knew we were dealing with clone stuff... but it just felt like that guy was the original. So... what does this mean?* Said ’guy’ was currently teleporting around, clutching his temples while screaming. His body was shifting underneath him like a bundle of balled up angry eels and it wasn’t helping Lily organise her thoughts. "Well... what the heck does this mean?" asked Lily aloud.

Hunter swiftly made her way over and leaned down to look into the pit. "Ah... this is most concerning. I wonder what that means for the Trvis that is screaming. He is remarkably coherent for a clone. I wonder if he has a soul of his own or if it’s just the original soul stretched to be in two places... or perhaps moved into the one we see up here?"

"AAAAAAAHH" screamed Trvis as Lily glanced over. It seemed like he wasn’t going to be in position to answer questions any time soon. Lily... honestly felt somewhat bad. She was trying to puzzle out how to kill this... person? That was having an existential crisis and just really not handling this new bit of information well.

"So um... what’s the difference?" asked Lily.

"Well if there is two souls here... it might give us options? I really don’t know. See, while a soul corrupted by demonic energy cannot be saved... if he was created with it? Well then I can see it as possible he can be saved. Especially knowing you exist. Of course, that’s just a small possibility..."

"I say we kill him," stated Meg. Lily leaped up and backwards, nearly falling over due to the uneven terrain but between her instincts her tail and both arms she was able to stabilise herself. "I mean, even if he might, possible, maybe, be saved it would be a LOT of work and probably invasive experimentation. It would not be a happy life until they worked it out... and they would throw him to the ’science at any cost’ types for sure,"

Lily winced, already having a very good idea of what sort of person Meg was talking about. "Can we even kill him?" asked Hunter. "While breaking this crystal will probably have some effect will he die?"

"Eh... probably?" offered Meg.

"Probably?" asked Lily.

"I don’t like how casually we’re talking about killing a man..." mumbled Strdl.

"Didn’t you almost kill a guy earlier today? I’m also not sure he counts as a man anymore," retorted Meg.

"I am fine with him dying," stated Pebbles. "He was not a good man... but he deserves some dignity in death. If we can end this saga now I say we do so. It will keep the mess contained, hopefully deal with the clones still in the city and ensures that his story will simply end in a few moments,"

"I did warn him that ’a few moments’ for a time manipulator might be a while right?" asked Meg as she twirled a needles on her fingers.

"Indeed you did 23HX502. Personally I have no strong feelings one way or the other... yet it seems those of us who do possess those strong feelings feel that killing him is the way to go about it. I do not find myself irritated by this plan," added Hunter.

"My little sis, so mean using that serial number to identify me, such sadness!" whined Meg.

All the while Lily was looking down at the trapped form of Trvis. She didn’t know what the best plan was... so she decided to try getting his attention. "TRVIS!" hissed Lily. The slamming stopped as the figure turned towards her. "You’ve got two options. Death, or perhaps salvation through long and torturous experimentation that will possibly be lethal. Which are you more interested in?"

Lily could feel the glares coming from the others, but too bad. She’d decided to ask and would not interfere once an answer was given. If they chose to ignore Trvis? Lily decided that it wasn’t on her head. "I... I... death. I think I choose death," whispered Trvis.

Of course the sound was more than loud enough for the improved hearing of Meg who jumped straight into the hole and slammed her knitting needles into the crystal construct. Shit... I think the shock has hit him hard. I don’t... I don’t know if this is an answer he can be happy with.

Despite Lily’s concerns events had been set in motion already. The Trvis in the crystal shattered to pieces, and once the crystal reformed he was gone from with it. Trvis the monster started to crack in place, with bits of light shining from within. He didn’t fight. He didn’t squirm. He made no attempt to save himself.

Once the cracks had covered he entire body, he simply crumbled to dust all at once. There was no shattering, no explosion of light. He simply... stopped existing.