Green eyes gazed at the cork that hung between her bare breast in the mirror across from her. It was strange to think that this was the device that Kairatos...a smile crossed over her lips as she mentally corrected herself...that Xanthus used to summon a bull. Not just any bull but a bull that basically ran around lighting things on fire. In the few days since their coffee date, Lena had tried herself to get the creature to appear before her with no luck whatsoever. From poking it to trying to lure the bull out with food to downright threatening it. Even Voyager had tried when Lena had taken it off for a shower.

Lena would take it to the grave that she had found the necklace in Voyager’s litter box.

Finally Lena had to give up. Outside of trying to summon the bull by fire she had come to the conclusion that Xanthus really was the only one who could make this magical thingamajig work. A defeat she was not happy to admit.

So she would just have to use other means.

Turning her eyes from the mirror, Lena finished undressing as she stepped into a new set of lingerie. It wasn’t that she didn’t have anything good at home but when she had finished coffee and given Xanthus her number, Lena had made sure he knew she was expecting him to follow through on that phone call and she had to make sure he didn’t go back on his word to take her back to Mars after all. It was also why as she turned to gaze at the bright red set on her body, she frowned. It did not give as much lift as she had hoped to make sure his eyes feel on the object resting there.

“This will not due. “ Lena shook her head, release the clasp and changing to the next set she had grabbed. This one she didn’t have much hope for but she had to admit she loved the color. A rich royal purple. Not to mention this was more of a corset set that required a little lack of movement with her back but oh well. It wasn’t like she was the one running around summoning bulls and being thrown through windows.

As she stood back and adjusted her hair to fall behind her shoulders, Lena was almost happy with that she saw. “Not bad. Maybe he’ll let me try riding that bull in this. ” Her body turned to look at her behind. That was when she noticed something she hadn’t seen before.

On the empty hanger she had just removed the corset from was a scarf or royal blue with a star on it. Her perfectly manicured nails reached out and tapped on the star itself. With the sound of bells it met, Lena knew it was glass. “Well that wasn’t thrown in here….” She thought now looking towards the ground before dropping to her hands and knees to look under the door frame.

No one.

Just like when she had come in. She had the dressing room to herself.

Rising back to her feet, Lena reached out again and cupped the star in one hand. “Now, when did I grab you? I would have noticed something like this in the racks. “

Taking the scarf just above the glass, she pulled it from the hanger and wrapped it around her bare shoulders.

Except when she gazed back in the mirror, they were no longer bare. Lena was not looking at herself any longer but at a woman in a floor length gown with areas on the front and back removed for a see through mesh. Through the mesh she could see a pair wedged heels she had never laid eyes on before.

Pulling the scarf from her body with a long sigh, a word rang clear into her mind. “Meteora…” She tried it on her lips before blinking and lifting a hand to the circlet on her head. “Oh!” Then she gazed at the necklaces. “Oh! Someone has good taste.” The woman smiled, loving the new star pieces she saw.

That was when she turned to gaze at the back of the dress realizing the mesh showed her bare hip and the dress gave her one hell of a rear end. “Who needs underwear when you get lift like this.” Meteora grinned as she ran her hand down over her behind and the fabric. “Damn, I look pretty good.” Throwing her hair over her shoulders, she smiled as she took in herself before something dawned on her.

“s**t...how am I supposed to buy that corset when I don’t have a clue where it went…”