sergio miramontes , the lead emt , calmly walked up to minerva and , talking softly , deftly moved around behind her and got her arms in a hammerlock while sergio 's partner angelina rigeur -- who was such an unenthusiastic lover that her ex-boyfriend , benito 'lao ' tzu not so fondly nicknamed her as rigeur mortis -- needled minerva 's arm with an all purpose mild sedative .