@Chris im thinking that it might have been that demon who's currently with the morgue bi*** (a complete and random guess) or that it could have tried searching for vikirs soul and actually found his soul but as a result of him being alive the spell failed and caused some backlash on them (this one is a better guess)
Never be restricted by other's limited mindsets so if your mindset and ideology is correct GO AND COLLECT AS MANY COTTON PICKERS AS YOU WISH TO COLLECT