The plague doctor

prologue

I stepped between the two oak planks holding the door frame up and peered into the house...
The silence was defening...
I called out "hello, I was sent a letter from this address"
A frailed old woman replied from out the darkness "can you help?"
I spoke back to her with a sympathetic tone "I will try."
"If you can't help then don't even try!"
I scuttled out already beatten, there's no point raising false hopes. I moved to the next address and before I even reached the door I knew it was too late the stench of rotting corpses filled the air. I already knew.
I moved on.
The hooded figure had caught up with me now. "I hate this, I can't even help them. You have no idea what it is like to just give bad news it's sickening. "
"On the contrary friend , I know all too well..."
"Why would you cause this to everyone then?"
"I didn't cause this I'm just doing my job!" He aimed his scythe at me with blood curling acc
uracy.
I felt an itch on my arm, I looked down...
"So that is why you are following me..."
The hooded figure put down his scythe and replied to me "it is not your time yet, but we will meet again, I promise you that. You cannot change fate."