Adam snarled at her when she insulted his father and said that he should be put down like a dog.
"I don't kill unless they're a genuine threat to my country, the people are the country and the government is the people, you're threatening US citizens and need to be taken down" he said angrily. he had not expected for another metahuman to intervene by creating a blast which knocked him off his feet just as he pulled the trigger. the shot missed Ruby and instead flew towards a building before blowing right through it. Adam hit the ground hard, he was stunned by the powerful electricity flowing threw his body, but he consecrated enough to absorb a good amount the energy surging through his body.
He then noticed a platinum blonde woman stand over him and wrap her arm around his arm and was proceeding to do the same with the other, but she stopped. He didn't really know what she was planning to do, but Adam suspected that it may have been a form of electrocution. She then spoke to him and he wasn't sure what her words exactly meant, but soon she was gone. He staggered as he got back up to his feet and looked around for Ruby, but she was gone. This had turned into a big mess and he wondered how the Project Genesis would react to this development.
When Cedric came along and started lecturing them, Adam snorted, he was such a fool and naive, and when he talked about having a higher rank than him when he became older, Adam glared at him in annoyance.
"I know about you Cedric, you were chosen by federal agents to become a hero working in Los Angeles, but you ran away and got caught. They say you have no discipline and act like a child. I will be your superior not just by age but also by training and loyalty and bravery. I have been training with the government since I was a little boy and when you were still watching Barney." he said to Cedric with contempt.
He then heard Light's words and almost chuckled, which was strange at a time like this.
"Nowadays it seems like laughter is rare among heroes, Victor Hugo says that 'Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face'" he says to Light