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.

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.

Becoming Liza
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 went out into the night and entered the sewers where she attacked a group of workers. 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 reverts back into Martha and breaks down inside the sewer tunnels at what she has caused. Little did she know, this was only the beginning.

Date with David
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.

Old Friends
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.

Reaching Isla de Reptilia
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.

The Invasion of Howlite City
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 to send 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.

Capture and Escape
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.

Liza vs. Hydro-Girl
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.

Leaving Isla de Reptilia
Sometime after her fight with Hydro-Girl, Liza regrouped with her friends in the destroyed Golden City and managed to make their way back to Isla de Reptilia through a stolen yacht, where they thought they were all safe. Natalie Norcio, who had landed near the island after her fight with Urban Lizard, pulled out her minigun and opened fire on numerous Reptilioids across the island.

Liza, Mary Jane, and Margaret managed to take cover but were all injured by the gunfire, Liza then lost consciousness so her friends placed her on a small boat that travelled out to sea. The boat washes ashore in California, where two businessmen find her and decide to put her on display in their local zoo. During her containment, Liza sits in a corner while being observed by many shocked and curious humans which angers her to no end.

Eventually reaching her limit, Liza jumps into the pool of water and quickly swims towards the glass before successfully smashing through it. Liza makes her way through the crowd of scared humans, smacking a woman out of the way in the process. Liza finds the two businessmen from earlier and throws one of them into the nearby water, she also threatens the other one's life before leaving the area.

Having changed back, Martha wakes up in the sewers and is happy to be back at first until she discovers a corpse in front of her. This naturally upsets Martha who breaks down crying before heading out into the night whilst naked, she takes a moped and drives up the street hoping to find clothes of any kind. Martha is suddenly grabbed from above and taken into the air by a Pterodactyl-like creature before being dropped onto a rooftop. As Martha begins to transform into Liza, this creature lands on top of her and a purple glow emits from her eyes.

This stuns Liza's rise, leaving Martha partially transformed as the horrific mutant flies away into the distance. Hiding in an abandoned apartment complex, Martha looks at herself in confusion as to what has happened. Martha is then cornered by Natalie Norcio, who presents the severed head of Cassie who was one of Liza's followers. A petrified Martha then leaps out of the apartment window, as the consciousness of Liza is partially in control of her body. Martha jumps from building to building, she then takes refuge by climbing into a manhole as further instructed by Liza's consciousness.

Martha ends up in the metro but is then charged by the Pterodactyl creature from earlier, now referred to as Czarina, and is sliced across the arm by her razor sharp wings. Martha looks up in horror as Czarina towers over her as Natalie steps in, who blames Martha for "ruining her life". Natalie grasps Martha by the ankle and viciously throws her against the wall and delivers a swift blow to Martha's face which takes her down

Natalie explains that she cannot afford to have Martha in her way any longer and that Darkstar (the organization that Natalie is employed by) plan to create a better world, she quickly takes out a knife and jabs it into Martha's side which instantly causes her great pain. Natalie and Czarina proceed to leave Martha on the ground to bleed out. Struggling to get up, Martha has a conversation with Liza who declares that Martha needs her more than she realises. Liza convinces Martha to allow the transformation to finish, as they can both get revenge on their common enemy.

Martha finally gives in and allows herself to fully transform into Liza who gets up and goes to confront Natalie atop a giant windmill but she is immediately knocked down by Czarina from behind. Liza plummets onto a lower level of the windmill but manages to get back up, she manages to strike Natalie in the face. Natalie is visibly unaffected so Liza goes for another blow, but Natalie catches her fist before breaking her arm.

List of Appearances
Martha/Liza

Martha/Liza Chapter Two

Martha/Liza Chapter Three

Martha/Liza Chapter Four

Liza

The Guilt Within (cameo)

Hydro-Girl/Liza

Natalie

Martha/Liza Chapter Five

Natalie II (cameo)

Hydro-Girl/Liza: Revelations

Urban Lizard 2 (cameo)

Martha/Liza Chapter Six (upcoming)

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.