Accordion style image masking effect

Hi i'm trying to create a making effect that on a RollOver i
expand the mask of an image horizontally to the full widht of the
image while "collapsing" the mask of other masked images displayed
along side of it.
This effect is sort of similar to the accordion style menu
and the menu icon that OSX has. The developed the attached code but
it is flawed in that the sequence isn't moving as syncronized as it
should as the clip whose width is expanding seems to be crashing
into the other clips along side it giving an over lapping
appearance for a while until it has finished expanding. Can any one
shed some light into another approach/ technique i can adopt to get
this effect right?

sorry friends for bottering u but i am still not getting it
.I think i understood the basic as but when i try myself it doesn't
come out.i am sending this .fla file .Please go through it and tell
where i am getting wrong.
http://www.hostmyfile.co.uk/?code=bda86442c819993c1cfc3afbac96bd3f

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