Mairi was about to reply that she was not going anywhere until she knew that Ernie and Ciaran were safe when one of the uniformered attackers blasted through several chairs - exactly where she'd been sitting with her ladies, who were God knew where at the moment - in an effort to get to the front of the room. He spotted her and the young man who'd stopped to help her and came forward, an unpleasant look upon his face.
"Behind you!" she cried out, trying to reach her wand with her left hand but, not being ambidextrous, she merely shifted over much, causing her broken limb to hurt that much more.