The Beast of 1977 (Book 1)

Chapter 27

"I need to speak with Doctor Sanyupta, please! Doctor Benjamin Sanyupta!" Jeremiah intently shouted over the phone to the operator.

With a clutter of papers in both hands and his eyes firmly locked on the clock above the door, Jeremiah anxiously awaited the doctor's speedy response.

"Uh, yes, good morning," he jittered, dropping his papers flat on the floor beneath his feet. "Or should I say, good evening, Doctor? Sorry to disturb you. I was just calling to fill you in on a couple of patients that require some much needed attention."

"I see. What can I assist you with, Doctor?" Sanyupta replied, sounding as if he had just awoke from sleeping.

"Well, first I wanted to discuss Isaac Mercer. You won't believe this, but, Isaac was kidnapped two days ago."

First, there was a long gasp, then Sanyupta appallingly uttered, "Oh my."

"Don't worry, I believe he is fine. According to reports, somehow he managed to elude his captor. Apparently he was abducted by the B.O.D. kidnapper."

"I'm sorry, the who?"

"The Broad Open Daylight kidnapper," Levin sighed while rolling his eyes. "I apologize for the acronym usage."

"Ahh, I understand. Tell me, how was Isaac able to gain his freedom from this individual?"

"It's still unknown at this time. But, the kidnapper was found murdered inside the same home where he took and murdered his own victims."

"Murdered? By whom," Sanyupta inhaled.

"More like a what," Jeremiah said. "The police say than an animal, a very large animal, killed this man, along with six others up along the Cuyahoga Valley."

"And Isaac was able to escape unharmed?"

"That's correct. I would love to know just how he was able to do so."

"Wait a minute, just what was Isaac doing up in Cuyahoga Falls?"

"I'm not quite sure, sir."

"Are you seeing him again this month?"

"As a matter of fact, he has an appointment on the 28th. But I wanted to bring that incident to your attention, as well as a curiosity. I saw Isaac last week, and I was not aware that he was bilingual."

"Ahh," Sanyupta chuckled, "I see you have come across that phenomenon as well. I am afraid that Isaac does not speak another language, rather, he is speaking backwards."

Jeremiah's mouth grew dry at that second, trying to find the words to explain his sudden confusion.

"Backwards, you say?"

and out of nowhere, he begins to speak what I assumed at first to be a completely different vernacular. I replayed the tape recorder over again

just what exactly was he saying? If you don't mind me

sighed. "Some random sayings about blood. I believe his final words that particular day were something to the effect of structures collapsing and a fateful train ride. Once again, random gibberish. Just the rants of a person who has endured a traumatic experience. Even his very tone seemingly changed. One would possibly believe that he was, dare I say, possessed, if you subscribe to such a preposterous

down words on a sheet of paper that was lying on his desk in front

Jeremiah kept on speaking with Sanyupta. His lips were moving, but his mind was far from the conversation. Even when the

Somehow, even with the knowledge that Isaac was free from his captor, Jeremiah could still see the young man in some sort of distress; an agony that he himself

with hungry, scurvy eyes as the overweight, young white woman in front of him squirmed from side

and down as if his own skin were on fire. In his eyes there was really nothing attractive about the woman. He wasn't interested in looks, just smells. He inhaled her strong

back at the young man while gripping her purse that

body

instant the door slid open, like a passing

face. Realizing that he had arrived at his floor, the young man nonchalantly limped

on. Cream colored, block-like arrows pointing people in the right direction lined the walls that young Mercer passed by as his head hung low to the carpeted floor beneath

arrived at the correct locale, Isaac pushed open the door and noticed right away Doctor Levin talking

"Isaac?" Jeremiah choked, hanging

you doin', man," Isaac cracked a lazy smile while dropping himself onto the leather couch as if he

Levin, with a face of complete disorientation, sat himself down beside

Without looking in Levin's direction, Isaac

exclaimed while examining Isaac's face. "Isaac...I honestly don't know what to say. I...I can't believe

lethargically replied, sounding as though he were ready to fall right asleep. "I've been freebasing coffee ever since

an appointment with a patient in about twenty minutes or so, but I guess

belly laugh before saying, "Man, everyone has been asking me that same question since yesterday. Truth is, I can hardly remember anything that

was the last thing you remember? The news keeps

couch and began to pace the floor in front of the doctor. There was so much rambling chaos cluttering his brain that pulling

"I had to see someone up there. Someone very important," Isaac carried on. "I had to see the woman that made

"Made you?"

this," Isaac pointed to himself. "Just this morning, I saw how she was made, and I needed to find her so

"I take it you're

give the doctor a strange scowl, as if the word were completely

got to understand, there's no such thing as that. It's

eyes, inhaled the fresh new carpet smell of the office and said, "I think I'm ready to tell you what

"You mean back at Leroy Cummins'

"No...back

"Oh...I see." Jeremiah softly

the leather couch. The very

arguing Thanksgiving afternoon. So I got pissed and

I met back at the garage where I was working. She and I had been messing around since October." Isaac steadily explained. "So anyways, I went over to her place, we did

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