An earthquake has caused a volcanic eruption in the middle of Manhattan. The people saw Captain Atom descend into the volcano and are calling him a hero. After the save, Captain Atom is still having difficulties adjusting to his new powers and holding himself together, including being overwhelmed by text messages that he can "hear". He returns to the Continuum for help where Doctor Megala recounts Captain Atom's origin in brief to Ranita Carter while treating the Captain. During treatment and testing, Captain Atom becomes more familiar with his new-found ability to "view" multi-media communications as they are being transmitted wirelessly. While playing with this ability, he finds a message from Mikey, a child with cancer, asking Captain Atom for help. Captain Atom heads to Kansas City and