On the surface for a summer day was quite dark and cold. The elevator went into a small room with one door and several windows, one of which was without glass. Other buildings were not because it could affect secrecy of the entire base. Robert stood at open window and kept his hands crossed behind his back. You can see how the ship leaves the hangar and goes to his last assault. However, Robert was interested in is clearly not in this. He heard rose Vahlen, he turned his head. Seeing her, he said nothing and returned to its original position. Vahlen carefully walked to the left, keeping her arms at both sides and parallel to each other. Was blowing pretty strong wind, so drops of rain occasionally fly into the room. Robert closed his eyes for a second and took a deep breath of outdoor air.
"It's fine when the weather understands you." opening his eyes, Robert said.
"In all the time we spent under the ground, I forgot how it is beautiful."
"To be honest, I, like John, was very touched by how much time you spent in the lab." he continued, turning her face and open hands.
"Long stay in the laboratory I have long been in the habit." Vahlen replied, looking him in the eye
"Well, I can remember times when I would sit in the school laboratory room and read the old chemical books, while the rest on the lesson passed our program." said Robert, looking high in the rainy sky.
"I see you got a great quality of scientific lover quite early." slightly smiling, said Vahlen "But why they allowed you?"
"The only there who me actually liked, so it's a chemistry teachers. So normal, not a school science for me was available. But in any case, we will not better about it. I have a rather cold attitude to education, as all recognizable from the outside. Me even this one word is annoying."
"I agree, it's something like a rod."
"Honestly, I'm surprised you didn't call me crazy. When you're alone and not a head comes." back turned to her Robert.
"But is it all that bad, like your family and friends?"
"Neither one nor the other is not. Is it possible to mention Brendan and John and a couple of external friends of the researchers. But all this is not exactly a friendship, if we base on the definition of this term."
"Well... But you seem in general not so shy, what's the point?"
"This has its own interest, which is difficult to understand for those who can not live without communication. So it is not necessary to think that in the loneliness of there are only disadvantages. Brendan I often talked about the need for it when it comes to science. This is partly one of the reasons for his genius."
"Scientist it is easier to say, because he has science, which will not be bored."
"Actually I except scientists never interested in. How to deal with it the rest of the conversation is no longer with me."
Vahlen said nothing and after moment Robert continued:
"Yes, by the way, I think I can say. While you were gone, John was secretly experimenting with elerium batteries on the oleum, but not dilute sulfuric acid. According to the results one can hold around half times larger than my variation in terms of time, so replaced them. Although there is a chance that the weapon will behave incorrectly..."
"But in these studies there is nothing wrong. Why has it been hiding?"
"It was the desire of John. He asked you not to talk, but have nothing to hide more. Why he wanted it, ask him."
"I thought that the people I'm more nothing is able to interest, but it seems the polymorphism of consciousness still remains practically unstudied."
"If only the study were engaged in science... But if you talk about psionics, that's fine. This is too weird even for me."
"I'm talking about pre psionik. According to our research, even the aliens have no such diversity..."
Suddenly into the room a strong wind blew and even more ruffled and wet, Robert hair. By the way, in all that time it grew and became almost such same size as Vahlen, except that dirty. Vahlen became a little cold.
"Сan I take your coat? The thermodynamic environment is becoming more aggressive." said Vahlen, after approaching a little closer to Robert.
"Yes, of course."
Vahlen reached for his hand and firmly pressed his head to his chest.
"Wow, why do you have so fast heart beats?" she asked, moving his gaze from the street to the eye Robert.
"I'm just not used to this..."
"I'll try not to do it so hard."
"Thank you."
Together watching the sky, the warm embrace they stood in silence for about a minute. Then Vahlen gently took Robert for his hand and raised it to shoulder level,folding both hands into the lock. Then she raised her head from his chest.
"You know, having such a big love for science, it's hard not to fall in love with someone who is so much absorbed its principles... Someone like you" said Robert.
"Science can take human form, but you have to sacrifice a lot."
"Do not worry. Because of my specificity, I've always liked people, as speak in the culture, "colder"."
"Well, if it's certainly not for research..."
"Of course, what to have indifference for a scientist is simply not forgivable, as it is a science."
A few seconds later after these words they separated hands. Because of the wind barrette Vahlen almost fell, so she took it off and put it in his pocket along with a nametag. Robert, howewer, had the nerve to never wear a badge. They both have a quantum state with the main number as "love". With one hand, Vahlen took him by the collar and the other behind his back, jamming it inside of his coat. Robert also took her back and the other hand gently attached to the hair. Their heads slowly came closer to each other, but as soon as Vahlen stopped, it also made Robert. They've been long in this position, but closer, no one dared. With her loose hair and without her hairclip, Vahlen looked really non-trivial. They gently embraced each other so that their cheeks touched. But soon the sounds of the rain become too loud and they let go of each other.
"I think I should go back. They're waiting for me." Vahlen said and slowly let go of Robert.
"Well, I'll just wait in the lab, as soon as I'm finished here"
Vahlen nodded and headed to the elevator. Robert apparently this rate of rain only liked more and he stayed outside for a long time. Vahlen tried to sneak by HQ so no one ever saw her hair that she didn't like to hold like this. Her was lucky. When she was almost finished with brush in living quaters felt tremors. Quickly after Vahlen ran to the HQ throgh the lab to take the tablet. John almost died with fear when he saw her moving in his direction with such speed. But in the laboratory sat Gardner and read about black holes.
"Was ist... What? I thought the code only knows Robert, whom I was allowed to read chemical books" Vahlen says, approaching him.
"Don't know anything about it. John told me."
"Then everything is clear... In any case, give me him."
"Take" handed her the tablet Gardner.
I general, the aliens lose and the huge ship was blown up with a single soldier, which has taken root implant. Another as it turned out killed because of the fact that the plasma weapons of his own escaped from the magnetic field. Nobody talk about John and it's all blamed on an accident. All researchers prescribed fee for participation in the salvation of the Earth.
Gardner then returned to the States and divorced his wife, giving her all the money. Though he was old, but had married the girl from the team engineers. Thomas wrote a popular science book called "Fantastic Reality". It was about what they were doing in the underground lab. Brendan returned to Switzerland and corresponded with friends in physics about the incident. John went back to family in the UK and continue to steadily pursue traditional research in the field of atomic chemistry and stereochemistry. Vahlen and Robert in Germany, founded an independent laboratory to study unexplored during the invasion artifacts. There has already been used to obtained this knowledge about aliens, so this attracted numerous scientists and funding. As the noble Robert the hermit was easy to move to another country closer to the laboratory. Speaking about his relationship with Vahlen, he warned, the marriage refuses categorically, saying that this just will smash their high relations. However, they had a great time in the lab. Robert with physicists was concentrated mainly in the alloys and elerium, and Vahlen for the rest of psionic implants. In this area Robert little attended because she seemed uncomfortable.
Lab XCOM was closed. Filled with a new generation of researchers it was only in the case of new threats.
Phew, to lower it all on the earth was really hard. I know it's not canon but with the new XCOM I just met in January 2017. I also don't know how popular this type of romance, the more scientific, but I really wanted to write something like this. Sorry if the final romance seemed sluggish, I just... goo[point]gl/YLxKu8 ;). I am not able to squeeze something more, especially with Vahlen. Now prototypes of the characters and interest that describe the amount taken from them.
Moira Vahlen — Moira Vahlen (100%)
Ernest Gardner — Albert Einstein (90%)
Thomas Anthony — Francis Crick (75%)
Robert Golden — I am (70%)
Brendan Cross — Wolfgang Pauli (75%)
John Sanders — Henry Cavendish (95%)
Well, the end. If in the work you found similar annoying errors, then tell me about them. I can fix. This is also my first fanfic, so I'm interested in any reviews. Even if it is the only chapter that you read. Thanks for reading.