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?"

nowhere, he begins to speak what I assumed at first to be a completely different vernacular. I replayed the tape

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

words of the four letter variety," Sanyupta 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 of him. "Well, as I mentioned, I will be seeing Isaac again later this

moving, but his mind was far from the

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 would fear

the elevator and watched with hungry, scurvy eyes as the overweight, young white woman in front of him squirmed

woman. He wasn't interested in looks, just smells. He inhaled her strong perfume with

young man while gripping her purse that was wrapped around her

more fumes, his body unclenched itself. Isaac leaned

the door slid open, like a passing wind, the woman sailed out and into the hallway as though she

up against the wall while a crass grin blessed his swollen face. Realizing that

arrows pointing people in the right direction lined the walls that young Mercer passed

had arrived at the correct locale, Isaac pushed open the door and noticed right

"Isaac?" Jeremiah

smile while dropping

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

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

while examining Isaac's face. "Isaac...I honestly

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

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 can talk until then. I just have to ask, how were you able to escape that kidnapper? It's

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

you remember? The news keeps

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

"I had to see someone up there. Someone very

"Made you?"

how she was made, and I needed

"I take it you're referring to your

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

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

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

"You mean back at

"No...back in

"Oh...I

All Isaac could hear was Jeremiah's body settling into the leather couch. The very moment

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

"Who's

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

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