Storie Blu #51: Mental Therapy (Manlio Truscia)

A psychic test subject named Alex Foster is held captive on a hijacked school bus, where the St. James Institute weaponizes him through neural control and forced persona shifts to commit escalating violence against hostage students. As Alex’s body begins to fail under the strain, the Institute’s leadership coldly prioritizes data collection over his life, rejecting all calls to halt the procedure and using external stimuli to jolt him back into consciousness. Following a brutal protocol, the researchers express perverse excitement over a successful neurological stimulation, declaring Alex "cured" and preparing for the next phase of tests.