‘Click’
And just like that, the ventilator churned no more. Momentarily there was silence before the high-pitched squeal of his flat lining echoed around the room joined shortly after by a cacophony of sobs and anguished wailing from the assembled family around the hospital bed as he drew his last. But he didn’t know that because he was dead.
‘Explain yourself!’
Where was that voice coming from? And why was he so hot?
‘Lord?’
A laugh rang out from all directions, piercing his skull.
‘Do I look like the lord to you?’ as he saw a flash of teeth form into an evil grin in the darkness.
‘But I served righteously. I put other before my own needs. My church, my congregation, the community. I did the lords work without question. What have I done to bring me here?’
‘That may be so but let me ask you this; did you buy Microsoft Office?’
‘Yes but…’
‘And did you read the terms and conditions prior to instillation before confirming your agreement?’
‘…. I skimmed it. But who reads all of that?’
Suddenly the shadows were gone, the illuminated horizon revealing billions of tormented people as far as he could see.
‘Who indeed?’ The Devils smirk appeared one final time. It would be the last smile that he would ever see for eternity.