The Black Death

*“When the Heroes of Light thrice fail...”*

— Milo remembering the Prophecy that Auqra put in place

**The Black Death** is the thirteenth and final episode of Milo's Adventures, Season 1: The Hero of Light.

The original episode was written in 2011 but was rewritten in February 2020 for this wiki.

## Synopsis

*It has come down to the final battle, and Team Waters is not prepared for the power that Bamos has accumulated over the course of their journey.*

## *The Black Death*

*Previously on Milo's Adventures...*

"Awesome, Nick! You've unlocked your true potential like the rest of us! Milo is gonna be psyched!" Junior said excitedly.

"Yeah, I remember pretty well now... Julien you got knocked around by Bamos so hard, you must've lost your memory. Is this true? Do you remember anything?" Nicholas asked him.

Julien avoided the eyes of the ninja and frowned, "Um... No, no I don't.." he admitted.

"Unbelievable!" Jackson shouted, and stormed out.

The rest of them followed him out. They had run out of options, and Julien was their last hope.

"This is hopeless... There's nothing we can do..." Jackson finally admitted defeat, "I'm so sorry guys, I really didn't know he was like... that..."

"It's ok, dude. You tried your best... I guess... I guess we're done for..." Junior said defeated.

"No... No this can't be it. There has to be something we can do!" Nicholas said, "There are four of us now with Elemental Power. Maybe he just needs a wake up call? Anyone?"

"What do you mean?" Jackson asked.

"I mean all four of us focus our Elemental Power on him! Junior, your energy cured Jackson's curse when he was the Great Constrictor! It's worth the try!"

"That could destroy him, if unsuccessful..." Zane pointed out.

"It's our only shot. What other options do we have? Are you in?" Nicholas said, putting his hand out.

"I'm in! I'm pretty sure I've got this-- Jackson?" Junior tugged on his shirt, "come on!"

"I don't know..." he said solemnly.

"Well I am in as well. I care for this realm just as if it were my own. We are going to protect it, together!" Zane put his hand in the circle. Junior joined in too, as the three of them waited for Jackson.

"Fine." he said, putting his hand in.

"Ok Team Waters. This is our last shot!" Nicholas raised his hand and shocks Milo's body with his lightning, followed by Jackson with his fire, and Zane with his ice.

Junior used his hands to shoot energy out of his fists, and the Elemental Powers reacted with each other... Milo's body jostled suddenly, and the ninja stopped their emissions.

The four of them waited for a response, but it was no use. It didn't work...

"No... Milo..." Jackson cried out, "I'm so sorry... I failed..."

"G… Guys?" Milo suddenly sat up and rubbed his head.

"Milo!!" Junior ran up to him and hugged him, "You're ok!!"

Jackson gave a sigh of relief and helped Milo up, "I'm glad you're good..."

"Thank you guys. What happened back there?" Milo asked.

The rest of them laughed and Nicholas wrapped his arm around his shoulders, "it's a long story, buddy... Listen, Bamos found the Doomforce. Him and his followers are more powerful than ever. Are you ok to fight?" he asked.

Milo looked seriously at his friends, who he notices have all grown over the course of their journey. He is confident in his abilities, and he trusts them with his life.

"I'm more than ok. I'm ready if you guys are." he said.

The rest of them looked at each other. Junior smiled at Jackson and high fived him, "we're ready Milo!" he said.

Milo breathed in deep and smiled, "Good. So am I. Let's regroup at the temple. Let's go!"

The five of them took Julien's carriage back to Auqra's Lake, and talked celebration the whole ride there. United they will stand against Bamos and his dark army...

"You know, Nick, there isn't a doubt in my mind that we could fail. With my power, and you guys at my side..." Milo admitted.

"Yeah, buddy. We're gonna make it." his best friend replied, and the two smiled.

With their leader back, the ninja return to Auqra's Lake to find that Bamos and his followers have already arrived. His army has now grown, as several citizens from the city have been transformed by dark magic.

This is the beginning of the end.

…

Milo and his team drew their weapons and stand their ground, facing Bamos and his new army.

Milo pulls out of sword of Light, and it shimmers in the daylight, "Bamos." he says without breaking eye contact.

There was a hint of a smile in Bamos' blackened face. His army growled and stirred around him, waiting for his next orders. Behind him was dozens of citizens, cursed with Dark Magic to serve Bamos, as well as Olim, Garuhi, the Shape-Shifter, and an enormous dragon made of pure darkness.

"I have all the power, Rivers. Nothing you do can stop me anymore. Once you're out of the picture, this realm will finally be mine!" The Dark Lord spoke vigilantly, more to his army than to Team Waters. He raised the Sword of Darkness in the air, and black magic flowed around it.

"*ATTACK!!*" Bamos ordered, and his entire army advanced towards Team Waters.

The heroes engage in battle, and Junior goes after his father, Zane fights with Garmadon, and Jackson and Nicholas take on the dragon and the Shape-Shifter.

Milo attempts to take Bamos on first, but Olim has a score to settle first.

"You and I are not done yet, Milo! I want to settle this once and for all! Who is the better clone!" Olim said striking Milo with his blade.

Meanwhile, as chaos ensues, Julian is rummaging around his carriage.

"Youch…" he says falling off his horse onto the ground. He gets up and dusts himself off, and sees Bamos in the middle of the battle.

"You! You stole my memories!" he says running up to the Dark Lord.

Bamos stops him in his tracks using his dark magic, and holds him in the air by his neck.

"Who are you supposed to be? Another pitiful Elemental Master Milo has assembled to stop me? Fufufu, how humorous." Bamos said squeezing Julian's neck harder.

"Arghh… No... You... stole my... memories! I want them back!" Julian squirmed in Bamos' grasp and Bamos let out a low laugh.

"Too bad. I thought this would be fun." he says dropping Julian onto the ground. He stares at him struggling, clutching his neck to breath, and raises his blade, then chops off his right leg.

*"AHH!!"* Julian screams, alerting the rest of the team.

"Julian?! What the hell are you doing here?!" Jackson yells from across the battlefield.

Bamos raises Julian in the air using his powers and says, "Away with you, vermin!" Bamos opens a portal to a parallel world, and throws him inside, exiling him from Ogaji forever...

Meanwhile, Bamos' dark army invades the rest of the countryside, as chaos spreads all over Ogaji.

Back in the battlefield, Zane is fighting with Lord Garmadon.

"Argh!" Zane grunts blasting his nemesis with his power over Ice, "how are you back?! In Ninjago you are Sensei Garmadon!"

Garmadon spins into a whirling purple tornado of Spinjitzu and knocks Zane to the ground, "you fool! I am not the same Garmadon you know! You and I come from differing worlds... On my world you're nothing but a puny student of my brother, Wu. The Dark Lord says that if I help him destroy you I can go home! Hiyah!" he slices at Zane with a sword, but it is dodged quickly.

Zane regains his footing and assembles two shurikens made of ice, "Whatever the case, I will not let you conquer this realm or my own!" he blasts Garmadon with a powerful barrage of ice once again, this time knocking him out cold.

Meanwhile, Junior faces off against his father nearby.

Garuhi attempts to reason with his son, who wants nothing more than to eliminate his father, "son," he says, "I'm sorry that Bamos manipulated you... I... I only wanted the best for you... I..."

"Bullshit!" Junior cries out, "You left me with him so he could use me! If you knew how powerful I'd become I'm sure you'd have brought me along, huh? That's all you want, it's power!" Junior blasts his father with his power over Energy, causing his old man to fall to the ground.

"I don't care if you're my father. Ronin made me for evil... I... that isn't me... I'm sorry." Junior points a sword at his father's throat, who lets out a single tear.

"So am I, son." he says.

Junior raises his hair over his bionic eye and blasts his father into oblivion, defeating him once and for all...

Meanwhile, Jackson and Nicholas face off against the Dark Dragon and the Shape-Shifter, who have teamed up, and Junior joins them after dealing with his father.

"Junior! What happened back there!" Jackson asked dodging an attack from the dragon.

The three of them have assembled below the entry arch at the lake, and the Shape-Shifter combines forces with the dragon, fusing with it to become even more massive than before.

"Holy shit!" Junior cried out, "I... I had to deal with my dad... It's over." he said.

Jackson put his hand on his friend's shoulder and said, "I'm sorry, dude..."

Nicholas, meanwhile is still dealing with the dragon, and is getting impatient with Junior and Jackson, "Um?? Guy?? A little help?!"

"Right! Let's go buddy, we'll do this together!" Jackson took Junior's hand and the two of them joined Nicholas.

"Let's do this the right way! Come on, let's combine our power like last time! Let's end this!" Nicholas says shooting lightning at the dragon, causing it and the Shape-Shifter to become unfused.

Jackson and Junior join him and attack the Shape-Shifter with their Elemental Powers, causing him to explode into a cloud of blue smoke.

"Woohoo-- woah!" Junior cries out in excitement, only to be knocked to the ground by the Dragon who was unaffected by their attacks.

"This is gonna take a little bit of work..." Jackson sighed.

Back with Milo and Olim, the two of them are too evenly matched to land a single blow.

"Arghh!!" Olim screams in frustration, "even with the powers of the Doomforce you continue to evade my attacks! Stay down, you cockroach!"

Milo pulls out his sword and knocks off Olim's mechanical arm.

"Wha--?! You!! I will have your head!!" Olim screamed again, attempting to destroy Milo, but still failing.

"Yeah, I wouldn't bet on that. Sorry, dude, but you're like a level 2 villain, I'm trying to get to your boss!" Milo sprays him with his Golden Energy, but Olim blocks it using his power.

"How dare you! I am your equal! We are arch enemies! Nobody will ever compare to my evil!" Olim shrieks, barraging Milo with attacks, all of which miss.

Milo laughs and pulls out the Flute of Power, the Elemental Flute left over from Olim's previous attack on Team Waters.

Olim sees this and his eyes widen, "No... No! Using my own methods against me? Is that how pathetic you are, Milo?! If you do this you are not a man!! Do you hear me?! You're a coward!"

Milo smirks and raises the flute to his mouth, "I guess I'm a coward then..." he says blowing into the flute, causing Olim to be sucked inside, trapping him for good.

Now that Olim has been dealt with, Milo turns to face Bamos.

Milo stares him down and approaches him, "Look around!" he says, "My friends and I are taking apart your army like building blocks! This is going to end soon, Bamos!"

Bamos laughs, "Is it?"

The two of them clash, but Milo is overwhelmed with power. Bamos, using the combined strength of the Sword of Darkness and the Doomforce, knocks Milo to the ground more than once.

"Argh..." Milo says getting back up, determined to end this once and for all. He lunges at Bamos with his sword, but he still proves no match for the Knight of Darkness.

Nicholas, who is busy fighting the Dark Dragon, sees his friend struggling and joins him in the fight, blocking Bamos' attack on Milo.

"Nick!" Milo says in surprise.

"What? Did you miss me?" He laughs, picking his friend up off the ground. The two of them attack Bamos together, but even still, Bamos is far too powerful.

Team Waters is cornered by Bamos' Army. Garmadon is woken up, approaches Zane. The cursed citizens and the Dark Dragon surround the heroes...

"I've always wanted to do this!" Garmadon says, blasting Zane into oblivion, sending him through a similar portal to the one Bamos sent Julian through.

Zane is thrown back to his home realm as a portal closes behind him, and he is engulfed in snow. The sky is dark and a powerful blizzard blows around him, as Zane has returned to a home he no longer recognizes.

"No... I... I have failed them..." he says collapsing in the snow...

Now with only four of them left, Team Waters fights back, but Bamos proves to be too mighty for all them. Bamos charges up a blast of energy at Junior, and Jackson attempts to protect him, but the two of them are blown away, shot out of the battlefield, supposedly to their death.

"Nooo!!" Milo cries at the loss of his three friends.

Now all alone, Nicholas and Milo defend the temple at Auqra's Lake. Bamos is far too powerful, and now that they are backed into a corner, it seems like the end is near...

"*When the Heroes of Light thrice fail...*" Milo suddenly remembers what Auqra said in her prophecy... Milo realizes now what he must do.

"Nicholas... Listen to me." he takes his friend by the hands and looks at him in the eye as Bamos' army gets closer and closer to them.

"Milo, what are you doing! We're all gonna die!" Nicholas cries out. Tears run down his face as the end of the battle nears.

"After all this time I hadn't realized this but... Our destiny is not to defeat Bamos right here and now. Our destiny is to survive long enough to see the end of the Prophecy!" Milo tells him, his eyes shining.

"What... What are you saying?" Nicholas says.

Milo smiles at his best friend and says "Thank you, for everything." Milo's body glows with Golden Light, and transfers all of his Elemental Power to Nicholas, who then faints mid-battle.

Now all alone, Milo holds out against Bamos.

"This is the end, Bamos. For the both of us." he says confidently. Bamos raises an eyebrow and screams at the top of his lungs, "ATTACK!!"

Suddenly, a loud rumbling comes from the entrance of the temple, when the Ogajian Royal Guard arrives with Princess Pullumi. The soldiers arrive and defeat the rest of Bamos' army. Garmadon runs off into the woods to evade capture, and the Dark Dragon is destroyed.

"No!! No!! What is happening!! I have all the power!!" Bamos cries out. He faces Milo, the two of them now all alone together in the ruins of Auqra's Lake.

"It doesn't matter! You will fall to my blade alone!" Bamos attempts to strike Milo down, but Milo evades the attack calmly.

Milo's face does not show anger or regret, but hopefulness.

"Why won't you die!!!" Bamos screams.

Milo smiles at his arch nemesis, "You are a damaged soul, Bamos. This is the end of the battle, but the war has yet to end. Goodbye for now." he raises his fist to the sky, and uses what power he has left to blast Bamos to the ground, sapping him of his remaining power.

Bamos sits up and realizes that all of his dark magic was slowly fading, "Noooo!!! Noooo!!!" he gets up and runs away into the darkness...

Milo collapses to the ground on his knees, and smiles hopefully, then falls to his death.

Pullumi approaches Milo to aid him, but he is already dead from his wounds in battle.

Bamos has retreated into the darkness, as his dark magic fades slowly from his body... He is defeated, but he swears he will get vengeance on Milo for having defeated him...

Pullumi carries the corpses of Milo and Nicholas back to Hylia Village and declares Team Waters officially defeated, and Bamos still at large...

Nicholas suddenly wakes up, "Ughhh… What happened to my head..."

A Royal Guard approaches him and tends to him, "You are your comrades were defeated by Bamos... I am sorry, all of your friends are gone."

Nicholas looks at him confused, "friends? I... What... what are you..."

Suddenly, Princess Pullumi arrives sees Nicholas' condition. She is crying.

"You... you and your friends could not stop him..." she says.

Nicholas sits up and stares at her trying to comprehend what happened, "I... I'm sorry, who are you?"

Pullumi stares at Nicholas with tears in her eyes, "You don't remember? What... what is your name...? Your full name?" she asks him, shaking, her hand at her mouth.

Nicholas chuckles, "I think I'd remember my own... Wait... My name... It's Nicholas... Rogers. Nicholas Rogers." he says.

"And... What are you doing here?" Pullumi asks him.

"I... I don't know. Last thing I remember is I'm supposed to be in The Game... What happened?"

Pullumi breaks down crying and sends Nicholas to the psych ward in the Royal Palace. He has lost all of his memories of his journey...

… … ...

Suddenly, there is a flash of white light, and Milo is seen waking up in a sea of clouds.

"Oh, ouch..." he says rubbing his forehead, "what happened?"

Three women shrouded in Golden Light approach Milo.

"The... The Golden Goddesses!" Milo says bowing in front of them.

"Welcome to the Sacred Realm, Milo. You were wise in your battle against Bamos to sacrifice yourself. Like you said, the battle may have been lost, but the war is far from over. This is where you will remain until the Day of Doom. Come with us." The Goddesses take Milo by the hand and lead him into a city of gold...

Team Waters is defeated, and all of the Elemental Masters are once again lost, and Milo is in the Sacred Realm... Bamos is still at large, but his power has dwindled... Is there no one that is left to stop him once he returns?

… … …

On the outskirts of Ogaji City, two young boys approach a sign, on it is written an address and phone number calling for a team of heroes.

"Join the Spinjitzu Club!" it says written in gold letters.

THE END

## Cast

* Bamos' Dark Army
* The Dark Dragon (first appearance)
* Earthra (first appearance)
* Fira (first appearance)
* Garuhi (death)
* Garuhi Junior (presumed death)
* Jackson Smith (presumed death)
* Julien Albert (exilement)
* Lord Garmadon
* Milo Rivers (death)
* Nicholas Rogers
* Ogaji Royal Guards
* Olim (sealed in the Flute of Power)
* Princess Pullumi
* The Shape-Shifter (death)
* Zane Julien (exiled back to Ninjago)

## Locations Visited

* Ogaji
	+ Hylia Village
		- Ogaji Royal Palace
	+ Auqra's Lake
	+ Midrule
	+ Southern Ogaji
	+ Frozen North
	+ Eastern Ogaji
* Ninjago Earth-14 (first physical appearance)
* Sacred Realm (first appearance)

## Author's Notes

* The Dark Dragon was actually a dinosaur the first time.
	+ There was also an episode that came before this one that had them fight it once but that was scraped because I forgot and it doesn't really fit anymore.
* Originally Milo didn't actually die. Pretty sure he comes back in Season 3, but that was scrapped.
	+ Also *everyone* died. Like even Nicholas. Him surviving was retconned when Season 3 was originally written, so!
* Team Water's defeat was originally initiated by Bamos expelling a surge of his power, killing everyone around him, which also depleted his power. Kinda couldn't let that happen since that don't make a lick of sense... but you know.
* This episode was rewritten a bunch of times but only this one stuck. There was a version where Junior and Jackson died, one where they didn't... Lol.

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