In the 2009 TV series, Kobra got Roma pregnant with Serpina after seeing her and realizing she possesses a unique physiology, he was convinced she would bear a more suitable heir to him. Roma had no memory of her brief encounter with Kobra. At first, she was happy, thinking the baby was Gabriel's. But her pregnancy developed at an astonishingly fast rate and she gave birth within a couple of days. Her baby appeared to be normal at first, until the child turned into a snake every time she was hungry. She took her baby and fled, with the help of dozens of snakes that suddenly appeared in the laboratory where they were being experimented on.