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Vanessa's Bio

Nationality: American
Birthdate January 9, 1970 (she was 30 in KOF 2000, which makes her 37)
Blood Type B
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 147 lbs
Hair: Red
Eyes: I've seen blue in both her profile and artwork.
Hobbies: Saving money, catalogue shopping
Favorite Drink: Beer
Favorite Sport: All of them
Likes: Her wedding ring
Dislikes: Indecisive people, ghosts
Occupation Agent (her cover's a housewife - or in Vanessa's case a widow)
Fighting Style: Boxing

Vanessa's youth was comparable to that of a normal girl. As a young woman, she fell in love with a tender and caring man, who promised her the best in life and as time passed the two married.

Her husband worked for a corporation which specialized in the fabrication of weapons. Its name was unknown, but Vanessa caught hearing of the word "NESTS" mentioned a couple of times. It seemed that her husband was having trouble with this organization, and he wanted out once he realized what kind of man his commander had become. One day, Vanessa's husband went out to work... only he never came home. The news caused havoc in Vanessa's soul. As a way to distract herself from the pain Vanessa practiced boxing. As time went on her mind came to be filled with many questions about her husbands death, but no one was answering them. Vanessa decided to join the organization which her husband was once part of to see if she could find out the truth about his death.

Working under the orders of commander Ling, Vanessa realizes that the organization was mostly a mercenary agency. Vanessa gained her superiors' confidence after several successful missions. Her sheer determination to find out the truth behind NESTS was what made her the ferocious woman she is now. After a while, Ling summons her to his office. She is commissioned with the job of joining the next King of Fighters tournament, held by Ling himself. They are to follow the footsteps of the NESTS cartel, which Ling and his agency persecuted. Vanessa thought it would be the perfect time to find out what is going on. Vanessa is introduced to Seth, another top mercenary. Vanessa is assigned the hardest job: win the trust of K' and Maxima, former NESTS agents, and perhaps a solid lead to NESTS themselves.

After the briefing, Vanessa and Seth go their separate ways. First, Vanessa goes to Mexico and recruits Ramon, a professional wrestler who was glad to show his power and skill to the world. After that came the hard part: trying to convince K' and Maxima to participate in the tournament. Vanessa's finds the duo and relays to them her tragic story. K' and Maxima, finding a kindred spirit in Vanessa, accept her offer. The group has no problems in getting to the finals after letting their sheer sense of vengeance lead them to victory. Vanessa is contacted by Ling, and assigned to Southtown, where the finals are supposed to take place, in the industrial zone of the city. Upon arriving in Southtown the group are suddenly attacked by a woman. K' stays to fight this mystery opponent but urges the other to destroy NESTS. Vanessa agrees and heads towards the designated spot: an abandoned factory. Once inside, Vanessa and the others are forced into a dark room by the unexpected assault of NESTS' agents that surround the complex. Vanessa quickly realizes that it was a set-up, staged by her own commander, Clone Zero.

The memory of her departed husband burns into Vanessa's mind, and that is what finally helps her in the final battle against Zero. After a hard fight, Zero is defeated by K'. Zero plans to fry everyone with the Zero Cannon anyway, but he is stopped by two enigmatic women. Without fully knowing what is going on, a huge stone falls on Vanessa's head, and everything goes dark... She awakes to being carried by Ramon, who demostrates to her that they are not simple teammates.

The following year, Vanessa once again enters the King of Fighters tournament, this time teaming up with Ramon, Seth and Iori Yagami. Vanessa's determination take her far into the tournament, until she gets to the main HQ of NESTS: a space station. Vanessa witnesses firsthand NESTS downfall.

After the events of the NESTS saga, Vanessa and Ramon work as freelance agents, until the undercover agent Blue Mary hires them to team up for the new King of Fighters XI tournament, and find the truth about Ash Crimson and the new Orochi's sect. Vanessa and Ramon agree and join Mary in the new tournament.

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