At first I was like, 'oh this is hard,' and now I'm like, 'yeah, this is hard cause I can't think of 5.'

nooo, can't he just stay in that cloud of smoke back there?

Ok, well, Gabrielle was sent back before she got here. I can only assume Xena will arrive in a few days, realize Gab isn't where she's supposed to be, and return herself as well.