"Give me your soul!"

"You didn't save him!"

"The deal was cancer not car accident."

"You tricked me!"

"Stop whining! A deal is a deal."

It snapped its fingers. James was flung across the deserted mall.

"Soul's mine."

It walked away.

James couldn't move or breathe. An invisible vacuum sucked his heart and soul.

The overhead light faded but a song played.

I believe in karma what you give is what you get returned. *

It hit him. He screamed.

"I believe in karma not in you!"

Blinding light.

He sat up next to his recovering father's hospital bed.

Word count - 99 words

*Affirmation by Savage Garden