A/N: 'The Riddle' by 'Five for Fighting' inspired me highly by writing this chapter :) It's a great song, you should listen it once :)

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WHY LIVE?

Chapter Three – The Riddle –

Lair.

Fucking lair. I hate you, Joe.

David wasn't upset at all. He was just sitting on his bed, in his bedroom. The boy was talking to a stuffed animal. It looked like a sort of teddy bear. A very old one, that is.

The door was open when I walked in. David hadn't noticed me yet, because he sat with his back to the door's opening. Steady I knocked on the door frame twice. The boy looked over his shoulder and smirked lightly.

''Hi.''

Okay, for so far so good. At least he showed me a friendly emotion and didn't yell at me to bugger off.

Scientist did do that back then when I was in a part of the lab they wanted to use. Silly humans. They knew I could work better and more efficient if they uploaded the program in me, but they didn't because they knew they would lost their job that way.

And look at them now. Rotten, forgotten and no use at all any more.

I shake the cynical thought off my mind. David still stares up at me with those big blue eyes of him. I clear my throat. ''Can I come in.''

''Sure.'' Another friendly grin. He makes place on his bed and places the teddy bear on his lap. ''Oh yeah, this is Teddy. Teddy this is Kali.''

With a sound of cogwheels moving in his system, the teddy bear turned his head to my side. ''Hello.''

''Ehm...Hi.'' Weakly I give a small wave with my hand and descend next to other Mecha on the bed. Unsure I avert my eyes to the ground, not so sure how to begin. ''...Uh, you know... I'm sorry what I said before-... about your eh... mother.''

That last word felt unfamiliar on my tongue.

The boy shrugged. ''That's okay. What you think, is what makes you who you are. You are you and I am me, and that's how it's used to be.''

Wow. If my mouth could have fallen more open, it would have hit the ground. How could such Mecha, that is programmed with the intelligence of a young child, blurt out such wise stuff? Though that last sentence sounded like some riddle, jumped out of some fairytale book.

It also made me think. Who am I then? Who am I to think such things? And why?

''Why do we live?''

David tilted his head slightly to one side. ''What do you mean?''

''Why do we exist, David?'' I turn my head to face the boy directly. Did I really expect him to answer me the Question of Life?

Humans tried to find the Answer on that question for forever. They never found it though.

And here I am, trying to get it from some young-programmed Mecha.

A puzzled look crosses David's face. He slightly purses his lips and his arms pull Teddy closer to his body. Even the toy had been silent. Well... it had been silent all the time, but I knew it was listening.

Slowly I raise from the bed and watches David from my higher position. He still looked a bit out of sorts. ''I... I am sorry. Again. I shouldn't have asked you that.''

Before I leave the room, I turn my head back to the smaller Mecha. ''Forget what I said. It isn't worth thinking about it.''

''It is.'' I hear him mutter softly. My expression softened. So the boy does listen to the things I say and does picks some things up?

''Why is that, David?''

He looks up. ''It makes me think. I'm big, though we're all smaller than small. And in the scheme of things, we're nothing at all. I'm Mecha, but I'm David too. Monica is a human, but my mom too...''

He pauses and released Teddy from his grasp. Gratefully the mechanical toy crawls out of his arms and slides off the bed. We both follow the bear with our eyes.

''...so why are we here and what for?'' David finally finishes his sentence.

I sigh and bite my bottom lip. ''So there must be a reason, right?''

Suddenly I feel a presence behind me. I turn around in the doorway and face Joe, who was standing right behind me in the corridor. He smirks down at me.

''Confusing the poor boy again?''

''Him and myself.'' I laugh sheepish. Again I feel somebody standing behind me, it's David this time. He grasps at the edge of my shirt and give a small tug. I look down, straight into those big blue eyes again.

''I think I know the answer.'' His face is serious. Probably mine had been utterly surprised, because Joe begins to laugh. ''What kind of riddle were you two solving?''

Now David turns his face slightly to the other Mecha and grabs a piece of his clothing too. ''I know why I am here.''

''Why is it then, David?''

''To be with you two together. Forever.''

A/N: I know the end is a bit abrupt, though I like it. (and to be honest: I just wanted to complete this story XD)

This also was the last chapter. I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you'll leave a comment.