Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Bones or Smallville just the one I made up for this story, Please don't sue... ;)

Kent Farm, Smallville

TV's and displays all over the world flicker as the picture changes to a fairly benign stream of images. A voice comes over to narrate the images, "Henry Carter; husband, father, small town mechanic. Jeremiah Weizmann; also a husband and father, New York delicatessen owner." The images of the individuals being named were showing up on the screens of every display connected online. Showing what they looked like before Checkmate got a hold of them, the videos of their experience within the walls of The Castle, and the photos of the aftermath, "Amy Marsden; wife, mother of two, hostess at a chain restaurant in England." The voice-over is showing as much empathy as she can muster. Although she does this for a living, it reminds her, all to well, what happened to her own mother.

"I'm Dr. Temperance Brennan, Forensic Anthropologist. My team and I have been spending several of these last hours identifying these people. These hardworking citizens of the planet have been missing for anywhere from a couple months," the camera shows one of the newer bodies, then pans over to one that has shown severe decay, "to several years." There is a moment of silence while the camera shows several images of the torture suffered at the hands of Checkmate as Brennan describes what happened to each victim. Accompanied by the description were the video clips, each with a labelled photo of the individual in them, of the atrocities suffered by the individuals that were taken by Chloe and edited into the stream that Bones and Angela put together. "Several of these people were taken from their homes and/or businesses because they were 'supposedly' terrorists. They were simply discarded when these people discovered that they were not a threat." An image of the burial site shows up on the screen.

The image changes to that of a stronghold located in a nondescript mountainous landscape this stronghold looked very much like a castle that you would see in a fantasy movie. It was mostly white with with earth-like browns running the top and bottom of the structure and outer wall. Very lavish looking. Chloe was looking on at the screen as the broadcast she was putting together was streaming, "Good thing that Batman guy had a camera on his jet." Angela says to her younger mentor. Chloe simply nods in agreement. It has been exhausting ordeal putting this all together in such a short time, but if they were going to pull this off they would have to do it as quickly as possible before Checkmate found out about it.

Angela starts to narrate the next part, "These people are currently being detained by this militia." Videos of the remaining detainees come up on the screen as Ange continues, "This is Mary Walker, A school teacher from Iowa who was placed in Japan teaching English to third graders on a US Military installation. She was abducted because she had simply bumped into a suspected terrorist." The image changes to that of Seely Booth, Angela is trying to choke back the tears, she sees one of her closest friends being hung by his wrists and ankles. She composes herself and continues, "This is Special Agent Seely Booth. A known patriot and FBI agent. He has served his country as Army Special Forces." Angela cannot hold the tears back, her voice wavers as she continues, "He is a good-hearted man, who wants nothing more than a safe world for his son and daughter to grow up in." By this point she's sobbing, "And the bastards that took him are trying to brainwash him to kill for them!" At this point Jack comes over to where Angela has been narrating and holds her for support. He motions for Lois to take over as the Jeffersonian team is a little on edge right now.

Chloe starts to get everything setup to broadcast from the camera on the Batwing and the security feeds within the stronghold.

Undisclosed Location, exterior

The team was getting themselves into position. Batman was the first to speak up, "We need to start now if we are going to do this. If they don't know yet, they will soon." Clark grins as he replies to the Dark Knight, "Already there," he points towards a clearing that leads to the guarded entrance, "Look." Batman looks on as he sees Dinah heading towards the guards dressed in a pair of cargo pants, a windbreaker, and a hiking backpack, looking very disheveled

Canary walks up to the guard who immediately draws his weapon, "Halt! Advance and be recognized!" Tears are rolling down Dinah's face, "Oh thank god! I didn't think I was going to find anyone! My boyfriend and I were hiking in the woods and we got separated a couple days ago. I am running out of food and water and I'm lost." The guard slightly lowers his weapon, "You aren't supposed to be around here ma'am. You need to vacate the perimeter immediately." Her lower lip quivers as she continues, "Can you at least tell me if you've seen my boyfriend?" He motions for her to come closer, stops her at a couple feet away. She pulls out a photo of Booth and hands it to the guard. He looks down at the photo, immediately recognizing the prisoner they had taken in almost a week back. His eyes get wide once realization hits him. The guard looks back up at the woman who was crying, now has a very devilish grin on her face as she opens her mouth an ear piercing shriek comes out and his world goes black.

Undisclosed Location, Interior. Booth's cell

Booth had collected enough paper to use as a good starter. He removed his shirt and started using it to hit the light bulb over him causing it to swing against the wall and shatter the glass. He can see the filament still slowing in the fixture, He takes the longest piece and starts to jump up to try to ignite it on the filament. He soon starts to realize that it isn't going to ignite with such short contact with the exposed bulb. He rolls the paper up in one of the sleeves, allowing it to stick out of the roll a good couple inches, and wraps it around the fixture. It sparks and the paper has ignited. He takes a moment to let it catch the shirt, once he sees it ablaze he takes the shirt down and tries to cram it under the door. It won't fit, but Booth isn't giving up, he starts to blow on the flames hoping to make them a little bigger. He blows in the direction of the door. The smoke starts to find it's way out. "FIRE!" Booth shouts, "FIRE!" The Guard opens the door, "What the hell is going on here?" Booth points to his shirt, "The bulb exploded and it caught my shirt on fire!"

The guard looks down at Seely's shirt and then up at the bulb. As soon as his attention is diverted Booth grabs him and puts him in a sleeper hold. The guard struggles but is quickly out cold. Booth grabs the guard and quickly changes clothes with him. 'Good thing we're almost the same size,' Booth thinks to himself. He slides the mask over his face with the goggles on his forehead in the same manner as the guard he took out. He looks over at the unconscious man and puts his remaining clothes on him laying him down with his face towards a corner. Just then a small explosion is heard outside.

Another guard comes down the hallway, "Why is this cell door open?" Booth immediately answers, "He was making too much noise, so I choked him out." The second guard looks down at the limp body, "Well, we got a situation, all hands needed outside." Booth responds, "Lead the way." As soon as the second guard turns his back Booth chokes him out as well.

The assault has begun! Booth is now on the move and the team is there to liberate him. This should get interesting... Don't touch that dial!

A/N: Will be updating in the next couple weeks. Just been busy with the holidays! :)

A/A/N: Trying to get the story finished, don't worry haven't forgotten. just a case of writer's block :) Should be soon. I am starting to get some ideas and suggestions are always welcome. To all of you that have been reading I would like to say thank you, as well as those that were helpful in the past when I had this same issue! :)