What you recognize I don't own and this will be slightly different due to a disability that will be explained in the story and for the first part the readers will know the time while the character will not. Asterisks will denote foreign, alien or sign language, written languages will be bold. Also unless otherwise specified I will be using military time and explain what it means depending on if it's after 12 or not. And a situation that will be in the story is borrowed from watching two anime series that has the same situation

well there was a person must sitting in the shadows waiting for something to happen no knowing that they were about to get a guest in a few hours. They "overheard" talk about a possible ambush but since they couldn't do a thing about it they stayed quiet figuring better not to say anything than to risk getting tortured...again. In the meantime they thought back to that fateful day so long ago that they now couldn't figure out the time

ten years ago

"hey Ariel nice assist on that last goal"

"thanks captain, I figured John had the best chance considering his position on the field"

"and that's why you're one of the best players on the team, because you have the ability to strategize on the field and make decisions based on information you're receiving at any one point in the game"

they finish packing their bags and that's when Ariel notices the time

"oh man we ran that late? I'm in trouble"

"what for?"

"simple I have a self defense class today and I'm running half an hour late already"

and so Ariel starts to run towards her lessons when suddenly she's abducted in front of several witnesses and secretly taken out of the country that same day

"just you wait once the police find out who you are you're going to be in so much trouble it's not even funny"

"sorry kids but by the time the police manage to find anything out about us we'll be in the Middle East"

Ariel looks horrified at that due to the fact that she knew America had no jurisdiction in other countries no matter what the reason. What the kidnappers didn't know was that she had training to handle the situation not only that but well...even without the training she was a very defiant person depending on the situation as criminals had found out before she started her specialized training, thus they now had a huge headache on their hands. She would also normally have powers she was born with but the abductors somehow knew of them so she couldn't use said powers. Every chance she got Ariel defied her captures until after five years they made her go deaf with a unique and permanent drug

present day

Ariel just sat there until she saw movement

"who's there?"

"a soldier"

"if you just said something I wouldn't know it, the creeps made me deaf after some time in their presence but what they didn't know is that I can lipread...well until now that is"

and so Ariel comes out of the shadow of the cell and the person repeats himself

"I'm an American soldier"

"I'm...I actually don't know how old I am, but my name is Ariel"

"well Ariel nice to meet you"

"what happened to you?"

"patrol got ambushed"

"tell me?"

"okay"

three hours earlier

"hey guys we have to stop"

"what for?"

"there's a car that's new EOD" (explosives Ordinance disposal) "has to check it out and detonate any IED's" (Improvised Explosive Devices) "they find"

"understood"

and so they waited until suddenly everything just exploded into action. Everyone fought and they actually tried to escape but unfortunately the soldier got captured in the process because of the fact that he had dismounted to fight the enemy and the enemy caught him by surprise

present

"and so they bound me up, gagged me and drove me to this place wherever here is"

"I see hey I know you can't tell me anything related to your mission or anything that could get you into trouble for telling classified information but I was wondering if you could tell me stories of your childhood or stories of your service in the military"

"I would love to, but be prepared to hurt like nothing ever before from laughter"

"hey I haven 't laughed in so long it would be a relief to be in pain from laughing"

"well then my first story is from when we first got a dog when I was a kid"

and so he started telling his stories that he could. It had only been a few hours since the soldier and the child had met yet they already had an incredible bond...probably due to the child simply asking for stories from him that he could tell

"and you know something no one ever did find out who pranked the Admiral"

"yet you knew because you were the culprit"

"exactly Ariel exactly"

(sighs) "so about how long do you think it will take people to notice you missing?"

"if my unit is good they probably already alerted FOB" (forward operating base) "and a possible rescue mission is already underway"

"hey better a few days or weeks then however many years it's been for me"

"you mean you don't know how long you've been prisoner?"

"nope I already told you that though"

"oh yeah you did, so when were you abducted?"

"when I was seven"

"say I never found out your last name"

"and you won't not unless we get rescued because my last name is too dangerous to know"

"fine I'll wait then and hopefully find out who you are eventually"

and so they did wait and they would be rescued two weeks later, unfortunately by that time Ariel was very sick from infection and was essentially unconscious, though she did slightly respond to strong stimuli. Mainly she responded to people moving her but not very much and all soldiers knew that she was at high risk of dying before she got back to base and would have to be identified by fingerprints to see if she was American or from some other country