The next morning in the Killer Grips' trailer; Lincoln woke up and was met with the smiling face of Dawn. "A much more pleasant sight to wake up to than my first morning wake up on than last season and finding that I was in a net..." Lincoln smiled getting out of bed and shared a kiss.
"While I am also glad not to be woken up in the middle of the night by idiots again; I do hope that you two lovebirds can your lips apart long enough not to jeopardise our team in the challenges!" Courtney warned already out of the bed and Brittney went up to Dawn to get stroked on the back by the Moonchild.
"Come on Courtney; we know how to get our heads in the game as the both of us made it to the final 4! You have nothing to be worried about!" Lincoln assured Courtney who looked at him and she nodded in return.
"That's good because I have plans for the both of you..." Courtney whispered as the couple frowned at this.
"Well it's going to be interesting to be on the team with you both: Lincoln and Courtney as you two showed your skills. Plus Dawn; while it took some time to warm up to you... I am glad that we are on the same team again..." DJ said with a smile putting up a high five motion and got Lincoln and Dawn to return it.
"I am pleased to be on your team Lincoln; your soap opera love triangle captivated me as I watched the show in the last season and it ended in a good outcome for all 3 parties. My love for Beth is pure and so I can sense the romantic energy in your story." Brady said as Sid shook her head at Brady bringing Beth up.
"Thanks Brady..." Lincoln said as it was Sid's turn to run up to him.
"I was rooting for you Lincoln and you better believe that I was thrilled to get in and then to get on the same team with you! You better believe that we have Ronnie Anne on our side as she watches back home in the US!" Sid said with a smile around Lincoln's shoulder as he returned it.
"Likewise Sid!" Lincoln said as MK looked their way along with Leonard.
"You wonder if you can handle your other girlfriend and your new best friend on the other team this time?" MK asked as Lincoln shook his head.
"I bet Gwen and Ezekiel will be just fine and it should be fine competing against them. Something we discussed a lot during the last season." Lincoln said quite confidently as the others nodded.
"Yep and if we get to the point where we have a close friend on our team that we will have to vote off; that's the name of the competition and so no hard feelings!" Sid asked and they nodded at that.
"Still I believe that we should have concern for the previous Champion and the dark mage for they are on the same team as the great evil with the creepy smile who caused yesterday's disaster." Leonard remarked and they were reminded of Lauren.
"Leonard has a point... Lauren's aura... It's like various innocent creatures were screaming in pain at once at the same time that someone was covering Mick Swagger songs quite horribly..." Dawn spoke seriously with a frown and they cringed at that.
At the Screaming Gaffers' trailer; Lightning came in from a morning jog with laps around both trailers as the others were getting up. "What a pleasant night; helps to sleep if you imagine sheep jumping over a fence... Right into a meat grinder." Lauren remarked happily as they cringed.
"Couldn't we ask Chris for some better accommodations" groaned Topher as there were scoffs from the returning cast members in the team.
"You really admire Chris so much and yet know so little if you think that he cares about the comfort of his contestants. Besides you should count yourself lucky; compared to the cabins in the last season; this is a five star resort in comparison..." Gwen laughed sarcastically.
"Feels more comfortable..." Ezekiel nodded and looked to Zoey. "Yo Zoey; how about that trailer you won last season aye? Where is it?" Ezekiel asked as Zoey looked his way.
"They arranged for it to be sent home and I bet that next time that my family can; we could do a weekend trip!" Zoey replied and smiled at the idea.
"I am glad that I get to be here with you cool people from the show." Bridgette smiled at the returning four and Zoey smiled back and Ezekiel and Gwen waved to her. "Still anyone else had a feeling that they could be killed in their sleep during the night..." Bridgette asked and some nods at this.
"You could be referring to my evil energy!" Max bragged as Lightning shook his head.
"I believe the real culprit is her!" Lightning retorted pointing to Lauren who waved to everyone as they were creeped out.
"If she tried then I could fight her..." Ezekiel bragged and showed off some martial arts moves which got some snickers from Gwen.
"So brave Ezekiel... To think that I was halfway ready to write you off in that first episode of the last season..." Bridgette complimented Ezekiel as he was red in the face.
"So Gwen; your boyfriend is on the other team with the other girlfriend... How you feel about that?" Topher smirked to Gwen who glared at her.
"Don't try and play me McLean fanboy... I trust this contest will not get between us and Dawn should get her turn to be on his team. I have enough trust in my boyfriend to not make this more complicated than it needs to be!" Gwen retorted to him shaking her head and Bridgette smiled at this.
"If I have a boyfriend Gwen then I would want to have the faith that you do!" Bridgette remarked.
Both teams were gathered together and Lincoln shared a smile with Gwen and and a finger point to Ezekiel. "Okay Grips, Gaffers... Your first challenge is to set up a film set and bring all of your teams stuff to the top of there!" Chris said as the campers were open mouthed as they looked at the mountain that he was pointing to.
"You just love doing this to us!" Gwen asked arms folded and Chris grinned as he nodded.
"Uh... How should we bring our equipment to the top of the mountain for this quest dear host? Should we trek up the mountain while carrying our stuff?" Leonard asked putting up his hand causing him to have eyes turn on him in disbelief.
"No Leonard; I want you to use your magic powers to teleport everything there!" Chris retorted sarcastically and got out a megaphone. "Lights... Camera... Action!" he shouted causing both teams to scramble forward.
"I bet the nerdy kids who routinely get shoved into their lockers at my school would find Leonard someone to pick on! Glad he is not holding me down on my team." Lightning said in the confessional.
Lincoln and Dawn were working together to carry the lights with Courtney holding onto a projector with Brady, MK & Sid holding onto lights as they were going up. "You know Lincoln; we worked so well in the last season and with our shared skills and experiences along with that of Dawn's; we could work together to go the final 3 together!" Courtney offered with a smirk as they stared at her.
"You want an alliance?" Lincoln asked sceptically with Dawn sharing the look.
"Come on you two just at least think about it... Lincoln may know Sid but that means we still have 3 unknowns and as strong as DJ is... We could do better by sticking together to use our experiences..." Courtney explained as they looked at eachother. "Think about it and speaking of DJ; I will just go and see what is taking him and the LARPer..." Courtney remarked as she went back down.
Lincoln and Dawn are together in the confessional; "I don't think Courtney will be out to hurt those that she is competing against and I think that we can count on her as a friend outside of the competition. We did get along great at that spa place and on the days that we were not competing but... She does get competitive..." Lincoln muttered and Dawn nodded.
"Her aura... I sense that her elimination through no fault of her own the last season has affected her... Made her more determined and competitive, especially with a bigger known money prize... Still I sense goodness in her heart and her liking us is genuine so her alliance request could be something to consider." Dawn said as they looked at eachother.
"Somehow I should have expected this..." groaned Courtney with a facepalm as Leonard had his arms out with his eyes closed in front of the trailer.
"My apologies but my teleportation magic is a little rusty..." Leonard apologetically said as he got lights shoved in his arms by Courtney.
"I tried to talk him out of it..." DJ told Courtney as Courtney pointed to the trailer as the two of them began pulling the trailer together.
At the Screaming Gaffers; the team were carrying their stuff with Lightning pulling the trailer. There was Lauren skipping ahead happily as they frowned up at her; "As bad as Lindsay turned out to be... I don't think that I am able to continue on with Lauren on our team... She could have gotten us killed yesterday..." Zoey admitted and this got nods from them.
"I hate to speak badly about people but... Yes; I think that she would totally kill us at the first chance..." Bridgette spoke.
"A wildcard like her is not beneficial to schemes..." Max said struggling to carry his stuff.
"Makes you think about losing on purpose so we could vote her off..." Ezekiel muttered as their eyes widened in thought.
"That's probably the best idea you had all show Ezekiel!" Gwen said with a grin and Ezekiel smiled. "We lose on purpose this one time and goodbye Lauren!" Gwen whispered and they thought it over.
"You are asking us to lose ON PURPOSE! I am a Champion and I am already miffed that Lindsay intentionally cost my team the talent contest last season!" fumed Lightning shaking his head as Gwen fake sighed.
"Alright; just remember to keep one eye open with her staying in our trailer..." Gwen remarked and Lightning blinked and thought it over and intentionally let go of the trailer to let it go down the hill.
"Hope my dad understands watching at home..." sighed Lightning as Topher who was on the phone jumped out of hte way of the trailer. "Was that a phone..." Lighting asked as Topher hid it and gave a fake smile as he shook his head.
"I stole Chris' phone yesterday when I was hugging him. I love him but as great as it is to be meet him; how about being the new Chris McLean? I am starting to try and call the producers to see if they want someone younger to be a new host for the show!" Topher explained confidently grinning in the confessional.
The Killer Grips were at the top as Leonard came up followed by DJ and Courtney pulling the trailer. "Sorry... We got held up by the idiot in the stupid cloak!" Courtney snapped pointing to Leonard as she and took a moment to pant and recover. There were looks towards Leonard.
"My teleportation magic is quite difficult." was all that Leonard said to rolled eyes.
"I practice magic as a hobby and I think he takes fantasy magic too far..." Lincoln muttered as the Courtney, Leonard & DJ then noticed off to the side was Lauren cheerfully waving to them while the Grips were making an effort to be away from her.
"Wait... Is she seriously the only Gaffer up here? I thought that for sure they were a sure win with us getting held up and Lightning pulling their trailer but... I think that I did see a blur falling down the mountain..." DJ remarked as they thought about it.
"Wait... We won?" Sid asked as the Grips began cheering as the Gaffers came up with it looking like that they were taking their time getting up there.
"We lost... What a shame..." Gwen said with a fake look as she and others smirked at Lauren.
Lincoln went up to her and whispered "you just want to vote off Lauren; don't you?" Gwen's continued smirk said it all.
"Congrats campers on completing the first part of the challenge... Did I neglect to mention that this wasn't the full challenge?" Chris asked with a smirk and there were sighs and glares at him.
"One unlucky intern had to test out this first half of the challenge all by herself. That included bringing all the equipment up one by one and pulling the trailer by herself. Who was she?" Sammy sighed in the confessional and put up her hand.
There were now 2 sets at the top of the mountain with both teams by their own; "The 2nd half of the challenge is to make a movie. The Killer Grips have a feature about a thug who tries to go straight but can't resist the lure of the street while the Screaming Gaffers have a tearjerker starring an elderly lady considering her long life. You have to choose an actor to perform a scene and here are the scripts!" Chris said as Chef tossed envelopes to the Grips and the Gaffers.
"We can do this; I have made my own movies when I was a kid and still dabble in it from time to time!" Lincoln told the Grips and Sid grinned.
"I can totally back him up; we have made one together when he was visiting the City and he totally killed it when he was playing the role of a crooked cop trying to go straight!" Sid cheered as she and Lincoln high fived.
"Well... All in favour of Lincoln being our leading man..." Courtney asked and the show of hands got it. "Please be as good at acting as you are at magic and DIY..." pleaded Courtney as she passed Lincoln the envelope.
While at the Gaffers; Gwen was the one leading the Gaffers up to Lauren and coughed to get her attention. "Lauren; this role requires some serious talent and acting chops and we think that you look like a certified star in the making!" Gwen smiled along with the others as she offered Lauren the envelope to her surprise.
"My new friends want to encourage a possible career path for me; I am so excited that I could scream!" Lauren cheered as the others smirked.
"Okay crew; set up the scene and whoever can get Chef the ex-army corporal to show any emotion wins the challenge!" Chris said through a megaphone sitting down as Chef sat own and looked terrifying at the camera.
Lincoln was getting make up by Brady while looking confused at his script and then Ezekiel came up to them; "Sorry; just want to come to my bud for a minute to ask something!" Ezekiel told them and they looked away and Lincoln looked to Ezekiel. "Link man... Since you like have 2 girlfriends, I want to ask for advice... I kind of think that Bridgette on my team kind of likes me and... Do you think that I have a shot?" Ezekiel asked and Lincoln blinked as he thought it over.
"I... I am not really sure Zeke... My best advice is to see what she thinks and see if you being yourself will impress her. If not then... You gave it a shot..." Lincoln told him and Ezekiel blinked and cheered as he went off running.
"Oh man... Homeschool trying to impress a girl... This should be glorious..." MK struggled to hold in her laughs as Dawn shook her head at MK.
Lincoln looked back at the script and said "I am certain that we have the wrong one..."
"Link is right; the TDI Champ shall impress this lucky surfer gal!" grinned Ezekiel in the confessional confidently.
The Killer Grips' movie was starting as Lincoln was in a fedora and holding a water gun; "When I was a young schoolgirl in Poland frolicking through the fields with my pet goat in the Summer sun..." Lincoln recited trying to sound the part that he was supposed to be playing.
"Did you check the envelope before you gave it to them?" Chris asked Chef.
"I thought you checked them..." Chef replied and they started snickering together.
Back at the movie the Killer Grips handling the lights thought that Lincoln was doing fine but then they saw Leonard at the top of the set with bottles. "A little effects to help the performance and the drama in his play..." Leonard said and before anyone could stop him he sent the bottles down and they broke and put up colorful smoke.
"Ah... WHAT IS THIS? RIGHT IN MY EYES!" Lincoln cried and there were shouts directed at Leonard and cries in worry for Lincoln as Chef gave a thumbs down.
Lauren was in her old lady headdress at the Screaming Gaffers set and said "you know; the best acting comes from improv..." Lauren then started laughing as she then began banging up the set and Chef gave a thumbs up.
"Okay; everyone... Chef has decided that the Screaming Gaffers wins and the Killer Grips will have to vote someone out in our new Elimination Ceremony!" Chris announced to both teams as the Killer Grips were dumbstruck and glared at Leonard as Lincoln was being checked on by both Dawn and Gwen. Lauren and Toph cheered whiel the rest of the Gaffers were open mouthed and gave half hearted cheers.
"Man... Sorry Leonard but this was a no-brainer..." DJ said shaking his head in the confessional.
"What a first challenge: my boyfriend gets his eyes attacked by an idiot's potions and we win and are stuck with that terror in human skin for another day. At least the idiot is definitely getting kicked out; I can take comfort in that at least..." Gwen muttered in the confessional with her arms folded.
The Chris centred montage opening to the ceremony is shown as Chris in a tuxedo comes up to the stage of the Elimination Ceremony while the Grips were sitting down. "Time to cast your votes: under your seats you will find your voting devices. Just press the button of the person you want to vote off. No peaking or goodbye." Chris said at the podium and laughed as they got out their devices and pressed the button.
Sammy came up to Chris holding the Gilded Chris awards in a purple dress; "Do I get paid extra for this Chris? Or at least extra college credit?" Sammy asked as Chris deliberately ignored her.
"If you get a Gilded Chris then your safe for now... The Gilded Chrises go to... Dawn. Courtney. Brady. Sid. DJ. MK." Chris said as Sammy tossed the Gilded Chrises as leaving Lincoln who was next to Dawn.
"Are these just chocolate..." asked MK exasperated as she saw DJ was starting to unwrap this. "There goes making a killing by selling the Gilded Chrises that I get..." MK fumed.
"Alakazam... Don't pick me..." Leonard said with his fingers crossed and eyes closed.
"Sorry Lincoln for the hold up and I don't feel like drawing this out due to how obvious it was but thanks for not interrupting me like when Lindsay got voted out. Leonard; you were the only one who didn't vote for yourself and you cast the lone Lincoln vote. Lincoln gets the final Gilded Chris and Leonard pack your potions; to the Walk of Shame and the Lame-O-Sine for you!" Chris said through the microphone as Sammy tossed the final Gilded Chris.
"I know the time reversal spell has to be here somewhere..." Leonard said picking up his book and had to be dragged to the Walk of Shame and shoved into the Lame-O-Sine by Chef.
"How is your eye Lincoln?" Courtney asked Lincoln as they were getting up from their seats and he looked to her along with Dawn.
"Recovered now but thanks for asking Courtney." Lincoln said and Courtney looked pleased and nodded. "You know Courtney... Dawn and I were talking and... No final answer as of yet but we will be thinking about your alliance offer." Lincoln told her and Courtney smiled even further.
"As long as it doesn't go too far and no one gets hurt." Dawn warned Courtney and she smiled in return.
"Wouldn't dream of it!" Courtney replied as they then began walking away together.