Author's Notes: Hi all! This fic is actually one I've been thinking about writing for a few months now, but I had to work out a lot of the kinks and logic errors before I felt it was good enough to post. This fic's characters will have the G1 look, but I'm not using the G1 storyline, instead going for an AU fic that isn't from any particular continuity. I know I have another story on here that involves a male OC becoming a Decepticon's pet (Stanley vs. Everything), but that story is played for comedy while this one will be taken more seriously. Hopefully I'll be able to write a compelling story that you guys will enjoy. Thank you for checking out this fic, and please favorite, follow, and review to see more of Pit Boss :)

Chapter 1

Scorched Earth

Nobody understood what was happening. Giant alien robots had flown down from the sky and started destroying everything, and no one knew why it was even happening. News reporters tried to blame terrorists. When that didn't pan out others blamed the government for keeping such technology a secret. Of course the Whitehouse denied it knew anything about these things, but few people believed them. It hardly mattered anymore once it became clear that the devastation was happening worldwide. All anyone wanted to know was who was responsible for this and how to make it stop.

Giant robots were invading the world. The reports gave little information since footage was hard to obtain. Most news crews weren't too keen on risking getting blown up or stepped on just to get a few seconds of video of the deadly war machines. A few brave souls managed to capture the moment and survive though, and the look of malice these seemingly lifeless machines gave off was utterly chilling. No one could explain it.

Jason and his younger brother Bryson were at the movies when they heard the first air strike. The entire theater shook and the noise was nearly deafening! Everyone ran out in a panic, already aware that the robots had been in the next state over and fearing that they had made their way there.

Jason didn't know why the robot terrorists would attack their town. There were only 8,000 people living there, and nothing of value was stored there. Jason wondered how he and his brother were supposed to deal with this. Their parents and school never drilled them for a potential bomb strike. While being 17 and 15 years old respectively wasn't an age of complete ignorance, it was still a lot to ask teenagers to deal with the end of the world when even the military couldn't figure it out.

The boys ran across the street holding hands to stay together amid the bedlam of the crowds of people running. Dust was floating everywhere. The sound of treads and engines filled the air. No one knew where they were going. The boys figured one thing out though; a crowd would make for a bigger target.

"Let's duck into the next alley we find!" Jason shouted amid the chaos.

"I'm with you!" Bryson shouted back.

They pushed the crowds away together while not letting go of each other. They couldn't find an alley, so instead they turned a street corner where no one seemed to want to go. There was a lot of space to escape, so the boys thought they had gotten lucky. As it turned out they were wrong. So very wrong…

When the announcement came an orn earlier the entire Decepticon base was ecstatic! Megatron had taken a large force to Cybertron to collect a great power source, and the Autobots had followed him. What they didn't realize was that the whole thing was a trap designed to strand the Autobots on their dead home world while the 'Cons ravaged planet earth for their own use. The Decepticons would conquer this planet for their base of operations, and the Autobots would perish from either the Decepticons or lack of energon.

Starscream had been left temporarily in charge of the earth forces and was assigned to attack strategy and energon collection. Naturally, Starscream relished the idea of being the new leader...even if it was only for 2 orns.

The first thing Starscream had ordered was for the Decepticons to flatten and burn as many human cities as possible so they could start rebuilding earth in their own image. Soon it would be New Cybertron, or more likely, Megatronia. Even Starscream's own trine was going to get in on the action. Skywarp was eager to tear down the human cities. Thundercracker wasn't thrilled about the idea since it was just a bunch of weak opponents that were nothing more than helpless animals, but he'd done this job for so long that he was an expert at shrugging off his conscience.

Everyone had gone out in an orderly formation...which lasted for about 15 seconds. It didn't take long for Skywarp to separate himself from the group. He always loved causing chaos and shooting things. It wasn't as good as playing pranks, but he'd take what fun he could get.

Skywarp flew solo for several hours following Starscream's orders and leveling the land for future construction. It was a warm day in most of the areas he had to go to, but there were also scattered rain clouds that got water in the purple seeker's optics. After a while he decided to stay away from those areas.

"Hm...Let's see…" Skywarp muttered to himself as he flew in jet mode, "I've already blown up Chicago, Lansing, Detroit, Ontario, and a bunch of other small cities. I'm bored! It's been the same thing for joors now! I'm sick of blowing stuff up! What else is there to do on this mudball of a planet?"

Skywarp decided that he was going to land in the nearest town he saw and find some fun. How exactly he was going to entertain himself he didn't know, but he'd find something. He saw that Blitzwing was blowing up a bunch of buildings in a small human town and decided he'd land on the other side to avoid the triple changer. Blitzwing was such a dope. He was attacking in tank mode and risking a building falling on him even though he had a jet mode. What an idiot!

Skywarp landed a few hundred yards from where a herd of squishies were running in panic and laughed to himself. Thundercracker was right about what he'd said about them in the past. They were fun to watch when they were scared.

Just as Skywarp mused on this he saw a pair of scared humans run directly over to him. The humans were so busy looking behind themselves that they ran into Skywarp's foot like a couple of birds ramming into a window!

"Ahh!" Both boys screamed at once when they saw the giant black and purple kill-bot.

Skywarp laughed at their frightened stupidity, and then when they tried to run away he bent over and placed his hand right in front of them to stop them in their tracks! He laughed some more when they hugged each other and looked at him with wide eyes. They were shaking with fright, and Skywarp decided they would be his new source of entertainment.

Jason and Bryson never saw it coming until they literally ran right into it. They fell over backwards as they ran into one of the giant robots from the TV news! It really was here in their town, and they really were going to die!

They tried to run away in blind panic, but the robot's hand stopped them dead in their tracks! Bryson noticed that the hulking giant was actually laughing at them, and he wondered if it was just a guy in a metal suit or if it was a robot that actually had a sense of humor. The latter seemed unlikely despite the robot's expressive face.

"Hahaha! Going somewhere, fleshies?" The robot asked them mockingly.

Jason, being the braver one, stepped forward and asked "W-who are you? What do you want with us?"

"Don't ask it that!" Bryson hissed, "It'll just shoot us!"

"Shooting you two wouldn't be worth my ammo," Skywarp replied smugly, but before they could get comfortable he added, "Stepping on you would be better. Or maybe smashing you with my fist. Yeah, that's what I'll do!"

Bryson gasped, and Jason pushed his younger brother behind him protectively and shouted "No! Please don't kill us! We'll do anything you want. Just don't hurt us. Please!"

"Anything, huh?" Skywarp asked; clearly amused, "Alright flesh bags, I want you to…" Skywarp thought for a moment, and then with an evil smirk declared "I want you to fight each other for my amusement!"

"Excuse me?" Jason asked; certain he heard that wrong.

"You heard me, human," Skywarp taunted, "You will fight each other until I tell you to stop. If you please me then I will spare your lives."

The two brothers looked at each other with trepidation. Sure, they disagreed with each other sometimes as all brothers tend to do. Jason had even put Bryson in a headlock and given him noogies before. This was different though. Some unknown being was going to force them to fight for their lives. It might even be a fight to the death. Would this robotic monster kill the loser? Would it kill the winner? They didn't know, and frankly this didn't seem like the time to ask questions.

With no other choice, Jason pushed Bryson in the chest, and Bryson stumbled back into Skywarp's hand; which was still walling them off. Jason then kicked Bryson in the side and quickly apologized for it. Bryson understood they had no choice, so he kicked his older brother in the kneecap and stood up to punch him. Jason dodged the punch despite his knee hurting him, but he lost his balance and fell over! Bryson used the opportunity to sit on his brother's chest and hold him in place. Jason decided to not fight back; hoping that if his brother won he would be spared.

Skywarp was laughing hysterically at the scene of these humans and their pathetic fight. They were quite a pair. The one on the ground was tall and thin. The one sitting on him was a couple inches shorter and chunkier. They both had light blonde hair and pinkish colored skin. Watching these little things try to kill each other really put Skywarp in a good mood.

"That was excellent!" Skywarp cheered once it was obvious the small chunky one had won, "You two don't have a lot of moves, but I can still feel the bloodlust!"

Bryson got off Jason then, and then helped his brother up off the ground. They were both a little sore, but didn't care about their minor injuries so long as the robot let them go.

"We did as you asked," Jason told the robot, "May we please go home now? Our parents will be worried sick about us."

"If they're still alive," Bryson added pessimistically, which earned a sharp glare from Jason.

"Aw, poor little humans," Skywarp jeered, "Well don't worry about it. You'll go home alright, and you'll never have to worry about the big bad war ever again…"

Skywarp's smirk wasn't lost on the boys, but they were still shocked when he grabbed them and shoved them into his chest, which as it turned out was a cockpit with two seats! The robot then transformed into a jet! Both boys screamed as they were taken away by the jet-robot-thing. They didn't know it then, but they had just become Skywarp's new pets, and the fight they were just forced to participate in was only the first of many.