The way the Spectre turned to face her without actually moving her body was eerie and unsettling but the Scarlet Sentinel hid it well. The comment made one corner curve into a slight smirk. "It's a two week course. I did mine through correspondence." She forced herself to be calm, to stall the flood of adrenaline she always felt before the fighting started. She sighed at the inevitable declining of her offer. "Ya, I figured that you would say that, but I do have to ask. It's in the handbook. What's your hurry though? Forgot to record your favourite TV show?" Okay, so that last one was not her best quip but they can't all be gold... And she was too new to get a quip writer.<br/><br/>Samantha felt short with the woman floating above her and she sighed softly. It was a sore point with her. Villains always seemed to be at least 5'8". It was like there was a height requirement. Thankfully heroes weren't so picky. "Well, I do hope you won't take it personally that I hadn't heard about you until I pulled up your dossier tonight. I mean there are -way- more of you villains than there are us heroes." Her body coiled more when the chains came into view. It looked like cobras ready to strike and Samantha's eyes darted around to see what options were available to her for defence and attack. "Nah, don't hold back, it's been a while since I had a good workout." The bravado was a little false since she really did not know what she was dealing with. Despite having a detailed account of Scythe Spectre's various crimes the details in exactly what her powers were was worryingly sparse.<br/><br/>It was being called a girl in that condescending, dismissive way that really got her blood boiling. It was like high school all over again well, she would show this woman what she could do and make her choke on that smug tone. The speed of the chains launching forward was surprising and Samantha only barely managed to dodge both. It looked graceful and effortless though and the Scarlet Sentinel darted forward, trying to find an angle of attack. It was a bit of a mismatch with the woman's ability to fly. She was easily outside Samantha''s reach and there was nothing that was an easy grab to try and throw to knock the floating woman down.<br/><br/>"Well fine." She grumbled and when the next strike from the chains came she managed to catch one. The other sliced through her costume along her upper arm and left a bleeding line across her skin. It she were an average human it very likely would have taken her arm off. "Well, maybe I do want to go toe to toe with the monsters. Imagine what it would do for my reputation if I beat them. So, right now you're in my way. Come here and we can work this out." She jerked on the chain with both hands, intent on getting a real face to face with the hooded woman.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>