Uncontrolled: Season One by Nick Venom (most inspirational books of all time .TXT) 📕

Two teenagers walked down a dusty road and arrived at a merchant’s store, looking up at the sign that read “Welcome to Safe Harbor’s Shop”. The first teenager, a curly blonde female wearing a blank black tee-shirt and dark blue jeans, walked into the store first. She was, soon, followed by her companion, Jake, who wore a blank black hoodie with black jeans. He shielded his face from the sunlight by staring down at the ground. The first teenager, Samantha, walked confidently into the store, taking large strides while Jake attempted to follow her, but his walk looked less confident and uncomfortable. His strides weren’t as long, forcing him to take extra steps to follow in Samantha’s shadow. The somewhat large store housed a few customers that wandered around, searching for an item of their liking to appear through the crowd of goods. Samantha walked up to three customers, huddled up in a corner, and began a conversation with them. “You three are here for the Satan Riders’ quest?” She asked them. 

    “Yeah, you two must be the ones that joined late.” A grown man, with black spiky hair that extended to two inches in height who wore a mix of grey and black jacket along with black leather pants, told Samantha.

    “Yeah,”

    “I’m Crow,” he stated before motioning to the girl standing beside him. “This is Alice… ” The girl had flowing light brown hair that extended to her shoulders; she wore a brown leather jacket with a blank tee-shirt under it as well as brown leather pants. Her tee-shirt was infused with a metal plate to protect her vitals. “... and this is Yang,” Crow said, motioning towards a redheaded guy wearing a thin red jacket with black pants.

    “Nice to meet you all, I’m Samantha and this is… “ Samantha started before motioning towards Jake, who avoided eye contact and communication with everybody else. “... is Jake.”

    “Can he talk?” Crow asked.

    Samantha nodded her head. “He can, but he’s a little shy. Anyways, let’s begin our adventure.” Crow nodded and motioned for Alice and Yang to follow him out of the store. Samantha and Jake followed them out of the store and onto the dusty road.

TBC… 

Crow bought a carriage from the store’s barn that was stationed nearby. Crow held the most experience with handling horses which granted him the role of the driver. He sat in the driver’s seat, handling the reins of the two blackish-brown horses that pulled the carriage while the others sat in the back. The carriage trip to the lair of the Satan Riders wouldn’t take the group more than a few days. While Crow drove, Yang stared at the ground, lost in his thoughts. He didn’t speak or pay any attention to the others. Meanwhile, Jake stared outside of the carriage at the ground that flew away from him. His hoodie blocked anybody from seeing his face or any features of him. He was staring at the dirt that was being kicked up into the air by the carriage’s wheels. Samantha glanced over at him like a mom monitoring her child. She stared down at the floor, gathering her thoughts. Alice was the only one who was paying attention, staring at Jake. She didn’t understand why he was hiding. She cleared her throat before speaking up: “So, how did you two meet?” Samantha’s thoughts were scattered around, forcing herself to forget about them, for the time being, to answer her question.

“We’re childhood friends. We suffered some things in the past and were forced to leave our homes and travel around.”

Yang popped his head up and looked at Samantha. “Does he ever talk?”

Samantha nodded his head. “He does, but he’s very shy. I’m afraid that it will take a large amount of time for him to get used to people. It took him years before he felt comfortable having conversations with me.”

“Oh,” Alice muttered. “He seems like such a good kid.”

“Oh, he is,” Samantha said before glancing over at Jake. Jake didn’t raise his head, instead, focusing his stare at the dirt. Alice smiled at Jake in an attempt to be friendly, but he ignored her. The conversation then ended, leaving a painful silence in its wake. Yang continued to be lost in his thoughts while Samantha tried to gather her’s. Alice’s awkward smile went away quickly as she looked away from Jake and onto the front of the carriage. Crow shook his head as he overheard the painstaking silence before focusing on the driving part of his role. 

TBC…

The sun began to set forcing Crow to pull over into a small clearing and order the party to set up camp. The small clearing sat surrounded on three sides by a thick forest, a few miles from the lair of Satan Riders. Crow didn’t have a lighter that could illuminate a large area and if he did, then the Riders could use that hint of light to pinpoint their position and eliminate them without a moment’s hesitation. In order for them to operate with full force, they needed to strike during daylight. 

Crow lit the campfire with a small lighter while Jake was ordered to gather firewood for the fire. Yang was put as a bodyguard for Jake while Alice prepared the small amounts of meat they held, before grilling them over the campfire. Meanwhile, Samantha went ahead to scout the Riders’ lair. 

As the party moved to fulfill their duties, the sun began its descent, disappearing from sight and allowing the darkness to take temporary control of the land. Everyone met at the campfire, sitting around it as the small fire spewed smaller embers into the air, crackling before hitting the ground. Crow, who watched as the atmosphere tense began breaking each person down, decided to speak up and ignite a conversation. “Well, since you two are new to traveling with us, let’s reintroduce ourselves and reveal our strengths and weaknesses.” He suggested. Everybody except for Jake nodded their heads, agreeing with Crow’s statement. “I’ll start first… my main weapon is a longsword and my skills are all rank-threes. ‘Flight’, ‘Increased Perception’, and ‘Strength Boost’.”

“I use an ax. My skills are both rank-fives, ‘Increased Strength’, and ‘Increased Speed’.” Yang muttered out loud.

“Well, I use a bow and I possess two rank-four light skills, ‘Light Arrow’ and ‘Light Heal’.” Alice bragged.

“Well, firstly, I’m good at handling a sword while Jake here is good at using a knife,” Samantha told them while slightly motioning towards Jake. “My skills are a rank-four ‘Increased Speed’ and rank-five ‘Increased Power’.”

“I have a… fire and power skill,” Jake whispered, attracting the attention of the group. Jake turned his head to face Samantha and received a glare, forcing him to look away.

“What was that, Jake?” Alice asked. Jake didn’t respond to her question, maintaining his silence.

Why did she shut him down? Something is off with them, thought Crow. That strange action killed the atmosphere and pushed Crow and the others away from Samantha and Jake. One by one, everybody went to sleep with Samantha being the first, then Alice and Yang. Jake and Crow didn’t sleep as Jake couldn’t fall asleep while Crow wanted to keep an eye on Samantha and Jake, staying up the entire night.

TBC… 

The five awoke to the sound of people’s screams and cries. They jumped up and rushed towards the origin of the horrific sounds. Three Riders attacked a convoy of carriages and managed to kill the majority of them, leaving a bloody crime scene behind. “We’ll hit the Riders with a hit-and-run tactic, so prepare to deal a little damage before dashing away!” Crow ordered as he prepared his sword. “Alice! Attack from a distance! Everybody else! Hit them and run as fast as you can! Prepare to make multiple runs on them!” 

“Jake!” Samantha shouted. “Pick up our stuff! Do not engage!” She ordered, taking the rest of the party by surprise.

She’s a control freak! He can help us, but she wants him to stay on the sidelines! Crow thought as he prepared himself to make his first run. He then threw those thoughts to the side as he dashed towards the Riders. The three Riders that stood in front of them were known as Jester, Arin, and Rag---who was the size of orcs with human features--- and wielded an enormous sword and shield. The Riders were known as a race of demonic beings called the Titans; these Titans were the birth between female humans and Zork Demons, high ranking demons under Satan’s control. 

“Don’t forget my plan!” Crow shouted as he landed a slash on Rag before running past him. He slid, gathering traction, before turning around and heading back for another slash. Yang followed Crow and managed to land a slash on Rag which was followed up by Samantha plunging her sword into his torso before darting away from him. The sword locked itself into both hearts of Rag, simultaneously. 

To kill a Rider, both hearts must be punctured before they could die, which is possible to do simultaneously due to the close distance between the hearts. 

Crow didn’t manage to get another swing at Rag, but he was amazed at her raw strength. He knew that she could take a Rider without any help, but he was unsure what she was doing with Jake, keeping him as a pet. Again, he threw the thoughts away as he zeroed onto Arin. Alice held the string of her bow tightly as she aimed away from Rag to Arin’s head, preparing