#she's a little freaque of nature . time will tell if she'll eventually realize

[neurotonic]

Is Mamba destined to die after killing the Phoenix, or would Zor keep her around to do other things after the fact? Would they keep their test tube baby around after they've done what they've been built to do, or would Zor drop them off on the side of the road in a cardboard box

Very interesting question! I think because of Zor and Mamba's relationship... if Mamba managed to kill Phoenix, Zor would have ordered to kill them immediately afterwards.

The main thing here is Zor is... more or less disappointed with Mamba's whole existence. They're not Phoenix, no matter how hard they'll try. It's not the same. The reason why they haven't disposed of them already was because their indestructibility makes it a little hard to do so. While that in on itself is actually really helpful in the field, it quickly became evident that Mamba's just too emotionally fired up about getting Zor's approval and killing Phoenix that they're willing to be very reckless and very destructive. Zor hasn't tried to reign him in themselves, more due to the fact that they hate his guts so much they don't WANT to interact with him ever. It's up to Sans and his team (honestly, mostly Schaden) to try and temper him.

Obviously Zor gets enraged at the fact that they didn't get to kill their most hated enemy, but that failure of an experiment did--I think they'd take it as an insult to be honest. That's why they've been sending her to secret assassination missions far away from the Phoenix's possible locations.

Just imagine Mamba showing them her kill, Zor would bite back their rage and ask how they did so (without so much as a thanks, but Mamba doesn't notice because "Finally, they're talking to me!!") and when Mamba details everything, Zor uses that information against her. Dead and dead. I don't think they'd want to keep them around just because of the stuff above ^^^. It's not logical (wasting an extremely loyal indestructible asset?) but the principle, I feel, is more important for Zor (they don't have to give that imperfection the satisfaction of a compliment). Also they're just. not Phoenix. They want Phoenix.