The next day at the area outside the trailers; the contestants were going through the intense heat for the morning. Lincoln, Dawn and Gwen were sitting together underneath a tree. "Come on Sun; you don't have to do this to make me feel bad as I already do on the inside..." groaned Lincoln as Dawn in the lotus position put her arm around his shoulder to try and console him but she was feeling the heat as well with Dawn taking Lincoln's hand.

"I too feel bad for having to vote away a teammate and potential friend and I know that you must feel worse Lincoln and I wish that I could say more but if only I wasn't feeling much weaker though similar feelings myself." Dawn sighed as Gwen looked his way.

"For what it's worth Lincoln and Dawn... Don't take this the wrong way but i would have voted for Sid as well as I am peeved that she helped caused the dominos to fall." Gwen told him.

In the confessional Gwen had her arms folded and said "Lincoln and Dawn told me what happened when the Grips returned to the trailers and I saw them down... Plus if you have a problem with what I said to them... Don't you judge as when I realised Lincoln was buried in the sand and Courtney and Sid started their argument; I knew that I was stuck with the terrifying monster in a girl's shape for at least another night!"

Courtney was gathered DJ, Brady and MK to them and then gave an eye to Gwen and she asked what of it. "Okay Grips plus Gaffer; I call this meeting to order to discuss our strategy. Lincoln and Dawn were kind enough to inform me of Gwen and the other Gaffers' intention to lose on purpose in order to vote off Lauren. I can get behind that but still we must be on our A-game and we can't have yesterday's shenanagians be repeated. We must be a united force working together!" Courtney stated seriously acting as the self-proclaimed team leader again.

DJ and brady shared a look but MK was uncharacteristically smiling. "Absolutely Courtney; you are a hundred percent right. Go team Grips; no more nonsense and we will follow your lead in keeping our eyes on the prize! Whatever you say!" MK said surprising them but Courtney managed to give a smile to her.

"Thank you MK; glad you are tired of losing as well!" Courtney replied as DJ and Brady looked at MJ weirdly.

"You feeling alright..." DJ whispered to MK and she gave him a look.

"Listen here you two; best to go along with Ms CIT for now... You know that she has those 2 in an alliance and that said alliance is half the team. We lose again and if they stay united then they could decide who goes out or at least draw. Remember Lincoln for this alliance voted off a friend he has known for years and even Dawn went along with Courtney so I don't know about separating them for now... Play it smart or else if we lose; it's one of us..." MK whispered to them and they realised her point.

Up in the tree watching down from the branch she was sitting was Lauren who looked suspicious and leaped from the tree to the Screaming Gaffers' trailer and looked around to see Topher on Chris' phone. "...I don't know if you have been getting my calls or ignoring them because of my age but I assure you that I make up for in charisma and tenacity! Plus I have been able to survive with creepy girl Lauren on my team and however long she lasts until we actually manage to lose and can vote her off..." Topher was saying.

"Are my team trying to lose on purpose to vote me off? I mean I know that fights broe out when we were picking teams in middle school soccer over who had me on the team and someone was paid twenty bucks once to take their place as my lab partner last year but still... I am not that bad to be on the team and if they were then... I won't be happy..." Lauren frowned in the confessional and got an angry glint in her eye.

Chris in a cowboy hat set off a revolver to get the attention of the teams and they all gatered together; "Since there's no beating the heat; we are going west tonight! There's a town meeting in high noon; be there or I drive ya deadbeats outta town!" Chris said in a bad Texan's accent.

"John Wayne must be rolling in his grave right now..." Lincoln muttered as they grimaced. "Still can't be that bad if we are doing westerns today; I liked Blazing Saddles!" Lincoln said optimistically.

"Knowing Chris it will be more like A Million Ways to Die in the West; my brother once bet me fifty bucks that I couldn't last all the way through. I did and the money wasn't worth it..." grunted Gwen.

"Uh... The heat... I normally like a hot sun because it's a perfect excuse to go on my board out on the water but no luck this time..." sighed Bridgette in the Confessional.

At the western set there was the teams gathered together looking worn out by the sun; "Listen up pardners; in any good western there are heroes, outlaws, horses and pretty dames. The hero defeats the outlaw and rides out on the sunset on the horse. As for the dames they usually hang out in the saloon during the bar brawl." Chris said starting off in his accent.

"You see these; if we are doing a bar brawl then no one can take on me; except for big guy DJ..." bragged Lightning deciding to flex his muscles and eyed DJ who looked scared.

"I bet someone will not want to go near the bar..." Topher laughed eyeing Lincoln with Lincoln folding his arms and glaring at him with glares coming from Dawn, Bridgette, DJ, Ezekiel & Gwen.

"I laughed my butt off seeing the white haired American dweeb act like a drunken fool on my TV..." laughed Topher in the confessional.

"I remember being conflicted when watching drunken Lincoln confront the bear on the TV. On one hand if he was attacked by the bear then he would scream and I would like that but on the other; if he got attacked and died then he would never scream again and I didn't like that." Lauren said in the Confessional.

"Your first challenge is to mount a steed." Chris said showing off the horse that took a long fart. "Sorry but that's the best horse that our budget could afford with my needs needing to be met." Chris said as they were grossed out looking at the horse; Dawn came up to the horse and smiled but it became forced.

"I love all manners of creatures but this horse... He could have used a bath..." gagged Dawn in the Confessional.

The horse was on top of a large bullseye; "You have to jump from there and mount the steed like that!" Chris said showing a top diving board causing them to gasp. "Gaffers gets to go first; don't worry because our interns have assured us that it's safe!" Chef assured them.

"Please Chef... Can we not and say that we did..." pleaded Sammy holding onto the top diving board ony for Chef to angrily stomp onto her fingers to make her fall down.

"We have to go first? we won last week!" asked Gwen agitated.

"Yep because I said so! Because I am your host Chris McLean!" Chris said flashing a smile.

"Because I am your host Topher!" Topher said flashing a smile causing everyone to give him a look. "What do you think Chris?" Topher asked eagerly as Chris frowned.

"Topher volunteers to go first!" Chris said as Topher gulps as there were snickers at this.

Topher gulps as he looks down from the board and got nods from his teammates. He then falls from the side and yells in pain as he lands on the ground causing them to cringe. "Okay... Don't try that and Lightning... How about you go for real so that she doesn't get suspicious..." Gwen asked and Lightning nodded eagerly.

Lightning jumps down and manages to mount the horse.

Max falls down screaming and lands on the ground.

Ezekiel screams as he falls down and catches onto the horse but ends up falling down.

Bridgette screams as well and manages to land the horse despite trying to fall off.

Zoey screams and lands on the horse.

Gwen lands on the horse but manages to fake falling off and there was Lincoln helping her up and looking over her asking if she was bruised but she giggles.

Lauren laughs as she falls off and mounts the horse but sends it riding throughout the set giggling with them screaming.

"Okay yeah... It took our staff a couple of hours to get Lauren off that horse and I would be pleased except for the part that we certainly won't have time to air most of it and making a simple montage! Still great footage and I think we could put it all online or make a big special episode with it!" Chris said as the contestants were holding onto eachother terrified as the western set looked utterly demolished.

"I am not going to lie... I have served in the military but what I saw out there with her on that horse... I really hope the Grips win..." Chef muttered looking terrified in the Confessional.

"Grips you are up and have 3 to beat!" Chris said as the Killer Grips gulped.

"Well we did jump off that mountain in the first episode of last season and I did jump off that bungee thing in the Race episode..." Lincoln told the vetaran teammates and they smiled at that.

"We can do this... Go Grips!" Courtney said putting her hand out and after they were weirded out; they all decided to follow her lead and do a team hand circle.

"Yet my scout troop leader said that I would never be a team player..." scoffed Courtney in the Confessional.

Lincoln yelled as he jumped down but managed to mount the horse.

Courtney was managing not to scream as she managed to mount the horse.

Dawn was in a lotus position while falling down and managed to mount the horse.

MK was keeping it in and landed at the horse's sid eas she tried to mount it but fell off.

DJ screamed as he landed on the ground causing the team to cringe and help him up.

Brady managed to do it well and landed on the horse.

"A mounted and the Killer Grips win this first part of the challenge!" Chris said as the Grips cheered. "They get each get prizes and the prizes are... 50% voucher codes off the Total Drama website's shop!" Chris said and the Grips stopped and looked at him.

"Anyway for the 2nd half of the challenge... The hallmark of any good wester is the quick draw showdown! Both teams will pick their strongest teammate for a water fight to the finish! Last one standing is the winner!"

"Okay anyone got any ideas?" Courtney asked as the Grips looked together and then her eyes turned to Dawn. "How about you Dawn? You were practically untouchable in the dodgeball challenge last season?" Courtney suggested as Dawn was taken aback.

"I don't know..." Dawn said as Courtney and Lincoln got the team to chant her name and she looked touched. "If you really think that I can do it then... Sure!" Dawn said as they cheered.

The Gaffers were together as Gwen was saying "sure Lightning is big but Ezekiel... He won last season and his strength is unmatched!" Gwen was giving it her all in the performance.

"Oh sure... Look at his arms!" Lightning said as Ezekiel was surprised but decided to flex with a smirk.

"No one better than Ezekiel!" Bridgette said with a smile and Ezekiel caught that.

"I was dreading having to face him in the finale last season! Zoey said as Lauren frowned.

Dawn and Ezekiel were facing off with their water squirters and with western music playing; Ezekiel drawn his and fired right behind him and Dawn fired her's and hit him in the face and he fell down. "Killer Grips win! Screaming Gaffers; you will have to vote someone off..." Chris said as the Grips cheered and shared a group hug and the Grips were trying to hide their relief.

"We lose? Too bad..." Zoey said with her acting but screamed as she was hit with water as there was Lauren with a mad glint in her eye.

"I heard you all this morning... Trying to lose on purpose... To VOTE me OFFF! I am really upset..." Lauren screamed as the Gaffers screamed as they ran away from her.

The opening montage to the Elimination Ceremony was shown as Chris was on stage with Sammy and at the stands there were the Screaming Gaffers with towels around them except for Lauren. "Welcome to your first Elimination Ceremony; Gaffers... Who gets their name called out and receives a Gilded Chris will be safe but the one who doesn't will be voted off. Walking the Walk of Shame and boarding the Lame-O-Sine and they can't come back! So Ezekiel. Bridgette. Gwen. Lightning. Topher. Zoey. Max." Chris called out as they caught their Gilded Chrises and smirked at a frowning Lauren. "A landslide and Lauren sorry but you tried to vote for everyone else by pressing their buttons but that won't do!" Chris said as he pointed to the Walk of Shame.

"I will have vengeance on those that betrayed me! I will find you and make you wish that you were never born" Lauren snapped looking terrifying to the Gaffers but suddenly looked cheerful as she waved to everyone. "Bye! Nice getting to meet all of you!" waved Lauren as she skipped to the Walk of Shame and jumped into the Lame-O-Sine.

"Nananana! Nananana! Hey! Hey! Hey! Goodbye!" danced Gwen in the Confessional.

"Now Lightning can start playing for real and win this competition!" grinned Lightning in the Confessional.

"We won and that's more like it! The first of many victories for myself, my alliance and the Killer Grips this season!" cheered Courtney in the Confessional with a smirk.