Author's Note: Signs belongs to M. Night Shaymalan (sp?).
I watched as we joined the rest of our Clan, in the sky above the Earth civilization known as "Mexico City". The humans were beginning to suspect something was wrong and were beginning to panic. After watching humans for so long, monitoring all their activities, we learned that panicking is something that humans do often.
I turned to the leader of the ship, Orion, to see if it was time to descend down to the ground. He shook his head no, and I continued steering the ship forward, until we were in the middle of the night sky. I looked downward, watching the humans scattering around the civilization. I noticed that they were practically the only beings in the civilization. We had to eliminate the non-human animals first, since they could sense our presence, warning the humans about us. That was the last thing we wanted.
Next were the young humans. Eventually, they, too could sense us. They were an even bigger risk since they spoke the same language as the adult humans, and could easily alert the dominant adult humans about us. But, fortunately, the adult humans thought that some of the things that the younger humans said was foolishness. However, the Master said not to harm the young humans yet, and so we left them untouched…for now.
Our fellow ships' lights were shining like fire in the indigo Earth sky. Orion walked over and put his hand on my shoulder. I received word from the Master that we have been summoned to another human civilization called "Pennsylvania". We must get there as soon as possible. I put my hands on the wheel of the ship. No, Celestino, only the two of us will go. I looked at Orion confusedly. There are four humans that are wise to us…they have a book telling them who we are and what we want with them…they know… Orion finished.
I gulped. How could the ignorant humans know why we were here? Our instructions, our signs, had bewildered each of them. But now they knew that we needed to get rid of all Earth species in order to use their planet. But that wasn't the only reason…Orion had told me that this planet was the only one that had the Chemical on it. Everyone knew that the Chemical could kill all of us, if the humans ever figured out how to use it.
Orion directed another Pilot to steer the ship, and took me to another part of the ship, one I had never been in before. It had three smaller ships that looked similar to human aircraft. Orion got into one of the ships and beckoned me towards him. I looked at the sleek, shiny vehicle, as Orion turned on the camouflager. The camouflager was one of our best inventions. It was programmed in all our ships and vehicles, so our enemies couldn't see us; it was similar to our defensive camouflage technique.
Get in. said Orion, and I followed orders, sitting in the seat behind the pilot's seat. Orion pressed a button, and a ceiling of glass appeared over our heads. I took a deep breath as we descended into Earth's atmosphere.