In the latest issue of Hellions, Mr. Sinister has the perfect plan to avoid responsibility and danger in X of Swords... or so he thinks.

Warning: spoilers ahead for Hellions #5

Marvel's "X of Swords"event is well underway for the X-Men's island nation of Krakoa, as its ten mutant champions have gone out to collect their blades for the coming tournament against Arakko, with the winner claiming Krakoa as the prize. This is all being orchestrated by Lady Saturnyne, the regent of Otherworld, whose realm stands between Krakoa and its long lost sibling nation of Arakko, which has been taken over by the forces of Apocalypse's children. While Krakoa's Quiet Council deliberates, one of their members, Mr. Sinister, comes up with a plan to stop the coming conflict before it even starts. However, he gets more than he bargained for by proposing this plan, motivating Sinister to do something quite drastic (with hilarious results).

Mr. Sinister's amazing plan is quite sinister (surprise, surprise), but possibly very effective. Sinister wants to send his team of Hellions to Otherworld to try and steal the swordsthat Arakko's champions are searching for, thereby forcing a forfeit and precluding the need for any bloodshed or loss of life, as the mutants' ability to resurrect has been disabled. As a result, the Council reaches a majority vote to send the Hellions on a mission to fulfill Sinister's plan. However, the Council also votes to send Sinister along as well to lead his team, something that he was not expecting or wanting at all. With the Council having spoken, Mr. Sinister has no choice but to go to Otherworld and risk death. Or does he?

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After meeting with the Council, Sinister returns to Bar Sinister, his resident base of operations on Krakoa. Almost immediately, he thaws out one of his clones to go instead inHellions #5,written by Zeb Wells with art by Carmen Carnero. However, a clone of Sinister is still Sinister, personality and all, so why should he go when he just woke up? Caught in a stalemate with himself, the two Sinisters do the only thing they can to resolve the issue: The Noble Contest.

Of course, readers have no clue which Sinister won the "noble contest" of Rock, Paper, Scissors, though part of the fun of this interaction is that they don't really need to. Furthermore, it totally makes sense that Sinister would have his own secret and illegal cloning facility off the books, as his experiments towards creating Chimera mutantsare no doubt already underway. Plus, it comes in handy to always have a decoy and means of immortality. Even if he ends up being the one who has to risk his life, at least he can be confident that he'll live on with the next clone.

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X-Men: X of Swords Pushes Mr. Sinister Into a Battle With His Own Clone - Screen Rant