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Jessica Lisowski (Surf)

History

The eldest daughter of Ella and Roman Lisowski, Jessica is one of six children. Her siblings include an older brother Eric (2 years older), and younger brothers. Timothy (3 years younger), Gabriel (6 years younger), Joseph (7 years younger). Baby sister Francesca was born a year before their father died in a helicopter crash when Jessica was thirteen. As of 2010, Gabriel is the only other Lisowski child who has shown signs of a mutation with his ability to generate a force field to protect others by taking the damage himself.

Jessica's father was an EMT helicopter pilot and her mother a hairstylist in Long Beach, CA. They married shortly out of high school when Ella discovered she was pregnant with their first child. Ella instilled a sense of responsibility to all of her children while having to raise them on her own. Because of this, Jessica has developed a personality of a “mother hen” to many of her friends and students. She is an excellent listener and offers advice freely, sometimes even if it is unwanted.

She is the epitome of a “California girl”, wearing sandals year round and her favorite activity is surfing. She is a devout vegetarian and loves trying to “live green”.

Her powers manifested in the year after the loss of her father when her family was struggling with trying to make ends meet. While babysitting her little sister, Francesca (or Franny), jumped into the deep end of the city pool. Jessica was able to create a huge wave, forcing all the water out over the sides until her little sister lay unharmed at the bottom.

When accepted to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters for her freshman year of high school, she opted to stay on the east coast during most holidays to limit the amount of money needed for airfare, thus only returning home between semesters. In the summers she worked as a lifeguard at various beaches and pools near her family's home.

During her sophomore year of high school she had a serious relationship with David Goldberg. In her junior year she began dating classmate Bastienne Noel, though secretly at the request of her girlfriend. In her senior year she was chosen as head girl and chose the codename Surf. It was during this time that she was one of the students placed into a coma-like state by The Travelers.

After graduation she accepted a position at Academy X as a health, music, and language teacher, and later acted as school nurse and counselor. It was at this time she also wed her girlfriend, Bastienne.

During the fall semester of 2008, Jessica lost her powers due to an administration of the HOPE drug. With an inability to mentally handle the loss of her powers, she began a search for any way to regain them. This lead to her illegally using MGH made from her own DNA as well as getting the X-gene of a mutant with similar powers implanted. These acts lead to security leaks at Academy X and the call for her resignation by several staff members at various times over the years. In the spring of 2010, however, Jessica regained her powers due to taking a dose of the cure for HOPE, created by coworker and former classmate, Lucius Hayes.

It was discovered that in the Age of X "future" created by Danielle Robataille that Jessica had been a casualty of a violent anti-mutant attack and died on March 15, 2014.

In March of 2011, Jessica died due to extreme dehydration caused by the implanted X-gene of the mutant Washout.

Powers

Jessica is depowered due to being infected with Hope by Mystique (while Mystique was in charge of Academy M). Powers regained in the spring of 2010 due to Lucius' "HOPE cure". Water Manipulation: could bend water to her will, create water, change the properties of water (heat, freeze), etc.