GOOD END
Danny honestly was not expecting what happened after that morning. Seeing his own daughter's dead body... Gaining these ideas, this knowledge of how the body works, how to improve it... He'd not had the best of days.
But returning home, he'd found... A woman in a fedora, standing in the centre of his living room. And... And next to her...
"Taylor?" He asked, his breath shaky.
"D-Dad..." Taylor smiled, tears brimming at the corners of her eyes.
He ran to her and hugged her tight to his chest, clutching at her like a lifeline. "God..." He sobbed. "I thought I'd lost you... I thought-"
"It's okay, Dad, I'm here, I'm fine, It's okay..." She responded, embracing him equally as tightly.
"Mr. Hebert-" The woman broke in. Danny loosened his hold on Taylor slightly, looking to the woman in the centre of his house. "If I may?"
"How... What... I mean..." Danny tried to ask just what the hell was going on, but the words to do so escaped him.
"Just before Taylor would have died, I was able to rescue her from the locker, and replaced her with a realistic replica." She replied matter-of-factly, and for a moment, Danny's eyes blazed. "That was, I'm afraid necessary, in order to force you to gain your powers."
"My... powers?" Danny asked, confused. Was that what that knowledge was...?
"Yes. You are now a biological tinker, capable of understanding, building, and modifying biological entities. And I need your help."
"Well, you saved my daughter – I guess I owe you this." Danny chuckled, trying to force a joke that perhaps didn't work- but the woman offered a genuine smile anyway.
"Good. In that case, please – come with me." And as she, Danny, and Taylor entered that panel of light and into the organisation known as 'Cauldron,' Contessa explained the origin of powers...