****The characters and most of the storyline are from CW's Containment but this is the alternate ending I thought it should have. I'm not done but this is what I have so far. Hope you enjoy!****

...This love is good, this love is bad. This love is alive back from the dead. These hands had to let it go free. And this love came back to me...

...This love left a permanent mark. This love is glowing in the dark. These hands had to let it go free. And this love came back to me...

"You can say it. I'm here. You can say it. Don't be scared. I love you. I love you..." Jake told her as he held her in his arms.

Katie gasped and choked as she jerks awake. Her body is covered in sweat and she is shaking all over.

The nightmares are getting worse. More intense. More REAL.

She tries to go back to sleep but the dream keeps repeating in her head over and over again. All that blood...The look on Jake's face as he told her that it was okay and that he loved her...The feeling that this was the last time she would ever see his face or hear those words...

She starts to cry so she buries her face in her pillow. It is going on day 4 of her stay in isolation. Cannerts expiramental medicine seems to be working but it is making her have these horrible nightmares that wake her up in a panic. This last one had been mind numbingly traumatic. One of her worst fears come true.

She looks at the clock on the wall. Almost 7 am. Jake will be coming to visit her soon. He always brings her breakfast around this time. Her heart flutters at the thought of his beautiful smile. Never in her life has someone made her feel like this. Not even Quentin's dad.

Quentin. She couldn't wait to see him. He usually came to visit a little later in the morning. Silly kid loved to sleep in. Who could blame him? It wasn't exactly like there was a schedule to keep or anything with it being a quarantined zone and all.

Tap. Tap. Tap. She hears on the window glass and she snaps out of her daydreaming to see Jake smiling back at her. God, why did he have to be so gorgeous? She didn't even know that it was possible.

"Good morning. You look good." He grins at her. "Hungry?"

Not at all after the awful dream she just had but she didn't want to worry him so she just says "sure" and smiles back at him. Whether it was the medicine or his face making her feel better she wasn't sure but she would take it either way.

"Ok great. We have a fine assortment of dehydrated meals to choose from. I hear the freeze dried breakfast bars and the dried fruit are simply amazing. Or we have some toast and jelly that's just as spectacular." He said chuckling. Who was he kidding. Nothing in the MREs tasted great. Well except maybe the ones with M&Ms or Skittles but still. Katie needed to eat something.

"Well how shall I ever choose?" She giggled. "You make them both sound so delicious."

He couldn't help but smile at her. She was absolutely beautiful. No girl he had been with had ever had this kind of affect on him. 10 days. That was all it took for him to fall absolutely in love with her. He knew he would never be the same. She was part of him now. The best part. It only took a deadly viral outbreak to find her.

"I guess I'll go with the freeze dried breakfast bars. But only if I can have that astronaut ice cream you are hiding." She teases.

"No ma'am. That is for the date that we are going to have when you get out of here since our first one was...interrupted." He frowned." Trying to change the subject he added, "And just so you know I've been working on my singing since my first serenade was so wonderful." He laughed.

"It was be-autiful." She grinned. "There's no telling when I'm going to get out of here though. If I ever get out of here..." Her smile disappeared.

"Hey, hey don't talk like that. You're going to be fine. Look how long it's been since you were exposed. The medicine seems to be working. Don't give up hope. Please." He begged. He needed her to believe she was going to get better. He needed her. The thought of losing her was too much to bare.

"You ready to see Quentin? He should be up by now?" He asked.

"Yes. Please." She said nodding her head.

Jake held the palm of his hand up to the glass of the window. Katie put hers up to it. "I'll be right back." He promised. And she watched him as he walked away.

Dr. Cannerts had been in the lab all night working. Katie, by far, had outlived all those infected and seemed to be responding to the medicine. He still needed to figure out if this was just a temporary fix or if he was on the right path to a cure. He needed to do more testing on Katie and Thomas both.

Katie was laying down staring at the ceiling when out of the corner of her eye she saw Jake and Quentin coming down the hallway.

"Hey mom. How are you feeling?" Quentin asked.

"Hey sweetie. I feel good. Have you eaten anything yet?" She asked. "Jake has some MREs to choose from."

"Not yet but I will. Can I go visit Thomas?" He asked.

"Sure. Just remember to eat soon." She told him.

Jake laughed. "Still not the most popular person in isolation."

"I'm a mom Jake. I'm not supposed to be cool or popular." She laughed back.

"Well I think your cool." He smiled. Cool actually didn't even begin to describe how he felt.

"Ha well thanks. You might be my only fan." She laughed. And how on earth she won that lottery she would never understand.

"I doubt that but I bet I am your biggest one." He grinned.