A small problem

Hey everyone! I have been working on a SSBM style game and trying to get guns into the game… I have almost successed but every time my guy is pointing the right direction he shoots to the left. I know what the problem is, but I don’t know how to fix it…

The code I need is like this :

if (_root.halo(right=true)) {
        speed = -13;
    } else if (_root.halo(right=false)) {
        speed = 13;
    }

How do you make a MC look into a different MC for a variable? In this case the variable it needs is right = true;

Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance!

Darkblade