Rescuing John - Inside Nergal's Lair- Nergal/Zee/X-23
"Greedy little thing, aren't you?" Zee smirked, eyes briefly darting to the demons that had slipped past her to the door. No more waiting and playing around then. Bryn could probably handle them on her own if her magic failed but he had more to call on. So many more. She sighed softly when they started their own she turned her eyes back to Nergal. "I offer you power enough to realign the cosmos and manipulate reality to suit your desires and you ask for more. I don't think you're taking my offer seriously. You can see into me, I know you're looking. You can see exactly what Constantine means to me, what I'd be willing to do to save him and how far I would go. But even in my extreme moments, I would not tolerate the trade of anything other than I'm offering. You'll get nothing from those that I've brought with me. You get me or you'll get this place pulled down around your ears."
She'd said it quickly, knowing he wouldn't have time to really respond to her. That was the point, as soon as he'd shown up with backup that meant there would be a fight, the question was how it would really start. When the door and the magic that held it failed, Zatanna straightened and prepared herself for what she was about to do.
"Well, it looks like time is up, isn't it? Seems like you'll get nothing at all. Isn't that a shame?" And with that she tossed her hat at him, Fuseli a small, ugly green imp with a devious smile and hauntingly large eyes lept from her hat as it flew through the air, flinging himself at Nergal's face. The landing wasn't graceful, the imp had to grab onto the greater demon's horns and claw at Nergal's throat to gain any kind of purchase. Maybe sending him after a greater demon was a mistake, after all, it was unlikely that he could get Nergal to fall asleep when he was so awake and alert, but it was distraction enough for Zee to do what she needed.
She stepped back and grabbed Laura's shoulder, "Ekoms dna srorrim, etaerc Arual snoisulli." In the space around them five more Lauras appeared, each identical to the true Laura and convincing enough that if Nergal did manage to get Fuseli off his face he wouldn't know which was the real one.