Gila

* Reptilioid
* Pre-Mutation

> Oh, give me a damn break... being sssurrounded by more flesh bagsss isssn't that exciting!
>
> - Gila expressing her displeasure with Liza's plan to invade Howlite City.

**Gila** spent her earlier years as a regular lizard that was a loved pet owned by the family of renowned scientist Dr. Curt Connors, originally bought as a gift for his daughter Amanda.

After failing to save his terminally ill daughter with the use of a serum mixed with human blood and a few herbs from a mysterious island, Curt threw the remaining serum at the wall in anger and Gila licked some that had leaked into her cage and subsequently died. Curt flushed her down the toilet, and she eventually grew into a humanoid form.

Gila is loosely based off of the Marvel character of the same name.

## Appearance

In her pre-mutation days, Gila was a regular spiked lizard with dark green scales and yellow eyes.

After her mutation Gila grew into a humanoid form and kept her yellow eyes, but now possesses murky green scales and towers her fellow lizards. She also possesses a more muscular frame.

During her brief cameo as a hallucination in *Martha/Liza Chapter Six*, Gila possesses pupil-less eyes.

## History

### Early Life

Gila was bought as a pet by scientist Curt Connors for his ill daughter Amanda, who cherished her new friend and spent most of if not all of her time with it. Amanda would name the lizard Gila, and place her in a tank in her room where she would often speak to the lizard.

### *Scaly Tales*

As Amanda's condition worsened over time, Gila could only watch from her containment as Amanda eventually passed away in her bed surrounded by her parents. Angry that his serum didn't help cure Amanda, Curt tossed it at the wall and it smashed. Unbeknownst to Curt and Margaret who grieved, the serum leaked down into Gila's tank where the curious lizard licked the unknown substance.

Exactly three weeks later, Gila would be found unresponsive in her tank and flushed down the toilet by Curt, who consoled his heartbroken wife as it was the last part of Amanda they had lost.

Gila had landed in the sewers, where she remained unresponsive up until her body began to mutate from the serum. She morphed into a bigger, humanoid form while also gaining the ability to speak. Gila noticed her situation and observed her new physique before becoming very upset, believing she was abandoned.

Wanting revenge, Gila made her way back to the Connors residence through destroying the pipe system below their home, emerging from the bathroom and immediately targeting Curt who investigated the noise. Gila caused Curt to back away before eventually berating him for turning her into a freak and then throwing her away. Gila grabbed Curt by his shirt and forcefully shoved him into the wall, causing him to fall down. Curt could barely believe it, but this was once the tiny little pet he had gotten Amanda.

As Margaret approached from behind armed with a frying pan she was noticed by Gila, who stated she was going to take care of the two of them. As Gila raised her claws to Curt, the man began to suffer a mental breakdown and apologise for not only what he did to Gila but also failing to save his daughter's life. This caused Gila to freeze, she then looked at a photo frame of her and Amanda the day they met. Gila could not help but feel sympathetic, choosing to leave as Margaret consoled her husband.

After returning to the sewers where she began feeding on rats, but noticed a team of workers down in her domain. As the group of unwanted visitors moved barrels, Gila attacked them and demanded them to leave.

Alone in the sewers, Gila sat and continued to observe her new body. She suddenly noticed a small spherical object drop next to her, it exploded and released a strong gas throughout the area which eventually knocked Gila out. A squad of mysterious soldiers then appeared, retrieving the unconscious body as a detective named Mary Jane watched from a distance.

The squad, employed by Corvus, would load Gila onto a helicopter and fly her out to sea where they subsequently dumped her body into the water, Gila's body was carried by the water all the way to an island where it washed ashore. Upon waking up, Gila only grew angrier as she believed she was abandoned by humanity once again and roared into the sky. Her shoulder was then touched by someone standing behind her.

Gila looked back and was met with Sassy, who was holding a glowing staff. As she smiles at Gila, Sassy insists that humanity did not abandon her but rather brought her home.

Later on when detective Mary Jane arrives on the island after following the Corvus case and the now mutated Margaret Connors, Gila rose up behind Mary Jane and held her in position as Sassy delivered a swift scratch to her face that transformed the detective into a Reptilioid. As Sassy told her new sisters of her plan to colonize the island, Gila became interested in the idea of not living around humans and accepted Sassy's leadership.

### *Martha/Liza Chapter Three*

Shortly after falling from from a plane with Liza and Lacertia, David woke up on Isla de Reptilia and began searching for Martha. He is then knocked nonconscious by Gila who is disgusted that a human is on the island. Picking up the human male, Gila takes David to Sassy and throws him at her feet and questions his usefulness to them.

As Sassy chooses to keep David around to use for breeding, Gila becomes disturbed at the idea of being intimate with a human. A year later when Mary Jane takes David outside in order for Sassy to allow him to choose one of her subjects to breed with, Gila is leaning against a building watching him and refusing to let David touch her.

Gila would angrily look on as Uira, the island's lightning god, arrives and demands a sacrifice in exchange for allowing Sassy and her subjects to continue living on his island. When Sassy meets Liza and chooses her to be the island's new leader, she then decides to sacrifice herself to stop Uira much to Gila's disapproval, as she believes that Liza whom she believes is a "random lizard", cannot be their new leader.

After Sassy dies Gila, alongside Liza, Margaret, and Mary Jane confront Uira themselves.

Uira gains the upper hand on the four lizards up until Liza, using the power of Sassy's staff, combines her power with Gila and the others which generates beams of light that erupt from their chests. Their combined power defeats Uira, and Gila gives the lightning god the bird beforehand. As everyone composes themselves, Gila wonders where Mary Jane has gotten to.

### *Martha/Liza Chapter Four*

Gila is first seen attending a meeting with the other lizard girls as they listen to Liza, who plans on bringing her subjects to civilization so that they can find a new place to live, as Liza believes that they deserve better than the island they currently live on. Gila later assists Liza and the others in moving some boats out to sea, with her complaining about being surrounded by more "fleshbags" when they arrive on land.

As the band of lizards arrive to Howlite City, they look over the city from a rooftop and Gila keeps David in a strict headlock to keep him from wandering off. When Liza manages to carjack and infect an innocent man, Gila locks David in the boot and gets in the vehicle with her cohorts as they drive through town.

    Liza brings Gila and the others into an establishment called Club Nightshade, where Gila briefly berates both Margaret and Mary Jane for leaving the group to do their nails. The lizards hide out in the backrooms where she grabs the intoxicated Cassie inside where they infect her. Gila sneaks away and begins drinking alcohol in another room elsewhere, she calls in David who runs past in search of Liza as she is in trouble. Gila spends some time talking to David, deeming him not as bad as she previously thought.

Corvus invade Howlite City and begin hunting down the Reptilioids when their lizard army begins growing out of control, Gila joins Liza and her friends in the ensuing chaos before watching it all unfold from a building. Corvus himself then appears in a helicopter and confronts the four lizards, he then decides to kill Liza as she is the leader.

The moment Corvus fires his specialised weapon, Gila leaps in front of the bullet and is mortally wounded. Liza immediately checks up on Gila and tries to keep her alive, Gila mentions how she's done her part and is sorry for being so stubborn all the time before dying in Liza's arms.

### ***Martha/Liza Chapter Six***

When Czarina uses her powers on Liza, it sends the Reptilioid into a hallucination of Martha's isolated residence. Liza enters the house and encounters numerous entities from her past including Cassie and Natalie. Gila appears as one of the hallucinations, where she asks Liza why she abandoned her people and leadership.

Liza is left speechless and horrified at the sight of her dead friend, she soon wakes up in Czarina's claws.

## Personality

As a result of being abandoned by her owners, Gila is incredibly irritable and brash to anyone around her and this extends to her lizard friends especially when Mary Jane is being annoying. Gila especially hates humans, referring to them as "fleshbags" due to her past experiences with them. It is possible she deeply loved Amanda, as a picture frame of the girl caught Gila's attention.

She can also be very dangerous when angry, as she attacked and chased off a group of humans who trespassed into her domain in the sewers. Gila can warm up to people, as she and David had a conversation which lead to Gila dialling down the attitude towards him.

## Powers & Abilities

### Enhanced Strength

Being a Reptilioid, Gila possesses superhuman strength.

### Enhanced Agility

Being a Reptilioid, Gila possesses superhuman agility.

### Enhanced Durability

Being a Reptilioid, Gila possesses superhuman durability. Unfortunately, the specialised weapon Corvus used was enough to fatally wound her.

### Enhanced Healing

Being a Reptilioid, Gila possesses superhuman healing.

### Claws

Being a Reptilioid, Gila possesses sharp claws.

### Teeth

Being a Reptilioid, Gila possesses sharp teeth.