"Ariel did it. No, seriously, Ariel did it."Tony Stark insisted to Pepper Potts, soaking wet, head to toe, a piece of seaweed stuck in his beard.

Pepper only though was that she wasn't paid enough for this kind of thing. One call had brought her here, and the frantic owners/employes of he Aquarium. She looked towards the grinning child next to him, also dripping wet. The expensive clothes she had meticulously helped picked out for Ariel's first introduction to the corporate world of Tony Stark's company ruined by a eight year old capable more than she had ever thought.

"You Mr. Stark owe the Aquarium six orcas, a pod of dolphins, over hundreds of different types of fish, two pacific octopuses, and three starfish. And you blame your foster child."she deadpanned, eyes narrowed into slits.

Tony smiled , and shrugged in his soaping Armani suit.

"She was the one that set up the funnel system to the ocean. How she got a hold of those tubes is beyond me. I'm just glad she only funneled out the ocean fish."he said it with pride in his voice barely concealed.

Pepper breathed through her teeth.

"Both of you are grounded. Ariel gets no tinkering for two days. You have to go to Stark International for the next week."she said it calmly, and glanced at the stunned employees and owner of the Aquarium.

"How the hell did she do that?!"

"Just all of the fish... All gone!"

"Is that Tony Stark's kid?!"

Well she thought as she halfheartedly listened to her boss complain of his longer 'sentence', Ariel sure knew how to get introduced to the media with a bang... And get coincidentally get banned from any Aquarium within the state of California.