Hello everyone! Nutshop here proud to present yet another chapter to Keep on Groundkeepin! SO, without further ado... Enjoy :D

Chapity Seven Aces

"Finally...I'm done." Glynda huffed loudly as she entered her office to slump ungracefully onto her desk. It was now 9:26 pm at Beacon Academy when she had completed her final task for the day. She was requested by her employer, Headmaster Ozpin, to do last minute preparations for tomorrow's initiation to progress smoothly and without delay. Some of these painstaking tasks include double checking the surveillance cameras, handing out the locker number with their combinations for the initiates and even recalibrate the launch panels towards the Emerald Forest.

Not to mention that she had several personal assignments she had to fulfil such as sorting the Headmaster's desk once again, Recollect her missing belongings from the same office, and even misplace his most recent supply of coffee beans that was recently discovered by the assistance of the new repairman. She was thankful to have finished the monstrous list of tasks before it got too late at night as she just so desperately wanted to go to bed.

It truly was taking its toll on the poor platinum blond secretary as she tried to relax her sore body and mind from what had transpired earlier today. As much as she would have loved to just flop onto one of her purple leather sofas within her room and just go to sleep, she had to stay strong for a little while longer. Not to mention that it was completely unladylike to do and embarrassing if she was spotted in such a state.

No, the real purpose she had for doing this was because there was a new student in dire need of her Aura expertise.

She was very skeptical when she had heard about Evi's predicament. His Aura was unable to do the two most crucial functions? This didn't seem to be physically possible. Aura was the manifestation of the soul that allowed those who wield it to survive and recover from some of the most deadly injuries. If Evi was unable to manipulate his Aura to do something as critical as that, then he would simply stand no chance against the dark forces of Grimm. Let alone survive trials of this prestigious academy. So with renewed strength, she slowly rose from her seat and began to prepare for the appointment.

"I wonder how Evi is faring this evening." Glynda hummed to herself as she began to activate her built-in computer.

Meanwhile...

"I'm gonna be late!" Evi cried out as he dashed from hallway to hallway within Beacon Academy. After the incident with the infirmary, He was dashing through the halls as fast as he could in order to arrive at his appointment on time. However, it was proven to be a difficult task to complete, even for Evi since his destination was apparently at the other side of the school! It wouldn't have been a problem if this place was like all the others. Sadly, this place wasn't like many other academies. It wasn't big. It wasn't huge. It was gigantic! The distance from where he was now to the secretary's office would clearly take a good half an hour jog in order to make it all the way there, but he really didn't have the luxury of time.

'Why didn't I pay attention to the time?' Evi whined as he skidded to a stop at the hallway intersection.

When he rounded a corner to a hallway that led to the cafeteria, he spotted his two friends Ren and Nora idly chatting amongst one another as they made their way to the ballroom. Ren looked indifferent from earlier this morning while Nora on the other hand, wore lightish-red bike shorts and an orange T-shirt with a safety cone drawn crudely at the front. She was also carrying a miniature robotic plushy with four red spots on its nose on her shoulders like it was giving it a piggy-back ride. Evi went wide eyed from the information of Nora's clothing was telling him.

'She watches that show too?!' Evi thought to himself. Suddenly, a plan began to form into his mind and he began to smile.

"Nora!" Evi shouted loudly while doing a crude impression of a drill sergeant. Nora turned her head to see her Bubble Gum Buddy running towards her.

"Hi Evi!" She cried out in equal volume. Ren, who was right beside her while they were chatting, wince at how loud she was being.

"We've got a major problem happening here!" He started out with the same impression as he continued dashing towards them. He then reached into his utility belt pocket before revealing a miniature plush steam roller onto his hands. "Initiate Plan Eleven!"

Nora looked a bit confused on what Evi was implying when she realized what was happening. The drill sergeant's voice, the number eleven, the steam roller! All of those bits of information led to one sole objective.

Plan.

Eleven.

Nora grinned fiendishly once she caught on before tossing aside her plushy to Ren while cracking her knuckles. "Where to Evi?!" She cried once more. She always wanted to do this in real life but she couldn't find anyone else who was a dedicated fan enough assist her.

"Down the hallway! I need to get to the other side of the school in three minutes!" Evi yelled back while increasing his speed with every step.

Ren was incredibly confused in what was happening at the moment. Was this some sort of code that Evi and Nora could comprehend? And why was Evi running so fast towards them? While he was staring at the bubblegum scented friend, he noticed Evi jump into the air on a collision course towards them. He soon paled and rolled to the side of the hallway in order to avoid getting crushed by the force of Evi and Nora. When he had landed from his evasive maneuver, he noticed that Nora was still standing there, with her knees bent just waiting for Evi to arrive.

"Nora! Look out!" Ren cried as he warned his childhood friend from being harmed. That was when he noticed her eyes squint as if she was waiting for the perfect time to act. She had that look before years ago when she was ready to initiate one of her highly planned operations that usually involved breaking into the Forever Fall syrup stash back at home.

When Evi had deemed himself close enough to Nora, he extended his arms towards her ready for the next phase to occur. When Nora caught hold of his hands, she twisted her hips and moved her legs until they both began to spin quickly. As seconds had passed, they quickly picked up speed until they turned into a dangerous pink tornado.

Once Evi believed that he had enough momentum, he activated his goggles with a grin on his face. "Alright! You ready for phase two Nora?!" He cried out towards her.

"Aye, aye Evi!" Nora replied loudly as they continued to spin. After three seconds had passed, Nora used all of her might, as well as the momentum gained from spinning, to throw Evi down the hallway like a pink discus used by Vytalimpic athletes.

"THANK you Nor…!" He cried out as he flew farther away down the hallway.

"Your… Welcome… Evi!" She huffed out as she tried to catch her breath. Man did this take a lot out from her! While she was doing so, her eyes had stumbled upon the small plush steam roller that Evi was holding a few moments back. She quickly grabbed hold of the plush toy before hugging it happily close to her.

Ren on the other hand… had no idea what just happened in front of him and could only stare at his happy friend.

"What...was that?" He asked slowly while staring at his best friend. She heard Ren's question before walking up to him with a smile on her face before booping him with her pointer finger on his nose.

"Plan Eleven." Was all she said as they continued to walk towards the ballroom.

While that was happening…

Glynda had finally finished preparing for her appointment as her computer was operational and her scroll ready to analyse her patient. While she was seated snugly on her desk, she began to examine the two small boxes that had been bugging her for quite some time now. She checked their contents with a critical eye as both flavours were both exceptionally delicious.

"Would he like the sweet flavours of Caramel Crème? Or the tropical taste of Pina Colada?" She questioned herself as she continued her tea picking debate. As she was absorbed in her decision making, she was unaware of her scroll projecting a certain lightish-red repair man soar through the hallways like a pelican diving for its dinner.

Later…

Evi was having mixed feelings as he continued to soar towards his objective at neck-breaking speed. He was ecstatic to discover that Nora was also a fellow fan of the same show that he liked to watch whenever there was nothing else to do back at home. He was also feeling optimistic that he might be able to make it to his appointment in time. And finally... He was feeling a bit doubtful about his optimism with every passing second as he was slowly beginning to lose his altitude. If he made contact with the tile floor now, he would lose his momentum and would never be able to make it on time. Not to mention that he would get a painful skid mark onto his face which was something he did not want at all. He needed a miracle, and he needed one fast!

Luckily, fate had answered his prayers as he spotted a peculiar white heiress wearing a pale blue nightgown emerge at the hallway intersection up ahead. As Weiss came into view, Evi surveyed his surroundings to see what he could utilize to keep on moving forward. The only thing he could spot, besides all of the statues, paintings and other young hunters and huntresses that were jumping out of the way, was as yellow sign that was warning students and faculty that the floor was drenched and very...slippery! He then looked at Weiss once again recalling an old, chilling memory that remembered her icy cold aura that could anything wet in a span of seconds! A plan began to form in his mind as he cried her name.

"Weiss!" Evi cried loudly to hopefully get her attention.

She turned towards the source of the noise only to see a pink torpedo barreling down the hallway. "Wha-Evi?! What are you-" Weiss stated as she went wide-eyed from the sight before her.

"No time to explain! Just freeze the water!" He cried out as he got closer to the tiled ground. Weiss looked at him confused before turning her head towards the floor that held yellow floor sign indicating that this hallway beside her was very, very wet. She quickly looked between the two before paling at what would happen.

'Oh no!' Weiss thought to herself. 'If Evi landed into the wet hallway, the splash would ruin my silk nightgown as well as my carefully dried hair!' It took her half an hour to attend to her hair and she would be damned to let the reckless pink ruffian force her to waste yet another half an hour of her precious time!

She complied almost immediately by drawing forth her icy cold aura and directed a chilling blast to the wet, tiled floor. The moment her aura made contact with the water, the ground turned into a frozen plane of ice like one of her companies skiing resort ice rinks. Weiss quickly side-stepped out of harm's way as Evi whizzed past her. When he landed on the newly created frozen slide with his stomach, his momentum caused him to slide away faster than ever before.

"Thank yo…!" Evi cried out as he slid farther and farther away. Weiss shook her head as she patted down her nightgown as she walked in the opposite direction towards the ballroom.

Now Evi was having a hard time keeping his eyes open with how fast he was moving. It was now 9:28 and he was only a quarter of the way there. He needed to find a shot cut, and he needed it soon.

Up ahead…

Jaune was really deep in thought as he tried to figure out what he had done in his life to deserve this. All he wanted was a drink of water from the water fountain! It all happened so fast when he pressed that evil button. What was supposed to be a simple stream of water to quench his thirst turned into a fire hose that almost drowned him! It took him like fifteen minutes to contain all the damage before janitors came and solved everything. That's how it was supposed to happen… until the wet floor decided to freeze over like the ice age with him, as well as everyone else around him. Thanks to his sweater, he was surprisingly warm against the sudden cold. Sadly, his sweater couldn't save his legs from being stuck to the ground.

Which in turn, lead to what he was currently trying to do right now, trying to get out.

Back to Evi…

His goggles soon spotted trouble up ahead when he saw his first friend Jaune currently stuck in place wearing his clothes from this morning with a crowd of students trapped right behind him.

'This isn't good!' Evi realized as he continued to slide down the hallway. 'If I can't find some way to get past these guys, I won't be the only one covered in bandages!' He imagined himself being surrounded by mummies in a pale green room with vengeful eyes glaring at him. Nope, he didn't want that. So he quickly surveyed his surroundings once again to see what he could utilize before he crashed into them. The only thing that caught his attention was the white thingy that Jaune was using to break himself free from his frozen prison. It looked exactly like Jaune's shield. His exceptionally large… Kite…

'THAT'S IT!' Evi realized as he slid faster along the hallway. 'If Jaune slanted his shield into a ramp, I could soar past them all without hurting anybody!'

"JAUNE!" Evi shouted loudly. Jaune stopped attacking the ice around his legs to look up to see a pink athlete from the winter Vytalympics slide towards him dangerously fast. He recognized that color in an instant.

"E-Evi?! S-slow down!" Jaune cried as he held his precious shield close to his body to hopefully reduce the damage of the imminent crash.

"Jaune! Hold your shield like a ramp! Quickly or else you'll all end up like bowling pins!" Evi warned as continued to pick up speed.

'Bowling… pins?' Jaune thought as he tried to decipher what in the world was Evi talking about? He found his answer right after when he heard the screams of scared janitors and terrified hunters and huntresses in their sleepwear fearing the pink projectile that was heading their way! He went wide eyed when he realized what Evi was implying before springing into action. He fumbled with his shield and quickly slanted his shield so it would act like a ramp for the pink athlete. After a few seconds, Evi soon made contact with the shield and was launched high into the air once again, waving at all the people from up above. It was as if time slowed down for the people down below as they saw Pink Bird fly past them with a flashing smile.

"Thanks for the lift Jau-*Crash!*" Was all Jaune could hear as he saw it friend fly through the window. The sound of shattering glass and the girlish screams of Evi could be heard in the hallway. Jaune could only look in horror as he continued to stare at the now broken window. His first friend had just fallen from the fourth story window… His friend fell from the fourth floor!

"EVI!" Jaune shouted with worry evident in his voice. He had to go and help him! He wasn't really sure how he was supposed to do it but he needed to somehow! He mustered as much of his strength that he could before quickly slamming his shield into the icy ground. The impact was so powerful in fact, that it had freed not only himself, but everyone else who was restrained from the ice.

Jaune dodged the other students before making his way to the window. He began to panic when he was nowhere to be seen since the darkness of night made things difficult to see. That was when he spotted a faint pink glow glide through the dark courtyard. Jaune sighed in relief as he realized that his friend was okay. After a few moments of calming his nerves, he pulled himself from the ground before slowly making his way to his locker.

So here Evi was, bouncing on Swampy in the courtyard, soaring through the skies like a pink bird trying to get to his Aura appointment. It turns out his accidental shortcut through the fourth story window to the courtyard had proven to be beneficial as it saved him from descending stairwells and additional hallways! His destination was just across the courtyard! As he was only a few more bounces away, Evi soon glanced at the time within his goggles to hopefully check if he had at least a few more minu- it was 9:29 pm right now…

"9:29?!" Evi shouted out to no one in particular as he began to grab his forehead.

Evi was so startled at the time that he suddenly lost control of his wrench Swampy before heading straight for a third story window. He couldn't really tell which room he was crashing into since he was currently screaming at the top of his lungs.

"This is gonna suck!" Evi cried one last time before facing the inevitable.

His body soon collided with yet another window as it shattered the glass once again. Once he had entered the room, his gathered momentum had caused him to crash into a purple leather sofa that absorbed most of his momentum before tipping over; With him being sent onto the hardwood floor.

Evi slowly picked himself up off the floor before his goggles indicated that he had arrived at his destination of Glynda Goodwitch's office.

"Did I... Make it... In time?" Evi slowly asked while attempting to catch his breath. Glynda blinked her eyes and checked her wristwatch to see the time strike 9:30.

"Yep." She answered out while still sitting comfortably on her desk. When Evi had heard that he made it on time, he raised a quivering fist slowly into the air before crashing down onto the floor. She couldn't help but chuckle from the sight of the poor repairman that was as fatigued as she was.

"So, shall we get started in solving your aura?" Glynda asked as she rose from her desk. Evi could only groan in pain from what she was requesting. He really wanted to get to the very bottom of his Aura predicament while at the same time, he just wanted to go to sleep after what had happened throughout today.

"Let's get this over with so we can both rest." Evi stated as he slowly pulled himself up from the ground. Glynda could only sigh as she was thinking the exact same thing.

"In order for this to start, can you activate your Aura?" Glynda asked as she stood in front of Evi. He nodded his head in agreement and activated his Aura once again. He only activated a little bit mainly because he didn't want to blind the professor with a light show. It was the only thing he could do with his Aura anyway since it was useless whenever it came to protecting himself from injuries.

Once Evi's lightish-red Aura could be seen, Glynda activated her Aura scanning program that was installed into her scroll and held it in front of the repairman. The program that she was using was really convenient when she was younger; it allowed her to gain a better grasp of how the Aura of the subject with more detailed statistics that assisted her in discovering the problems that they might be having. After a few minutes had passed, a loud beep was heard from the scroll to indicate that it was done.

"Alright, you can stop now." she stated as she began to view the results. Evi complied as his lightish red glow began to fade. "While I begin to investigate the data, would you kindly prop my couch back to its original position?" She asked as she began to be seated onto her desk. "When you're done, there's some brewed tea on the table for you."

He nodded once more and with the remainder of his strength, he propped up the sofa to its former glory. When he was done, Evi poured himself a cup of tea before sitting comfortably on one of the purple leather sofas. Once he was seated, he brought the cup to his lips, with his pinky held high to enhance the effect, for a tiny sip. He wasn't really a fan of tea since he preferred coffee in most cases. Truthfully he enjoyed everything, so long as it was delicious, sweet, or salty. And man was this tea good!

After a few minutes of slowly sipping his warm drink, he decided to get a better look of her office. It looked like the same room as Headmaster Ozpin, except that the colour pallet had more dark purple than dark green. He also noticed a few other details that were not included in his room that included a giant projector screen, a built in computer within her desk and finally, a small table at the corner of the room that was dedicated to an assortment of different kinds of tea. The types of tea that were available varied from the classic taste of green tea to the more exotic flavors of Rooibos Lemon Chiffon.

…Now that he thought about it, that would probably explain all the times Ozpin was grumbling about whenever he got his coffee machine destroyed.

"Alright, the results are in." Glynda commented as she gazed from her computer monitor. Evi turned his head toward her as he sat comfortably onto one of the soft, purple leather couches in the room.

"And what's the word?" Evi desperately asked while placing his empty tea cup back onto the table.

Glynda shook her head solemnly with a look of disappointment. "I'm afraid that with all of my experience, even I will not be able to restore your Aura to function properly."

Evi was confused when she was saying. "W-What do you mean?" he asked slowly.

She sighed before staring directly into his eyes. "The reason of why your aura is within this state can easily be described with these." She then typed a few things onto the keyboard before the the giant projector screen began to activate showing two different panels. One of them revealing a purple glow with swirls and twists that expanded throughout its panel like an aurora glowing in the cold skies to the north.

That could not be said for the second panel, as it looked as if it was locked in place by a black, rectangular entity that consumed most of the lightish-red glow. "The purple one on the left is what my Aura looks like and what most aura should be doing. The pattern and colour of what is projected changes per person since Aura is unique for each living soul."

"Okay... Is the one on the right mine?" Evi guessed as he had his eyes glued onto the screen.

"You are indeed correct Mr. Magkumpun." Glynda commented before double clicking the panel in question. "Somehow, the data indicates that your Aura was physically modified to become more enhanced through what appeared to be an operation of some sorts. I've seen cases like these before when I was younger, where the operation was a success. Yours, on the other hand…" Glynda closed her eyes and took a deep breath before continuing, "Had apparently failed… The side effect being what you already know."

"So basically, my Aura is just nothing but a giant lightish-red flashlight?" Evi asked quietly.

"To put in the bluntest of terms, you are correct." Glynda confirmed before shutting off her computer.

The room went silent after discovering the answer to his problem. Glynda couldn't help but feel sad for the poor repairman. It was far too dangerous for someone such as Evi to become a huntsman if his Aura was unable to protect him. After a few minutes of silence, Evi simply shook his head and sighed quietly on his spot before asking something that would shock the Professor.

"So… Does this mean I can still be a huntsman?"

Glynda blinked at what she had just heard. "E-excuse me?!" Was he really going to still become a huntsman? Even when his Aura, the most essential tool for a hunter's survival, was malfunctioning, he still wanted to become a huntsman?! "But you don't understand! With how your Aura is right now, not only will you take additional damage from all kinds of attacks, your wounds would most likely never heal and you could possibly die!"

Evi shrugged his shoulders. "Eh, I've been through worse."

"…What?" She asked as she tried comprehending what could be worse than suffering from the attacks of not only Grimm, but also from what usually occurs in this academy.

"Well," Evi started up as if he was beginning to count his fingers. "Ever since I've started my repairing business: I've been buried alive, set ablaze, almost drowned, impaled through my chest, blew myself up at point blank back at home, almost died of hypothermia and even survived an assault of literature an hour ago. If I can survive all of that, I think I have a pretty good chance in becoming a huntsman."

Glynda went wide eyed from what she had just heard. Buried alive? Impaled? Set ablaze? How was he even alive right now?! She would need to do a background check later to figure out how he survived even after all of those incidents.

"Well… If you still insist in becoming a huntsman," She straightened her back and stared back at Evi, "Then I shall do my best as a professor to help you succeed in your journey. I've already spoken with Headmaster Ozpin with your case. As such, meet me here after your initiation so we can discuss in further detail in catching you up in your education."

"Thank you Miss Glynda Goodwitch." Evi thanked as he bowed his head.

Glynda nodded her head approvingly before adding, "But first things first, we both our well-deserved rest. You have an initiation that you need to pass."

Evi smiled at that last comment "Got it." Evi replied as he began to head for the front door. "Well, I guess this is goodnight and I'll see you in the morning."

"Have a pleasant sleep Mr. Magkumpun." Glynda called as she began to clean up all of her belongings.

Evi gently closed the door before slowly making his way to the ballroom.

But before he could do that, he needed to get himself ready for bed. So he withdrew his bubblegum scented soap sponge and began to head for the showers.

Wowzers... This took a while to word out but I think I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out. Anyway, I'm going to be going on a small heitus mainly because Exams are en Route to terminate me while I'm still stuck in highschool. When They are all finished, I shall continue the adventure of our favourite Groundkeepin Repairman! So with that done, this is Nutshop saying stay Handsome and have a nice day! :D