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The return of the bubonic plague from the past
A strange disease attacks the Pine Hills community and the city goes berserk/chaotic. Scientist from Harvard and Yale work together to discover the deadly disease. So far 52 people have died and from there DNA, scientists have discovered that the bacteria are similar to the genetics the Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, killing an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1348–50 CE. Although there were several competing theories as to the etiology of the Black Death, analysis of DNA from victims in northern and southern Europe published in 2010 and 2011 indicates that the pathogen responsible was the Yersinia Pestis bacterium, probably causing several forms of the bubonic plague. The Black Death is thought to have originated in the arid plains of central Asia, where it then travelled along the Silk Road, reaching the Crimea by 1346. From there, it was most likely carried by Oriental rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships. Spreading throughout the Mediterranean and Europe, the Black Death is estimated to have killed 30–60% of Europe's total population. All in all, the plague reduced the world population from an estimated 450 million down to 350–375 million in the 14th century. This caused an epidemic-outbreak and innumerable deaths. After the chaos in the past rats then past it down in offspring and the fleas then bite the rat taking the blood with the disease and latched on to an parent cat with the blood of the rat still inside and when Angelica purr chase her cat. Latched on to the cat the flea then bites and regurgitates the Yersinia Pestis into Angelica Rogers carries it to Evans. (But somehow she survived).
Death comes back to Evans high school
Recently the first death came to the Maynard Evans Trojan’s quarterback on the varsity football team. From past research doctors have tried the cure from the past, but it didn’t have any effect. Doctors have released the recent found symptoms which occur in a five day radius. Day one, the victim will find a lump the size of an egg or sometimes an apple or orange, which appears on the neck, groins, and armpits. Day two, the victim vomits nonstop and develops a fever. Day three, the victim appears to find blotches on skin for bleeding under the skin. Day four the victim will suffer severe spasms. Day five the lump will both pop and ooze black liquid. After that the victim will die or rarely survives. Recently the doctor released that six hundred corpses that have died so far and they are all from Evans high school have and upon those police have released a few of those that past these include Ruqaiyah Davis, Basmath Paul, Kevin Morel, Celine Zephyr, Breshae Hill, Vanessa Greene, Kaniesha Grimmage, Lakala James, Luctama Joseph, Maisha Mathurin, Rodina Micourt, Sha’Ralyce Muir, Ahmani Standifer, Akeia Williams, and Mr. Wotton. Survivors are clueless
Survivors are clueless, they have recently started to go berzerk by attacking anyone and everyone who looks sick or who might have something to do with the pandemic. Some people have been found with the plague in them, but show no sign of sickness or pain police are rounding up the controls and are paying anyone who helps turn them in the names of the controls are Nicholas Collins, Angelica Rogers, Alica Cooper, Cesotta Daly, Gershon Prospere, Hugo Laboy, and Lizet Garcia Lopez. Other then that some survivors are lighting everything on fire for example the entire freshman football team at evans and some coaches, dumped gasoline around every inch of the track and sparked it to burn which was almost the most effective way until they were found dead two weeks later for the lack of food.

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