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?"

"I too was taken aback at first. He and I were having a conversation one day back in December, 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 during our discussion when it suddenly occurred to me to

"And just what exactly was he saying? If

that particular day were something to the effect of structures collapsing and a fateful train ride. Once again, random gibberish.

was lying on his desk in front of him. "Well, as I mentioned, I will be seeing Isaac

but his mind was far from the conversation. Even when the subject switched from Isaac and to another issue,

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

his aching neck, Isaac stood in the back corner of the elevator and watched with hungry, scurvy eyes as the overweight, young white woman in front of him squirmed from side to side as

were on fire. In his eyes there was really nothing attractive about the woman. He wasn't interested in looks, just smells. He

The woman nervously glanced back at the young man while gripping her purse that was wrapped

When his nose could no longer breathe in any more fumes, his body unclenched itself. Isaac leaned up against the

instant the door slid open, like a

Realizing that he had arrived at his floor, the young man nonchalantly limped out into the quiet warmness of the soft-colored

in Vermont' was playing in the speakers above his head as he walked on. Cream colored, block-like arrows pointing people in the right direction lined the walls that young Mercer passed by as

Without even looking up to see if he had arrived at the correct locale, Isaac pushed

"Isaac?" Jeremiah choked,

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

a face of complete disorientation, sat himself down beside Isaac, took off his glasses,

looking in Levin's direction, Isaac said, "Yeah, man. I've just been through

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

"I took the bus all the way out here, man. I just needed someone to talk to." Isaac lethargically replied, sounding as though he were ready to fall right asleep.

in about twenty minutes or so, but I guess you and I can talk until then. I just have to ask, how were you able

let out a hearty, hapless belly laugh before saying, "Man, everyone has been asking me that same

"Well, what was the last thing you remember? The news keeps saying that you were seen over in Cuyahoga Falls. What were

off the couch and began to pace the floor in front of the doctor. There was so much rambling chaos cluttering his brain that pulling out one thought seemed to drain his already depleted

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

"Made you?" Jeremiah

"Yeah...made me into this," Isaac pointed to himself. "Just this morning, I saw how she

it you're referring

Isaac stopped his incessant pacing to give the doctor a strange scowl, as if the word

got to understand, there's no such thing as that. It's nothing more than guilt."

planted his hands back into his coat pockets. He then closed his eyes, inhaled the fresh new carpet

"You mean back at Leroy Cummins'

"No...back

"Oh...I see." Jeremiah

All Isaac could hear was Jeremiah's body settling into the leather

"Me and Lynn were arguing Thanksgiving afternoon. So I got

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 it, and then she suggests that we go over to some guys' pad to play

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