It was always going to hurt. She'd taken falls before and knew how to roll with them, but the Scarecrow was strong and controlled their fall, using his weight against her as she had on him.
She was stunned, but knew she couldn't afford to remain motionless. Already, she felt sharp jabs as he attacked her, elbows and fist.
Elektra flattened and rolled away as quickly as she could over the hard road. She kept her eyes closed - they would be unreliable for the next few seconds - and slipped into her training from the Master Stick, who was blind himself.
Quickly she stood. She listened for his sporadic footfalls, his vile words telling her right where he was. Her hands went behind her back, slowly unsheathing the sais from their harness.
Then, taking a challenging stance, she opened her eyes and leveled them at him. The black outline of his body shifted before her as her dark orbs adjusted.
"Foolish, pathetic creature. You compound your mistakes." Elektra tsk'ed disapprovingly.
"Resisting arrest," she said through gritted teeth, a taunting smile her first weapon against him. "Assaulting an officer of the law." She stepped forward, ignoring the pain throughout her body, her balance finally returning. "And most importantly... Pissing. Me. Off."