Chapter 4
I said, "Syro. You can say that again! I mean where is everyone? The roads are should be people on the streets!" I was not kidding there was no one on the streets. No one was walking down the streets to go to say hello. No one is doing their gardens to water their plants. The houses look empty and dull.
I asked Erick, "Hey! Where is everyone?
Erick replied, "You really need to pay attention in class."
Then he looked at Syro to ask, "What do you know about 1793 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?"
Then she thought about it for a minute. "Is that when the yellow fever broke out and a lot of people died?" Erick nods his head in agreement.
"I still don't get it! I mean it only a fever that has yellow in front of it," I asked.
Erick all of sudden angry and said, "You think it was a fever! It was more than that. It was fever that killed more than 4 thousands in two months. Would a regular fever have the symptoms of head, back, and limb pains at the first stage? Then second the stage is the vomiting of blood and then death!" I was so shocked that yellow fever could do so much.
"I am sorry. I didn't know. What caused the horrible death? What stopped the whole outburst?" I asked.
"The mosquitoes carry the yellow fever in Philadelphia. Well it stopped in November when the cold weather hit Philadelphia the mosquitoes went away." said Erick.
Syro interrupted, "Well I get what yellow fever is, but why did you bring us here in a death trap?"
"The reason I brought you here is because Bella's ancestry is dying from the yellow fever!" answered Erick.
What are Bella and Syro going to do now that Bella's ancestry is dying from in the yellow fever?