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Jessica Lockheart
Full Name: Jessica Tina Lockheart
Nicknames: Jessie, Jess, Ace, Shaq, Rascal, Squirt, and Shorty
Age: 15
Birthdate: May 5, 1985
Height: 5’3”
Species: Human
Accent: Standard American with a slightly high pitch; feminine, yet sounds
boyish (Voice Actor: Susan Roman)
Relatives: Phil Polmfeather, her uncle
Appearance: Jessica is a very short kid; which came from years
of starvation, a result from poverty.
She has waist length light brown hair.
She’s tried over and over to cut it short, but it always kept growing
back fast like a weed. Giving up, Jess
decided to tie her hair into a ponytail; her bangs flake upwards slightly, then
spike downwards, like Lita from Sailor Moon.
She also has two strands of hair in front of her ears touch her shoulder
blades. People say her hair’s the same
color as cinnamon, except lighter in color.
Even if it hasn’t been washed in days, and is filled with dirt, her hair
never looses its shine. But the most
fascinating part of Jessie’s appearance are her eyes. To people, they look like emeralds. However, Jessie is near frail health. Her bodybuild is very scrawny; barely any meat on her bones. She has many scars and bruises all over her
body, along with a reddish half-inch scar on her right eyelid. Her appearnce isn’t her fault though, and
despite everything, she’s still pretty in a way. At the moment, the scars are starting to vanquish, and she’s
slowly ganing a healthy amount of weight.
Weapons: Since Jessie’s lived on the streets all of her life, she uses a
sling-shot and a pocket knife she stole from her father a long time ago. She also uses a Pucklauncher if she can get
her hands on one. But she’s done good
without them. Fourteen years on the
streets gave her guts, swiftness, and strength. She’s currently taking Judo lessons...against the wishes of the
Ducks and Phil. At the moment, she’s an
orange belt.
Attire: Jessie rarely fights the Saurians, since the Ducks and her Uncle Phil
forbid her. But she usually sneaks off
to join them. She wears anything that
feels comfortable, enabling her to move freely and easily. So her battle attire consists of a white
tanktop, with a red firebreathing dragon embroidered on it, along with gray
gloves with a communicator built on her right wrist. She also wears black pants that are the other half of her do bok;
korean for karate uniform. On the right
side of her pants, it has white writing on it; the name of the dojo she
practices Judo at, in the Korean alphabet.
Her belt, which’s metallic and black, has one gray harasett on her right
hip. Lastly, to complete the battle
wear, she wears white military style boots.
For everyday wear, Jessie usually wears a white T-shirt with a big red
Nike symbol in the middle, along with blue jeans and green baseball cap, with
white sneakers. When it’s cold, her attire
would be followed by a white jeans jacket with black sleeves. Sometimes in REALLY hot weather, she’d wear
a black mid-drift tank, with a white tank top over it, baggy beige pants, and
white sneakers.
Personality: Jessica is the ULTIMATE tomboy! Well...she DOES have long hair, but it would
be cut short if it didn’t grow back to her wasitline so fast. She walks like a boy, talks like a boy,
plays like a boy, and acts like a boy.
Heck, she even EATS like a boy.
And even though she ACTS LIKE a boy, it doesn’t mean that she doensn’t
like them. In fact, she’s obsessed with
boys; always having a crush on one after another. It’s not really her fault, though; she’s reached the stage where
her hormones are out of control, making her pay more attention to guys than
before. Due to the enviorment she’s
lived in, and the people that surrounded her life, Jessie pretends to behave
like the original street tough kid; tough, aggressive, and bitter, never
showing any emotions. But deep down,
Jessie is just really a lost, lonely, and frightened little girl. All she really wants is a mom and dad who’ll
love her dearly.
History: Jessica grew up in the crummy side of Chicago, Illinois. In her side of the neighborhood, Chicago was
filled with crime, murder, and more.
Every ten minutes someone was shot or killed. Gangs ruled the streets, and the police were powerless to stop
them. The high crime streaks were
caused by the greatest enemy of all in the world: poverty. Poverty was a common problem everyone in
Chicago had to face.
Jessie and her parents
lived in a run-down apartment. The
walls were cracked, the place was a mess(which was no fault of theirs), and the
apartment was crawling with cockroaches and spiders. There was only one bed, which was really a mattress, so Jessie
and her folks had to make another one on their worn-down couch. While her parents shared the sofa, Jessie
was given the luxury of having the mattress.
It was old, the sheets were torn, and it was stuffed with hay; not very
comfortable. But the mattress felt
better than the couch, which had the springs sticking out; having to be taped
down to keep from hitting her parents’ backs.
Jessie was miserable,
especially at school. There was little
money to buy supplies and books, so the students had to share them. And they couldn’t afford an air conditioner
or a heater, so the students had to suffer through the changing seasons. Jessie was a bit above an average student,
since her parents made more money than most of the other students. To the kids of Chicago, having fresh
chocolate milk was a luxury.
Jessica’s only comforts
through her miserable life in Chicago were basketball, her three friends Kimmy,
Tommy, and Michele, and her mother, Meranda Polmfeather Lockheart, who was also
Phil Polmfeather’s older sister. Jessie
and her mother shared a very close relationship. In fact if it weren’t for Meranda, Jessie’s aggressive behavior
would be worse.
Meranda was a singer for
a living, performing at a night club most of the time. She was also teaching
Jessie some Judo when she was at the age of three. Meranda always tried to
remain optimistic, to never give up hope that their lives would someday
improve. When Jessie was five, her
mother gave her a special type of locket for her fifth birthday. According to Meranda, the locket wasn’t an
ordinary locket; it was very special. A
type of WISHING locket. Meranda told
Jessie that if she wished very hard on the locket, the wish would be trapped
inside. Then, when the time came, the
wish would be released, and would come true.
But all hope of their
lives improving were shattered. A week
after Jessie’s eight birthday, Meranda died of breast cancer. Jessie was now left all alone with her
father, Marcus Joseph Lockheart. Marcus
never loved Jessica at all; always wanted a son instead of a daughter. Even though Jessie always behaved like a
boy, Marcus had no care for her. He
only tolerated her because he needed someone to cook and clean up after
him. Since that day, Jessie’s life
became a living nightmare.
All Jessie’s father ever
did was drink. Whiskey or beer; it
never mattered to him. Just as long as
the drink contained alcohol. About ten
minutes after Marcus drank at least eight ounces of alcohol, he’d start abusing
Jessie; physically and emotionally. If
he drank whiskey, he’d smash the bottle and slash Jessica with the sharp edges
of the broken glass container. If he’s
drunk from beer, her cuts and bruises would come from his hands, feet, and his
belt. He was also a heavy chain smoker.
Not only was Jessie
forced to endure regular beatings from her dad, she had to steal food in order
to make sure she never starved to death.
She never bothered to buy her dad anything; she always knew that he
stole something to eat when he went out to buy his alcohol. She also had to deal with bullies along the
way to and from school, and wherever she was.
Men were always threatening her; telling her to give them all she
had. Instead of listening to them,
Jessie picked fights with them, beating up every single one of them. Bullies from every corner of Chicago tried
to get Jessie to give them everything she owned. But it was of no use; she managed to pound the tar out of every
one of them.
Jessie and her friends
Kimmy, Tommy, and Michael did everything together; eat lunch, hang out after
school, play sports, etc. It was a rare
occurance to see the four apart from each other. They were always caught playing basketball with each other or
skateboarding. The four kids couldn’t
buy their skateboards, since they had little money. So instead, they stole them.
Not from a family or retail store; they had more sense than that. They stole them from a gang of bullies that
were always terrorizing them. Jessie
loved hanging out with the three and playing basketball or skateboarding with
them. Besides the fact that she was the
best basketball player of the four, they were the only comforts she had in
Chicago after her mom died.
But at the age of ten,
Jessie couldn’t handle life in the seedy city she lived in anymore. One night, after her father beated her again
and slept on the worn down couch, Jess climed up the ladder of the apartment
she lived in until she reached the roof top.
After looking into the star-filled sky, she pulled the locket her mother
gave her out. She then wished to the
locket and the heavens that they would take her away from Chicago forever, so
she wouldn’t have to endure anymore pain and suffering.
Four long and agonizing
years past by since Jessie’s made that wish.
Good and bad things happened during those times, the bad out-numbering
the good. The good stuff was that
Jessie won many school basketball championships and managed to make the top of
her classes(that would be about average marks in the REALLY good schools). The bad stuff that happened, besides the
beatings she endured from her father, were the death of her friends. Kimmy died in a car accident ten weeks after
Jessie wished to be moved away from Chicago.
Two weeks afterwards, Michael and Tommy were shot in a gang incident. From there, Jessie learned not to get
emotionally attached to anyone; because her friends and classmates were killed
all the time; either that, or were forced to move away. It was an everyday occurance for someone to
die in Chicago.
Jessica couldn’t handle
living in Chicago anymore. Everyone she
cared for was dead, and she was sick and tired of being starved and
beaten. One night, while her father was
sleeping, Jessie found a giant bag filled with cash; at least $30,000. She guessed it was her mother’s money, since
the bag belonged to her. Jessie assumed
that her mom was saving up some of their money to move away from Chicago; she
was only $20,000 away from earning a divorce slip, paying for the fees, and
there would be enough money left over for them to move to at least Montana and
put a down payment on a small house. It
was then that Jessie decided to run away from Chicago for good, since there was
obvioulsy not going to be a miracle in store for her.
Jessie tried to run away
early in the morning, to avoid waking her father. However, he caught her just as she was about to open the
door. She then admitted to her dad that
she was running away and she wasn’t going to come back. After half an hour of arguing, Marcus got
into a fit of rage and started beating the tar out of Jessie. The beatings he was pulling over her weren’t
the type she was used too; they were VERY severe. Marcus was about to deliver another punch to Jessie’s face, when
the police arrived, nearly breaking down the door. After pulling Marcus away from a bleeding and dying Jessie, she
was immedietly rushed to the hosptial, where she spent at least two months
trying to recover.
When the two months were
over, Jessica was told to testify against her father. Afterwards the jury found Marcus guilty for the charges of child
abuse, child neglect, and attempted murder.
He was sent to a lifetime in jail with no chance of parol, and was
forced to attend A.A meetings in prison.
After the matter was settled over Marcus, the court had to decide over
where Jessie was to live. Orphanadges
and foster homes were filled. After a
week of thinking it over, the Chicago Court made up their minds. Jessie was to live with her uncle, Phil
Pomfeather, in Anaheim, California.
Then after a few weeks, she would be moved to Montana to live with her
other Uncle Robert and Aunt Ming Pomfeather, where she would have a healthier
enviorment to live in*.
However, after a couple
of weeks, Jessie didn’t want to leave to Montana. She liked living in Anaheim; she managed to make friends out of
the people that worked for her uncle.
Phil had to debate the matter over with the courts, and after a
week, Jessie got her way. She’s currently a softmore in high school,
trying to make above a C average since school in Anaheim’s harder than in
Chicago, and is one of the star players of Anaheim High’s girl’s varsity
basketball team.
Good Points: Jessica’s very cute, despite her scarred
appearance. She plays a lot of sports,
which gives her agility, strength, and swiftness. And since she’s lived on the streets all of her life, she can
defend herself very easily. There are
also times when she can be a nice person, if you give her the reason to
be. She’s extrodinary at basketball and
many other sports. And since she’s so
small, she can crawl into ventalation shafts and other small cracks easily; and
she’s pretty good at stealing without other people noticing until it’s too
late. She’s also very tough and brave;
more than most girls her size and age would be. Refuses to let anyone push her around, and doesn’t give in very
easily. The type of person you would
want being on your side in a fight. And
she can usually get her way in situations by either giving someone the innocent
pouting look...or get mean, shove them to the wall, and threaten them.
Bad Points: Jessica is WAY too boyish! She usually rushes into fights, never
thinking about the consequences. She’s
always TOO eager to fight, and gets REALLY mad when she doesn’t get her
way. And she always fights with
Nosedive, Wildwing’s younger brother.
She also pretends not be affected by someone’s insults, which can have
people thinking of her as a bi***. She
doesn’t know how to express emotions, since she’s been shutting them off for
six years. She refuses to cry in front
of people, exposing weaknesses. And she
makes sure not get attached to other people, since she believes that if she
becomes to caring towards someone, she’ll lose them, tearing her apart even
more. She also hates people babying
her, being over-protective. She
pretends to be as tough as nails, but she’s really weak and frightened. She always believes that no one cares for
her, since she’s lived without love for six years, so she has to live without
people helping to protect her. Jessie
always thinks that she has to be tough in order to survive, always thinking
that the world is cold and cruel, and no one will be there to help her through
the hard times. There’s also the fact
that she’s obsessed with boys; currently has a crush on the hispanic singer
Enrique Iglesias. And she always goes on
a MAJOR sugar high; she can drink half of a two liter bottle of Sprite or
Coca-Cola in five minutes, making her act hyper and crazy for two hours. She also complains about having to wear
skirts/dresses, and is VERY reluctant to say sorry to anyone.
Likes: Nosedive(on a friendship basis), Enrique Iglesias, basketball,
skateboarding, judo, just about any
type of sport, STAR WARS, horror movies, her Uncle Phil, boys, comics, arcades,
video games, science-fction books, jeans, soda, chocolate, junk food, music,
boy-bands, pulling pranks, wrestling, fighting, and squirt guns. She also misses her mom and three friends
Kimmy, Tommy, and Michael terribly.
Hates: Her father, the Saurians, not being allowed to FIGHT the Saurians,
snakes, spiders, Duke’s corny jokes, Phil being over-protective about her,
losing, Wildwing getting on her case, admitting when she’s wrong, saying sorry,
Mallory’s take-charge attitude, dresses, skirts, homework, math, and BIOLOGY.
~Quotes Overheard~
Ah man! Do I HAFTA wear a
dress?
You want trouble pal?! You’re
looking at it! My NAME is trouble!
I’ll slash his spineless body into fettuchini!
Nuttin like the direct approach.
They’re gonna hafta deal with ME now!
Well so?
Ehhh......I just came up for a shake.
You? Beat ME up?! THAT’S a laugh!
I aint’ saying sorry; no way, no how!
In the area where I grew up in, you were either tough as nails or dead like a
doorknob. What choice would you take if
your were in my situation?
Nosedive; wait! ::hugs him:: Don’t be mad at me, please. You’re the only friend I have in this
city. I don’t want to be alone anymore.
~Said of Her~
Nosedive: Man! That girl is one
SERIOUS sports fanatic!
Duke: Why does she hafta take her anger out on me?
Phil: I wish she would talk to me; tell me what’s eating her.
Wildwing: I understand why she’s so angry and hurt. I wanna help her; but I can’t if she won’t take
the time to talk with me.
Mallory: That girl is a SERIOUS pain in the neck!
Grin: People that act angry around other people are always the ones
that are hurting and are in need of help.
Young Jessica behaves this way because it’s the only way she knows HOW
to behave. No one’s given her any love
or support after her mother died; only anger, hatred, and abuse. At that young of an age, people would
believe that it’s the most common behavior in the world, and that is what they
should expect from others. Give her
time, and she’ll change. But she’ll
need a lot of time; it’s hard to turn off an aggressive behavior when you’ve
lived that way for six years, in order to survive.
Wing: Umm, Nosedive? Where’s
the two liter bottle of Sprite I just bought?
Dive: In the kitchen; on the counter next to the fridge.
Wing: Where’s Jessie?
Dive: In the....uh-oh.
Wing: What do you mean ‘uh-oh’?
Dive: JESSIE’S IN THE KITCHEN!!!
~Songs of Her~
“Crash and Burn” Savage
Garden(of Nosedive; not in a romantic way!
It describes the depth of their friendship)
“Live To Tell” Madonna
“Sorry Seems to Be the
Hardest Word” Elton John
“Falling Away” Korn
“I’ll Stand By You” The Pretenders
“Lord Is It Mine” Supertramp
“Angel” Sara MacLaclan
“No Son of Mine” Genesis
“My Mother” Randy Goodrum(from
‘The Chipmunks Movie’)
* Idea of relatives in Montana copyright Karla Pomfeather; used with
permission