I felt cold creep into my soul. It's an inevitable fact. I won't live much longer and yet... I feel as if my life isn’t over. I refuse to accept that this it. 

"What if I tell you its not over?" A voice interrupted my thoughts. What did it try to mean with those words? 

"What if I can give you the choice to live?" I felt warm air brush my face then my space wasn't black. Light came through and all of a sudden I was on the shore of a beach. The sand in my feet felt real. The light of the sunrays felt warm. The sound of the ocean waves was soothing. For a moment I thought, was this heaven? But then it didn't make sense for the voice to offer me a life again. 

"This isn’t heaven. I thought I would give you a comforting scenery before I tell you my offer." The voice was there but there was no body around. Then a sense of uncertainty crept in. 

"I don't feel any comfort if I am not able to see my so called dealer?" I heard laughter. 

"You are probably right. But I must confess, I may try to manifest myself to you for a short while but you must consider my offer very carefully." I sensed a little desperation in his voice. What does he want with me? A minute later I man appeared right before me. At first my first impression of him was fascination. There was an aura of bad boy around him. Shaggy long black purple hair, one blue eye and the other eye were deep red. Maybe I should have been afraid, it made sense to be afraid of him but I wasn't.  

"Are you happy now?" His voice sounded a little sarcastic but it spiced up his appearance for my taste. 

"Actually I am." I gave a quick approving nod. He rolled his eyes and approached me closer. 

"Can I offer you my deal now pretty princess?" I could tell he wanted to sound cute, sarcastic, and cocky, which by the way it kind of fascinated me. 

"Princess? Please don't call me that. But first tell me what’s your name?”  He smiled at me giving me an exciting thrill in my body. What the hell is wrong with me? He came closer to me and lightly grabbed a strand of my curly red hair. He leaned closer and quickly sniffed it. My heart fluttered and I stepped back. Utterly speechless, the guy just laughs.

“I don’t think my ‘name’ should be important right now. Look, Kyane, I’ll make this simple for you to understand since my offer is very limited. I need your body.” Again he came closer and with his index finger he gently touched my mid upper chest area. He wasn’t near my breasts, but his touch sent electricity all over my body.

“What do you mean? My body?” Was this some sick joke? Hasn’t he seen my dying body, I’m so close in becoming a corpse. And this random guy wants my body.

“Well you’re a bit too late. Apparently I’m going to die very shortly. So go off to your next victim.” I turn away from him, and walk away. Then I thought where the hell am I going?

“You see, your not listening.” I turn back to see he wasn’t there, but when turned again he appeared right in front of my face.

“Ah!” I fall backwards because of the sudden surprise and I land on the sand.

“This is where I come in, I can give you your organs back.” His statement was shocking and unreal.

“Are you God?" He made a wincing sound and laughed again.

“Your very off on that. No I was born a human. A human that shares the same gift as you.” He reached his hand towards me and a butterfly suddenly appeared. It was the same butterfly I was trying to manifest. Then the butterfly did the one thing I could never do, it moved. It’s antenna twitched and it flew away. Clearly this guy is an illusionist like me, but there was something about him that made me believe he was possibly something more.

“You’re an illusionist?” I stand up and the sand suddenly turns into clouds. Was this his doing?

“Is that what were called in these days?” He looked puzzled but then he simply shrugged it off. “Sure why not.” He grabs my hand and pulls me in. His hold on me was firm and my heart again fluttered insanely.

“Back to the topic, you want to keep living correct.” I looked into his eyes and the only thing I managed was to nod.

“Good, now I do need your body. And I can give you life again. Just accept me within your mind and soul, and you will live again.” His voice was hypnotic and sensual that I almost agreed. But I push him away.

“Are you crazy, I don’t know anything about you. How do I know that you wont kill me or do something crazy?" He looked at me in shock. As if he was expecting me to fall head over heels for his absurd proposal. Then for a microsecond a glare appeared on his composed face.

All of a sudden my heart literally stopped beating. I felt my lungs collapse, and I fell on the clouds.

“AAAAAAAAHHHHH.” I began to scream in pain, shriek as if my life depended on it. In the background I am able to hear the nurses working and the doctor yelling commands. My mother’s screams and pleads resonated my ears. But why am I feeling pain, wasn’t I disconnected from my body? Pain was in every inch of my body, I felt helpless and terrified. Then I feel the guy’s face bend down to look at me straight in the eyes.

“This is your last chance. I will not harm you.” His voice felt so fake to me, but then I saw something in his eyes that showed something true.

“Dammit let me save you.” He yelled in desperation. That’s it, he is desperate.