The alien DNA is technically a virus. But in me it was ... I don't know how to put this. Not dormant, but it didn't work on me the way it does on other people. I thought we'd avoided me handing it down to Angel. So I need to make sure we weren't wrong about that. The mako, that's the planet's lifeblood, gave me super powers too.
All my enhancements are the product of some wacky and highly unethical scientific experimentation that ended badly for a lot of people. Angel gets the strength from me. Maybe other things like speed and healing and better senses.
The planet-talking stuff, she gets from her mom. It's naturally-occurring.