Dougal met up with Beni Gabor – the man with the plan and local knowledge. Together they went to Dr. Frostmier – and with his knowledge of the artifacts they hatched a plan to swoop in and steal the idol of Cleopatra Maguffin that Brunhild Von Shaft (a famous German archeologist) was seeking – rumored to have powers to make its owner fabulously wealthy. When Mary Smith tried to ply his secret out of a drunken Beni with her wiles (interrupted by Dr. Frostmier), the doctor immediately saw her value and the crew was formed.