Johnie Zipper

"You think I wanted this? I thought they were gonna make me into a superhero like Matthias promised. Instead Goochman cut me open so many times, for so many different experiments, that he finally decided to put zippers all over me so he'd have quicker access to my organs."

Johnie Zipper is a Children of the Citadel member, suckered in by promises of a better future.

Background
A sick, skeletal young man with metal claws instead of hands. But his real disfigurements are the rusty zippers that have been sewn into his torso. Black ooze leaks from them, scabbing on his pale skin, and the stench of rotting flesh comes off him in waves. He shakes with fever. Johnie was stupid enough to fall for Matthias' promises and be converted into an Evolved. He became an experimentation subject for Goochman, Matthias' head surgeon and by the time the Rangers meet him, he is slowly dying of infection.