Slauter

> It's starting... to feel... kinda good... like it was... meant to ha-happen...
>
> - Christy as the Slauter Vinkulak covers her entire body.

**Slauter** aka **Christy Naider** is a character who appears in the HydroVerse series of comics, she was created by TimeWaster98. Christy is depicted as a detective working with the authorities in her hometown of Howlite City, but her profession lead her to bonding with a strange extra-terrestrial lifeform (Vinkulak) nicknamed Slauter.

During her first encounter with this goo-like entity, Christy was completely stripped of control over her body and was used by Slauter to murder many innocent people inside a small hotel. After James attacked Slauter with fire, the Vinkulak's essence died out and thus enabled Christy to control and take advantage of her new "suit".

## Appearance

Christy Naider appears as a Caucasian female with brown eyes and short blonde hair, she also possesses a healthy figure and mainly wears red lipstick.

When the Vinkulian nicknamed Slauter first bonded with her, it transformed her body into a very monstrous appearance and heavily resembles Carnage from Marvel Comics. Along with having sharp claws and teeth, Slauter sported long red hair as opposed to Christy's fairly short hairstyle.

After the fire damaged the Vinkulak's essence over Christy's body, the "suit" took on a less-intimidating appearance and gained a new crimson colour scheme. Slauter's new appearance sports Spider-Man-like eyes and also manipulates Christy's blonde hair and due to the Vinkulak's abilities, Christy appears more toned.

## History

### Early Life

Christy Naider grew up living with her father and brother Daniel in the city of Howlite, her father was a well-respected man of science who studied Cosmology. During their childhood, Christy's father would have frequent breakdowns and verbally abuse his children for the slightest offences.

Christy and Daniel would frequently partake in treasure hunts and they both developed an enjoyment for the activity, Christy would then work her way up to having a job in the police force after she and her brother were mugged at gunpoint.

### Detective Naider

Christy's expertise in the police force caught the attention of her superiors numerous times, as they realised that she was very calculating with finding out clues that eventually lead to the arrest of many criminals throughout her hometown.

The local police eventually made Christy a detective in 1986, where one of her first cases was the investigation of a series of mysterious footprints which turned out to be a cold case.

### Hotel Massacre

After assisting the local police with investigating a series of brutal murders of unknown mercenaries (Darkstar), Christy decided to go and visit her boyfriend James and proceeded to stay at a hotel located within the city.

A goo-like entity known as a Vinkulian slithered its way after Christy as it saw her as a valid host and bonded to her whilst she was taking a shower, transforming her into a vicious creature known as Slauter. Unable to control her actions, Christy murdered and feasted upon several civilians inside the hotel and even took out a special forces unit as well.

James, who was also dispatched to the area, decided to go and find his girlfriend and found Christy in her new form and she initially smacks him aside after begging him to kill her. Slauter eventually generated a huge biomass of its own DNA and various bodies, planning to create more Vinkulians to overrun the entire area.

Making his way into the room, James encounters Slauter again and she states that she will assimilate him into the biomass so that they can be together forever. James denies and attempts to escape, leading Slauter to chase him through the hotel.

Slauter eventually corners James in a small room, and he warns her and asks if Christy is still in there. Slauter lunges at James which causes him to shoot and hit a gas canister behind her which explodes and sets Slauter aflame which seemingly kills her.

As James attempts to finish Slauter off with a led pipe he is suddenly caught by the neck and lifted by the still-alive creature, James strikes her in the head with the pipe which causes her to push him away in response before she is ultimately overwhelmed by the flames behind her.

It is then revealed that Christy survived the fire and that it was the sentience of the Vinkulian that was vanquished, allowing Christy to be once again in control of her actions but unable to take the "suit" off. The "suit" has started to morph and change its appearance, taking on a more less-intimidating appearance as Christy vows to redeem herself after committing so much murder.

### Path of Redemption

Sometime after the horrific hotel massacre, Christy had taken to using her new abilities over time to help protect the innocent from danger and managed to stop a sudden drive-by shooting. Throughout her new lifestyle, Christy often avoided James as she wished for him not to see her after the things she had done.

The Darkstar Special Projects Division succeeded in creating a dangerous weapon out of an innocent receptionist named Naomi Cason whom they bonded with a nanotechnological Vinkulian and nicknamed it Waveclaw. However they lose control of their new weapon and Waveclaw manages to break out, Naomi gains temporary control over her actions through emotional overload in order to return home to her grandfather.

Christy, who is sitting on a rooftop in Howlite, notices numerous police cruisers driving through the city so she decides to follow them which eventually leads her into her first confrontation with Waveclaw. Christy briefly reunites with James, and tells him and his unit to focus on getting civilians to safety while she fights off Waveclaw.

A squadron of Darkstar clones then arrive and get into a vicious shootout with the police, Christy manages to evade Waveclaw's attacks albeit getting crushed between two cars. Waveclaw slashes a piece of Christy's suit off of her arm and it attaches to the Darkstar clones' van as they retreat with Waveclaw.

With the first fight over, Christy and James embrace and she apologizes for being distant lately. Through the use of the small piece that was slashed off of her suit, Christy manages to see where the Darkstar base is located and goes there after telling James to stay put.

After infiltrating the Darkstar base, Christy attacks a few of the Darkstar clones but Waveclaw escapes containment again and attacks Christy whilst near a balcony. Waveclaw charges at Christy and shoves her, they both plummet off of the balcony and crash through the ground and into the incinerator room.

Naomi, still encased within the Waveclaw Vinkulian, begs a horrified Christy to kill her. Waveclaw then mutates into a bigger, monstrous form and attacks Christy, the two get into a final fight. Christy manages to evade some of Waveclaw's attacks, but she is also thrown around by Waveclaw.

Below where Christy and Waveclaw are having their battle, James has arrived and confronts the leading Darkstar clone known as Donovan and they get into their own scuffle.

Waveclaw, using tendrils, attempts to choke Christy to death before tossing her across the room but she gets back up to continue the fight. Donovan manages to injure James and decides to hold him hostage in an attempt to get Christy to stand down, James then turns the gun on his own arm and fires.

The bullet travels through James' arm and hits Donovan in the torso, they both go down and Donovan ends up dropping the spherical control device he uses to command Waveclaw. Waveclaw then stomps on the control device, she then picks Donovan up and holds him over the incinerator before dropping him.

After Naomi is freed from Waveclaw, Christy prevents her from committing suicide and consoles the broken young girl. On a rooftop, both James and Christy talk about their future before embracing against the sunset.

## Personality

Christy Naider was well-respected around her work area due to her confident, level-headed personality and was always around to help those that needed it. She had also developed a passion for her work as a detective, leading her to fighting to be apart of a sizable case.

While she is donning the Vinkulian suit nicknamed Slauter, Christy's personality mysteriously changes into a very assertive and sometime amorous attitude but still retains respect for those she cares for including her boyfriend, James.

Another aspect of her change in behaviour is the way she tackles criminals, as Christy often holds back from causing them serious harm like she is easily capable of.