Watching W'Kabi toss the young Black man to the ground like a piece of trash, Alvin frowned and motioned for Bucky to come closer. Then he said to T'Challa, "You can ask him now..."
Before T'Challa could do anything, the furious W'Kabi jumped down from his rhino, grabbed the young man's short dreadlocks, and ground out, "Take a good look. Is that the Iron Arm you told us about?"
The young man seemed to have taken quite a beating. He glanced weakly at Bucky, then let his gaze linger on Alvin. A hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes. He shook his head at W'Kabi and said in terror, "That's not him. The other man was much older, and his iron arm was an energy weapon..."
Clutching his head, the young man bowed it in terror and shouted, "I don't know! I don't know! I thought it was just an ordinary theft job. I didn't know they would kill people..."
Alvin looked at the muscular young Black man. He didn't seem like a coward at all. Seeing him so afraid of dying now struck Alvin as strange.
Alvin glanced at T'Challa's ashen face, shook his head, then looked at the young man and asked, "What's your name? Tell us what happened. Who sent you to attack Wakanda?"
The young man stared at Alvin with bloodshot eyes, then lowered his head as if frightened and said, "My name is Erik. Erik Killmonger...
"I'm a truck driver...
"A week ago, that Iron Arm came to me with his people. He paid a lot to rent my truck.
"He said a group of Americans was paying a lot to 'purchase' Wakandan Vibranium...
"I know the roads around here well, so I..."
Erik Killmonger looked at T'Challa and pleaded, "I didn't know. I really