diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/bloodsucker/powers/mesmerize.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/bloodsucker/powers/mesmerize.dm
index e904b69e12..07a98b24a5 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/bloodsucker/powers/mesmerize.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/bloodsucker/powers/mesmerize.dm
@@ -88,44 +88,53 @@
 		return FALSE
 	return TRUE
 
+/datum/action/bloodsucker/targeted/mesmerize/proc/ContinueTarget(atom/A)
+	var/mob/living/carbon/target = A
+	var/mob/living/user = owner
+
+	var/cancontinue=CheckCanTarget(target)
+	if(!cancontinue)
+		success=FALSE
+		target.remove_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE)
+		user.remove_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE)
+		DeactivatePower()
+		DeactivateRangedAbility()
+		StartCooldown()
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>[target] has escaped your gaze!</span>")
+		UnregisterSignal(target, COMSIG_MOVABLE_MOVED)
+
 /datum/action/bloodsucker/targeted/mesmerize/FireTargetedPower(atom/A)
 	// set waitfor = FALSE   <---- DONT DO THIS!We WANT this power to hold up ClickWithPower(), so that we can unlock the power when it's done.
 	var/mob/living/carbon/target = A
 	var/mob/living/user = owner
 
 	if(istype(target))
+		success=TRUE
 		var/power_time = 138 + level_current * 12
 		target.apply_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE, 30)
 		user.apply_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE, 30)
-		for(var/i in 1 to 6) // this is a test lol
-			success = CheckCanTarget(target)
-			if(success)
-				if(i==6)
-					PowerActivatedSuccessfully() // blood & cooldown only altered if power activated successfully - less "fuck you"-y
-					target.face_atom(user)
-					target.apply_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE, power_time) // pretty much purely cosmetic
-					target.Stun(power_time)
-					to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>[target] is fixed in place by your hypnotic gaze.</span>")
-					target.next_move = world.time + power_time // <--- Use direct change instead. We want an unmodified delay to their next move //    target.changeNext_move(power_time) // check click.dm
-					target.notransform = TRUE // <--- Fuck it. We tried using next_move, but they could STILL resist. We're just doing a hard freeze.
-					
-					spawn(power_time)
-						target.notransform = FALSE
-						// They Woke Up! (Notice if within view)
-						if(istype(user) && target.stat == CONSCIOUS && (target in view(10, get_turf(user))))
-							to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>[target] has snapped out of their trance.</span>")
-					break
-				sleep(5)
-			else
-				to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>[target] has escaped your gaze!</span>")
-				target.remove_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE)
-				user.remove_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE)
-				DeactivatePower()
-				DeactivateRangedAbility()
-				StartCooldown()
-				break
-				// oops! if they knew how they could just spam stun the victim and themselves.
+		
+		RegisterSignal(target, COMSIG_MOVABLE_MOVED, .proc/ContinueTarget)
 
+		// 3 second windup
+		sleep(30)
+		if(success)
+			PowerActivatedSuccessfully() // blood & cooldown only altered if power activated successfully - less "fuck you"-y
+			target.face_atom(user)
+			target.apply_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE, power_time) // pretty much purely cosmetic
+			target.Stun(power_time)
+			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>[target] is fixed in place by your hypnotic gaze.</span>")
+			target.next_move = world.time + power_time // <--- Use direct change instead. We want an unmodified delay to their next move //    target.changeNext_move(power_time) // check click.dm
+			target.notransform = TRUE // <--- Fuck it. We tried using next_move, but they could STILL resist. We're just doing a hard freeze.
+
+		UnregisterSignal(target, COMSIG_MOVABLE_MOVED)
+
+		spawn(power_time)	
+			if(istype(target) && success)	
+				target.notransform = FALSE	
+				// They Woke Up! (Notice if within view)	
+				if(istype(user) && target.stat == CONSCIOUS && (target in view(10, get_turf(user)))  )	
+					to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>[target] has snapped out of their trance.</span>")
 
 /datum/action/bloodsucker/targeted/mesmerize/ContinueActive(mob/living/user, mob/living/target)
 	return ..() && CheckCanUse() && CheckCanTarget(target)