Scott Carey is vulnerable to a cloud, while on a trip. Scott realizes he's shrunk in stature by several inches, although nothing feels amiss initially. He sees a physician, who admits he's baffled. Since Scott continues to shrink, decreasing to 3 ft tall, he becomes sterile, and lashes out at his wife, Louise. Since as he becomes a nationwide sense, he diminishing -- he starts to fear a cure won't ever be found.