Alvin arrived at the crash site just in time to witness the scene, and froze for several seconds.
That name sounded awfully familiar.
A crash, a pursuit, the Supreme Intelligence, the Kree, the Skrulls, Carroll... Putting all that information together, Alvin reached a conclusion.
But at the same time, he was stunned.
Wait... Carroll had been killed?!
If he remembered correctly, this was supposed to be the plot of Captain Marvel, wasn't it?!
But what was going on now?
Carroll, who should have become Captain Marvel, had pushed Mar-Vell out of the way and died at the hands of the Kree named Rogg.
Then... what about Captain Marvel?
Captain Marvel, who would fight Thanos single-handedly and overwhelm his fleet in Endgame... was dead?!
This was bad!
Alvin instantly realized that his arrival had sent the original plot veering wildly off course, creating a paradox in spacetime!
Carroll should have absorbed the Space Stone's energy when the energy core exploded here, then been taken away by Rogg to undergo training and eventually become Captain Marvel. Instead, he had died here.
Could he be saved?
Alvin glanced at Carroll's body on the ground. Half a second was all he needed to determine that there was no saving him.
The laser had pierced Carroll's chest. Its scorching energy had melted his flesh, leaving a bowl-sized hole and destroying the surrounding internal organs as well.
With the resources currently available, an injury of that severity was... essentially beyond saving.
Just great. Carroll was dead, Captain Marvel was gone, and Endgame had lost one of its main damage dealers.
While he pondered this, the confrontation between the other two continued.
"No, no... Carroll!" Mar-Vell threw himself toward Carroll's fallen body, staring helplessly at the enormous wound melted through his chest. Tears streamed down his face.