A/N: Here we are the second season of Hero Cat. Like I said I would post a chapter on July and I did. So, we left off after Lexy left the home Watterson home to seek help and then out of nowhere Darwin was assassinate in front of the Watterson's. How will they go on without Darwin aka Fishboy? Let's find out.

Hero Cat

Chapter 16: The Aftermath

The episode starts the aftermath from "The Pink Knight" began with a montage of what happens after that with Lexy taken a superhero therapy section and is told that she's making progress, Demolition Woman and Bunny Warlock track down the sniper who murder Fishboy but were too late as the assassin was already dead melted into goo, a anthropomorphic ice cream cone was checking her mail from own home and got a scroll from the Creed of Syndicate Intent and is squealing for excitement when she got an approval to arch Hero Cat as she rush in back to her house to get into her costume, Rob still locked up in prison as he lay down on bed and look at a photo of Hero Cat implying he missed his archenemy but soon quickly stab the photo with a sharp pen in delight, Clare and Mix blow up their own headquarter from behind which hurt their ears of the loud explosion, and finally Darwin's funeral. All the hero in Elmore attend to Hero Cat's friend funeral. As Darwin's coffin laying down to the ground, Gumball rush to his coffin and cry hard while banging it with his fist screaming "No". His mom rush Gumball to grab him to move away from Darwin's coffin as Gumball struggles to break free. Dirt Man got up from his sit and used his power to help buried Darwin's coffin.

Two months has been passed as life goes one...except for the bearded Gumball in a depression state, who is sitting on the couch with his underwear on watching static on t.v., surrounded by tons of junk food. The rest of the Watterson's watches Gumball from the kitchen.

"Oh my sweet gummypuss. We got to do something." Nicole said.

"But how? We've tried everything the carnival, the paintball challenge, and even taking him to see a action movie he likes." Richard asked.

"I even put him in a dress on that state and record it to post online for humiliation, but I got backlash for that." Anais think for a sec and quickly got an idea. "There's something that Gumball would like."

Watterson's Backyard:

Anais already set up the game.

"How about we all play game, like you and friends did? Here's one you made up. It's called...Dodge or Dare!"

Gumball moans in depression.

"I'll go first." Anais roll the dice, and then takes a card. "The card said 'slap your face SUPER hard' better follow what it said, Gumball, it is a dare."

Gumball slowly raised his hand to slap his face as hard as he can, but it was really hard. Just a gentle and pathetic slap that an old man would make.

"Oh come one. You can do better than that."

Gumball slap his face again and the result is the same as before.

Anais sighed. "Okay that's good enough. It's your turn to roll the dice."

Gumball weakly roll the dice and he got a dare. He's too desperate to pick up the card so his sister pick a card for him and read it for him.

Let's see...'cry like a bitch when your friend is dead?' Who wrote this?"

Anais noticed that her brother is already starting crying. She realize this game was a bad and decided to call it quits.

Next, Anais brings a basket full of fruits while also bringing a baseball bat into her backyard.

"Remember this game we used to play." Anais said giving her brother the bat. "It's call fruitball."

"Meh." Gumball said in a deadpan tone.

"Alright, you ready?" She asked.

Gumball remains silence.

Anais has a pineapple. "GO!" She throws it at her brother and hopefully it gets Gumball pumped and quickly hit the fruit with the bat, but that didn't happen as the pineapple hit Gumball's face with no reaction what's so ever. "You're supposed to hit, Gumball!" She grab another fruit to throw and Gumball still hasn't hit the fruit as it him in the face. In desperation, she throws every single fruits out of the basket just hopefully for Gumball at least hit one of them but still no luck. All she's doing is covering Gumball with fruit stain.

Finally, on her last ademption to cheer Gumball up and it's truly embarrassing which is an old video that she's forced to do with Gumball and maybe give him something to laugh. She drag her brother back inside the house up to his room and place Gumball back on his bed, and turn on his computer to play a video.

The video plays a young Anais with a surly expression with Gumball rubbing her chin.

Gumball and Lexy: [Singing voice-over] "It's Baby Anais, the living baby doll!"

[Cut to Gumball and Anais on the bed. Gumball is dressed up like a girl]

Gumball: "She likes to eat her cookies!"

[Gumball shoves cookie onto Anais's face, which crumbles. Gumball then rubs Anais' chin with his finger]

Gumball and Lexy: [Singing voice-over] "It's Baby Anais, the living baby doll!"

[Cut to Lexy and Anais at the dinner table. Lexy is likewise dressed up, and is holding a baby bottle]

Lexy: "She likes to drink milk! [Sticks baby bottle in Anais's mouth] She's really drinking it!"

[Anais spits out milk at Lexy. Cut to the backyard. Gumball and Lexy are singing, as Lexy holds Anais]

Gumball: and Lexy: "It's Baby Anais, the living bab-"

[Anais karate chops Gumball's head]

Gumball: "OW!"

Lexy: "Oh forget it, man. Let's try something else."

Gumball: "No, no, no! This gave me an idea."

Anai-hilator

[Cut to an alley full of trash]

Gumball: [Holding Anais, imitates guitar sounds] "It's the Anai-hilator!"

[Anais smashes the trash, making it fly in all directions]

Gumball: "With realistic kung-fu karate-chop action! She can break anything with her tiny hand!"

[Anais's hand, being held by Lexy, slowly comes up]

Gumball: "Nothing can resist her!"

[Camera changes to what word is said, as Anais karate-chops said items]

Gumball: "Cars! Trees! Bricks! Houses! Her own face!"

[Cut to Gumball, Lexy, and Anais at a junkyard]

Gumball and Lexy: It's the Anai-hilator!

[Cut to a TV with an explosion, with Gumball and Lexy holding the cardboard saying "Commercial Break"]

Gumball and Lexy: "Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, commercial break!"

*VIDEO ENDED*

Anais facepalmed. "Oh god I was so mad. I'm actually surprised this vid reach 1 Million viewership. But hey it is pretty funny when looking back, right Gumball? Gumball?" Anais turn to see Gumball, who is curl up into a ball and look the over way staring at his bedroom wall as he sobbed.

Malevolent Mansion:

Dr. Fantasma looking at a photo of Gumball in sadness while holding it. "Poor, Gumball. I know the feel when you lost someone you care."

"What lost? The only lost you had are your favorite socks, and you don't even have feet." Teri said while cleaning the floor.

"They were my lucky ones!" Dr. Fantasma went back on the main topic. "Anyway, I really care for Gumball and I hated him to see him like this." Dr. Fantasma soon got an idea. "I know. I'll try to resurrect Darwin."

"What?! Look I'm not to fine or know much with this creepy magic, but is it against the rules of bringing things back to life?" Teri asked.

"Yes. And that result a terrible punishment. But I'll deal with the councils judgement later. Right now, I'm going to help Gumball." Dr. Fantasma grab a spell book from her bookshelf and speak backwards in Latin to open a portal. "Wish me luck."

"Just don't bring back another demon like you did last time." Teri angrily said.

Dr. Fantasma nods and head into the portal.

Back at The Watterson's home:

The sad Gumball is back on the couch eating his chips.

"Sorry, mom and dad. I've tried everything." Anais apologized.

"You did the best you can, sweetie." Nicole smiled.

"Now what?" Richard asked.

"Hey, why don't you wish for Darwin to come back?" Anais asked her father.

"Sorry honey but my wand forbidden me to used magic to bring things or someone back from the dead. Now, matter how much your hurting."

"Dang it." Anais said

"What we need is miracle." Nicole said.

*DOORBELL RANG*

Nicole opens the door and happily see Gumballs friends are here. I guess this is the kind of miracle she wanted. She hopefully thinks her friends may help her son. Members of Gumball's friends are Iron Bee (Damien), Metamorpher (Penny), Shadow Star (Tobias), and The Comedian (Banana Joe), who enter her home while Nicole head upstairs.

Gumball's friends enter

"Geez. Look at this place." Damien said

"Come on, Gumball. Turn that frown upside down. I know something that you really like. " Banana Joe began dancing and singing "the banana song" right next to Gumball, but it's only makes Gumball whimpering a bit with a single tear drop. "Huh? That usually work. Maybe a joke will help."

Penny stop him. "Unless you're going make him commit suicide, I suggest you shut up right now."

"Yo, what are you doing, bro? You gotta pull yourself together, dude. You haven't fight crime in two months and that crazy villainess is out there freezing Elmore all over." Shadow Star said.

Gumball turn to his friends. "What's the point?"

Iron Bee walks over to Gumball. "Look at you...eating junk food, wearing a fake beard, and we found your costume outside on your front lawn."

"Yeah, well, I'm not Hero Cat anymore."

"Plus, you haven't even shower in two months which is insane." Metamorpher added while covering her none-nose in disgust.

"No Point." Gumball said as he shove's a lot of chips into his mouth.

"So, you're just going to sit on that couch all day eating chips with the t.v. not even on while she's freezing Elmore killing thousands of people?" Banana Joe asked.

Gumball getting annoyed as he got up from the couch and said. "I told you I'm no hero. All right? Darwin dead, I was the one who encourage Darwin to become a superhero, I was the one who took him into the Danger Cave, and I was the one who get him killed." Gumball sighed. "I wish I'd never recruit him. Then, he would have still live a normal life."

"Darwin knows the risk of being the hero. If it was so dangerous, he would have quit a long time. But he didn't it. You save him and gave wisdom words on Darwin for inspiration which is why he respected you, and willing to kick your ass for giving up so easily." Metamorpher motive Gumball.

"That's right. You know how many times my little buddy Chozo get blown up, shot down, and even killed once. It hurts me a lot, but it won't stop me to continue being hero as I promised to Chozo that I won't let him down when fighting a bad guy. And I'm sure Darwin won't you to keep fighting even he's not around." Iron Bee added.

Gumball thinks about it.

Iron Bee than got a call from Prickly Green.

"We're the hell are you guys?! We're getting out asses frozen?!"

"Crap! Sorry, Carmen. We're on our way." Iron Bee respond and then hang up.

"The Superior's are in a pickle. We got to go." Iron Bee said.

"So you're in or what?" Shadow Star asked Gumball.

Gumball continues thinking about what his friends and in a few sec...they're right. Darwin is his best friend and he wouldn't want him to be a sad sack for the rest of his life because Darwin died. If Hero Cat gets killed instead of Fishboy, he would honor his legacy on doing what Hero Cat usually do on saving lives and fighting supervillains. No more sad Gumball. It's time for Hero Cat to fight again.

"Hand me my costume. It's time to put this villain on ice."

"UGH! First, take a shower first." Metamorpher gagged of a terrible smell from Gumball.

"Oh. Right." Gumball chuckles.

Meanwhile with Dr. Fantasma, she visiting an afterlife modeled on the "Inferno" from Dante Allighieri's epic 14th century poem "The Divine Comedy."

"Darwin! Darwin!" Dr. Fantasma called.

"I'm Darwin. What do you need?"

Dr. Fantasma hears a voice which came from an icy ground. There are lots of frozen faces which seems to be the traitorous, punished in the ninth circle of Hell known as Cocytus for their treachery.

"Oh sorry. I'm looking for the other Darwin." Dr. Fantasma said as she floats down to crouch.

"Perhaps, I can help. Since I am a superhero. I once save a lot of people from the tornado of terror." Darwin proudly said.

The other frozen face pop up to call out Darwin's b.s. "NAH-UH! Liar! His cape got caught in the vortex as he tries to escape which he cause it in the first place."

Darwin growled. "Great. Tell everybody, why don't you?"

"Everybody knows. Even the villains. Why do you think you're in hell because your fucking lying."

Dr. Fantasma hold out a picture of Darwin Watterson to show the faces. "This is the Darwin I'm looking for. You've seen him?"

The two head look each other in confusion and look back at Dr. Fantasma.

"I don't know what you're talking about. There is no Darwin Watterson." Darwin said.

"What?"

"Yeah and for once he's telling the truth. Sorry, Ghost girl."

Dr. Fantasma is shock to hear, but then thinking on how is Darwin's soul isn't here since he was murdered.

Streets of Elmore:

But they were too late, The Superiors were already frozen in a block of ice. The ice cream cone theme villain with her face sky blue, who wears red goggles and sports a Dark blue suit with a hood surrounded by white fluff, white gloves, a white belt and white boots, just wandered Elmore's streets alone in a icy wasteland. Two whole months she's been attacking Elmore and her new and primary arch still hasn't show up as she gets really bored and upset.

She sighed. "Where is he? Is he trying to ignore me on purpose or just on vacation." She then gasped. "Or maybe he's dead." She said to herself feeling worried, but then smack her cheek. "Don't say those kind of things. He's just really, really busy and when he's done, he'll come fight me. Because I'm really getting tired battling C-Ranks heroes."

At the side of a drug store, Hero Cat finished peeking over the corner to look back at his friends.

"One person do all that?" Hero Cat asked.

The heroes nod.

"Okay, I'll see what I could to stop her while you guys rescue as much as people you can find." Hero Cat said.

Shadow Star rolled his eyes. "Like anyone would still be here."

Metamorpher smack Shadow Star at the back of his head. "Will do. Be careful."

Hero Cat smiled to give a thumbs up to his friends and head off to face the ice cream villain.

The villainess sighed. "I guess it's time head home and try again tomorrow."

"Brrr...so freaking cold!" A voice, who she presumed to be another hero trying to stop her, echoed in the city close to her. She whipped around, readying herself for the enemy. She is surprised and happily to finally meet Hero Cat in the flesh.

"Hero Cat, you finally made it! It is an honor to fight my favorite superhero." She said as she happily shake Hero Cat's hand in fast pace.

Hero Cat move his hand away from her. "Uh thanks. And you are?" He asked pointing at her.

"Oh! How rude of me. My name is Ice Girl, and I'm your new archenemy." Ice Girl greeted herself.

"My new archenemy?"

Ice Girl nodded. "Yep. Since Dr. Wrecker has been locked up, I've been approved to finally fight you."

"I completely forgot Dr. Wrecker is my archenemy, but whatever." Hero Cat said not caring. "Anyway, You need to stop this right now."

Ice Girl chuckles. "If I'm going to stop, you're going to have to stop me."

"Alright. But know this I won't go easy on yo-" Hero Cat jumped out of the way as Ice Girl ran forward. Ice Girl then jumped to the same height and took a breath in. Hero Cat felt his body run cold and ice developed on his costume He fell to the ground with a big thud, his strength decreasing just to keep his inside warm.

"G-Geez. I'm totally underprepared for this."

"I'll make a popsicle stick out of you, Hero Cat!" Ice Girl called again, unleashing more ice attacks. Hero Cat barely managed to roll out of the way, and used his amount of strength to rip a giant concrete from the road. He chucks a concrete at the forming ice wall. Chunks of ice flew everywhere, and in Ice Girl's brief distraction, Hero Cat found a flame thrower belong to another superhero.

Blaze of fire and ice collided each time, a pleasant cold mist prayed among the block. Iron Bee and the others are rescuing a lot of people as they can and even evacuate out of this area while some citizens that were running in the streets were shutting doors to keep warm. In the mist, Hero Cat tried everything to fight back, but the ice was just too thick for the fire to burn off completely. Chunks of ice were being thrown onto windows, and Hero Cat almost feared the citizens inside to get hurt.

In his moment of thought, Hero Cat was trampled by Ice Girl and felt his circuits run cold again. Standing on his chest, Ice Girl was creating ice all over Hero Cat's chest. The blue hero's chest began to feel heavy, his strength weaken faster and faster. He felt as if he was going to sleep permitted, but he couldn't just yet. He doesn't want his friend to be let down.

"Bye Hero Cat, I guess it was a pleasure to meet you." Ice Girl in a slightly apologetic manner.

Looks like Hero Cat couldn't hold a promised. "Sorry, buddy. I've fail you." He thought to himself.

"FALCON KICK!"

Suddenly, another hero drop down to kick Ice Girl in the face as she flies off hitting a car.

Hero Cat's eye widen with a shock expression on his face.

The hero landed to turn on Hero Cat revealing a familiar face and it's...Fishboy.

"Fishboy?!"

Ice Girl quickly recovers from that kick and surprised to see Hero Cat's sidekick to come to help him. "Fishboy, huh. Well, I should have known you'd show up to help your friend. But don't worry, you'll be joining with him in his icy grave!" She said preparing to attack.

But with Fishboy's boy quick reflexes, he uses a into Ice Girl's chest. The shock made Ice Girl yell before staggering and falling back. Hero Cat uses the remaining of his strength to get back on his feet so he could rush over to Fishboy too hug him.

"Dude...you're crushing me!"

Hero Cat quickly let go of him. "Sorry, but how? How are you alive? You were dead?"

Fishboy is confused on what his friend said. "Dead? What are you talking about, bro?"

"Huh?" Now, Hero Cat is confused.

But that's all going to wait when Iron Bee, Metamorpher, Shadow Star, and The Comedian came by to congrats Hero Cat on stopping Ice Girl.

"Actually, it wasn't me. Fishboy did it." Hero Cat said.

The heroes can't believe their own eyes to see their dead friend alive and well.

"I don't believe this." Metamorpher still surprised.

"Tell me this isn't a joke." The Comedian said.

Shadow Star scoffs. "I knew he came back. How many heroes died every year and the come back to life?"

Fishboy confused. "I still don't get what you mean of 'me being dead'.

"It's a long story. Come on. Mom, dad, and Anais are going to be thrill to see you." Hero Cat said. He then turn to his friends. "You don't mind we head back home?"

"By all means. Go home. You guys did a good job, so we'll handle things here." Iron Bee smiled.

"Thanks guys. Let's go, bro." Hero Cat grab Fishboy and leap off jumping on different top of the building. What the heroes didn't know is that Dr. Fantasma, who is invisible, was watching the whole on top of building which confused her even more. She couldn't find his soul, and he sees Darwin with Gumball fighting Ice Girl. This makes no sense.

Watterson's Home:

"So that's how I died? Woah." Darwin said.

"But I don't get is that how are you alive?" Nicole questioned Darwin. "Are you an different Darwin from some other dimension? I really hate that kind of stuff."

"No. I just don't remember what happen." Darwin said still puzzling.

"Who cares? As long my bro is okay, that's all it matters." Gumball smiled patting his friend's back. "I'm sorry about everything, Darwin. If you want to quit, it's totally cool."

"Hold it dude. I'm quitting. Like you said this is my destiny, and I'm not turning my back on this. Besides, my old life was boring and miserable. If you hadn't show up save me, I would still be a photographer." Darwin said.

Gumball smiled.

"I always got your back." Darwin smiled.

The two fist bump.

Cemetery:

Later that night, Dr. Fantasma teleported to the cemetery to see with her own eyes to make sure. She flies over to Darwin's tombstone, then used her powered to phase into the ground to see Darwin's body in the coffin. To her shock with a twist, Darwin's body is still in the coffin. She came back to the surface puzzling the impossible No Soul, Darwin's body is still buried, and Darwin is with Gumball?

"What the hell is going on?" She asked herself.

A/N: Yep. Darwin is back with no explanation what's so ever. But how is that possible since Darwin is already dead, but has no soul. Looks like Dr. Fantasma is going to stick close to Gumball as something fishy is going on. But will find out soon enough and in the meantime, thank you all for reading the latest chapter of Hero Cat or season 2 of episode 1. I had fun with this chapter especially introduce Sarah into my universe. Lord Demon I saw your review and I it was interested but I already set up the multiverse event in season 3 finale, but thanks for the suggestion. Next episode, it's time for Dr. Wrecker to break out of prison.

Fun Fact:

1. Sarah G. Lato aka Ice Girl's costume is a combination of both DC Comics of Captain Cold and Mr. Freeze, and Ice Man from Mega Man.

2. The video Anais playing is exact version of Baby Anais and Anai-hilator plays exactly like it from the episode "The Tape", but the difference is the replacement of Darwin with Lexy since this is years ago before Gumball and Darwin meet in this universe.

3. Fishboy reference "Falcon Kick" when drop kick Ice Girl is from Captain Falcon.