Talon's PoV:
The knife glistens with my arm's blood. And I remember. A dream long ago. I was helpless beneath a bloody Career's knife. And that came true. I see Jax's torture again, Brooke's idiocy, Marik's sacrifice and then, finally, a small boy, unharmed by the Games. And that's it. My life so far. Alex seems indecisive, strange, held back by some force. I'm still going to die either way.
Alex decides that he should get it over with quickly. The knife shines as it gets closer and closer to skin. And before the fatal blow is made, I see the sliver of razor sharp silver. An axehead. Alex keels over. His eyes dull and deaden. And it's over. Who threw the axe? How did they get here? Is it another tribute?
All of my questions are answered as a tall figure steps out of the trees. He has longer black hair, black eyes and I know him. But he's dead. He should be dead, or, at best, an Avox! But he's here. And that's a good thing. A very good thing. He comes over to me. He helps me stand, bear the pain, raises my good arm and yells, "Talon Blackguard, Victor of the 25th Hunger Games, Tribute for District 4!". Applause echoes through the arena. Capitol applause. I'm going home. Finally.
A hovercraft flies down, and we climb in. I grip Marik's hand as tight as possible. But doctors pull me away to do some reconstructive stuff on my arm stump. I'm asleep for most of it. But when I wake up, I have a metal and plastic robotic arm. Cool. It works at least. Marik finds me in a spare room and takes me to my room where he explains what happened to him.
"I was kept on a hovercraft, with many cameras. I was forced to watch you suffer, feel so much pain. Your arm was the last straw though. I demand they let me help, because a mad person can't win. And if a mad person wins, the Capitol loses. I was allowed an axe to kill Alex. The Capitol got their best games yet.".
He looked at me, suddenly all serious "Don't ever let me do that again." And his lips tasted way better than any Capitol food.
Am I cringe? Did you cringe? It's #TeamMalon so... yeah. I ship it so it's canon now. To the fanfiction. Is fanfic canon real canon? Does it count? I don't know.
But this story is officially complete! Thank you for your tributes and reviews! It made all the writer's block and stress enjoyable.