After the last chapter, some of you wondered how Raph managed to delete the internet. Of course he did not delete the internet, he just thought he did. That's why April said, that she was pretty sure that he did NOT delete the internet. ;)

That's all. On with the story. ^^

Chapter 19: Off-Topic

"Okay," Raph said, cracking his knuckles and neck, "let's get this started!"

He opened the laptop, hit the activate button and watched closely as the laptop booted.

A small smile spread across his face. Really, who would have thought that this would be so easy? All he needed to do was wait until the laptop was booted and showed the Hamato crest, then he had to double-click on the little picture of the internet-whatsit, and April's board would show up. She had asked if she should make it his homepage or if he would rather like an empty page and have her board in his favorite links. Having no idea, what April had been talking about, he had simply shrugged and mumbled, "Whatever."

This had been his April-version of "I have no idea what you are talking about", and April had understood and just set up what she had thought would be easiest for him.

The laptop had booted now, and Raph immediately opened the internet-whatsit and shortly after, he was logged in on the message board.

April had introduced him as a new admin a week ago, and he was doing a great job. Being an admin was easy-peasy. Even Mikey could do that. He gave that a little thought. Okay, maybe not. But it still was very easy for him.

Ever since April had showed him what he needed to know he hadn't made any mistakes.

Okay, except for this one time when he had accidentally deleted a post. But was it his fault that the "Delete"-button was so easy to hit? Of course not! It was the message board's fault! But that had been it.

Well, except for this other time when he had blocked a user instead of sending him a private message, but again, this hadn't been his, but the message board's fault.

It could have happened to anyone, and he was pretty sure it had happened to April when she had been new to this as well. She just refused to admit it. That was all.

He concentrated his attention on the board again.

Alright, all you rule-breaking posts, your time on this board is over! Arosthar the Red is here!

He looked over the new posts. There was nothing rule-breaking so far, just some news on unusual sightings, some of them could be Kraang or mutants, so Raph marked them for April to have a look at later.

But then one post caught his eye. It was nothing special, just a reply to a sighting, but the user also welcomed the new admin and asked if Raph's username had been inspired by "Realms".

"Realms"? Raph's eyes sparkled with joy. This guy knows "Realms"?

He quickly hit "Reply" and told the guy about the story of his username and if he was a fan of "Realms".

The reply to this came within five minutes, and Raph grinned broadly when the guy called himself the biggest "Realms"-fan alive.

Well, we're going to see about that, Raph thought as he hit the "Reply"-button again.

And pretty soon, the two of them were posting back and forth about their favorite book series.

This had been going on for about an hour, when suddenly Raph's T-phone rang. He was in the middle of replying to the previous post, still following the train of thought of his counter-argument, when he looked at the caller ID. It was April.

His thumb moved to the button to answer the phone, but then he hesitated. If it was something urgent, April wouldn't call him. She knew he was put out of commission, so she would rather call his brothers. It couldn't be that something had happened to his brothers because they were busy with afternoon training in the dojo.

So whatever it was, it couldn't be that important, or at least, not as important as his argumentation that the shadow zombies could be turned back into humans. If he didn't write it down now, he might forget what he wanted to say. No, April could wait. This post couldn't.

And with that he put down the T-phone again, ignoring its ringing, and picked up typing again.

For the next hour April kept calling him every five minutes or so – she was quite persistent today, wasn't she? –, but after the third call Raph hadn't even checked the caller ID anymore and settled for taking his T-phone's ringing as some sort of background music. And it had worked, because, seriously, this talk about "Realms" was so much more important than talking to April. It was so important, he didn't even bother getting angry at April's annoying behavior.

And then he heard it, footsteps coming down the corridor, but not swift or shuffling like his brothers would usually walk after training, no, whoever it was, was stomping with anger, taking each step with more and more force. Raph knew this way of walking, heck, he had invented this way of walking!

And there was only one person who would walk that way right now.

His door was literally torn open, and there she was – her mouth pressed into a hard line, her eyes burning with fury.

"HAVE YOU TOTALLY LOST IT!?" April yelled at him.

Raph's eyes widened in shock. Sure, he had banked on April being angry, but the sheer volume of her voice had somehow caught him off guard.

"Oh, come on, April," he tried to calm her, "you're that angry because I didn't ans…"

"You think this is about you not answering your phone!?" April interrupted him.

Raph blinked a few times. "Well, isn't it about…?"

"Of course not!" April cut in again. "This is about you acting totally unprofessional!"

Raph creased his forehead. But no matter how hard he tried, he had no idea what April was talking about. "What did I do?"

"What did you do!?" April gasped for breath. "You started an off-topic discussion on my board, going on over more than twenty posts! Does the word 'rules' mean anything to you?"

"Uhm…"

"Raphael!" The sudden use of his full name made him flinch a little. "The rules say that the discussion should be kept on-topic, and the rules hold true for admins as well."

Okay, he finally started to understand what this was about.

"Is this about the 'Realms'-posts?"

"Bravo!" April called out, her voice thick with sarcasm. "Give the turtle a prize!"

"But why?" Raph asked confusedly. "We were talking about 'Realms', so it seemed on-topic to me."

"You talked about 'Realms' in a topic about something completely different!"

"Huh?"

"Raph, what does the topic-title say!?"

Raph quickly looked at the laptop. "'Robot seen near office building'", he read out loud. "Ooooooohhhhh…"

He looked back at April, biting his lip.

"Geez, April, I'm sorry," he finally said, passing a hand over his head. "I guess I misunderstood."

This seemed to soothe April. Her tensed posture melted away as she let out a long sigh. She walked over to Raph, her shoulders slouched, and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"I-is there something I can do?" he asked.

"Well, for a start, you could promise to never do this again," April replied. "And second, you could move these posts to a separate topic in the off-topic-section and then talk with your new friend there. Or continue your talk via PM."

"Will do," Raph replied contritely.

"Good." April nodded.

They looked at each other for a moment.

"Sorry," April said then.

"Huh?"

"I didn't mean to yell at you like that," April went on. "It's just that this board is so important to m…us, with tracking down the Kraang and all, you know. I've always been strict about the rules, and I can't make an exception just because we're friends, and…"

This time, it was Raph's turn to interrupt, and he did by placing a hand on April's shoulder.

"It's okay, April, I get it now," he said. "It won't happen again."

"Thanks, Raph," April replied with a smile.

"You're welcome."

"Well, then I'll leave you to your work," April said, patting his shoulder, rose to her feet and headed for the door. "Bye!"

"Bye, April!"

April hadn't yet closed the door behind her when Raph heard Donnie's voice.

"Coffee?"

"Yes, please!" was April's reply.