I'll tell you everything
Though I have to say
I don't know much
Blind Guardian "Past and future secret"

Devil was glad no one asked her anything. They should have understood by now, that she was not leading them back to the ship. She only hoped, that they also understood, she had her reasons. Reasons, she was not going to explain them now. Not only because they had Smith following them, but also because she wanted to live in this illusion she created a little bit more. Just a little bit.

They reached their destination point, and Devil heard someone gasping in amazement behind her back. Five of them were standing in the dead end, only that the wall in front of them was made from the metal. Devil smiled at their amusement and put her hands on the metal surface. In the few moments the door opened near the place there were standing.

"Wow!" Neo said. "How did you do this?"

Morpheus was more practical. "How did you know about this place? We searched this area a few times and never even noticed that."

"It wasn't meant for being found." Devil simply answered, entering the construction. "Come on. This door has to slow Smith a little bit. So we will have time to talk."

"So that you will have time to explain." Morpheus corrected, following her. After all of them were in, the door "melted" in the wall and soon it was impossible to tell where has it been just a few moments ago. They found themselves in the room similar to engineering level in Zion. Weak lights allowed to see everything, but didn't allow understanding what exactly was it. Devil made her way to the other room and the rest of them followed her. Finally they ended up in the small room with a few chairs (or something that looked like chairs) and the closed door in front of them.

"Well." Devil sat on the one of the chairs, showing others to do the same. "It seems like I can't keep silence anymore." She said when everyone sat down.

"It's about time." Morpheus muttered. "I'm getting tired of your games already."

Devil shook her head. "Never games, Morpheus. Never." She turned to Neo then. "Can you please look around carefully?"

Confused Neo still did what she asked, turning his head all around, but seeing nothing abnormal or special. Devil shook her head once again. "Not like that. Like if you were in the Matrix." Neo tried to follow her advice, although he saw no point in this. "What do you want to." He stopped in the middle of the sentence. " What the hell?"

"I'd prefer the Hell." Devil thought, but didn't say it loud. She caught the questioning look, Trinity gave to Neo, and waited for him to answer.

"The code." Neo finally managed to say. "I see this place in a code. Like the Matrix. Why?" The last question was addressed to Devil, who was staring to her boots now, her hands playing with her tail absent-mindly.

She'd prefer anything to answering that question. But she knew there was no escape. "Because this is the Matrix."

"What?!" Morpheus cried out.

"Impossible!" Niobe was shocked too.

Trinity remained silent. Devil could only guess if she was too shocked to say anything or if she had believed instantly. "Believed." A little voice said in her head. "Because Neo said that."

"Shut up. "Devil ordered to it. Since her fight with Azrail that voice kept appearing in her head, reminding her of things, she didn't want to think about right now.

Devil waited for some time, until the first shock was over and the people in front of her wereable to understand, what she was saying. "Remember what Architect told Neo? The problem is choice. The Oracle had solved this problem in the very original way. Every human being was granted by the possibility of choice. The choice that never existed. Another Matrix was created for that. You call it the real world. It was the perfect plan, I must admit. People that could sense the lies of the Matrix unconsciously refused to see the same lies in what they thought to be real world. And with Oracle to control and to guide them it could last forever."

For the few moments there was silence in the room. Then the Morpheus spoke, just as slowly and clearly as Devil did. "But it didn't. And I won't even ask why. Coincidence or fate, I don't cae at the moment. What I care about is where it leaves us and. And what had happened today."

Devil sighed. "Let's start from the second question. Today the whole thing went wrong for the Architect. He was too used to winning, that he forgot he could lost. He forgot to check who his opponent was. Otherwise he would see, what I saw, what even Azrail saw."

"See what? " Niobe asked curious.

Devil half-smiled. "What I'd already told you. This time there was no choice. After that, that was only the matter of time, for truth to come out."

"I won't even ask, how you were able to find that truth out." Morpheus said heavily. "But would you be so kind to who the Azrail was exactly? And you appearance."

" Azrail? The fallen angel. A very powerful program that went out of the control, and succeeded in escaping deleting. You can compare him to Smith if you want. He had decided to take justice in his own hands. And failed. As for my appearance." She gave Morpheus surprised look. "Never knew it concerned you."

"And the first question?" Niobe reminded.

Devil nodded. "I remember. Where does that leave you. In the beginning, I suppose. As behind that door lies the exit."

"The exit to the real world? " Neo asked, wanting to make sure he understood her correctly.

"Yes. This time it is real." Devil couldn't help but smile. " It will be hard, but nothing you are not capable to deal with."

""You"?" Trinity raised her eyebrow. "You wanted to say "us"?"

"No. I said exactly what I wanted to say."

"Where does it leave you then? " Neo asked. " And more importantly - why?"

" Here." Devil replied silently. " Because behind that door I do not exist."