complicated loading swf with xml

main swf loads in new swf with xml image carousel including reflection of image. when you click an image on the carousel, the image slides over and changes to a new image with that image being reflected. the new image is loaded into an empy movie clip, along with the flipped image as well. the reflection is masking the flipped image by creating a gradient fill in an empty movie clip, cached as bitmap... in the xml swf, everything works just fine, however, once its loaded into the main swf, the reflection doent work, but the new images loads fine. which doesnt make much sense to me since they are both being called the same way... any ideas? flash 8 pro