Andrea and Daryl had one more day before they entered the games. Daryl had written down all the things he needed to try and remember about his fellow tributes. Cyndie was one of his allies, and she was a good fisher and had a knowledge of traps. He needed to be able to give his fellow tributes things they could work with while they were part of his team. He just feared they would be too far apart when the canon goes off to begin that he wouldn't be able to find her.

Daryl was eating a lot. He wanted to make sure he wouldn't go hungry during the games themselves. Even if he did find food there was a chance that he would need to give it to Andrae of Cyndie.

Andrea wasn't able to eat, which concerned Daryl a bit but he knew she was just scared. He was still debating if he was going to race to the middle or go the other direction. His big goal was to get a bow and some arrows, a backpack if possible, and something for Andrea or Cyndie to use. Ropes, knives, or a trident if he could get to it.

That night Andrea came to him again, he pulled her into his lap and braided her hair back carefully. "We will make it through the first day I promise, I need to find Cyndie too okay? I need you to run the opposite direction of the middle, just run and go. Or go towards Cyndie, I need the two of you out of the way as quickly as possible okay? I don't know what our land is going to look like, I really don't.. If it's water just stay out of sight." She nodded and cried as he spoke to her, he was just trying to help her. "You get to see your sister tomorrow I'm sure of it."

Amy grinned. "Yeah.. I do."

"So that means you need to sleep to see her right?"

"Right." She smiled as he finished her braid and the two laid back in bed, he pulled her into his arms and held her tight as they finally fell asleep. Daryl was riding on seeing Paul, seeing someone that would make him feel good even when he was scared.

That morning they got up and were rushed off to get dressed before they were readied for the games. Daryl kissed her forehead before they were pulled apart. He was glad he could keep his ring, everyone was allowed one to three items to take in as long as none of the items could be used as weapons.

Daryl looked over the material of the clothing. He couldn't decide what the terrain would be with the cloth, but he did have combat boots on so he assumed there was possibly rocks and hard terrain which he wasn't as thrilled for unless it was just like a normal mountain side. He was thankful that they allowed him to have the feathers and his ring.

He was sat in an empty room and had to wait for a short amount of time to see Paul again and meet Negan in a weird solemn moment. He was pacing after a few minutes of being left alone, he knew soon he would be trapped in a dome and forced to slaughter innocent children and fight for his life. He continued to pace, uncertain about what was coming for him. As he paced, a Peacekeeper entered the room and nodded. Daryl looked up in excitement when he finally saw Paul standing behind the armored man.

Paul entered and within seconds Daryl was wrapped in his arms. "You've got this," Paul whispered as Daryl broke down in his arms. He was sobbing as Paul lowered to the floor with him in his arms.

"I.. I don't know if.. If I'll make it.. I got a high score but.. I.. it's not the same killing kids then hunting deer…"

"You're going to be fine, it's going to be okay." Paul whispered as he tilted his chin up. Daryl looked up into Paul's eyes before he was suddenly very aware of Negan standing over them.

"N..Negan.."

Negan smiled and lowered himself to their level. "Paul and I are going to be here waiting for you when you come out of the games. We will be wed within a year and we will be joining you during the time you are sent to each district to thank them."

"How do you know I will win?" Daryl asked, trying to be stronger then he truly was. "I don't.. I don't know if I will win…"

"We don't know, but we believe in you." Negan replied as he cupped Daryl's cheek. "But we both believe in you. We want to see you win, we want to see you come home to us."

Daryl looked between them both, he had to win to see them again but winning meant the death of twenty three other teens and children. He gulped before both men wrapped him in their arms. Negan looked to Paul who tilted Daryl's chin back up to kiss him lovingly. Daryl returned the kiss letting out a soft whine not wanting to leave this little room. Negan looked him up and down for a moment. "Can I kiss you Daryl?"

Daryl nodded as he allowed Negan to kiss him. Negan made sure to be soft with it, he was unsure how intense he wanted the kiss to actually be. He wanted to make sure he was soft but also rough if that was what Daryl wanted. "We are going to support you, you'll get as many parachutes as I can send you. Paul is living with me now, he is no longer a part of the district. I don't feel the same way about these games as everyone else here does. I want you to feel safe, I want you to know nothing will happen to Paul while you are in the games. I can't make them stop, nor can I make sure you come out the victor but I plan to do what I can to help you."

"What's the terrain like.. Do you know?"

"Mountains and rocks, there are three rivers and the cornucopia is in the center of all three. The rivers are in a triangle shape, there is a small lake. Don't get it in."

"What?"

"Don't get in the lake, do you understand me?"

Daryl narrowed his eyes but nodded. "I understand."

"The water is drinkable, you'll be fine just don't enter the lake. You can fish in it as well, just don't get inside it."

Daryl gulped but nodded. "I won't."

"There are a few hidden caves, those caves have stashes of weapons and food. I don't know where the caves are specifically but I do want you to know that you'll be fine. I.. I can't stop the games but I want to keep you alive."

Daryl took a deep breath. "Thank you Negan…"

Negan smiled and kissed him once again. "You'll be okay."

Paul smiled and hugged him tight. "You're going to get a special parachute during your birthday. Negan already promised me you would, we can't send weapons but we can send food and other things so just look out for it okay?"

"I will."

The peacekeeper entered the room once more. "Time to go."

"No…" Daryl whined as he was pulled onto his feet and taken from the room and to the tube to go down to the games. He looked back towards Negan and Paul as he followed until the door behind him closed. He closed his eyes, the games would begin soon and he would soon have to fight to survive.

He was just thankful Negan had given him a heads up, maybe it was cheating but at this point he could care less. He just wanted to survive the games.