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The invasion of the boy's mind, body and soul was continuing and it looked as though the forces of the Dark Side were making progress that the Light could not match blow for blow. With Alex diverting some of her attention to keep the building from crushing herself, her padawan and the children, she was limited in how much she could engage in the active struggle against the shade of the Master of Palpatine.
The spirit that had taken hold over the nexus since before the old republic fell into imperialism.
So, instead, she lit the beacon and called to the only thing that the Sith and the Dark Side respected; power. Even as the weight she was holding up began to increase as the building above them began to shatter, beginning to collapse atop of the Jedi and the children they were trying to save. There was a moment, a second, where the focus of the Darkness was no longer fully on the boy but on Alex instead.
A Body Not Worn By Time And Tainted By A Lifetime Of The Light.
It didn't take the bait, it didn't rush to take Alex instead... but the mere fact that the offer had been made had snatched its attention away from the active struggle it was engaging in. During that moment, the moment it had taken to consider the offer and reject it, was enough that the Darkness did not see the truth behind the internal struggle within Maura.
And that meant when she reached out with the Force, seizing control of the boy's physical, literal, heart? She was unopposed.
The effect was almost immediate as the boy shuddered, eyes widening and he began to seize up, choking and clutching his hands towards his chest. Confusion rang through the Force before it was replaced by white hot rage as the spirit of the Dark Side nexus realised that the Jedi Padawan was attempting to render its possession useless. Worse, with the possession in progress it was bonded to the child's heart far more than it was tied to anything else, aside from the Dark Side itself.
You Will Not Take Him From Me! He Is Mine! You Would Kill A Child Just To Keep Him From Me?!
Unlike before, the tone conveyed by the raging spirit was loud - as though it was actually shouting for the first time, as though it was actually concerned. Maura might not have had the sheer presence in the Force to feel it fully but Alex would be able to feel the undercurrent of fear through the spirit.
And You, Grandmaster, Will You Stand And Watch Your Student Kill A Child? Out Of Spite And Hatred Of The Dark?
The shade of the old Dark Master raged, seething as it threw out another gambit as the temple continued to collapse.
@Valen Pelora @lizziie