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| 2007 photo of Lap-Cat on the lap of a Spanish man in Madrid, days before his capture on suspicion of espionage. |
Lap-Cat has been on the loose for the past three
years. His last known whereabouts were
in Berlin when he tried to infiltrate German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office
when he was shooed away with a broom.
Once the pet of supervillain Herr Gerfahr, Lap-Cat was imbued with
superior intelligence in a lab accident by his former owner (then known as
Frankenfurter). After this he left Herr
Gerfahr to lead his own life and quickly turned to espionage.
Lap-Cat disarms his targets with his cuteness as he
quickly learned humans were susceptible to it.
He invaded the homes of the rich and elite, purring and brushing up
against people’s legs. Eventually, he
would jump onto the unsuspecting human’s lap while they were going over some
documents or working on their computers.
From here, Lap-Cat could read their documents and sell their
secrets. If lucky, he could download
files onto a thumb drive he carried around his collar while the human wasn’t
looking.
Catching the feline superspy has been difficult as he can
crawl into tight spaces and see in the dark.
He’s been captured once before in Madrid but was released due to a
technicality in Spanish law, which didn’t have a stipulation for talking cats.
But with more advanced scanners and better intelligence,
all atypical creatures are detected within French government buildings once
they enter. Lap-Cat was caught by French
authorities and is currently being held in a secret facility. Lap-Cat won’t be able to get out like he did
in Spain; France made sentient animals a protected class in 2008.
