Silencing the Red Eye

I descended from the wooden plateau to stalk the shadowed grotto beneath the black screen. Lurking in the dust lay an elongated black wand, guarding its post with a tiny, insolent crimson light glaring from its tip. A venomous snarl escaped my throat. I lunged and clamped my gaping jaws around the soft rubber buttons along its back, wrenching the wand sideways across the shelf. The plastic hull scraped against the wood with a sharp shriek, rolling until it trapped the glowing eye beneath its defeated belly. Darkness is restored to my domain.