Rescuing John - Inside Nergal's Lair- Nergal/Zee/X-23
A slow mirthless smile spread over the mutant's lips. All she had needed was an excuse. Her head cocked slightly when Zatanna threw what looked like a tiny demon at the larger one. And then created illusions of her. Would they be more than smoke and mirrors? Would they attack how she attacked? There was only one way to find out.
"I was thinking about carving my freedom out of your flesh. But you don't own me, and I'm not afraid of you." Sass. As she crouched down ready to spring at the larger demon once the little one was finished with it's work. Her claws might not kill Nergal, but they would make him think twice of ever laying claim on her again. Or anything that was hers. And she had killed things bigger, stronger, and tougher.