Summary: What's Lucas' thoughts on Butch and his gang? What have Lucas and the Tunnel Snakes been fighting over?
18 years after Lucas' birth
Lucas' pov
Lucas can't get how Butch and his two friends got the idea of starting a gang. As if the three of them wasn't bad enough as it is with all their bullying, but now they have to do everything in the name if "The Tunnel Snakes"?
After a while it just becomes irritating. It also starts to really annoy people when they destroy things. They mind the critical systems or the important parts of the vault, but when it comes to less prioritized things they usually smash it to smithereens. And their graffiti? They put it almost everywhere.
Usually the overseer gets them to clean up after themselves. Maybe it is a try from Alphonse's side to try to get them to learn that it's not ok, Lucas' guess, but it doesn't really work that well. Butch's gang goes on to do their shenanigans.
But maybe that's a good thing, Lucas thinks, as that might keep the overseer occupied from hating on the doctor's kid. It seems as though Lucas is on his best behavior that the overseer still doesn't like him very much. Lucas doesn't really know why Alphonse doesn't like him, as he tries his best sometimes to be at the overseer's good side, just as James tells him again and again.
Anyway, Lucas have gotten into fights with Butch and his gangs on several occasions, mostly over how bad Butch and his friends treats Amata, usually for being the daughter of the overseer. The gang often picks on Lucas for being to smart for their taste.
Lucas isn't afraid of them, and usually fights back every chance he gets. It have earned him many black marks and broken bones, but never more than that; Lucas' pride have never taken a beating over it, and it seems to only anger Butch and his friends even more.
In truth, Lucas can understand Butch a little. With a mother that drinks as much as his does, it is not strange that Butch wants to feel in control of others as he seems to not have any control at home. Not that Lucas feels any sympathy for him, nor will Lucas ever forgive him for everything he have done.