Daryl was watching the others carefully, he had promised Andrea to be her partner in the games until there came a point where it wasn't safe for either of them. It was really time to get to know all the players of the game.

District one -

Philip - 18

   Rosita - 16

Philip was a projected winner ,no one had seen what Rosita Espinoza could do but Daryl knew very well just by looking at her to keep his eyes on her just as much as Philip.

District two -

Rick - 15

 Jadis - 16

Rick looked harmless and Daryl certainly didn't trust Jadis; she was interesting and honestly scared him a bit.

District 3 -

Eugene - 16 

Max - 16

Both Eugene and Max looked incredibly nerdy to him, Daryl bet that Eugene was one of the first to die.

District 4 -

Morgan - 17

 Cyndie - 12

Morgan looked able to kill, but Cyndie... he was unsure what to do about her but he wanted to protect her. He cursed himself but he knew what his goal was. He needed to protect both Andrea and Cyndie until their time came.

District 5 -

Milton - 15

 Tara - 14

Daryl decided Milton was an easy target but Tara had fight in her.

District 6 -

Abraham - 18

 Oliva - 15

Abraham would be one of the bigger threats, Oliva looked nervous and watching her work with some of the training items he knew very well she was going to be an easy target.

District 7 -

Tyreese - 17

 Sasha - 14

Daryl wasn't worried about Sasha, but Tyreese was a concern. He knew very well the man would do anything for his sister, he joined the games for her. If Sasha was in danger he would come to her rescue.

District 8 -

Eric - 16

 Carol - 18

Eric and Carol both looked like they could do some damage, but neither posed much of a threat unless they got a hold of certain weapons. The one thing Daryl had to watch out for was Carol's knowledge of poisons. He watched her on the sorting machine and she got a near perfect score.

District 9 -

Glenn - 16

 Amy - 13

Andrea couldn't keep her eyes off the thirteen year old, she looked so much like her sister she almost feared they put her in the games under a different district. Daryl was nervous she would go AWOL for the child. Glenn looked like he could be good at hiding and killing, he was small and was quick.

District 11 -

Aaron - 14

 Maggie - 18

Aaron was young, but was good with a sword and flail. Maggie had a reason to return home, the sister she joined the games for. She was strong too, she had lived her life hauling around hay. She could throw Aaron like he weighed nothing. Maggie was a threat to him.

District 12 -

Shane - 18

 Lori - 17

Shane had stepped in to fight by Lori's side so Daryl knew Lori was a weakness for him. Shane was another projected winner, he had to watch out for him.

Even though from what he could tell a few had no chance at surviving he knew he had to see each of them as his biggest threat. He had to view Milton and Eugene and the younger children just as dangerous as Philip. As he watched and waited Andrea came up to him. "People are watching you, the point makers are watching you. You've hardly done a single training session. That will hurt you."

"I'm watching for who's an ally and who's a foe Andrea. Watch you want me to do something?" He growled storming over to the knife throwing targets. Everyone had their eyes on Daryl, he was a mystery to them. He picked up six knives. Aiming at one target he nailed it in all the vital parts and even used one knife to knock the knife he had already hit dead center in the head through. "There Andrea I did something."

Before she could stop him he stormed to the archery unit, with three arrows he shot the same spot each time splitting his own arrows.

Philip and Shane had already begun a small pact, and Daryl had just become their prime target and the only person they wanted to add to their group. Cyndie was watching Daryl with hope, she needed someone to keep her safe and she wanted Daryl to be that person. Daryl noticed Cyndie watching him and he smiled walking over to the poison and non poison plants. Cyndie slowly made her way to him as he quickly separated plenty of them correctly. "Would you keep me safe?" She asked softly, looking up at him.

He looked down at her and turned his head to see Shane and Philip making their way towards them. "I'll keep you safe but you tell no one do you hear me?"

"Yes." She promised.

"Now I'm going to sound mean for a second, it's for your own safety okay. Don't take it too harshly. One and twelve." She narrowed her eyes till she side eyed the other district boys coming near. "Look kid, I don't have time for playing games. I'm trying to live, not die watching over a brat."

She frowned but winked quickly before running off, Shane and Philip made their way up to him. "You're good, too good for a cowboy."

"Ten is not just cows." He grunted. "Whatcha want?"

"Why don't you join us? It's me, Shane and his little girl friend."

"Only one of us can win, why team up?" Daryl turned no longer playing the game of matching. He didn't want to give them answers. "You were stupid for joining her, she will die if you win. You will die if she wins. No one gets out of here in pairs."

"You think you'll win and go home to your boyfriends? Yeah we all know you are the one person that the mayor's son wants. He wants to use you and your little boyfriend." Shane hissed. "Must be good for two men to want you so bad."

Daryl raised his fist when a peacekeeper shouted at them. He lowered his fist quickly. "At least I know I won't lose the person I love if I win. Dumbass."

Shane snarled. "Fine, fight alone. Just remember us when you're wishing you had someone out there. If we catch you, we will see how good you are before we slit your throat." Philip snapped as he dragged Shane away from Daryl.

Daryl began to breath heavily, Andrea could see the panic in his face and hurried to his side. "What's wrong?"

"I think they just both threatened to rape me during the games." Daryl took a deep breath trying to steady himself. "Andrea I can't.. I've never.. I."

"Breath it's okay.. I won't let them. I'll die first."

Daryl's knuckles turned white as he gripped the machine behind him. Cyndie noticed the panic in his eyes and overheard Shane and Philip talk about how he does look like a woman turned around with his pretty braid and tight fitting pants. She knew terrible things happened to people, and she was starting to worry they wanted to hurt Daryl. She tugged on Morgan's shirt. "What is it?" He asked, he was the most worried about the games. He lived life trying not to hurt anyone and now he was in the games.

"The boys from one and twelve. They want to hurt Daryl."

"This is the Hunger Games Cyndie, everyone wants to hurt everyone."

"Not like that, adult hurt." She whispered quietly. Morgan's eyes got big, he didn't even know if that was against the rules of the games. He had never seen it happen before but it sounded like it wouldn't be allowed. He didn't know how to go about it either. "We need to keep him safe, he promised he would protect me if I needed it. We need to protect him."

"We will, okay, those two won't hurt him okay? Not like that at least, maybe stab him, or hurt him like the games want, not that way okay. We just need to lay low, if they suspect us they will go for us first."

She nodded and started working on other training sessions. They had to do this first before their presentation. Daryl was already becoming more of a favorite and rising to the number one spot for projected winners. Purely because of his accuracy, but these targets weren't moving. That was what everyone was wondering, if he could hit a moving target but none of them have ever seen him in action. He was a trained killer, while it was only deer, rabbits, squirrels, and the occasional wild hog he was still accurate with his throws.

His biggest threats now were Philip and Shane, he just had to survive them and he was home free, but they wouldn't forget their threats so easily, and his abilities had them worried.