Liza

* Human
* Reptilioid
* Compound

### Occupation

Leader of Isla de Reptilia (Liza, formerly)Genetyx Research scientist (Martha, formerly)

## Appearances

### Debut

Martha/Liza

> Hm, you really know how to make me happy.
>
> - Liza as David services her.

**Martha** "**Connors**" **Crawford** aka **Liza** was a well-respected scientist who worked with gene splicing and was also involved in a grisly motorbike accident which cost her right arm, but she was saved from death by her brother Eric. In an attempt to restore her missing arm, Martha used knowledge handed down to her by her teacher Dr. Curt Connors of gene splicing and created a serum containing reptilian DNA.

This resulted in the restoration of her arm, but also the creation of a reptilian alter-ego that rested deep within Martha's psyche. This alter-ego called itself Liza and is a complete opposite to Martha, wanting to cause chaos as well as harm the innocent.

Martha Crawford and Liza are both characters created by xMonsterGirlsHideout.

## Appearance

Martha Crawford appears as a Caucasian female with a healthy build, she possesses brown hair which is mostly styled into a ponytail as well as brown eyes. Her face has noticeable freckles and she is almost always seen with black-framed glasses.

Liza mostly appears as a completely nude, humanoid reptilian referred to as a Reptilioid with green scales as well as black claws on her hands and feet. She possesses a long tail and a reptilian face with a snout complete with rows of razor sharp teeth and a forked tongue. Liza's eyes are a piercing yellow with slit pupils alongside a pronounced brow.

## History

### Early Life

Martha Crawford was born into a family consisting mostly of respected scientists including her parents who had high expectations for their daughter, her parents pushed her into science and watched as Martha became fascinated with the subject. Martha also had a brother named Eric who didn’t become as fascinated with science as his sister, and was therefore often ignored. Even though she didn’t grow up in the city, Martha attended Downpour University where she studied hard and eventually graduated and became a scientist at Genetyx Research.

Before her graduation however, Martha and her brother Eric were riding motorcycles and a vehicle ploughed into the side of Martha and Eric’s motorcycle, Eric managed to save his sister from death but it still cost her right arm. During her studies, Martha became interested in the research of Dr. Curt Connors who was an incredibly respected scientist in the same field Martha wanted to pursue and eventually learnt the method of creating the serum that she would use to eventually restore her arm.

During a regular day at work, Martha and her colleagues finally managed to create the perfect reptilian DNA to successfully restore the rat Curtis' missing leg. This gave Martha hope but her boss decided to take the credit for the breakthrough. With her hope in place, Martha took a sample of the reptilian DNA to her secret lab where she recorded the events.

She injected herself in her right shoulder and it didn't seem like it would work at first, however Martha watched in shock as her missing right arm grew back and was fully restored. Martha's excitement soon turned to fear, she watched her skin form scales all over her restored arm. In a panic, she attempted to call her brother but he did not answer.

Martha began to undergo her first transformation into the newly born Liza and after trashing the lab, she was found by an electrician named Natalie Norcio who mentions Martha's name. In a frenzy, Liza turned around and slashed Natalie upside her eye and escaped the building. This event would cost Natalie her left eye.

She went out into the night and entered the sewers where she attacked a group of workers and after the horrific ordeal, Martha woke up inside a hospital in a daze with Eric was by her side. The two then go to Eric's house where Martha spots a sighting of a strange reptilioid on the TV, startling her as Liza begins taunting her from within her head. This triggers a second transformation as Liza fights for control.

Eric tries to call to Martha out of concern, but he instead meets Liza who jumps him and then rips his right arm off after he tries to get through to Martha. Liza later begins jumping from rooftop to rooftop before returning to the sewers where she reverts back into Martha and is arrested by the police and placed inside a cell.

Within her cell, Martha is almost instantly targeted and harassed by a well-known criminal named Anastasia Gregorevich and her cellmate Jess. The two girls pin Martha down and begin playing with her, this triggers Martha to transform into Liza and kill Jess. Liza manages to break out of her cell and attacks the police officers, killing many in the process and even killing one using one of their shotguns. After the ordeal, Liza notices a housefire and is drawn to its light, but she hears crying from inside the building which causes Martha to fight and win a mental struggle with her reptilian alter-ego. Martha, in control of Liza's body, breaks into the house and rescues a baby boy before taking him to safety. This baby would later be revealed to be Alex, the nephew of Natalie Norcio.

### *Martha/Liza*

A while after she first transformed into Liza and caused a lot of chaos, Martha decided to change her last name to "Connors" and move away to the city of Downpour where she then rented out an apartment so she had somewhere to stay. Martha would be tormented almost all day and night by Liza from within her own head, but one day a concerned neighbour by the name of David decided to check on Martha.

Upon meeting each other, Martha and David became friends and would talk to each other sometimes, especially if they happened to bump into each other. One night after Martha suffers another nightmare, David to checks her yet again due to hearing a thud, David uses this as an opportunity to ask Martha out to dinner to which she accepts.

The two go to eat at a restaurant and begin chatting, but Liza starts to get a bit bored of being inside Martha's head and decides to come out and "play" with David. Martha tries her best to hide the symptoms of her transformation, she then runs off to the restroom as a confused David looks on.

As she runs into the restroom, Martha gives in and transforms into Liza as David becomes worried and waits outside the building. A concerned employee tries to check on Martha but Liza busts the door down, she then attacks the two employees inside and spots David who flees. Liza chases David down within Downpour City, eventually cornering him in an alleyway and taking him to a rooftop.

Liza begins dangling David over the rooftop in a cruel and playful way, David tries his best to reason with the reptilioid but Liza doesn't listen. Martha begins fighting from within, telling Liza not to hurt David. This makes Liza mad, so she throws David aside and jumps down from the roof. Liza reverts back into Martha and she gets into some clothes, she is then confronted by a shocked and confused David.

Martha decides it is time for her to come clean, she takes David to an undisclosed location that happens to be her secret lab where she proceeds to tell David about how she restored her missing right arm with lizard DNA and began transforming into a monster. Martha suggests they leave.

The two travel to a woodland area on the outskirts of Downpour to talk about what had happened, with David giving Martha a foot rub to ease her nerves. Martha expresses concern for David's safety around Liza, but David reassures her that Liza did not hurt him. Suddenly, the foot rub begins to make Liza feel frisky and triggers another transformation, this causes Martha to run away from David. She trips up and continues to transform as David follows her.

Instead of finding Martha, David finds a bunch of torn clothes and tries calling out to her but he doesn't get an answer. Liza sneaks up on David and knocks him out cold with a swift strike to the back of his head, she then takes him to the sewers. David is smacked awake by Liza and finds himself leaned against a wall, his blurry vision makes out Liza gazing into his soul only a few inches away from his face.

Liza demands David to worship her but at first David flat out refuses, the sinister reptilioid then tells him that his life is on the line if he refuses her again. So David worships her as to not get himself killed but unbeknownst to the two, someone else is stalking them.

### *Martha/Liza Chapter Two*

Ashamed with herself after the things she put David through as Liza, Martha retreated to the sewers to hide until Liza wished to head up to the surface again. Martha transforms into Liza and proceeds to kill some workers for food. Meanwhile, David is attacked and captured by Anne Horizon who is revealed to be a reptilioid herself called Lacertia.

After reverting back to human, Martha runs to her apartment to tell David about the reports of a red reptilioid but instead finds David being held captive by Lacertia who claims that she and Martha know each other. Lacertia then takes David and Martha down to the secret lab, she then reveals that Martha injected Anne Horizon with the same serum she used on herself.

Lacertia then attacks David, prompting Martha to transform into Liza and do battle with Lacertia. After a brief fight, Lacertia knocks down Liza but David then hits the red lizard in the back of the head with a cinder block. David asks Liza if he could speak to Martha, Liza reluctantly accepts and so reverts back to human.

Martha sits the reverted Anne Horizon down in a chair and talks to her, Anne reveals how she believes that Martha ruined her life and turned her into a monster. Anne then tells Martha that the lizard serum has affected others, and they all reside of an island called Isla de Reptilia.

With this new information, Martha agrees to go and seek out this island much to David's dismay. The three then travel to an air force base in the middle of the desert, Anne transforms into Lacertia so they are able to steal one of the planes and force two pilots in order to travel to Isla de Reptilia.

On the plane, Anne holds Martha and David hostage but she comes in and orders David to follow her to the cockpit. David does so and is forced to worship Anne, Martha forces herself to transform in order to rescue David much to Liza's surprise in her not existing. After shooting David in the shoulder, Anne transforms into Lacertia and climbs atop the plane in preparation to jump down to Isla de Reptilia.

Liza enters and berates David for being a weak human much to his dismay, Liza then climbs outside the plane to confront Lacertia which results in a scuffle between the two. Lacertia manages to claw at Liza's scales, tasting her blood in the process. Liza manages to knock Lacertia down, but the red lizard gets back up and runs down the tail of the plane.

The two lizards get into one final struggle with one another, David then grabs the pistol that Anne used to injure him earlier, he then opens the rear door and shoots Lacertia in the face which only minorly injures her. Lacertia then grasps Liza's ankle and manages to pull her out of the plane and the two fall into the clouds below.

### *Martha/Liza Chapter Three*

Sometime after landing in the oceans near Isla de Reptilia, Liza had reverted back into Martha and was discovered by the reptilioid people living there. She was then taken to a bedroom inside of an abandoned house on the island and tied to the bedframe, one year passes and a yellow reptilioid named Margaret enters the bedroom and begins to flirt with Martha who begs her to release her.

As she moves closer, Margaret begins to run her claws over Martha's feet which triggers another transformation into Liza who expresses happiness at being surrounded by others like her. Liza is taken to the reptilioid leader Sassy who is outside with David and the others, she meets the other reptilioids and is declared a member of the family.

Liza then watches as a giant creature rises from the nearby ocean, a huge being made entirely out of lightning known as Uira. The giant entity demands they give him his yearly sacrifice, but he then notices Liza and is scared off back into the water. Liza is taken to an abandoned house by Sassy who tells the green reptilioid that Uira owns them and abuses them. Liza urges Sassy and her people to rebel against Uira.

During their talk, Sassy mentions how they could have had more help against Uira but a certain someone (implied to be Hydro-Girl) has refused to help them in their time of need.

Sassy fears such a thing happening and warns Liza of the power Uira possesses, Liza still insists on assembling a team of the strongest reptilioids on the island. After the two talk some more, Liza manages to convince the reluctant Sassy to plan out an assault with the help of unity.

Sassy soon reveals that it is Liza's destiny to free them all from the rule of Uira, but Liza questions how she is going to prevail without help from the other reptilioids.

A meeting is assembled outside and Sassy briefs Margaret, Mary Jane, Gila, and Liza on how the assault on Uira is going to begin, Sassy also comes to the conclusion that her time has come and that Liza is next in line to be a leader much to the confusion of her subjects. After Sassy travels to the island's lighthouse and is killed by a lightning surge from Uira, Liza mourns the fallen leader and meets with her three newfound allies atop the lighthouse to come face-to-face with Uira.

Liza then wields Sassy's staff, using the embedded gemstone inside to absorb the unity from Gila, Margaret, Mary Jane, and herself which creates a huge blast of energy that manages to defeat Uira and cause him to dissolve back into the ocean for good. Liza is accepted as the new leader by her allies, and she then reveals her plans to use David as a breeder for new reptilioids.

### *Martha/Liza Chapter Four*

Wanting to seek out a new paradise for the people of Isla de Reptilia, Liza rounds up Gila, Margaret, Mary Jane and a reluctant David to set out to civilization to find possible candidates. Liza and her gang of lizards eventually arrive at Howlite City, where they steal a vehicle and go for a drive. Liza and her group then stop at a nightclub and enter through the back. The group of Reptilioids then hide inside the backrooms in order to grab unsuspecting people and turn them into lizards to create an army to help them overthrow the city.

This strategy begins to succeed as Reptilioids begin roaming the streets of Howlite City and eventually attack the authorities, Liza then orders her group to head on outside. The growing army of Reptilioids begins causing chaos in the streets of Howlite City and catches the attention of Corvus which begins sending out troops in order to exterminate the reptilian army.

Corvus proceeds to battle the Reptilioids in the streets as Liza watches on, feeling powerful as she believes her plans are going smoothly. Corvus himself then arrives at the scene in a helicopter to confront the Reptilioid leader, he pulls out a pistol with advanced ammunition and takes aim at Liza but Gila jumps in front of the bullet and dies in her leader's arms.

Angered over the death of her friend, Liza takes a grenade launcher from a Corvus soldier and fires at Corvus' helicopter which succeeds in taking it down. Corvus falls out of the helicopter and lands on a rooftop where Liza confronts him, she then attempts to kill him but Corvus catches her in mid-air with a zero-point energy device. Corvus mocks the reptile and takes her back to Corvus HQ where she is contained.

### *Hydro-Girl/Liza*

During Liza's incarceration within Corvus HQ, numerous samples of Liza's DNA were extracted and handed over to Darkstar Corporation as part of a partnership between Corvus and Darkstar. Darkstar's CEO known as Psychomaster orders Liza to remain in containment so that she does not interfere with future planning to which Corvus accepts.

As Psychomaster leaves Corvus HQ, he lets Corvus know that a gang of intruders have been spotted inside the base. Liza's allies Margaret, Mary Jane, and Cassie begin slaughtering Corvus troops throughout the base in order to reach and free Liza. As Liza wakes up she witnesses Vaness fire a laser weapon at Mary Jane, causing Liza to attack Vaness and run to join with her reptilian comrades, shoving Corvus out of her path in the process.

Sometime later, Liza and the others return to their home of Isla de Reptilia.

Back on Isla de Reptilia, a glowing orb is spotted hovering above the waters near the island and is spotted by Reptilioid Cassie. This is brought to Liza's attention and she observes the glowing orb which is presented to her by Cassie. Hydro-Girl then arrives on the island after following the orb, demanding Cassie to hand it over.

The orb then begins to glow brighter before manifesting into a humanoid form in front of everyone, the newly formed entity then flies up into space. Moments later, Liza sits atop a rock and thinks to herself which catches the attention of Margaret who comes out to join her. Liza speaks to Margaret, asking about Mary Jane's condition to which Margaret confirms that she is fine.

Liza begins to ponder about her current status of being a leader, Margaret attempts to reassure her that everything will be fine despite how the invasion of Howlite City ended. Liza then proposes the idea of weaponizing the strange entity they saw earlier, which surprises Margaret and makes her voice her concerns about the "blue woman".

Irritated, Liza expresses dislike towards the "blue woman" and declares that she must stay out of the way. Mary Jane then calls out to Liza and Margaret, presenting them with the same entity from earlier that she claimed to have met inside the tool shed. The entity introduces himself as Lacius and accuses the "blue woman", who also happens to be his mother, for locking him away.

With no hesitation, Liza approaches Lacius and begins to manipulate him into joining her cause by mentioning her own hate towards his mother. Liza then proposes that they work together to kill Hydro-Girl to which Lacius accepts, but questions how they will make her come to them.

Lacius then suggests attacking the innocent as a way of luring Hydro-Girl to the battlefield, so the Reptilioids secure some boats left on the island and prepare for transportation to civilization once again. Hydro-Girl then arrives to stop Lacius from taking Liza's side, but the other Reptilioids convince Lacius that the only family he needs is them.

Hydro-Girl lunges at the reptilians, but she is caught by the neck by Lacius who angrily berates his mother. Hydro-Girl attempts to get through to her son but Liza orders him to throw her aside to which Lacius does so and delivers an energy blast which sends Hydro-Girl flying into a nearby boathouse.

After a lengthy travel, Liza and her cohorts arrive at the Golden City where Lacius immediately begins wreaking havoc on the innocent and blasts through military efforts as Liza looks on with excitement from a rooftop. Hydro-Girl arrives in the streets and confronts Lacius, causing Liza to angrily demand her minion to kill her right away.

With every military effort failing to stop Lacius' path of destruction, the military issue a B-2 stealth bomber to go and drop a M.O.A.B. on the area in a last ditch effort to take him out. After the bomb goes off and destroys a large portion of the Golden City, Liza loses contact with the other Reptilioids and climbs out of a pile of debris.

Lacius picks up his mother and impales her on a protruding beam, Liza then approaches her foe and prepares to berate her for not aiding her striving people years ago. Hydro-Girl then claims that Sassy had lied to Liza about that but she is immediately interrupted by Liza, who watches as Hydro-Girl falls into unconsciousness. Liza raises her arm to prepare for the final slash on Hydro-Girl, but she accidently reveals that it was about her getting revenge all along.

An angered Lacius then smacks Liza aside, he then grabs his mother and takes her to a tropical island in the middle of the ocean.

### *Martha/Liza Chapter Five*

Liza eventually travelled back to her people on Isla de Reptilia with Mary Jane and Margaret and continued to live a peaceful life as leader on the island, that is until Natalie Norcio comes ashore and begins killing numerous Reptilioids using a minigun. Liza comes out to investigate the chaos and is hit in the crossfire, the injured lizard girl manages to reach a small shed where Mary Jane and Margaret are also hiding.

Believing that she is dying Liza blacks out, she is then placed onto a boat by Mary Jane and Margaret in hopes that their leader will be taken to safety as Natalie continues her attack on Isla de Reptilia. The boat eventually washes ashore in San Francisco where two businessmen discover Liza's unconscious body and decide to put it on display at their zoo. Later on after loading Liza into their truck one of the businessmen, Martin, discovers Martha's naked body in the back of the vehicle which causes him to panic and attempt to call his colleague Daryl.

With no one answering, Martin hides Martha in a restricted part of the zoo and even places her on a mattress. The zoo's janitor stumbles upon Martha's unconscious body, she suddenly wakes up and covers herself before noticing her surroundings. The janitor tells her where she is, but also asks about her situation. Martha decides not to say, the janitor offers to provide her new clothes which Martha appreciates.

Suddenly, Martha is stricken with immense pain and begins to transform into Liza again in front of the janitor. The reenergised lizard girl berates the scared man for the zoo's plans to place her inside a cage like some "freak show" before sparing him and leaving the lower sectors of the zoo. Liza heads outside where she confronts both Martin and Daryl, tossing Daryl into the water and threatening Martin before Martha takes control again which causes Liza to have to leave.

In the sewers, Martha wakes up and realises that Liza had eaten a rat which disgusts her. She reflects on her life and wishes to be normal again, she leaves the sewer and finds herself in an alleyway. She waits for some people to pass before she moves up, she is suddenly attacked and carried off into the air by Czarina who drops the naked girl onto a rooftop. Martha is unable to move her body after impacting the ground, her shoulders also injured from Czarina's piercing claws.

She begins to transform into Liza, but the change stops halfway as Liza decides to teach Martha a lesson on how she needs her in her life. Czarina pins Martha the partially transformed Martha down as her eye glows which sends Martha into a brief flashback from when she was in jail with Anastasia, Czarina's human self. Martha quickly snaps out of it and uses her partially reptilian leg to kick Czarina away before leaping off of the roof to escape. Martha, still partially transformed, hides out in an abandoned apartment complex wondering about her current state.

Natalie Norcio then enters the apartment, knowing Martha is inside. Making an escape, Martha leaps out of the building and into the empty underground subway . Thinking she's safe, Martha is suddenly stabbed in the side by Natalie who attempts to finish her off. A train speeds past and Martha instinctively leaps onto it, finding herself zooming through the tunnels. Czarina then flies past and slashes Martha across her back which manages to down her, Natalie then climbs onto the train and grabs Martha by the ankle before tossing her aside.

Natalie berates Martha for "ruining her life" and kicks Martha in the face, with Martha arguing that she doesn't know her. Natalie quickly reveals herself which shocks Martha who asks what has happened to her. Natalie grasps Martha by the neck and lifts her up, she then stabs the partially transformed woman in the gut and letting her drop to the floor. Natalie walks off and takes Czarina with her. Martha continues to bleed out as Liza mocks her internally and suggests she let her take full control now to fight Natalie.

Martha refuses and decides to sort this out in a respectful manner. Using Liza's senses, Martha tracks down Natalie's hideout and makes her way to the roof to confront Natalie. Martha approaches Natalie and attempts to apologise but Natalie immediately shuts her down, Czarina then attacks but Martha avoids the attempt. Natalie moves in and smacks Martha onto the ground before placing her boot on her face. Natalie then grabs Martha by her neck and drags her over to the edge of the roof before throwing her, smiling with glee as she does so.

Liza then jumps up over the roof and pins Natalie down, she is quickly headbutted by Natalie and the two finally square off with each other. Natalie mocks Liza's people which causes Liza to instantly tackle Natalie, the two fly off of the roof and land on the railings below. Natalie gains the upper hand but Liza bites into her wrist before kicking her away, Liza prepares another attack but her hand is stopped and has her throat struck by Natalie's fist. This stuns Liza long enough for Natalie to grab her opponent and throw her through a nearby window of a restaurant, crashing into various pieces of furniture.

As she jumps through the window, Natalie approaches Liza who uses her tail to whack Natalie into the ground and quickly slashes at the blue lizard's face which sends Natalie flying out of the window and onto some railings below. Liza leaps out and lands near Natalie as she gets up, the two grasp one another as Liza threatens to make Natalie lose everything. Natalie exclaims that she has before pushing Liza away and smacking her onto a lower level of railings. Natalie jumps down towards Liza and stamps on her wrists, Natalie then grabs her by the neck and snaps her neck backwards.

This stuns Liza tremendously as Natalie mocks her, Liza attempts to attack once more but has her left arm snapped out of place by Natalie's swift hand. Natalie then throws Liza down another level, Natalie then mentions how her nephew perished in a fire which causes Liza to remember. Liza then reveals to Natalie that she saw a similar fire one night and that she heard the cries of a baby, Martha took over her mind after a tough mental struggle and rescued Natalie's nephew Alex who was inside. This revelation causes Natalie to rethink her life choices, and Liza slips into unconsciousness.

After Natalie leaves, a mysterious man stumbles upon Liza and claims that it has been a while.

### *Natalie II*

Liza is briefly seen during the ending scene, where she is locked up in an undisclosed Darkstar outpost where Sharktooth speaks to her.

### *Hydro-Girl/Liza: Revelations*

Waking up inside a cell within an unfamiliar place Liza is approached by a man who calls himself Sharktooth, and she promises that she will escape soon as she has done before. Sharktooth enrages Liza by mentioning her people before mocking her. Sharktooth then requests to speak to Martha but Liza refuses, causing Sharktooth to activate an electrical charge throughout her cell which injures her.

The surge causes Liza's mind to shut down which causes her to revert back into Martha, she wakes up and Sharktooth offers her some new clothing. Both Sharktooth and Martha then speak, with Martha asking who he is. Sharktooth removes his helmet and is revealed to be David much to Martha's shock, the two catch up as David reveals how he was taken in and trained by Darkstar. As Martha comments on how she wants to rid herself of Liza, David stops her and tells her that Darkstar wants to use Liza's power.

A confused Martha attempts to remind David of his past resentment towards Liza, but David claims that Darkstar has convinced him that Liza's power could help them take their enemies out more efficiently. Martha refuses to allow Darkstar to exploit Liza's ability and turns away rom David, causing him to grab her arm.

David refuses to let her leave, causing Martha to panic and kick him in the groin. This stuns David and allows Martha to escape the facility to the outside, David then pilots an aircraft and chases Martha through the nearby town and fires nearby to stop her from running. Martha attempts to run down an alleyway but the ground near her is blasted by David, knocking her down. He hovers nearby but his aircraft is damaged by a blast from Hydro-Girl's water powers, causing David to retreat. Hydro-Girl approaches Martha and helps her up off the ground, thanking her in the process.

Later, Martha visits a local café and orders a coffee. Martha is then approached by Eileen Howells who asks if she's okay as she noticed Martha was uneasy. Martha recognizes Eileen as a scientist from Sigma Research, the two briefly talk and make comments on their lives changing. After leaving, Martha heads down a nearby alleyway as Liza begins rising, she transforms into the reptilian woman and travels back to the deserted Isle de Reptilia where she finds the staff she once held. Liza remembers what Sharktooth had said to her about ruining the lives of her own people.

This causes Liza to raise the staff up in the air before violently smashing the staff's tip into the ground, causing it to explode into green magic. Liza then has a vision of her past leader Sassy, who tells Liza that she has unlocked a new power in destroying the staff. Sassy also mentions how this new power has taken a liking to Liza, and therefore she must kill Hydro-Girl. The energy from the staff turns yellow and surrounds Liza, imbuing her with its raw power. With her new powers, Liza flies across the ocean and attacks a boat with members of the Downpour Crime Syndicate on it.

As she prepares to attack Liza is suddenly pulled under the water by Hydro-Girl who attempts to apprehend the Reptilioid. Liza lunges at Hydro-Girl who then punches Liza in the face, but Liza manages to strike back using her tail. Liza manages to hold Hydro-Girl in a headlock before headbutting the Aqua-Iravian, stunning Hydro-Girl. Hydro-Girl manages to draw power from the water as Liza swims back up, she then zooms towards Liza and knees her in the side. Liza grasps Hydro-Girl's head and channels her power through Hydro-Girl's body which stuns her, Liza finally kicks her opponent away and swims back up to the surface.

As she exits the water, Liza finds herself near a gas station. She attacks the building and causes an explosion, she is suddenly hit with a pain within her body as her power begins to increase to a high level, resulting in her growing massively in height. Hydro-Girl arrives to put out the fire and save the people inside before realising Liza's growth as she looms over her, Liza spots Hydro-Girl who flies towards the giant reptile. Liza is struck in the face by Hydro-Girl but manages to grab the Aqua-Iravian in her hand before throwing her into the ground.

The giant Liza leaves and travels to a nearby city where she begins wreaking havoc and stomping through the streets as people flee, she then starts to eat people. The military send three helicopters to intercept Liza, but their artillery is of no use against her. Liza tosses a car at one of the helicopters, destroying the aircraft. Liza is hit with missiles from another helicopter so she swiftly smacks it out of the air with the back of her hand. The remaining helicopter attempts to retreat, but Liza's tail hits it and causes the aircraft to crash into a rooftop.

As Liza approaches the downed helicopter with the petrified pilots inside, Hydro-Girl arrives and hits Liza in the face with a tanker truck before the big lizard shoves Hydro-Girl into a building with her massive palm. Hydro-Girl easily breaks free of her grip and runs across her arm before punching Liza in the face twice which causes her to topple over into the ground. Hydro-Girl then grabs Liza's tail and pulls Liza up off the ground by it, she finally slams Liza directly into the ground onto her back. The large impact expels all the energy from Liza's body and reduces her to normal size, Hydro-Girl approaches the defeated Reptilioid and grasps her by the neck.

The two talk, with Liza justifying her actions due to Sassy's orders. Hydro-Girl rears back to finish Liza off with a punch, but they are both zapped and lifted into the air by David and his aircraft. Liza and Hydro-Girl are both carried overseas as David plans to take them both to Darkstar HQ, but Hydro-Girl manages to break free and damage the aircraft. As the aircraft lands in the ocean and becomes partially submerged, Liza regains her footing and is attacked by David who impales her through the stomach with a sword.

Liza falls to the ground as David looms over her, Liza attempts to apologise for all that she has done and reaches out her hand to touch David's hand, this distracts him long enough for Hydro-Girl to show up and take David out with a water blast. The Aqua-Iravian then approaches the injured Liza, who asks if Hydro-Girl is going to finish her off. Hydro-Girl is then attacked by David, Liza then falls into unconsciousness and has an internal conversation with Martha. The two talk, with Martha claiming that it takes the best of both minds to talk the way they are, Liza attempts to make Martha accept that David is no longer the same person and she knows what must be done.

Martha sheds a tear as she gives Liza the validation to go through with their mission and so Liza regains consciousness, David abandons the sinking aircraft and boards a smaller hovercraft to make some distance. David continues commenting on the possibilities of using Liza's DNA, Liza then leaps onto the small hovercraft and offers Liza to join him in aiding Darkstar to victory. Liza takes David's hand before using her tail to stab him in the abdomen, angering David and causing him to pin Liza down. David finally berates Liza for ruining the relationship him and Martha had, Hydro-Girl fires a blast of water towards the hovercraft's turbine which causes it to explode.

David is seemingly killed as Liza leaps from the hovercraft and back onto the still-sinking aircraft. Liza questions Hydro-Girl on why she let her live, with Hydro-Girl telling her that she cannot let her anger control her all the time, and that she knows what it's like to be under an influence. Liza realises that Sassy may have been in it for her own gain and Hydro-Girl tells Liza that no matter what she cannot change how she behaves, Liza wishes the world could see through her eyes sometimes. Hydro-Girl lets Liza go, and the two part ways.

### *Martha/Liza Chapter Six*

Since her last outing, Martha Crawford has since found herself in the town of Rockshore where she has rented out a cabin in the middle of a forest. She has been in the cabin's basement developing new ways to restrict Liza's control over her life, as well as limiting her clothing costs. Martha has managed to develop some incredibly durable elastic clothing that Liza cannot tear through and decides to put them to the test.

Using a taser, Martha shocks herself with it in order to trigger a transformation into Liza. When Liza gains control she realises she is wearing the elastic clothing produced by Martha, Liza then notices a note written by Martha on a nearby desk explaining the clothing. Liza goes into a rage and tries desperately to rip the elastic clothing off but is unable to, she then trashes most of the equipment Martha was using to conduct research.

Suddenly, the basement entrance is sealed shut by a lock mechanism which Liza notices. Gas then pours into the room out of a shaft which causes Liza to black out and revert back into Martha. As she observes the damage done by Liza's fit, Martha jokes about how she expected a bigger mess.

Martha heads upstairs and decides to take a nap after succeeding in her task, she begins to suffer a nightmare and finds herself floating in a black void. A voice then calls out to her, mentioning how it is disturbed by her constant attempts at silencing her "reptilian side". Martha looks around and tries to find the source of the voice but cannot, the voice then tells Martha that she cannot keep resisting her gift and that she has no one else to turn to. The voice begins showing Martha a flashback of when she attacked her brother Eric which horrifies her and causes Martha to demand the voice to stop.

This enables Martha to wake up from the nightmare, she becomes upset over being reminded of what Liza had done to her brother. Martha decides to call Eric who refuses to answer, Martha instead leaves a message for him admitting that she does not blame him for not wanting to talk to her and that she loves him. Martha begins to mention how them ceasing contact is probably for the best, as a lot has happened in recent years. Finally, Martha refuses to apologise as she believes that an apology will not make up for the things she has done.

Martha ends the message and puts the phone down, Eric is visibly distressed over the message. Suddenly, Martha makes the choice to travel to Eric's home where she attempts to knock on for him, Eric answers the door and the two speak. Eric questions Martha's intentions for coming to see him, to which Martha confirms that she just wanted to see how he was. Eric then shows her the stump of where his right arm used to be, sarcastically asking her how she thinks he's doing. Martha attempts to make Eric understand that it wasn't her that did that to him that night, but Eric dismisses her words and shuts the door on her.

Before leaving, Martha slips an envelope underneath Eric's door. Back home, Martha begins to drink until Liza complains that she is hungry so Martha goes to prepare food. It appears that Martha only has access to vegetables much to Liza's dismay, so the lizard woman suggests they go out and hunt for something better, but Martha refuses to kill more people for her. Liza then speaks about how bad people exist and that they can eat someone "naughty", Martha doubts Liza's implied heroism but Liza dismisses this claim.

After transforming, Liza goes out into the night to hunt for food herself. She comes across a car occupied by a mother and son which has stopped on the side of a deserted road, they begin to be approached by two robbers who demand the mother to hand over the vehicle. Liza grabs one of the robbers and pulls them upwards before dropping them onto the roof of the car, Liza then approaches the remaining robber who attempts to fire on the reptilian lady. Liza lunges at the gunman and pins him onto the rear of the car before feasting on him, the mother comforts her child as this happens.

The mother then escorts her son out of the car but the boy approaches Liza who asks him what he wants, the boy then thanks her before his mother pulls him away. This surprises Liza, who reverts back into Martha and returns home. Martha decides to survey the damage in the basement caused by Liza and discovers an old tape, she then dusts off an old VHS player before inserting the tape into it. The tape depicts Curt Connors much to Martha's surprise, and he speaks about his regrets in life such as ever venturing to Isla de Reptilia.

As Martha listens to Curt's recording, he speaks about how the island influences those that go there and that the rocks on the island are not what they seem. The tape ends with Curt confirming the existence of an ominous entity known as the "Founding Reptile", the tape ends. Suddenly, Czarina smashes through the cabin wall and attempts to attack Martha who evades the strike and drops her television onto Czarina's head which stuns her. Martha runs out into the hallway but Czarina quickly regains footing and strikes her victim with her wing, sending Martha crashing out of her window and onto the ground below.

Czarina approaches Martha and pins her down, showing her the magical orb she had obtained from Margaret and Mary Jane earlier and claims it will give her god-like powers. The orb causes Martha to have a vision, she finds herself floating down into the caves of Isla de Reptilia before standing on the small pool inside. A green glow begins to emanate from the pool and a tall lizard woman slowly rises from the water, she then uses her power to split Martha and Liza into two separate entities in order to speak with the latter.

This tall Reptilioid introduces herself as Ischerpon, the Reptilian Mother and tells Liza that she cannot just abandon Isla de Reptilia. Liza claims that she had to due to failing to protect her people. Ischerpon tasks Liza with taking the orb back from Czarina as without it, their colonization cannot be done. Martha attempts to convince Liza not to listen to Ischerpon but is quickly silenced, Liza questions why she should bother. Ischerpon tells Liza that if she doesn't, their race will perish. Before she releases Liza from this vision, she demands Liza start acting like the chosen one she was made to be. Upon being released from the vision, Martha begins to transform again.

Czarina begins using her powers of illusion on Liza as she transforms, and manages to trap Liza in one of her hallucinations. Upon getting up from the ground, Liza realises Czarina has seemingly disappeared and hears a voice calling out to her from inside Martha's cabin. Liza goes inside and finds a dinner tray with a lid on it, she takes off the lid and is met with Cassie's severed head. The head berates Liza for turning her back on her own people, an illusion of Natalie then appears behind Liza before finally an illusion of Gila appears and berates Liza for abandoning her leadership.

Sometime later, Liza wakes up from the illusion and finds herself in the clutches of Czarina being flown over the town of Rockshore. Czarina then drops Liza onto a rooftop before landing nearby, Czarina then takes the orb she obtained and inserts it into her chest cavity, the orb's power instantly surges through her body and gives her great power as Liza watches. Liza decides to attack but is stopped by a brainwashed Margaret and Mary Jane, who both beat their friend to the ground. Angered, Liza questions Czarina on what she has done to her friends but the blue pterodactyl mocks Liza for having nobody left.

Liza leaps towards Czarina who bites into the lizard lady's arm before striking her with her wing, the wing manages to slice through Martha's elastic clothing with ease. Czarina blasts Liza in the back with her power which greatly injures her, but Czarina is then tackled by an unknown male lizard who pulls the orb from her possession. The male lizard reveals himself to Liza as Eric, causing her to hug him instantly. As Margaret and Mary Jane snap out of their brainwashing, Liza is attacked again by Czarina but her brother aids her in the fight, the two then launch their own assault on their winged opponent.

Eric gets gravely injured by Czarina, Liza and her allies then orchestrate a plan to lure Czarina into a vulnerable position. Margaret holds the orb to make Czarina charge her and when she takes the bait, Liza suddenly leaps towards her enemy and the two scuffle in mid-air.

Czarina attempts to bite Liza in her arm again but this time, the green lizard crawls onto Czarina and bites into her throat. This causes the two to plummet out of the air and into a rooftop below, Liza gets up and notices the critically injured Czarina who refuses to submit despite dying. Liza then punches into Czarina's stomach and rips her heart out and holds it up in victory before throwing it aside, calling Czarina a "botched up freak" as she dies.

Climbing back up to her friends, Liza reunites with Margaret and Mary Jane who offer her the orb back so that she can go back to being their leader. Liza refuses the orb and tells them she'd rather be their friend rather than their leader, Liza prepares to stomp on the orb but is halted by the arrival of Ischerpon who warns that destroying the orb will cause Isla de Reptilia to be destroyed. Liza tells Ischerpon that she doesn't want to be a leader but rather return to her old life of answering to no one, she then stomps on the orb and destroys it. An explosion of light fills the areas as a furious Ischerpon disappears.

Afterwards, Liza approaches her injured brother Eric who has transformed back into a human. The two look at each other briefly before Eric collapses, Liza carries him to a nearby hospital and turns back into Martha. She visits Eric in his hospital room and apologises to him for all that happened, and regrets allowing Liza to take control. Eric tells Martha that he is also sorry for not helping her through it all, and thanks Martha for what she had done for him. Martha places her hand on Eric's hand, mentioning how it's nice to have a brother again.

## Personality

Liza is shown to be a very sinister character, and also quite hateful towards humans. With males of the human species, Liza is quite playful and can kill them at any moment if she chooses to do so. This could be how she "plays with her food" first. The only human character who was ever "on Liza's good side" was David Baxter, as Liza chose to keep him around rather than outright kill him despite having many chances to in the past.

Liza may not be completely heartless, as she saved Natalie's baby nephew Alex from a housefire. It was later revealed that Martha's subconscious fought against Liza to save the child from danger that day.

As shown in numerous instances throughout the HydroVerse comics, Liza is a very proud troublemaker as she has lead attacks and caused chaos throughout both Howlite City and the Golden City with her reptilian cohorts. Within these instances, Liza also manipulated Hydro-Girl's son Lacius into aiding her in attacking the Golden City.

She is also incredibly arrogant, believing herself to be superior to all humans including Martha whom she sees as weak and hates with a burning passion. In recent instalments in the HydroVerse, Martha and Liza's relationship has improved albeit slightly.

## Powers & Abilities

### Enhanced Strength

Being a reptile, Liza possesses immense strength that allows her to viciously fight her opponents and match with some of her most dangerous foes.

### Enhanced Agility

Being a reptile, Liza possesses immense agility which allows her to move around incredibly quick and catch her prey off guard.

### Enhanced Durability

Being a reptile, Liza possesses immense durability which allows her to take a lot of damage and keep on fighting.

### Enhanced Healing

Being a reptile, Liza possesses enhanced healing which allows her to recover from serious wounds over time. However, her body finds it harder to recover from specialised weaponry.

### Reptilian Touch

When she held leadership over Isla de Reptilia, Liza was given the ability to change humans into Reptilioids with her scratch. She soon lost this ability when the Isla de Reptilia staff was destroyed.

### Staff Power

When Liza smashed her leadership staff against the floor and destroyed it, the raw power from the staff became one with Liza and transformed her into a powerful being and also greatly increased her size. After being defeated by Hydro-Girl, Liza's power faded away and she returned to normal.

### Claws

Being a reptile, Liza possesses powerful claws that allow her to greatly injure her enemies with great brutality.

### Teeth

Being a reptile, Liza possesses razor-sharp teeth that allow her to bite into her victims and take them out in an instant.