Jack was in a daze. For the past hour he had been trying to wrap his mind around not only the fact that Ace was in the hospital and that she needed to receive a cybernetic prosthetic but how she was also going to have to work for Cole as a Sentinel. But the thing that was mostly on Jacks minds was: who did this, how could this have happened, and why was she attacked? 

Ace was an incredibly strong fighter, even without the use of her gift and could easily take out a squad of Scions. To end up in her current condition seemed unheard of until now, which means she either had gotten careless or she had tried taking on an opponent strong enough to be her equal or be even stronger than her. 

Ace was also (at least according to her last update with Jack) currently off duty and wasn't taking any really big jobs. So why would she be attacked?

This brought Jack to his last question. The Scions of Divinity were targeting humans not meta humans like Ace. The only reason why the Scions might target her is for the revenge of fallen comrades, she was an Enforcer or Sentinel, or the perhaps saw her as a threat. However, Ace had taken on Scions before without receiving any major injuries; so the likelihood of the Scions be her attack was small. The only other group that would attack her and for it to make sense was The Storm Hounds. The Storm Hounds were notorious for lynching meta humans and attacking meta human supporters. Ace had not taken on many Storm Hound agents in the past so the amount of power they have is currently unknown. The injury Ace received was another thing to take into consideration. Since it was a gunshot wound and not a wound caused by a "gift"; the likelihood of her attacker being human increases. While it is true that the Scions have used weaponry and firearms; the Scions are known to kill using gifts and not weapons. Storm Hound agents are humans therefore they-

These thoughts swirled in Jacks mind over and over again. It was only until he heard Norville speak that he snapped back to reality. Jack hesitated briefly before responding to Norville's question. He looked up at Norville, dead in the eye, holding a steady yet tired gaze. Jack noticed that the top half of his eyes were shrouded in a golden hue. "A gifted? hmmm... he must be an abnormality.... I've never seen a Gifted with eyes like those before." He thought silently before he spoke allowed."heh... I.... I guess you could say that I'm this little wild fire's father."  He replied referring to Ace.