Today was the day they'd been waiting for. Thanks to J'onn's influence in the government, Barry had been able to get the government restrictions on Star Labs lifted, meaning it could once again be a functional lab, which was another reason he was glad that he'd moved Team Flash's headquarters out of the building.

Anyways, today was the day Barry was holding the official press conference to announce Star Lab's reopening.

"You ready for this Barry?" Caitlin asked as she and Cisco stood with him behind the podium.

"As I'll ever be. I just hope I can figure out how to run this place." Barry said and Cisco chuckled.

"You'll do fine." Cisco said.

"Thanks. Now, let's do this." Barry said as he took a deep breath before he led them up to the podium, where Cisco and Caitlin took their places behind him as Barry approached the microphone to see the press gathered. He took another deep breath before he began his speech.

"Thank you all for coming out. My name is Barry Allen and I am the new owner and CEO of the Scientific Technological Advanced Research Laboratories or Star Labs. I know a lot of you were surprised when you learned that this day had come and I know that a majority of this city has hoped it never would. Today is the day that Star Labs takes our first step towards becoming the gem we once were. Today, I am proud to announce that Star Labs has been cleared to become a fully functional laboratory and research facility again. While I do not expect the city to take this news lightly, I am going to assure you right now that we will not put this city in danger. The man who used to run this facility was not Harrison Wells, as you all know, but an imposter. And his crimes were not just limited to that. He is also the man who killed my mother and framed my father for it. This unnamed man (they'd chosen to keep Thawne's name secret to protect Eddie and the rest of the Thawne family from the repercussions of being related to Thawne, especially since they didn't even know about Thawne yet and they'd elected not to restore Eddie's memories since they didn't want to risk him shooting himself again, especially since it turned out that sacrifice had been for nothing), is a criminal of the highest order. One of my goals in reopening this facility is to use it's resources to help the CCPD find him and bring him to justice." Barry said as the crowd began to pester him with questions.

Not surprisingly, the first question he answered was from Iris.

"Mr. Allen, Iris West, Danvers Daily News. I think I'm going to ask the question I'm sure all of my colleagues want to, but will you be rebuilding the particle accelerator?" Iris asked.

"Absolutely not. One of the conditions for reopening Star Labs was that the accelerator would be decommissioned, which it has been and once I have the necessary equipment, funding and staff, it will be dismantled." Barry said as he continued to answer other questions.

"What is Star Labs' policy on hiring? Do you plan on discriminating against aliens or metahumans?" Mason Bridges asked Barry.

"No. As long as they have the expertise to perform whatever tasks they were hired for, then the person will be hired, human, metahuman, alien or anything else." Barry said as he fielded more questions.

"Now, enough about me. Before we end, I'd like to introduce my right and left hands here at Star Labs. I'm proud to introduce to you to Dr. Caitlin Snow, the head of Star Labs biochemistry division and cohead of our new metahuman research division and Cisco Ramon, head of Star Labs R&D and cohead of metahuman research. They have been with this company since before the explosion and it is time that they are able to use their brilliant minds to help the world through this facility once again." Barry said as he introduced Cisco and Caitlin.

"Mr. Allen, one more question." Linda Park asked.

"Yes?" Barry asked.

"How long will it be before the labs officially reopens, since it is clearly not ready to open today?" Linda asked.

"That really just depends on how long it takes to hire an adequate staff and deal with any other concerns, but we're hoping to get this place fully operational within the next 2 months." Barry said as the conference ended.