Rich's stalling - and Grif's stalling - pays off. It means Grif is alive by the time the cavalry arrives. The hangar door glows orange as time is reversed to a point before it was locked down, and it swishes open.

Kid Q is in through the door first.

"Whoa. Okay, fan out, we're going to need to keep him here, but not so close that whatever that is gets grabby for hostages. Nova, help Grif stay on his feet. Brainy, get that portal shut down before we have another life-changing field trip to a different galaxy, please."