Chapter 88

The next day, Kara was officially back at work at Catco and today was kind of her first day as the boss and now she was focused on making a good impression.

"Welcome back boss." James said to Kara, who rolled her eyes.

"Don't call me that. Thank you for holding the fort while I was gone." Kara said.

"No problem, but I expect details later." James said.

"Tell Iris to meet me for drinks after work and I'll be happy to tell you." Kara said and James nodded as Kara made her way to Cat's office, no, her office, and took a seat at the desk, not believing that she was actually sitting behind this desk. She just hoped she'd be as good at running a media empire as Cat thought she'd be as she prepared for her first news meeting as CEO, since she had a feeling that she'd be putting Snapper in his place then.

Barry had to admit, while Star Labs was not back at its former glory yet, it was getting there. And he had some ideas on how to make it even more successful and he was certain Cisco would approve of, which was why he'd asked Cisco to come to his new office, since he'd refused to Thawne's old office.

"Okay so, why am I here?" Cisco asked.

"Because I have a new idea for Star Labs I want to run by you." Barry said.

"Okay?" Cisco asked, not sure why he was asking him.

"How would you feel about Star Labs getting into the video game industry?" Barry asked and now everything made sense to Cisco and he grinned.

"I think I tried to get Dr. Wells to go in that direction several times, but he never went for it." Cisco said and Barry smiled.

"Well, I'm not Dr. Wells and I think that we can make even more money by expanding into other fields." Barry said.

"Finally, someone with real vision is running this place." Cisco said with a laugh.

"Glad you agree, because I'm putting you in charge of our new video game division." Barry said.

"I'm in." Cisco said immediately.

"Good." Barry said as they shook hands.

Later on that day was Kara's first news meeting at the CEO of Catco and as she anticipated, Snapper was trying to take control of the meeting.

"Excuse me, Mr. Carr, what exactly are you doing?" Kara asked after giving Snapper some time to think he was in control.

"Leading this meeting." Snapper said like it should've been obvious.

"That's funny, because last time I checked, you weren't in charge here, I am and I do not recall giving you the headway to lead this meeting." Kara said as James, Iris and the other people in attendance smiled at how calmly Kara was reacting to this. Cat had taught her well.

"Well it's not like you were leading it." Snapper said.

"That's because you jumped in before I had a chance to. It's clear you have something on your mind, so please tell me what it is so we can continue our meeting." Kara said.

"You really want to do this now?" Snapper asked.

"I think everyone in this room is interested in what you have to say and more importantly, how I deal with you after you say it." Kara said, knowing Snapper's views of her leadership, but she wanted to hear him say it.

"Alright, fine. You shouldn't be in charge of this place. You're a rookie reporter with no leadership experience." Snapper said.

"And yet I spent two years working directly under Cat Grant, learning everything she knew about running this business, even before she named me her successor, since as her assistant, I was always aware any changes she wanted to make. And obviously Cat thought I'd make a good fit since she was the one who appointed me her successor. However, I want to make something very clear Snapper." Kara said.

"And that is." Snapper asked.

"That I am not Cat Grant and unlike her, I will not put up with your attitude just because you're a good journalist. You're not as irreplaceable as you think you are. In fact maybe I should have Iris start putting out some feelers for a new editor-in-chief and make sure it says that one of the qualifications for the position is good people skills, something you clearly lack Snapper. And this goes for everyone, not just you. I'm not Cat Grant, which means that you cannot expect the same treatment from me that you got from her." Kara said.

"Are you firing me?" Snapper asked.

"No, because like I said, you are a good journalist Snapper. But I am putting you on alert. You are on very thin ice right now. So shape up and get your act together and figure out how to be pleasant other people, or find another place to work." Kara said and everyone was smirking at how uncomfortable Snapper looked right now.

"What do you want?" Snapper asked.

"A news room governed by respect. No one here is superior to the others. Do I make myself clear." Kara asked and everyone nodded.

"Good, now let's get on with our meeting." Kara said, glad that she'd gotten that out of the way and hopefully, Snapper would play ball. For his own sake, since she'd meant what she'd said. Snapper was not as irreplaceable as he thought he was.

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