The Genisis month goes on while people all over Manchester lose hope of everything.And Impulse loses his superspeed but gets the ability to shrink and have explosive touch while saving people who have locked themselves in a vault.Max Mercury get kidnapped by an old friend,Dr. Morlo,who,at that time,wanted revenge.While Helen Claiborne stops her neighbor from committing suicide in her garage(probably the guy lost hope of life?).