behaviors unable to find objects declared in template

Hey guys, I've been trying to figure out whats going on with my code. For some reason my behavior isn't seeing %this.projectile when it run my function "eShootsFocusBehavior::fire(%this)". Never had this issue after doing a good amount of self created behaviors. Did I make a mistake somewhere or overlook something? Can anyone point me in the right direction?

if (!isObject(eShootsFocusBehavior))
{
   %template = new BehaviorTemplate(eShootsFocusBehavior);
   
   %template.friendlyName = "eShootsFocus";
   %template.behaviorType = "Input";
   %template.description  = "Sprays objects out then homes in on trigger";

   %template.addBehaviorField(eHomingTrigger, "The target the projectile will shoot to", object, "eHomingTrigger", t2dTrigger);
   %template.addBehaviorField(projectile, "The projectile to clone and shoot", object, "vortex", t2dSceneObject);
   //%template.addBehaviorField(player, "Player to attach trigger to", object, "player", t2dSceneObject);
   %template.addBehaviorField(fireKey, "The key to fire the projectile with", keybind, "keyboard space");
   %template.addBehaviorField(fireRate, "The rate to fire when the fire key is held down (seconds)", float, "1.00");
   %template.addBehaviorField(projectileSpeed, "The speed of projectiles (world units per second)", float, "150");
   %template.addBehaviorField(turnSpeed, "The speed to rotate at (degrees per second). Use 0 to snap", float, 0.0);
   %template.addBehaviorField(rotationOffset, "The rotation offset (degrees)", float, -50.0);
}

function eShootsFocusBehavior::onBehaviorAdd(%this)
{
	
	
	$enemy = %this.owner;
	$ableToFire = true;
   //if (isObject(moveMap))
      //moveMap.bindObj(getWord(%this.fireKey, 0), getWord(%this.fireKey, 1), "fire", %this);
	  //$Eir = %this.erica;
}

function eShootsFocusBehavior::onBehaviorRemove(%this)
{
   //if (isObject(moveMap))
      //moveMap.unbindObj(getWord(%this.fireKey, 0), getWord(%this.fireKey, 1), %this);
}

function t2dSceneGraph::onUpdateScene(%this)
{
	rangeTest(%this);
	
}

function rangeTest(%this)
{
	$enemy.posX = enemy.getPositionX();
	$enemy.posY = enemy.getPositionY();
	$player.posX = player.getPositionX();
	$player.posY = player.getPositionY();
	
	%pDistanceX = mAbs($enemy.posX - $player.posX);
	%pDistanceY = mAbs($enemy.posY - $player.posY);
 	
	%killRange = 10;
	
	if(%pDistanceX <= %killRange && %pDistanceY <= %killRange)
	{
		$pInRange = true;
		if ($ableToFire)
		{
		%this.projectile.schedule(1000, eShootsFocusBehavior::fire($projectile));
		}
	}
	else
	{
		//echo ("Out of Range");
		//echo (%this.fireKey);
		$pInRange = false;
		
	}
}

function eShootsFocusBehavior::fire(%this)
{ 
	$ableToFire = false;
	echo("Prepare to Fire");
	
	sceneWindow2D.startCameraShake(5, 0.3);
   //if (!%this.Owner.ActorBehavior.Alive)
      //return;

   /*if (%val == 0)
   {
      cancel(%this.fireSchedule);
      return;
   }*/
   
   if (!isObject(%this.projectile))
      return;

console is saying its unable to find anything for %this.projectile so it kicks out at the !isObject check.
I thought that it was declared in the behavior template :(

Thanks in advance!
Steven