This story is based off the movie Signs by M. Night Shyamalan. I do not own TMNT. Enjoy.
Signs
Miracles are not random acts. All we have to do is see them.
Prologue
Raph
April's farmhouse…
My bed dips as I sit up in it. It's quiet. My brothers must not be up yet. I quietly slip out of bed. Since nobody is up I might as well be the first to the bathroom. I pass Leo, and Aprils bed rooms. Leo's is shut tight. April's is wide open. The sun is hidden from her room. It overlooks the cornfield in the back. Looks like she got up early.
Mikey and Donnie share a room. Leo and I would have shared a room, too, but the last time we did that we got into a fight. Their room is next to the bathroom and shut tight, too.
In the bathroom, I get to brush my teeth. I'm only half a minute into it when I hear a scream. It sounds like April. A thump from downstairs tells me one of my brothers is downstairs and they heard the scream, too. I throw my toothbrush down, and rinse my mouth with a plastic cup as I run downstairs.
Donnie is on his feet, running to the door. He must have fallen asleep on the couch. We run out and look around for our friend. There's a slam and we turn to see our big brother, Leo, speed walking toward us.
"What you do? Fall asleep in the van?" I ask.
"Something like that," Leo answers, stretching his neck.
"Where is she?" Don asks. Leo shrugs.
Then Mikey's voice yells out, "Raph! Leo! Don!"
We give each other a sideways look then run to the back of the house and into the growing field of green.
Cornstalks whip across our faces, arms and legs as we sprint. We eventually reach a dirt road in the stalks. We look left then right for our baby brother and April.
On our left emerges April. We jog to her. Donnie slides to her side, saying, "April, you okay?"
She swallows hard,"Yeah…yeah, I'm fine."
"You sure," Don says.
"April, where's Mikey?" Leo asks.
"Raphie, Leo!" Mikey calls from the stocks. We leave Donnie with April and find our baby brother standing still looking at something. I grab his shoulder.
"Mikey," I growl, "What are you doing out here?"
"There was a noise. It woke us up." Mikey says. Leo takes off down the field, looking for what Mikey is looking at.
"That doesn't answer why you're out here." I say.
Mikey doesn't look at me. He slowly replies, "I think aliens did it."
"Did what?"
"Raph," Leo calls to me, breath heavy, "You got to see this."
I let Mikey go. I look at his serious face (I'm not kidding. It's serious.). Then I slowly walk to where Leo's voice emanated.
"Leo, "I call, catching sight of his blue bandana. This guy can blend in with corn like a chameleon. "Leo, what is-"
I stop. Don appears by my side, April and Mike behind him. Slowly I step into the field with Leo. Corn is flattened but not broke. They snap under our feet as we look over the scene.
A giant circle of bent over corn, perfectly make. And all we can do is stand there and stare at it.
And a little later, we find four more.