Ángel

**Ángel** (アンヘル, pronounced as **Ahn-hehl**) is a character introduced in *The King of Fighters* series. She was introduced as a NESTS operative and was a member of the ***NESTS Team*** in ***The King of Fighters 2001***. Her nickname is "***Knockout ♥ Free Spirit***" (♥てきとー).

## Story

### NESTS Saga

Prior to the 2001 tournament, Ángel was tasked to form a team with Foxy, Kula Diamond, and the cartel's newest creation, K9999. Their main purpose was to dispatch the rogue creations that had escaped from NESTS's grasp, as well as disposing K', Kyo Kusanagi, and anyone who would get in the cartel's way. She did seem to enjoy working with K9999, as he seems to have the same interests at heart.

Sometime after the tournament's conclusion (when K', Maxima, Whip, and Lin were reaching Igniz via a blimp), K9999 and Ángel attack Foxy from behind, fatally injuring her. When the NESTS base crashed into the ocean, it is instead implied that Ángel stayed behind to try and destroy NESTS' base for good while K9999 left on one of the Ikari Warriors' helicopters.

While it is implied that Foxy is killed by Ángel and K9999, this ending is considered non-canon. According to the second 2001 novel written by Akihiko Ureshino, she disappears after an encounter with K' and Kula alongside K9999.

### New Age Saga

#### KOF XIV

Because Ángel defected from NESTS, she has been constantly on the run and is hunted by NESTS loyalists by herself, since K9999 had mysteriously disappeared. Prior to the fourteenth tournament, she runs into Ramón in a bar, and offers her an invitation to join the tournament, which she accepts, as she tired of living in the shadows from NESTS and she's in the mood to do something fun.

At that same moment, The King of Dinosaurs suddely appeared before Ángel and Ramón, insiting that he is their third member. Ramón and Dinosaur both decide on who gets to be on this team through a wrestling match, although Ángel insisted on the three to work together.

At some point in the tournament, Ángel ran into Kula, who still held a grudge against her for what she did to Foxy. Ángel also at one point in the tournament ran into Sylvie Paula Paula, who mocks her for being a rejected NESTS agent.

During her Team ending, she and Ramón finds Dinosaur in a locker room, wondering if the path of revenge was the right thing to do. Ramón teases Dinosaur for wearing an expressive mask, to which Dinosaur gets enraged. The two try to calm him down by petting him, but Ramón overpets him too much and Dinosaur bites him as a result.

#### KOF XV

Later, it is revealed that she's been helping K9999 evade surveillance and has been helping him from behind the scenes. Soon, he resurfaces as Krohnen McDougall and continues his vendetta against K' and Kusanagi. However, her presence has somewhat helped K9999 mature and develop a more level-headed attitude.

## Personality

Ángel is a lighthearted, flirtatious and playful individual who behaves like a cat, in spite of her working status as an assassin for NESTS prior to the organization's disbandment. She is also quite violent and sadistic, as shown with her dangerous attacks and balefulness. One of Ángel's habits is being a exhibitionist; She flaunts herself to the crowd when a tournament match is about to start and she can be a bit of a show-off when the opponent is losing against her, to gain the crowds attention she'll boast about her skills and belittle her opponents in the fight. Despite her arrogance, she's all for a fair and good fight, feeling that her opponents shouldn't hold back when fighting to provide a good challenge. It's also been shown that Ángel's really insensitive when it comes to people being angry at her, a good example of this is whenever Kula's irritated at her and Ángel's just indifferent about her insults.

Kula gets really annoyed at Ángel's lack of compassion, even going as far as wanting to fight her for not apologizing for what she did to Foxy. While Ángel retaliates with heartless insults against Kula, it's hinted that Ángel does indeed care for Kula but she just loves teasing her. While being on the wrestling team, she's on good terms with Ramón and King of Dinosaurs, possibly considering teaming up with them again in the future.

## Powers

* **Enhanced Body** - Due to her affiliation with NESTS, much of her body was enhanced to be far stronger than that of a normal human.
	+ **Superhuman Strength** - She is able to lift and throw someone as heavy as Maxima.
	+ **Superhuman Reflexes** - She is able to dodge several attacks.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina** - Her body will only develop fatigue toxins after several hours of physical stress.
	+ **Superhuman Dexterity** - Her dexterity is even greater than that of a 10th grade black belt.
	+ **Superhuman Speed** - Ángel is so fast that she can translocate herself.

## Fighting Style

Ángel's fighting style incorporates elements of both Muay Thai (as seen in her stance and some of her kicks) and professional wrestling.

## Fanon Appearances

### Game Appearances

* The King of Fighters XVI - Playable character
* Street Fighter X KOF - Playable character
* KOF: The King of Fighters XVI - Playable character
* The King Of Fighters: Masters - Playable character
* The King of Fighters: Crossover Calamity - Playable character
* The King Of Fighters: Disaster in the Story - Single entry character
* SNK vs Capcom 2: SVC Clash - Playable character
* MUGENGERS: The Orochi's Origin - Playable character

### Cameo Appearances

* Neo Geo 2: Match of the Century - in Neo Geo Mall stage, cheering the fighters.