[Lois smiles at this, sickly sweet though still directed at the fire. She pulls one hand back to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, moving slowly and deliberately. Once finished, her fingers shoot out to the side, John close enough for her to grab his arm without moving any other part of her body. Her hold on his limb is steely and unrelenting.

She unleashes just a tendril of her power, the disruptive energy field she controls creeping into his chest, causing an arrhytmic beat to tap out in his chest. She can feel her desire to kill swell, but she is calm and controlled. Soon enough, one way or another, his life will be forefit to her.]

Don't test me, you spineless flatscan lover. You may have meant something to Magneto once, but you are nothing here now. Nothing.