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?"

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

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

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

a sheet of paper that was lying on his desk in front of him. "Well, as I mentioned, I will

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

knowledge that Isaac was free from his captor, Jeremiah could still see the young man in some sort of distress;

eyes as the overweight, young white woman in front of him squirmed from side to side as though

face up 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 perfume with

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

no longer breathe in any more fumes, his body unclenched itself. Isaac leaned up against the wall and stuffed his

like a passing wind, the

while a crass grin blessed his swollen face. Realizing that

'Moonlight 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 his head hung low to the carpeted floor beneath his sore

even looking up to see if he had arrived at the correct locale, Isaac pushed open the door and noticed right away Doctor

"Isaac?" Jeremiah

"How you doin', man," Isaac cracked a lazy smile while dropping himself onto

a face of complete disorientation, sat himself down beside Isaac, took off his glasses, and with outstretched hands

Without looking in Levin's direction, Isaac said, "Yeah,

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

just needed someone to talk to." Isaac lethargically replied, sounding as though he were ready to fall right asleep. "I've been freebasing coffee ever since this

briefly sighed while glancing at the clock above his head, "I have an appointment with a patient in about twenty minutes or so, but I guess you and I

has been asking me that same question since yesterday. Truth is, I

"Well, what was the last thing you remember? The news keeps saying that you were seen over

of the doctor. There was so much rambling chaos cluttering his brain that pulling out one thought seemed to

very important," Isaac carried on. "I had

"Made you?" Jeremiah

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

take it you're referring to your

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

no such

pockets. He then closed his eyes, inhaled the fresh new

"You mean back at Leroy

"Oh...I

Jeremiah's body settling into the leather couch. The very moment

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

explained. "So anyways, I went over to

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