Asylum, Part Four

"Spike: Asylum, Part Four" was a comic story based on Spike. It was written by Brian Lynch and edited by Chris Ryall.

Ruby Monahan went missing and her family recruited Spike to track her down. It seems Ruby, a half-demon, checked into the Mosaic Wellness Center, a rehab facility designed to cure the demonic. In an unfortunate turn of events, Spike faced both the Mosaic center, which hoped to cure his vampiric nature, and its clientele, who wanted him dead.

The Story So Far
“Listen to the sign. Freedom is coming.”

That is the message subliminally placed in the head of the majority of patients at Mosaic, a rehab facility looking to cure their supernatural patients of gifts. Who put the message there? No one knows.

The message was detected by telepathic fish Betta George, one of the few allies Spike has made while trapped at Mosaic. Sounds like a breakout is imminent and hundreds of seriously ticked monsters will be unleashed on an unsuspecting populace. But first, they’re going ot have to get slugs out of their heads (psychically linked to Mah Zinn, Mosaic’s Chief administrator and a slug himself) and find a way to break through a decades-old spell that prevents anyone supernatural from leaving. Then there’s the little matter of the facility being in the middle of the desert, meaning any vampire (including our title character) that wants to leave might suffer a slight case of turning into dust if they go.

Spike makes up his mind to stop the breakout before it starts. Problem is, he’s been drugged, locked in a rubber room and fitted with a straight jacket. And his friends in Mosaic are either in the same situation as him, in a near-coma, or just plain useless. So Spike uses Betta George to physically call in some outside help.

Synopsis
Things were bad enough when every inmate in the asylum wanted Spike dead. But now, the asylum staff has joined the cause. It's Spike vs. pretty much everyone. Poor, poor everyone.

Collections

 * Spike: Asylum
 * Spike Omnibus

Appearances

 * Spike
 * Beck
 * Biv
 * Wiseau
 * Betta George
 * Marv
 * Lorne
 * Scott Taylor