Jacob struggles as the whip brings him down on his back. Thinking as fast as he can, he takes his bolt cutter and then attempts to cut the whip to free himself. He would rise up scrambling to put a desk or such in between the two of them as he wields the tool so that he could at the very least defend himself. He would use his free hand to throw a chair at her as he gets behind the desk to try and get some time to craft together a way to put her down. Whatever was controlling her was contagious and he could only assume with the sexual indications that the virus was via sexual intercourse.