Sky Captain and the World of Yesterday.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, only the new ones.
Whatever happened to Joe while he was in the Manchurian prison camp?
The plane jostled; that was the first hint that something was wrong. 'Dammit,' Joe swore, looking at his fuel gauge. 'I could have sworn…oh, no…Polly?' shaking his head in disgust, he remembered how, two days ago Polly had been, with the help of a manual, seen climbing all over his plane. 'She must have cut my fuel line!' understanding written all over his face. The plane started to plummet. Joe frantically worked the controls, trying to stabilize the plane, but he couldn't get his emergency cell online. Polly must have cut that too. He ejected over the Manchurian plateau, and as he pulled his parachute cord, felt something fly by his face. A laser weapon! Joe lapsed into unconsciousness as the next volley struck him
'UP!' screamed an accented voice from somewhere above his head. 'This is not a time for sleeping!' what the… Joe thought, then remembered. He was in Manchuria. He slowly opened his eyes, and realised he was covered in burns. Probably from the lasers, he thought. He was lying naked on some sort of rotten plank, with someone dressed in black standing next to him. On the other side there were three people, with their eyes cast down. The man in black seemed to be their leader. The man in black threw him a robe, and told him to put it on. He dressed, wincing as he felt the rough cotton of the robe scratch his damaged skin, and stood. He turned to the man in black, and began to ask, 'do you know…' 'Silence!' said the man in black promptly, and turned to the other three, and said something in Mandarin. He gave an almost imperceptible sign, which Joe interpreted as that he was to follow them, and left.