"Mark..."
He was in a pit, a pit of invisible fire and blades and pain. Over and over he felt himself die.
"Mark... can you hear My voice?" He thought he was imagining things- nothing spoke here, it was all darkness.
"Mark, do you still wish for the life that was taken from you?"
He nodded his assent, then curled up as he was lashed with crippling agony.
"Then go; find those destined to be my brides, and bring them to My embrace."
He never saw the speaker, as he rose through the darkness to reach out to his carcass, and to breathe again.
There was a light directly above him. A cold, white light, of the sort found in hospitals.
He sat up. He was completely naked still, and he was cold. But it didn't affect him like it would normally; where he would normally be shivering he was perfectly comfortable. He got up off the metal table, and walked towards the exit.
The door opened before he got to it, and the gothic on the other side hit the roof. She screamed, the sound more piercing than anything Mark had ever heard before. His hearing was better; he could hear her heart beat, but he was even more aware of other things. He could tell that she not only thought that he was attractive, but that the fact that she thought she was dreaming meant that he could get away with anything. He knew she liked sex without foreplay, rough and hard, with no thought as to the consequences. He also knew the she was going through a dry patch, and if he asked, she would say fuck yes.