As soon as he moves about thirty feet away, the effect ends, and things return to, more or less, normal. In the meantime, the goons have broken through the barrier he set up, and the metal man has staggered back to his feet. He's looking shaken up and disoriented, but still ready to fight, and the hallucinations are beginning to build up in his new area, again. This is a rather effective pairing, to say the least.