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?"

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

"And just what exactly was he saying?

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

slowly spoke as he scribbled down words on a sheet of paper that was lying on his desk in front of him. "Well,

Jeremiah kept on speaking with Sanyupta. His lips were moving, but his mind was far from the conversation. Even when the subject switched from Isaac and to another issue, the man's thoughts remained

still see the

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 though her elevator companion were readying himself for

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 just about every last ounce

the young man

When his nose could no longer breathe in any more fumes, his body unclenched itself. Isaac leaned up against the wall and stuffed his cold hands into his coat

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

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

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

Without even looking up to see if he had arrived at the correct locale, Isaac pushed open the door and noticed right away Doctor Levin talking on the

"Isaac?" Jeremiah choked, hanging

smile while dropping himself onto the leather couch as if he owned the

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

Isaac said, "Yeah, man. I've

"Some stuff is a helluva of an understatement, my friend." Jeremiah exclaimed while examining Isaac's face. "Isaac...I honestly don't know what to say. I...I can't believe you're here. How did you even get

"I took the bus all the way out here, man. I just needed someone to talk to." Isaac lethargically replied, sounding

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

asking me that same question since yesterday. Truth is, I can hardly remember anything that

the last thing you remember? The news keeps saying that you were seen over in Cuyahoga Falls. What were

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

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

"Made you?" Jeremiah

saw how she was made, and I needed to find her so she could tell me how to reverse

"I take it you're

doctor a

there's no such

inhaled the fresh new carpet smell of the office and said, "I

"You mean back

"No...back

"Oh...I

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

arguing Thanksgiving afternoon. So I got

"Who's

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

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