"We got a robbery in progress on east and 5th. We need any cars in the area to proceed to the destination, the suspect is armed."  The voice over the radio says and The cop turns on his sirens. "You ready for this rookie?" The moody rookie just looks over at his happy-go-lucky partner and glares. "Just so you know, I am no longer a rookie! We have been partners for nearly a year John!" The "rookie" says and  John smiles a shit eating grin. "I know Edd! Just wanted to ruffle your feathers!" John laughs and Eddward glares again. They speed down the streets and arrive at the bank where they hear gunshots. "Edd you get the civilians, I'll take down the suspect." The moody "rookie" rolls his eyes and groans but agrees. Eddward ducks in without being spotted by the Robber while he is distracted with John and another officer he does not know the name of. All the civilians are led to safety as the two cops duke it out with the gunman. The fight is getting intense and the unnamed officer is on the ground holding his leg after a gunshot struck his knee. Eddward sees john about to get snuck up on by someone who is jumping out a moving car with a gun. Eddward makes a spilt second decision and rushes over to John and pushes him out the way catching the bullet with his arm. "FUCK" Eddward shouts  as he falls for a moment but the then gets up and charges at the shooter. "Edd! WATCH OUT!" There is a gunshot and Eddward is shocked when he feels no impact. He turns to his partner to tell him that he is okay but stops and his eyes widen and fill with tears. "SHIT! JOHN!" He rushes to John's side and the suspects get away as the other cops around jump in their cars and chase after them. "WE NEED A MEDIC STAT!" A cop that stayed behind luckily was an EMT in the past and begins to help with the cop's injury. Eddward can't do anything but cry as the former EMT tries to stop the bleeding in John's chest. Paramedics arrive and begin shouting orders to one another as they speed to the hospital leaving the "rookie" behind. 

Eddward waits at the hospital for hours. Answering questions, talking to the cop's family, walking away to cry, and searching for and update on John's status. More hours pass and Eddward kicks himself and regrets everything that happened. If he didn't charge at the gunman he knows this wouldn't have happened because he would have saw the other gunman going for John. The worst part is his partner stupidly was not wearing his bulletproof vest.

John William Smith was pronounced dead at 12:36am on June 17th. The funeral was large but Eddward would not know first hand because he did not go, he couldn't. Not when it was his fault. Eddward took a break from the force to recover from his injury, gather his sanity, and try and move on from his partner's untimely death, but there is no moving on, only accepting that it happened. Eddward decides to move out the big city and move to his hometown of peach creek and Join their Police force, Peach creek usually answers calls for the neighboring city along with their own so of course he will stay busy and hopefully ease his mind of the guilt he has carried the past six months.
As Eddward pulls up to his old, home which he bought from his parents, he notices and old enemy across the street. He instantly feels a headache form as the Ginger walks across the street to approach the cop. "what do you want Barr." Eddward says with an eyeroll. "Nothing. Just seeing who my new neighbor was. I see he is a complete douche lord though so, so long." The old enemy says with a smile and a hand wave "goodbye" but the cop was not done. He grabs the redhead's shirt from the back and pulls him back towards him. "Listen you little shit. That shit might have flown in highschool but now I will not tolerate any smart shit you say, got it?" he hisses and the ginger backs down. "whatever." He says with an eye roll and walks away for real this time. The cop settles into his home and takes some advil to tame the headache from seeing his old rival.

The next morning comes and it is Eddward's first day back as a policeman. "Rockwell, you are going to need a partner and lucky for you I have just the rookie." The chief says while looking over his resume and his new partners. "His name is Kevin. Kevin Barr." The name escapes the chief's mouth and Eddward's blood boils. "Pardon me? Can you repeat that name?" Just then the new partner walks in and it is exactly who Eddward thought it was. "I know you boys will do great together. I am never wrong, remember that." And with that the Chief walks away and both boys glare at eachother.

"Rockwell."
"Barr."