Firewall lunged up off his ass, joined Barb in slowing the object down by throwing chairs in it's path to slow it's charge.
He then got into his head to act, ran behind it and tried to grab hold of something upon it's surface, even with his size it only served to slow it a little, dislocating one of his fingers in the process.
The object plunges into the chairs, scattering them mere nanoseconds after you guys have gotten out of the way into various piles of people, before bouncing again and skittering to a halt against the far wall, where it sparks somewhat.
It looks like a (now battered) simulatiom module.
"Hey, err," comes a loud Texan voice from up the stairs. "You folks down below might want to look out for that."
Striding into the room now comes Dallas. He's a tall man., not massively muscular but VERY sturdy, short cropped blonde hair and a continuous air of being three steps ahead in time of where everyone else is.
"Who the hell designs the handles on those goddamn things anyway? Now... WAIT!" He sticks out a warning hand towards the simulator.
"Nobody make any sudden movements. Everyone... carefully... step back from that thing..."