Jacob wasn't surprised to see Tobias step out with the two children in tow. It was just like the Mother to stay out there and stick to the fight for as long as she could. She always was a stubborn one. Jacob gave Tobias his usual greeting of a curt nod. Tobias took the kids who had started this whole business to Sun to bring to the medical center. Tobias announced his intention to go after Fen to make sure he was ok. Jacob was just opening his mouth to respond, when all of a sudden, he heard a loud, prepubescent voice call out [b]"What do we got! Where do you want me?"[/b] Jacob turned around, then looked down, and saw some eight year old kid just standing there, without a shirt, and holding Marcus's prototype energy rifle that went missing last week. So this was the infamous Michael. Jacob had heard of his exploits from listening in on the others' conversations, but he had never run into him while inside the power plant. He guessed O'Malley really was good for something aside from wasting oxygen. All the same, Jacob simply could not believe his eyes.

Jacob turned back around, facing away from the strange boy, and muttered, exasperated, "Sweet God in heaven....". He turned back around, and pointed at Sun saying, as calmly as he could, "Sun, could you.... handle...... that? Get the rifle back to Marcus, maybe take him with you to the med center with the kids, show off for a bit.... just handle it." Turning back to Tobias and resuming his usual business demeanor, he said, "Anyways, Tobias, I'm going with you. Going out there alone is a bad idea, and I can do more damage to the herd down there anyway."