Rescuing John - Inside Nergal's Lair- Nergal/Zee/X-23
Zee resisted the urge to roll her eyes but she did push her hands together a little harder, making the cage around Nergal smaller. That was one of the worst things about demons, they loved the sounds of their own voices far too much. "As much fun as it would be to shout to all demonkind that you were bested by a few of John's friends, I think we're just going to make a quiet exit and allow you to stay and wallow in your failure."
It was time to go. As tempting as it might have been to crush him now that she had him at her mercy, John had earned that right a few dozen times over and she wouldn't take that from him if he had a mind to really go after the demon in future.
"Dear," She said to Laura, knowing better than to use her name in front of the demon. "If you could collect the others, I'll open the door." She couldn't portal directly onto the station but she could tap into the magic of hell and use it to take them right up to the door in pretty much the same way she had gotten them inside Nergal's place.