![]() The boxy contraption must have disappeared right after releasing the bugs because his dad said he never saw it and saw no signs of a nest or a hole anywhere in the walls or floorboard. And that included the time Billy “The Goat” Cooper had almost broken Tick’s arm in front of the girls’ locker room.ĭespite the lingering horror he felt, Tick was madly curious to know where the Gnat Rat had come from. Without any doubt, he knew the Gnat Rat and its stinging bugs had been the single worst thing that had ever happened to him. Two days after the attack, he’d returned home from the hospital feeling and looking much better, but the experience remained vivid in his mind, playing itself out over and over again. ![]() It was a long list and included being dropped in a boiling vat of vinegar and having his toenails removed with hot pincers. Tick could think of a million things he’d rather do than get stung all over his body by mechanical gnats that popped out of a demon lunch box with legs. ![]()
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