Carmen had fled to the auditorium, sure. She was afraid, sure. However, she wasn't really panicking, and when Crash started to speak it was like she remembered she wasn't a normal person. She had abilities and could use them. Could her untrained abilities stand up to hellspawn? Eh...probably not. But she could help. 

[i]As long as people actually get it together, [/i] she thought, annoyed. The commotion was ridiculous. Justified for normal humans, sure. But not a group of people who ALL had supernatural abilities. She almost wanted to hit them with a trumpet kick to shut them up, but knew that wouldn't help anything. Instead, she merely walked up to Crash and that guy from the opening ceremony and simply said "Ready." Not in a heroic, brave tone...nor a frightened one. Just a soft one - barely audible over the commotion. With her trumpet by her side she almost looked like a spearman at attention before a battle.