down one side of the hallway: screaming noncombatants, leaving a room.<br/><br/>down the other, noncombatants heading toward them... several of the 'noncombatants' in business attires - secretaries and aides mostly - were producing weapons, and converging on her and the other soldiers in the area.  Then they opened up on one of the armored guards right next to her (they'd followed her lead for the moment), taking a full burst to the chest and being knocked on his ass, though he was still clearly alive, if gasping for breath and struggling to his feet...<br/><br/>(Initiative! :3)