Wow, I just realized that I didn't comment. I seemed to catch this just as it got finished up. I honestly thought it was amazing. I found myself smiling at how some of the characters fit their predetermined attitudes as well as they did (Johnson in particular). I wish I would've started writing outside of school as early as you did. I'm only starting now, after I've started college. I know it will be a struggle to keep the ideas in here from transferring over to my own fanfic, as I find my writing style to change depending on what I've read recently. I know after reading the Halo novels, I could distinctly see my writing change and become closer to the style in them. Anyway, the story was very awesome, and I will be sad if 343 makes a sequel to the Halo trilogy, and follows a different path than this. I hope I will be able to get this many followers on my fic eventually (I'm on chapter 7 and only have possibly 3 readers that I know of). Good luck with any future writings and such.