Boss (Metroid)



"Remember real good, you damn brat. Reality is no fairy tale. Is this some hero conveniently coming to the rescue? No! It's death!"

- Boss tormenting the boy.

"Boss" is the main antagonist of Chapter 1 for the 2005 manga Metroid Prime: Episode of Aether, the manga adaptation of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. He is an unnamed leader of a squadron of Space Pirates that attack the Crest.

Biography
Boss first appears when he and his pirates hijack the merchant ship Crest to steal their cargo. Boss breaks through the gate to the bridge and slaughters the guards. While the captain begs for mercy, Boss looks at the remaining passengers on the bridge and doubts a ransom to be made, thinking to himself of finishing them off instead.

Among the passengers, Boss points his attention at two children, a boy comforting his sister in that help is on the way. Boss scoffs the boy's hope, claiming that no hero will come to save him and kicks him around, taunting him for trying to protect his sister.

Before Boss could harm the kids further, Samus arrives and destroys the Pirate ship. Hearing her response to the SOS signal through the computer, Boss strangles one of the pirates when he panics, and orders the others to terminate Samus immediately. Despite the pirates' strength and boasting of their impenetrable power, Samus easily blasts her way through the pirate forces to the bridge.

Once Samus reaches the bridge of the Crest, Boss grabs the boy and the captain, threatening to take their lives if Samus does not lower her gun. While hesitant at first, the boy's words to fight back forces Samus to keep her aim. Boss compliments Samus for her guts and sarcastically tells her that she can have the hostages. He then throws the two at her while also charging forward. The moment Samus either catches or brushes them aside will Boss be able to slice all three in half. However, Samus instead jumps on the captain, pushing him and the boy out of the way of Boss's blade, flipping in the air before shooting her Arm Cannon straight into Boss's chest, killing him instantly.

Trivia

 * While Boss has no given name in the manga, the closest name he has is when a secondary pirate refers him as "Boss".