Diabla

> I would’ve given anything, to jussst see his face again…
>
> - Diabla grieving over Alex.

**Diabla** is a vicious Reptilioid who serves as the main antagonist of *Natalie III*. An alternate version of Natalie Norcio, Diabla comes from a fallen apart world where she has lost everything and has therefore chosen to go by a different name and take up a life of merciless hunting for a shady faction known as the Redmoon Federation.

She is described by her creator theryanjake11 as "*a Natalie that has lost everything*", as this Natalie watched the death of her young nephew which proved to be her tipping point.

## Appearance

Being a Reptilioid, Diabla possesses the usual features of her species such as sharp teeth, claws, and scales. Diabla's scales are pinkish-red rather than the original blue of her counterpart. Diabla is the first Reptilioid to sport orange eyes with dark rings around them, she also has white armoured plating on her skull complete with thorns. Diabla possesses considerable musculature, such as prominent abs.

Diabla sports various different outfits throughout Natalie III, during her first appearance she sports a black ops-like outfit that covers her entire body up until she unmasks herself. During her talk with assistant Kingston, she is wearing less clothing that exposes her stomach, arms, and legs. When she fights Natalie, she is wearing a black bra and matching shorts.

## History

### Early Life

Natalie Norcio was born at a time where Reptilioid population was increasing and becoming a fear of many citizens, Natalie and her sister would become afraid of the horror stories she would be told about the lizard people and had to stay within a strict curfew at all times. All this fear eventually lead to Natalie developing severe anger issues, and was deemed a troubled child.

It wasn't until the birth of her nephew Alex when Natalie calmed down and began looking for ways to calm herself down, leading her to practicing martial arts and intense meditation. These combined elements gave Natalie a sense of inner peace that improved her life. Becoming paranoid that Alex was not safe from the lizards that lurked around, Natalie became obsessed with researching the Reptilioid population which lead her to rumours of an organization called Redmoon Federation that was hunting down every last lizard.

This growing obsession isolated Natalie from her family, and allowed her to eventually learn of some of the lizard hideouts when she went searching on her own, getting into many close calls with the lizard people. This would catch the attention of Redmoon Federation who offered Natalie a job to the young woman where she would help them track down the whereabouts of the lizards, but Natalie refused as she did not trust the organization.

This would lead to a troubling situation, where Natalie would be threatened as well as her family by Redmoon if she did not join them. Eventually Redmoon proceeded to kill off every member of Natalie's family, leaving Alex as the only surviving member she had left. Natalie could take no more and decided to join Redmoon on the condition they leave Alex alone. Redmoon would comply and transform Natalie into a reptilian creature that would help them seek out the lizard population a lot quicker.

Unfortunately, Alex would be killed by Redmoon without Natalie learning of their involvement, blaming the lizard population instead. This caused Natalie to snap, deciding to change her name to 'Diabla' as she believed she didn't deserve her given name nor the Norcio name for failing to protect Alex. Diabla would be assisted by another fairly quiet Reptilioid called Kingston, whom Diabla would treat as a punching bag to assert her dominance.

### *Natalie III*

The sporadic portal storms caused by Motesius' release managed to pull both Diabla and Kingston from their own universe and place them in another, where she and Kingston found themselves in the unfamiliar ruins of Downpour City. As they made their way through the hills they stumbled upon a shack where the ashamed Tera had been living since Rourke's death. Diabla immediately attacks Tera and questions her on their location, Diabla is amused after hearing that it's seemingly Downpour City. Diabla claims that Downpour City is a "mega city, filled with technological advancements".

Further interrogation leads Tera to mentioning the name Natalie as well as Alex which catches Diabla's attention. Diabla then decides to grip Tera's body between her thighs and literally squeeze her to death in return for calling Alex a "bastard nephew". Diabla and Kingston continue their trek across the wasteland where a shocked Diabla eventually spots Alex walking alone close by. Diabla approaches Alex and touches his face, she is then interrupted by Natalie and company whom order Diabla to step away from Alex. Diabla becomes enraged when Alex begins walking away, suddenly punching Natalie and sending her crashing into the ground.

Diabla attempts to strike again by jumping in the air and diving towards Natalie with a fist, the blue lizard rolls out of the way and Diabla puts her fist through the floor as she glares at Natalie, declaring she will not lose Alex again. Pulling out a firearm, Diabla holds Natalie's friends at gunpoint and orders them to hand Alex over to her.

Natalie pulls out her own weapon and shoots Diabla in the torso, causing Kingston to have to drag his superior to away to safety. The two manage to find a safe area and set up a campfire, Diabla strips some of her clothing in order to treat her bullet wound.

As she looks up at the sky, Diabla ponders if this whole situation has been given to her as a second chance in order to rescue Alex from his fate. She reminisces about her past briefly to Kingston, acknowledging the odd situation they've found themselves in. As Kingston promises to stick by her, Diabla suddenly kicks Kingston to the ground and mounts him, stating how she could crush him anytime she wants and that she likes Kingston's obedience. She tells Kingston that they must kill Natalie, her friends, and then get Alex back.

As Natalie's friend Dili ventures into the lower levels of her home to round up the lizards for their move to a new home elsewhere, she finds Kingston setting up bombs and is then ambushed by Diabla who walks her outside at gunpoint. Diabla confronts Natalie and the others, demanding Alex be handed over to her. Natalie instead challenges Diabla to a one-on-one fight which causes Diabla to undress herself down to just a bra and shorts, appearing similar to Natalie's own wardrobe.

Diabla then equips a pair of double-bladed wrist blades. Natalie charges Diabla who immediately tries to strike her counterpart, but Natalie manages to block both attacks and kick Diabla which sends the red reptile flying and smacking off a piece of metal.

Landing in a junkyard, Diabla picks herself up off the ground as Natalie leaps into action. Diabla leaps in the air and swings both her arms down onto Natalie, who grabs her doppelganger by the wrists and pushes her back. Natalie tries to strike but Diabla ducks and delivers a harsh kick to Natalie's back. As Natalie is shot back into a nearby wall, Diabla rushes to deliver a blade-driven strike that Natalie manages to block by locking her arm with Diabla's. Using this as an opportunity, Natalie delivers multiple blows to Diabla's ribs before being met with a blade right to her gut. Injured, Natalie manages to pull Diabla closer and deliver a swift headbutt which causes Diabla to stumble backwards into a car.

However, Diabla suddenly grabs said car from behind and rams it right into Natalie which crushes her into a nearby wall. Diabla then grinds the car upwards which drags Natalie off the ground and causes her severe pain. Diabla yells at Natalie, explaining how Alex was her everything and now she doesn't have him anymore. Diabla releases Natalie from the car and throws it aside, letting Natalie slide to the floor. Natalie questions Diabla's identity, to which she replies with "Natalie Norcio". Diabla attempts to impale Natalie through the head with her wrist blades but she dodges it and the blade becomes stuck in the wall. Natalie kicks Diabla in the face once again, causing the wrist blade to remain stuck in the wall. Diabla flies onto the bonnet of a nearby car.

Natalie then jumps towards Diabla with a closed fist but Diabla evades the strike and Natalie ends up hitting the bonnet, Diabla then bites into Natalie's arm and swings her overhead which dislocates her arm in the process. As Natalie hits the ground, Diabla uses her other wrist blade to stab Natalie in the back twice. After mocking Natalie for being unable to continue the fight, Diabla calls out for Alex who comes out from behind a nearby car and looks at the red reptile. Diabla explains that she is Alex's aunt, not the one on the ground. As the blue Natalie reaches out to her nephew and prepares to detonate the explosives, Alex reveals an Uzi from behind his back and clumsily fires at Diabla which causes him to fall onto the ground.

Hurt and confused from Alex's actions, Diabla is distracted long enough for Natalie to shoot up from the ground and elbow Diabla so hard she flies backwards into the floor. Grabbing Diabla's jammed arm blade, Natalie stabs Diabla through the stomach before lifting her up into the air and impaling her on the roof of a car. Natalie then kicks the car, causing it to shoot off and crash into a section of the building built above their home. Natalie receives clarification that all lizards have been evacuated, and detonates the explosives, engulfing Diabla in the process. Diabla's hand shoots out of the debris and she climbs out of the rubble where Kingston assists her, Natalie and her friends approach their downed foe as the portal storms start up again.

As the two Natalie's speak, Diabla suffers an emotional breakdown and cries, claiming that she joined Redmoon as she had nothing left after her Alex perished. Alex walks towards the sobbing Diabla, embracing his aunt from another universe as the others look on. As this happens, both Diabla and Kingston are enveloped by purple mist and they disappear, sent back to their own universe.

## Personality

Even though she comes from an alternate dimension, Diabla possesses much of the same personality traits her blue counterpart possesses such as a short temper and tomboyish attitude. However due to her circumstances, Diabla is far more angry and dangerous.

Diabla is shown to be massively egotistical, as she often asserts her dominance over Kingston by literally sitting on him and talks about how she could dispose of him if she wanted to. Despite her irritable and seemingly heartless demeanour, Diabla is shown to have a bit of love left in her heart after finding the alternate Alex. She also broke down in tears whilst explaining what happened in her universe with her Alex.

## Powers & Abilities

### **Little Miss Crucifier**

Diabla's main weapon of choice is a futuristic-looking pistol manufactured by Redmoon, Diabla personally named it and customized the colour to match her own scales.

### Arm Blades

Diabla possesses two pairs of red arm blades that attach to her wrists.

### Enhanced Strength

Being a reptile, Diabla possesses immense strength which has been greatly enhance by her own strict exercise regime. This is shown when she punches Natalie in the stomach, sending her counterpart flying.

### Enhanced Agility

Much like her counterpart, Diabla possesses enhanced agility and managed to evade most of the other Natalie's attacks.

### Enhanced Durability

Diabla possesses enhanced durability, best demonstrated when she manages to survive being engulfed in an explosion and buried under debris.

### Enhanced Healing

Being a Reptilioid, Diabla is able to heal from most wounds, demonstrated when she managed to do so from her gunshot wound inflicted by the blue Natalie.

### Claws

Even though Diabla possesses claws like any other Reptilioid she, much like her counterpart, refrains from using them in combat.

### Teeth

Diabla is shown to use her teeth during battle as she used her powerful jaw to bite into Natalie's arm and swing her overhead onto the ground, dislocating Natalie's arm in the process.