Baker X: Ok, well I've been really really really really busy, but here's the end to the Snowday in June stuff. I think it ends pretty well, being how I kind of wanted it to. You're going to notice some politics enter into the mix. I think you'll all like it. Oh, and let's all thank our newest review for her lovely review! Thank you so very much Blizzard-Shadow-Venus! And thanks for that E-mail too. Which reminds me, feel free to Email me with questions, suggestions, idle worship, or otherwise to chit chat! I'm generally friendly by nature, just don't mention donuts and we're cool!

The Legal Information: All characters present in the Teen Titans outside of Smoke, Clive, Sherri, and all others that are not seen in the show or comic book belong to me. All other characters, such as Starfire, Raven, and Slade, belong to their respective copyright holders. In other words, I do not own the Teen Titans, so anything that I say or have them do in this fanfiction does not reflect the opinions and beliefs of the creators of the Show/Comic or any of it's affiliates.

I'm working really hard at trying to sound smart, aren't I.

Dark Patriot

Snow day in June, part 2

Robin, Terra, and Beastboy took cover in a small alcove made by the young blond in the group. They could hear the wind howling loudly, but were pretty much unable to do anything while the wind was blowing against them. Robin was getting worried about the rest of his team, and his last transmission to Raven's group was almost a half hour or so ago. Just then, Blackfire popped into the small hole of the rocky shelter.

Blackfire: " Hey!"

Robin: " Blackfire! You're alright!"

Blackfire: " Yep."

Beastboy: " How are the others?"

Blackfire: " They were alright when I left them."

Terra took notice to Blackfire's newly aquired goggles and overshirt.

Terra: " Aren't those..."

Blackfire: " Clive gave them to me, since I was going to have to head upwind and be all alone. It's not much, but the shirt did help keep the wind from freezing over my arms some. Now then, if you don't mind, I'm freezing my ass off and I'd like to get into the huddle and warm up."

Robin: " Welcome in. When we get word from Clive or anyone else, then we'll worry about our next move."

Blackfire: " Works for me."

Across town, the darker Titans continued their adventure through the freezing streets. Clive had their shadows standing up infront of them to block off the wind. Raven pulled out her communicator as they entered Soho. A very faint beacon was being picked up on it, so the pair began to track it. The wind continued to blow against them harder and harder as they got closer, making Raven very concerned.

Raven: " Have you notice how strong the wind is this way?"

Clive: " Yeah...it's pretty bad...but isn't it that way all over the city?"

Raven: " I just have a bad feeling about this."

Clive: " Well, I've had that bad feeling all day, so I think I've got you beat."

Raven: " I'M BEING SERIOUS!"

Clive: " Yeah yeah. Don't worry too much about it...I can handle whatever's thrown at us. So how close are we?"

Raven: " It says that they're down an ally on the next street."

Clive: " Then come on! Let's crank it into high gear and get goin'!"

Raven: " And how would we do that?"

Clive: " Well, I've never really tried this with anyone, but hey, what the hell...I might as well start with you!"

Clive reached over and grabbed Raven around her waist and pulled her to him, almost like an embrace. Before she had a moment to begin to struggle against him, she watched on as their bodies turned black and faded into the ground. It was then that she realized she was no longer standing, but more like laying along the ground as a shadow.

Raven: " Whoa! What's going on?"

Clive: " Wow, it worked."

Raven: " What?"

Clive: " Well...I could have really just done this. If I travel around as a shadow, I can ignore basically anything physical. I can climb an obstacle without problems, slip under doors, and travel without any kind of obstruction. The wind and cold will not effect me either."

Raven: " So why didn't we do this before?"

Clive: " I've never done it with someone else...so I wasn't too sure on what would have happened."

Raven: " Great..."

Clive: " Hey! Let's just keep going. Now keep with me, else you might get lost or something."

Clive kept a hold of her incase something would happen. The pair glided along the ground with ease as they approached the allyway. There, Cyborg and Starfire were huddled up with a burning trashcan, among some homeless citizens trying to stay warm. Clive and Raven lifted up out of the ground once in the ally. Cyborg looked up and smiled, seeing someone else he recognized.

Cyborg: " Hey! Raven! Clive! About time we see some other faces around here!"

Starfire: " Clive? Raven? You are here! Joyous days!"

Starfire floated over to them and hugged them both tightly. Raven did her best to pull out of the Titans embrace, but with no success. As for Clive, he was just eating the whole moment up. Starfire led them to Cyborg, and they cleared some space for the other 2 titans.

Cyborg: " Man, it's been crazy. First I'm stuck in ice, then everything goes dark and ends up I'm walkin' round main street!"

Starfire: " The same goes for myself. Could you tell us what happened?"

Clive: " Well, I wasn't there, so I can't say, but from what Black told me, he just decided to get everyone out of there. It didn't matter where they were, just so long as they had gotten out of there. Because he did it on such a whim, he didn't have the time to keep us together in the teleport."

Cyborg: " I get it. Basically, he just got us out of there...didn't really take the time to keep us together."

Starfire: " A random distribution around the city?"

Clive: " Seems like it."

Cyborg: " So what's the plan now?"

Raven: " Well, we were to get together first. After that, we aren't sure."

Clive: " Alright...someone try the communicators again."

Cyborg: " Sorry bro, but it won't work. I've been trying every 5 minutes, but I can't get through. This weather is just too much for our sensors."

Starfire: " Then what should we do? We cannot organize ourselves if we cannot communicate!"

Raven: " Let me try contacting Robin."

Cyborg: " I don't think you should."

Raven: " I may be our only hope!"

Cyborg: " And if it doesn't work? Remember last time? Who's to say your heads not gonna get blown up?"

Raven: " I'm pretty sure I can handle it..."

Raven closed her eyes, ignoring Cyborg's warnings and preachings, looking for Robin in order to speak with him. She could see the entire city and everything within it. Any stray animals, mail boxes, litter, nothing was hidden. Seeing Robin and the others all safe gave her some relief. Afterwards, she entered into Robins mind and opened up a telepathic communication.

Raven: (Robin.)

Robin: " What?"

Terra: " What's going on?"

Beastboy: " Are you feeling alright dude?"

Raven: (Robin, it's me, Raven. I'm communicating with you telepathically. Just think what you want to say to me.)

Robin: (Ok...are you sure this is safe?)

Raven: (We've not the time for that now. We need a plan.)

Robin: (Well, I've been thinking about that. We're in two groups, so we should try and split up and take each of them on as a group. By the looks of it, you're group has a physical advantage, as everyone in your group is stronger than ours. But we've got more variety with our abilities, so we should be able to take care of oursevles.)

Raven: (So then, which should our group focus on?)

Robin: (Ok, since we aren't the strongest, and strength will be needed against her, I think you ought to go after Wendy. You're shields and Clive's shadow's ought to be able to absorb the wind damage she can deal. We'll take care of Glacie.)

Raven: (Ok...so how do we go about finding them?)

Robin: (Ask Clive to locate them, then tell me where Wendy is.)

Raven: (Hang on a moment...)" Clive, we need to know where Wendy and Glacie are."

Clive: " Jeez, you guys are slave drivers.)

Entering his hands into his shadow, Clive searched the city through the shadows for Glacie and Wendy. Surprisingly, they weren't together, and instead patrolling around for the Titans. Thankfully, they hadn't come up on any of them, since the city was pretty big. Glacie was downtown, so she wasn't too far from Robin's group, while Wendy was uptown by the docks, which was a good ways away from Clive's position. He reported his findings to Raven afterwards, pulling himself out of the shadows.

Raven: (Ok, so Glacie is downtown. That shouldn't be too far from where you are. Just be ready for anything with her)

Robin: (Not a problem. You guys take care against Wendy.) " Alright team! Let's get ready!"

Terra: " What was all that about?"

Robin: " Raven and I were having a short chat about what to do."

Blackfire: " Isn't that dangerous? What about that problem she was having?"

Robin: " Well, we're not sure about that...but there's no time now."

Beastboy: " Got a plan?"

Robin: " Yeah...now listen up..."

As Robin began to explain his plan to the others, Raven and her group began to formulate their plan.

Raven: " Ok...so what do we do?"

Clive: " Sneak attack! Catch her from behind and take her down quickly!"

Cyborg: " And just how do you plan to do that?"

Clive: " Why, I'll just teleport us there! We'll end up coming out of her Shadow and jump her afterwards! IT'S PERFECT!!"

Starfire: " It sounds like it should work."

Raven: " So what do we do when we get there?"

Clive: " Improvise!"

And without another word, he immediately began the teleporting process, drawing his group into the shadows with him. Meanwhile, forces were at work once again inside the city. In the large dark room sat a lanky man in a grey business suit. He got up and opened the blinds on a window nearby, hearing the wailing of wind and the cracking of the window. When he looked out, he made a disgusted face, clenching a fist and finally slamming it into the table next to him.

Grey: " SMOKE!"

A candle in the center of the room began to flicker wildly until it's flame grew to massive proportions. It became humanoid and floated to the ground, leaving the candle that it had burned upon, only to go out, revealing Smoke, in a very flashy enterance.

Smoke: " Sir?"

Grey: " Take care of the situation."

Smoke: " Yes sir. Anything else before I leave?"

Grey: " Yes...make sure you tape this evenings episode of Startrek...I've been wanting to see it but I fear I've got other things to do."

Smoke: " Yes sir, I'll see to everything."

Smoke turned around and caught fire, again disappearing in the same fashion he had appeared. Grey waved his hands about, clearing his area of the smoke from the fires.

Grey: " I should talk with him about that some time. I suppose it can't be helped..."

Grey went back to doing his paper work while enjoying some of the programming on Televison. Smoke had left to handle whatever situation Grey had mentioned. As for the Titans predicament, they were about to make their single attempt to handle it. Robin and his group had found a great way to travel around without fear of the harsh winds, and that was on the back of a big green Wooly Mammoth. His long fur was thick and tough, so it shrugged off the wind quite well, while keeping everyone riding him warm.

Robin: " So remember we go in charging. She'll probably put up a wall of ice, but that's ok, because we'll just bust it down. Once we're close, she shouldn't be too hard to stop...just make sure you don't hurt her too badly. We are heroes you know..."

Terra: " Got it!"

Blackfire: " Of course! Just so long as I can rough her up a bit...I mean, I don't like being frozen like the way she did to us earlier."

Beastboy: " Don't like the cold?"

Blackfire: " I hate it. I want to live at a nice warm beach with some hot springs nearby! Lounge around all day and night with my bikini on and just have fun! That's what I want!"

Terra: " Well, it's good you've got your priorities straight."

Blackfire: " And I'll need someone to have fun with...I wonder...who should I take with me?"

Beastboy: " Hey guys? There she is!"

Beastboy used his long trunk to point out their enemy, whom which was standing a couple dozen yards away from them. She grinned and gave them a wave, inviting them to make the first move. Beastboy did as Robin had told him in their plan and charged at full speed. She did as Robin had planned and rose up a tremendous wall of ice infront of the charging Titans. Robin threw a small disk forwards, attaching itself to the wall and awaited Beastboy to come into contact with the wall. Glacie watched on with a wide smirk, wanting to see if Beastboy can break through it. She was very sure of her wall though, and was really just waiting to see him smack into it in a very comedic fashion. Sure enough, Beastboy collided with it, but upon his impact, the disk Robin threw activated, sending a sonic vibration through the whole wall, causing the ice to crack all over. With Beastboy's impact, the ice shattered into millions of pieces and flew towards Glacie.

Glacie threw her arms up over her face and head to protect it from the on comming shards. Though she was not hurt, she had lost sight of the Titans. She looked around and saw absolutely nothing.

Glacie: " Uhhh? I wonder...did that thingy blow them all up? Hello? Did I just win?"

Robin: " No one beats the Titans that easily!"

Glacie: " WHAT?"

From above, half a dozen violet starbolts rained from the sky, coming into contact all around Glacie, knocking her off her feet. Then, the ground rose up from around her and made a cylindrical wall encasing her. She tried to jump out the top, but Robin fell from the skies and threw a net over the top, finally encasing her. She growled and yelled at the top of her lung, trying to get free, but the net was weighted on all ends, so she could remove it.

Robin: " Nice work guys!"

Blackfire: " Of course!"

Glacie: " Don't celebrate just yet! Don't forget my name after all!"

Beastboy: " Glacie?"

Terra: " DON'T GLACIE! DON'T DO IT!"

A rumbling from down the street could be felt. Robin almost fell, had Beastboy not caught him. Blackfire looked at Terra, who shook her head throwing off the idea of her making an earthquake. From down the street, a huge sheet of ice swept towards them at an alarming rate. It smashed cars and tore the road up as it made a b-line right for the Titans. Terra threw her hands up and caused the street to rise, blocking off the glacier with her powers. However, because of it's immense force, she was forced to keep up her strength in order to keep it stopped.

Terra: " Stop her quickly guys! I can't hold this thing forever!"

Blackfire swooped down towards Glacie and threw more bolts, smashing apart her small prison. The explosions knocked her around some more and sent her off balance. Beastboy turned into a mouse for Robin to pick up. He threw Beastboy towards the off balance villian. He quickly turned into an Anaconda as he was about to come into contact with her, and wrapped around her repeatedly, binding her tightly and restricting her movements. She struggled greatly, but was not strong enough to get free.

Glacie: " Ugh...please....WENDY! HELP ME!"

Minutes earlier, Wendy had been floating around the docks in search of the Titans. She peeked her head into a warehouse and looked around, but saw nothing. She sighed and landed on the ground, stopping the constant hurricane wind for a moment.

Wendy: " This is becoming draining. I wouldn't mind if Mr. Grey could accomodate us more..."

She stretched her limbs out, and was preparing to take flight, until she was sent flying up into the air. Her shadow rose out of the ground in the shape of a giant fist. It hit her from behind in her lower back, then disapated as Clive and the other 3 titans emerged.

Clive: " You been owned."

Wendy: " What? Where did you come from?"

Before Wendy had a moment to catch her breath, a sonic blast from Cyborgs cannon exploded into the ground below her, shaking her off balance while a barrage of starbolts from above pinned her down. She fell down and took cover on the ground, hoping to avoid all the shots going on around them. She began to create a tunnel of wind around her, repelling any more attacks. When it began to look like she was getting her ground back, a small black dome covered over her, then shrank down fitting to her form, capturing Wendy within it. With their new catch, the quartet of Titans closed in.

Clive: " Hah! Told ya it would work!"

Starfire: " A smashing success!"

Cyborg: " Booyah! Strike another one up for the Titans."

Raven: " Yay. Now lets go home."

Wendy sighed, thinking on how she wanted to get out of here. However, that sigh and look of boredom on her face slowly turned sour when she heard a voice through the wind. As she's a master of air and wind, she can hear sounds that come with the wind, and send messages with the wind. She heard Glacies pleas for help. Wendy grit her teeth and growled in a very low tone. Cyborg, Starfire, and Clive were having a little victory celebration until Raven took notice of the sudden behavior of their captive.

Raven: " Uhh...guys...I think we've upset her."

Wendy: " Let...me...go...NOW!"

Clive: " Wha?"

Wendy: " GLACIE! I'M COMING!"

The wind kicked up instantly around them. A funnel cloud began to lower to the ground, picking them all up and hurling the titans into the air. Raven lost control over her hold on Wendy, freeing her. Now freed, Wendy traveled within her gigantic tornado across the town to Glacie's location. Clive was caught by Starfire while Raven was able to catch Cyborg with her powers. The pairs flew off in the direction of the towering funnel cloud. The whirlwind ripped up the streets while tearing apart buildings in it's way and throwing cars hundreds of feet, compacting them into the ground. Trees were smashed, signs were torn asunder, and everything in the path of it's destruction were completely obliterated. The tornado had winds easily reaching over a thousand miles an hour, with an angry Wendy at the center of it.

Clive: " Ok...I'm out of ideas..."

Starfire: " Could Black do something about it?"

Clive: " I'm not sure...maybe?"

Raven: " Well, I'm not quite the girl for the job, and last I checked, the others aren't in any kind of position to do so either..."

Clive: " Well...hang on here...she's just gonna go help Glacie I guess. So when she gets there, she'll turn the tornado off. If we can't beat the two of them, I'll have Black work his magic."

Starfire: " A stupendous plan."

Raven: " Well, we're almost here....let's just stick to that plan."

Cyborg: " Sounds good to me. Ready Titans?"

One could suppose ready wasn't the word for it. The tremendous tower of spinning winds and debris came to a halt over Glacie's position, throwing all the other titans away from her. Wendy dropped down and was bale to pry the snakey Beastboy from her partner and send him away with an amazingly powerful blast of wind. The Titans reformed and so did Glacie and Wendy.

Wendy: " And here we are again, just like last time. Better call on that big black thing, cause if you don't...you're going to end up as popsicles!"

Glacie: " Yeah! Ready? Set? G...!!"

Before Glacie could finish her sentence, a grey cloaked man jumped out infront of her and hit her in the stomach, keeling her over. Wendy was spooked by the sudden appearance of the man, and tried to get some distance away, but he grabbed her arm and yanked her towards him, then hit her on the back on the neck with a solid chop, KO'ing her as well. He lifed Wendy over his shoulder, while he held Glacie around her waist, then turned towards the Titans, revealing himself to be Smoke by his red scarf that covered his face.

Smoke: " Sorry Titans, we didn't mean for them to make this much noise..."

Clive: " SMOKE! You bastard! What are you up to?"

Smoke: " Well...we just wanted to let them have their fun...but fun's only fun as long as the city stays in contact. Unlike most others, we aren't looking to destroy the city. Infact, you could say we'd like to preserve it."

Clive: " Don't talk in riddles!"

Smoke: " Why? Does your tiny little mind not comprehend them? Well, you never were good with puzzles and such. Anyways, sorry about all this. I'll see ya later!"

Clive: " WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!"

Clive jumped into the air towards Smoke as he dashed off. He was very fast, and it almost seemed like he had disappeared just as Clive was starting to catch up. With Smoke gone and their enemies lost with him, the Titans gathered back up and headed back for the tower with a bit of a sour taste in their mouth.