Fred awoke the next morning to a loud scream from Wilma. "My necklace!" she cried. "It's gone!"
"Not again!" cried Fred. "You'll never guess what happened to it last time."
"It was probably stolen by a huge dinosaur," said Wilma nonchalantly.
"An iguanodon, to be precise," said Fred. "I'll get it back if it's the last thing I ever do for you!"
Fred darted into his car and rushed to the Shale station without a second thought. Barney was already waiting for him.
"Hey, Barney," said Fred. "We gotta find Wilma's necklace!"
"I don't know if it's related to your matter or not, Fred," said Barney, "but I saw a guy in black outside our house with my neighbour's sundial watch. He's probably a master jewel thief."
"Then we'll have to chase him," said Fred. "We have no time to waste! Let's go!"
It was not very long before they found the culprit, and just as they had expected, he was clad entirely in black and held a sundial wristwatch in his left hand and Wilma's necklace in his right. As unrelated as it may be to their adventure, they had to retrieve the stolen goods. They chased him all around Bedrock™ until their feet were sore; but Fred and Barney refused to forfeit the pursuit. Soon, they were literally chasing him on foot into a dark alley. Eventually, they trapped him in the nastiest part of Bedrock™.
"Unhand my wife's necklace, you fiend!" cried Fred. "I won't leave until you do!"
"Not over my dead body," said the thief. "You two might have me cornered, but I'm giving you nought."
"If that's how you want it," said Barney, "then that's how you'll get it! Let's go!"
The thief was much stronger than Fred and Barney expected, dealing painful blows to both of them as they fought back; but they fought long and hard to retrieve what was stolen. Thankfully, Bamm-Bamm, who was in Bedrock™ for a business trip, came up just as things were about to go downhill.
"I'll take care of this, Dad," he said. He walked up to the stranger and appeared to shake hands with him… until he raised his hand up and BAMM! The thug got the beating of his life until he was too weak to move a single muscle.
"Thanks a lot, Bamm-Bamm!" said Fred.
"Oh, don't worry about it," replied Bamm-Bamm. "I deal with these guys all the time."
"Do you have what the guy stole?" asked Barney.
"Oh, yes," said Bamm-Bamm, presenting the two items. The watch and the necklace were both completely undamaged.
"Let's get this back to Wilma!" Fred shouted. "She'll be so pleased to have it back."
Since they were closer to Barney's condo, they returned the watch to his neighbour, who gave them thirty silver clams for their reward; but they certainly didn't forget about the necklace. At home, Fred showed Wilma that he had brought back her necklace. "Oh, thank you, Fred!" she said happily.
"Oh, it's fine, Wilma," said Fred. "We went all over Bedrock™ just to find it, and it pays off if you don't quit."
"It's absolutely true, Fred," said Barney. "Unless you want to give up smoking, winners never quit and quitters never win."
"Well, back to our adventure," said Fred. "I wonder what's next."
The map showed a steam locomotive in the lower left corner. "I think our next stop," said Barney, "is on the Dino Express."
"YABBA-DABBA-DOO™!" Fred shouted, and they were soon off.