The Doppelganger tried to slip from under the door and windows, but Manohar's constructs sealed every way out of the room.
Then it tried to reform its body, but the cold had frozen the smaller bits of the creature and the two mages focused their darkness magic on the fragments big enough to keep moving.
It took Manohar and Phloria great caution to keep their respective spells from hurting their partner. By the time the Doppelganger was dead, half of Manohar's uniform was back to be white and Reaver had run out of spells.
The gelatinous lumps left in the room quickly evaporated, revealing a communication amulet that lost its imprint along with all the runes etched on its surface.
"This was a disaster." The Mad Professor cried over the spilled specimen. "Such a unique life form and not one fragment left to examine!"
