Alan grinned, oh this was going to be fun. He loved it when they ignored him, truly he did. It gave him all the more reason to obnoxious. However when the newb walked into the hallway he knew trouble was afoot. Kraven and Boarman would be looking for him, and if they couldn't find him they'd pick on the first person they came across. Alan was a lot of things but he'd never been a cowered, sighing he rose even as his ribs protested. He walked quickly to his door and threw it open he could hear Kravens boisterous voice from two hallways off.<br/><br/>"Lookie here Zach. We got ourselves a new kid." All Boarman could do was laugh since he didn't have a halfway intelligent response to what Kraven had said. "Your roommate didn't tell you it wasn't smart to wander the halls on your own? New kids get it the worst." Alan rounded the corner as Kraven threw an arm over the new kids shoulder and smiled a smile that disgusted Alan to his core. He leaned against the wall closest to him, attempting to take some of the pressure off of his aching ribs, and called out to them.<br/><br/>"Hey! Kraven! I heard to you were looking for me!" The taunting smirk on Alan's face was enough to make to grab Kraven's attention, it was best not to inform them that he somewhat knew the new kid. He dropped the arm from around the new kid and approached with a slow gait. A grin twisting his features as he neared his favored punching bag. Alan had long ago begun to expect that Kraven was in fact gay and had a crush on him. Which is why the guy loved to attack him out of nowhere.<br/><br/>"Look who decided to come back. Didn't get enough last time?" Kraven asked as Boarman followed behind him chuckling with unhinged excitement. Alan suspected that Boarman was mentally retarded and that's why he followed behind Kraven so willingly, either that or a first rate psycho. "So Alan, tell me: Why come back when we all know you can't fight back." Alan ground his teeth at the one intelligent thing Kraven had ever said in his presence.<br/><br/>"I don't need to justify myself to you. I won't let you harass some random kid because you an ass." Alan said keeping his face calm the last thing he needed to do was give away a hint of emotion that Kraven would attempt to use against him. Kraven reached him and without another word slammed a fist into Alan's ribs again. He felt his knees attempt to give under him and Alan denied them their wish. He simply sidestepped the fist that was coming for his face and ducked under Boarmans arm as he tried limit Alan's rang of movement. His ribs protested again and again Alan ignored them.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Pain is a message. Ignore the message ignore the pain.</span>Alan thought steadily avoiding Kravens attempts to hit him. If he kept this up eventually Kraven would get tired and return to his dorm. Giving Alan some time to figure out how to deal with the moron from now on, allowing himself to get the crap beat out of him on a daily basis sure as hell wasn't going to work out. Even as he dodged Kravens attacks he could see every opening that he could use to take Kraven down, every moment that he wasted, all the excess energy that was used with each moment. Alan's movements were that of a fighter, he knew what he was doing knew how much effort to use in each movement. He was under tight control. Unlike this moron who understood the art of fighting about as much as an ant did.