William left, and Gerard ran a hand through his hair, looking around. He needed to fill the rest of the professors in on the situation, and make a plan to canvass the school for new intruders or zombies, or whatever the fuck else that Dark bastard had been up to. Gerard was pretty sure he'd heard Gabe nearby a few minutes ago, but now that Gerard was free to look around , Gabe was back over with his Slytherins, who were all gathered together in a knot on the other side of the fire and behaving themselves. Unlike Gerard's Gryffindors, who were starting to raise a bit of a racket.
Gerard had to spare a moment to reassure the surrounding circle of students that no, Frank Iero was not in fact a demonic intruder bent on their demises, but just a new professor -- and no, Gerard didn't need help subduing him, it'd just been a misunderstanding, and Caelum could put that flaming branch back in the fire, that was just fucking disrespectful on so many levels.
The students backed off, looking both curious and mutinous, and Gerard winced and hoped they'd leave Frank alone for a bit. Gerard really didn't want the new professor saddled with a bunch of suspicious students just because Gerard had been a bit less than subtle about things.
Fuck, worry about it later. First things first. He made his way around the fire, nodding to a few of the students coolly, And oh, another stranger, fantastic, and Gerard still didn't have time to spare worrying about making a good first impression. He wouldn't pin this one to a wall, though.
"Sorry to interrupt," he said, smiling tightly at the students, who were all staring at him like he'd just slammed a random man against a wall and held him at wandpoint. "But I need to borrow your head of house for a moment. And," he added, nodding to the unfamiliar woman, "I don't believe we've met, but this may concern you as well."