Eclipse - Act 1 - The Healing

Chapter 10 - Sabotaged

Glynda

She is sat down at the desk which once belonged to Professor Ozpin, her hands clasped together, and head held low with sunken green eyes. Her blonde hair swept over the side of her head with her eyes staring down at the documents on her desk. Many names and faces on them, the faces of the dead and one of the faces is Penny Polendina. She did not know the little synthetic girl very well, but she wishes she could have done.

Feeling her heart pounding a thousand times a second with her heart in her mouth, everything seems like it is getting worse. She exhales, lifting her head up to see the hazy view of the Shadow of Broken Promises in the sky. Looking like it is ready to unleash the full force of the Black Gallows from the safety above, reigning fire and death from the stars. But there would be nothing they could do if they decided to level the Academy, so she calms herself down – knowing that Killian would never do such a thing.

Or at least she hopes so.

As she sits there, she hears the sound of the door behind her opening, and she turns to see Ironwood standing behind her with his hand resting against the door. She looks at him then sighs with sadness, looking out the window again and feeling worse and worse over this situation. "James..." She softly says, staring down at the desk yet again as Ironwood walks inside with Oobleck and Port at his side.

"Good afternoon, Glynda...I can probably guess you know why I am here." James says, walking over to her with his voice filled with concern. Professor Port and Doctor Oobleck follow him, and they both stand by the pillars as James approaches her desk and he leans against it with his arms crossed. "The reports I have received, Glynda...they've been worrying me." He admits, trying his best to make it sound as kind as he possibly could. Glynda sighs, looking up at him, and she looks like she has not had a good nights' sleep ever since the Battle of Beacon.

With exhausted eyes look up at him, bags formed underneath the eyes themselves and her scleras are badly bloodshot from her lack of sleep. "I know...I know, James." She stammers as she touches the table with her hands.

"A kid with Paranoid Schizophrenia allowed into the Huntsmen Academies? Not excluded after the revelation we learned? I don't want to jump to any conclusions, Glynda, but it looks like who have been slacking on the simpler rules." James explains as he lists the strange things that have been happening lately. Glynda gets up from her desk and she walks over to the window, stammering a breath as she approaches it, staring down at the academy where the Black Gallows have infested the infrastructure of like rats. She presses her palm against the window and she lets out a shaky breath.

James stares at her, worried for her mental health, the attack is enough to mess with anyone – hell it has been getting to him as well. "Glynda? I'm worried about you." He tells her, pushing himself away from her desk and standing behind her. She squeezes her eyes shut with a sharp intake of air, biting her lip as tears trickle down from her eyes. She turns to him and the three of them see her struggles as clear as day in her eyes.

"I don't know what to do...James..." She sniffles as she stares at him, he notices her hands shaking and her inability to contain her own emotions. He heard about her snapping at the students after the fight between Sun and Jaymes, and he is no fool. She is displaying signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, something extremely understandable after what she witnessed. No matter how hard of a warrior you are, the mind cannot be expected to withstand every horror that they are confronting.

James immediately walks over to Glynda and kindly wraps his arms around her in a warm embrace, she gives in and she holds onto him in return, sniffling through her sorrow. She hugs him tight, showing her weaker side to the three teachers that stand in the office with her. At least she can get the tears out around people she can trust, opposed to it happening in front of all the students during an assembly when she is meant to be giving a heartfelt speech to them all. "Ssh, it's okay." James assures as he caresses her blonde hair with his metal gloved hand.