Woot! Three chapters in a week for one story. I think that is a personal record. Hopefully I can keep this momentum going. This chapter is going to be pretty short because the task is really easy. I hope everyone will have a fun and safe New Years!

Chapter 10

"What's your next task?" Munch asked Fin as they walked.

Fin pulled the folded paper from his pocket. He glanced at it for a moment and laughed. "It says I have to pick my nose while looking into a security camera."

"Of course you got that one!" Munch chuckled. "So what's going on with you and Melinda? You tap that?"

"Munch, please don't talk like that. And besides, it isn't like that."

"Awe, does Finnie have a crush?" Munch teased.

"I didn't say that. But I do like her. And she likes me. We just started going out two weeks ago. You're the first person I have officially told."

Munch stopped. He felt touched. He extended a fist towards Fin. "Partners for life."

Laughing, Fin stopped walking and punched it. "Are you trying to be a gangster now, Munch?"

"You know it! I didn't choose thug life, thug life chose me." Munch started walking, leaving a snorting Fin.

(-dun dun-)

Since both of their tasks could take place wherever they wanted them to, they decided to be each others' "partners" for them. (They were not going to do them together, but they were going to do them near each other and have their partner's back, like they do when they are working on a case.) Fin had the next assignment, so he was going to go first. Munch checked to make sure the coast was clear; it was. Fin stood in the middle of the candy aisle. He looked up and saw a solid black half circle connected to the ceiling – a security camera. He gave Munch a thumbs up. Munch stood at the end of the aisle. Fin ran his fingers through his short hair. He made an obvious attempt to check if anyone was around him. He got his pointer finger ready. He looked up into the security camera and picked his nose.

"Oh God! That is disgusting!" a mother with her young child shrieked from the other side of the aisle. She hurried past the aisle with her child, who was now picking his noise.

"I thought you were supposed to make sure no one saw me?" Fin accused Munch.

"I was watching this side of the aisle. I can't be in two places at once! Besides, that was pretty funny."

The two men laughed.

(-dun dun-)

A man walked into the men's restroom at the front of the store, not noticing the red, chunky liquid under his feet. He did not notice it in the bathroom, either. He walked into the less stinky stall. He looked down and screamed. He opened the door and noticed the mess. He ran out of the bathroom, freaking out.

"What's going on, sir?" Gerald asked the man.

"Blood. Chunks of flesh. All over the bathroom!" The man ran out of the store.

"I wonder if this has anything to do with those women the boys were talking about..." Gerald said to himself.

(X) 9. Look right into a security camera, use it as a mirror, and pick your nose.